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Legacy Docker Workaround for Multi-Stage Microservice Builds

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer standardized Dockerfile.base across nine microservices but faced constraints with legacy Docker v1.29.2, lacking BuildKit and sequential target evaluation. Workarounds included reordering build stages to prioritize JVM runtime before GraalVM and declaring explicit stage targets in Docker Compose. These methods enabled consistent JVM runtime images without root privileges or daemon upgrades.

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A practical, if hacky, solution for teams stuck on legacy infrastructure, but highlights the pain of outdated tooling.
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