builds-strategy-docker-squash-layers.adoc

Squash layers with docker builds

Docker builds normally create a layer representing each instruction in a Dockerfile. Setting the imageOptimizationPolicy to SkipLayers will merge all instructions into a single layer on top of the base image.

Procedure

• Set the imageOptimizationPolicy to SkipLayers:

strategy:
  dockerStrategy:
    imageOptimizationPolicy: SkipLayers