How to get AWS-CLI v2 down from 127M to 67M
Follow these steps:
FROM alpine:3.12
# 1. Install glibc compatibility for Alpine
RUN apk --no-cache add binutils \
&& echo "Getting libc libraries" \
&& curl -sL https://alpine-pkgs.sgerrand.com/sgerrand.rsa.pub -o /etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub \
&& curl -sLO https://github.com/sgerrand/alpine-pkg-glibc/releases/download/${GLIBC_VER}/glibc-${GLIBC_VER}.apk \
&& curl -sLO https://github.com/sgerrand/alpine-pkg-glibc/releases/download/${GLIBC_VER}/glibc-bin-${GLIBC_VER}.apk \
&& echo "Installing libc libraries" \
&& apk add --no-cache \
glibc-${GLIBC_VER}.apk \
glibc-bin-${GLIBC_VER}.apk
# 2. Install rush parallel runner (temporary)
# This is used for optimizing the botocore data later.
RUN echo "Installing rush parallel runner (temporary)" \
&& curl -sSfL https://github.com/shenwei356/rush/releases/download/v0.4.2/rush_linux_amd64.tar.gz -o - \
| tar -C /tmp/ -zxf -
# 3. Install AWS CLI v2
RUN echo "Installing AWS CLI" \
&& curl -sL https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip -o awscliv2.zip \
&& unzip awscliv2.zip \
-x 'aws/dist/awscli/examples/**' 'aws/dist/docutils/**' \
&& aws/install
# 4. Clean and Slim the Installation
RUN echo "Cleaning and slimming AWS CLI installation" \
# Remove installation files and unnecessary components
&& rm -rvf \
awscliv2.zip \
aws \
/usr/local/aws-cli/v2/*/dist/aws_completer \
/usr/local/aws-cli/v2/*/dist/awscli/data/ac.index \
/usr/local/aws-cli/v2/*/dist/awscli/examples \
# Remove example JSON files from botocore data
&& find /usr/local/aws-cli/v2/current/dist/botocore/data/ -name "*.json" -name "examples*" -exec rm {} \; \
# Optimize remaining JSON files by removing 'documentation' field using jq/rush
&& find /usr/local/aws-cli/v2/current/dist/botocore/data/ -name "*.json" \
| /tmp/rush 'echo "optimizing {}"; jq -cer "del(.. | .documentation?)" "{}" > "{}.tmp" && mv "{}.tmp" "{}"'
# 5. Final Cleanup
RUN echo "Removing artifacts" \
&& rm /tmp/rush \
&& apk --no-cache del \
binutils \
&& rm glibc-${GLIBC_VER}.apk \
&& rm glibc-bin-${GLIBC_VER}.apk \
&& rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
Notes
I do think there can be much more improved in botocore (like compressing assets) or just rewritting AWS CLI to Golang.
If an AWS CLI v3 hits the floor I hope it will be in Golang.