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		snowstormsun on Sept 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bottlerocket – Minimal, immutable Linux OS with ve... It's not uncommon to have docker containers without a shell for security reasons. For example distroless.

seabrookmx on Sept 24, 2023 [–]

Or scratch containers, which work fine if you have a tool chain that can easily do static linking (GoLang, rust, for example).

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