docker-microperl

Smallest Perl build (microperl) in the container made from scratch.
Size : 1.5 Mb

Pull from Docker Hub

Get ready image from Docker Hub repository:

$ docker pull hosuaby/microperl

Build locally

To build image locally do:

$ ./build.sh

This command starts builder container, downloads Perl sources from CPAN and builds statically linked microperl executable. After executable is put into smallest docker container called scratch. Name of result image is hosuaby/microperl.
Try it:

$ docker run --rm hosuaby/microperl -e 'print "Microperl rocks!!!\n"'

What it can be used for

Tiny embedded Perl can run on tens and hundreds containers. You can use it to simulate network of connected devices, captors, nodes, social network users, etc.

Wanna contribute ?

Perl is wroten in C. The sources that provided by CPAN rarely build without do some small fixes. I wrote the patch for version 5.23.4. Other versions will come out. But I am not C developer. I do not assure that my fixes done right. If you know how to build better and smaller C binaries, your help will be welcome!