You plan to deploy a containerized application that requires .NET Core. You need to create a container image for the application. The image must be as small as possible. Which base image should you…

The correct answer is B. Nano Server. Nano Server is Microsoft's smallest Windows container base image. It has a drastically reduced footprint compared to Server Core, the Windows base image, and the full Windows Server image - typically only a few hundred MB. It is specifically designed for cloud-native and…

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Question

You plan to deploy a containerized application that requires .NET Core. You need to create a container image for the application. The image must be as small as possible. Which base image should you use?

Options

AWindows Server
BNano Server
CWindows
DServer Core

How the community answered

(48 responses)

A
4% (2)
B
94% (45)
C
2% (1)

Explanation

Nano Server is Microsoft's smallest Windows container base image. It has a drastically reduced footprint compared to Server Core, the Windows base image, and the full Windows Server image - typically only a few hundred MB. It is specifically designed for cloud-native and containerized workloads. .NET Core (now .NET) was built to run on minimal environments including Nano Server, making it the ideal pairing. Server Core (D) is larger than Nano Server. The 'Windows' (C) and 'Windows Server' (A) base images are the largest options and are appropriate only when full Win32 API compatibility is required.

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