9.3 Building Container Images

Content

• Overview and Objectives
• Containerfile Syntax (FROM, RUN, COPY, CMD, EXPOSE, ENV)
• Building Images with podman build
• Image Tagging
• Layer Caching
• Multi-Stage Builds
• Common Pitfalls
• Lab Exercises
• Assessment

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Updated 2026-04-20