memcached:1.6-alpine image size, layers and vulnerabilities (2026-11-01)

docker pull memcached:1.6-alpinememcached@sha256:6a089e37cbb8acd75c80c6c0667fe57ec54db68782fb1b3afb1d0eb265e50070

Size per platform

Compressed download size on Docker Hub for each architecture.

ppc64le6.6 MB
arm646.3 MB
amd645.9 MB
s390x5.8 MB
riscv645.7 MB
i3865.7 MB
arm/v65.6 MB
arm/v75.2 MB

Where the bytes go

Unpacked bytes by directory in the final amd64 filesystem.

/usr/lib7.1 MB
/usr/local/bin3.2 MB
/bin805 kB
/lib670 kB
/usr/local/include215 kB
/etc/ssl204 kB
/usr/bin137 kB
/sbin115 kB
/usr/lib/engines-3102 kB
/usr/lib/ossl-modules100 kB

Layers

The 6 filesystem layers of the amd64 image, in build order, with each layer's compressed size and the build step that made it.

1. Base filesystem (alpine-minirootfs-3.3.9 MB
2. RUN … create user952 B
3. RUN … apk add106 kB
4. RUN … apk add2.0 MB
5. COPY docker-entrypoint.sh → /usr/loca276 B
6. RUN ln -s usr/local/bin/docker-entryp122 B

Full build steps

3.9 MBADD alpine-minirootfs-3.24.3-x86_64.tar.gz / # buildkit
952 BRUN /bin/sh -c set -eux; addgroup -g 11211 memcache; adduser -D -u 11211 -G memcache memcache # buildkit
106 kBRUN /bin/sh -c apk add --no-cache libsasl # buildkit
2.0 MBRUN /bin/sh -c set -eux; apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps ca-certificates coreutils cyrus-sasl-dev dpkg-dev dpkg gcc libc-dev libevent-dev linux-headers make openssl openssl-dev perl perl-io-socket-ssl perl-utils ; wget -O memcached.tar.gz "$MEMCACHED_URL"; echo "$MEMCACHED_SHA1 memcached.tar.gz" | sha1sum -c -; mkdir -p /usr/src/memcached; tar -xzf memcached.tar.gz -C /usr/src/memcached --strip-components=1; rm memcached.tar.gz; cd /usr/src/memcached; gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; case "$gnuArch" in arm-*abihf)
276 BCOPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/ # buildkit
122 BRUN /bin/sh -c ln -s usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh # backwards compat # buildkit

Known vulnerabilities

0Critical0 with a fix

0High0 with a fix

0Medium0 with a fix

0Low0 with a fix

0Unknown0 with a fix

Trivy found no known vulnerabilities in the 20 packages it identified.

Packages

Alpine packages: 20

Image configuration

Base OS: Alpine Linux 3.24.3
Default user: memcache
Entrypoint: docker-entrypoint.sh
Command: memcached
Exposed ports: 11211/tcp
Image created: 2026-10-21
amd64 digest: sha256:9057793717e87e054636eaf06cf8ec2792a3ad164ad9e8bcae1e90241ea73fb0

Other Memcached tags

memcached:1.688 MB unpacked · 32 MB downloadH 43M 63L 60? 1

Platform sizes and layers: Docker Hub API, checked 2026-11-01. Unpacked size, files and SBOM: measured 2026-10-26 from digest sha256:9057793717e8. Vulnerabilities: Trivy re-scan 2026-11-01, database 2026-11-01. Methodology.