redis:8-alpine image size, layers and vulnerabilities (2026-11-01)

docker pull redis:8-alpineredis@sha256:21090af93f8324db2f0f0f4f38a7c60369d47d917e000c3423d89d2ae2883537

Size per platform

Compressed download size on Docker Hub for each architecture.

amd6440 MB
arm6439 MB
riscv6420 MB
ppc64le20 MB
s390x19 MB
arm/v618 MB
i38618 MB
arm/v718 MB

Where the bytes go

Unpacked bytes by directory in the final amd64 filesystem.

/usr/local/lib70 MB
/usr/local/bin37 MB
/usr/lib10.0 MB
/bin839 kB
/lib666 kB
/usr/share/zoneinfo452 kB
/etc/ssl204 kB
/usr/bin137 kB
/sbin115 kB
/usr/lib/engines-3102 kB

Layers

The 7 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 user950 B
3. RUN … apk add201 kB
4. RUN … apk add35 MB
5. RUN … create directories100 B
6. WORKDIR /data32 B
7. COPY docker-entrypoint.sh → /usr/loca2 kB

Full build steps

3.9 MBADD alpine-minirootfs-3.23.7-x86_64.tar.gz / # buildkit
950 BRUN /bin/sh -c set -eux; addgroup -S -g 1000 redis; adduser -S -G redis -u 999 redis # buildkit
201 kBRUN /bin/sh -c set -eux; apk add --no-cache tzdata setpriv ; # buildkit
35 MBRUN |2 REDIS_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://github.com/redis/redis/releases/download/8.10.3/redis-full.tar.gz REDIS_DOWNLOAD_SHA=5e0c00ed77f789fb1a4a30f1fbb58a793cc88c41c0f11f0e38e1b4f192991188 /bin/sh -c set -eux; apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps coreutils dpkg-dev dpkg gcc linux-headers make musl-dev openssl-dev zstd-dev g++; arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture | awk -F- '{ print $NF }')"; case "$arch" in 'amd64' | 'arm64') BUILD_WITH_MODULES=yes ;; *) echo >&2 "Modules are NOT supported! unsupported architecture: '$arch'"; BUILD_WITH_MODULES=no ;; esac; if [ "$BUILD
100 BRUN |2 REDIS_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://github.com/redis/redis/releases/download/8.10.3/redis-full.tar.gz REDIS_DOWNLOAD_SHA=5e0c00ed77f789fb1a4a30f1fbb58a793cc88c41c0f11f0e38e1b4f192991188 /bin/sh -c mkdir /data && chown redis:redis /data # buildkit
32 BWORKDIR /data
2 kBCOPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/ # 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 23 packages it identified.

Packages

Alpine packages: 23

Image configuration

Base OS: Alpine Linux 3.23.7
Default user: root (no USER set; the entrypoint may still drop privileges)
Entrypoint: docker-entrypoint.sh
Command: redis-server
Exposed ports: 6379/tcp
Image created: 2026-10-26
amd64 digest: sha256:be7c1cada5a6eb1656adfa2635b99296af725881301b21f84f35a71fac072c7f

Other Redis tags

redis:8149 MB unpacked · 56 MB downloadH 43M 60L 60? 1

redis:8 vs redis:8-alpine

Platform sizes and layers: Docker Hub API, checked 2026-11-01. Unpacked size, files and SBOM: measured 2026-10-31 from digest sha256:be7c1cada5a6. Vulnerabilities: Trivy re-scan 2026-11-01, database 2026-11-01. Methodology.