# Create and build a Docker Hardened Image — syntax=dhi.io/build:2-alpine3.23

> name: My Base Image image: my-registry/my-base variant: runtime tags: "1.0.0" "1.0" platforms: linux/amd64 linux/arm64 contents: repositories: packages: alpine-baselayout-data busybox ca-certificates-bundle accounts: run-as: nonroot users: name: nonroot uid: 65532 gid: 65532 groups: name: nonroot gi

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name: My Base Image image: my-registry/my-base variant: runtime tags: "1.0.0" "1.0" platforms: linux/amd64 linux/arm64

contents: repositories: packages: alpine-baselayout-data busybox ca-certificates-bundle

accounts: run-as: nonroot users: name: nonroot uid: 65532 gid: 65532 groups: name: nonroot gid: 65532 members: nonroot

os-release: name: Docker Hardened Images (Alpine) id: alpine version-id: "3.23" pretty-name: My Hardened Image home-url: bug-report-url

environment: SSL_CERT_FILE: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

annotations: org.opencontainers.image.description: A minimal Alpine base image

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
In this definition:

- `contents.repositories` uses full URLs to Alpine package mirrors.
- `contents.packages` lists exact Alpine package names.
- The `accounts` block creates a `nonroot` user (UID 65532) and sets it as the
  default user for the container.
- The `os-release` block defines what appears in `/etc/os-release`. Always
  include `bug-report-url` alongside `home-url`.
- The `annotations` block adds OCI metadata visible in registries and Docker
  Scout reports.

Build the image:
```

$ docker buildx build . -f base.yaml \ --sbom=generator=dhi.io/scout-sbom-indexer:1 \ --provenance=1 \ --tag my-base:latest \ --load

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&gt; [!NOTE]
&gt;
&gt; The `tags` field in the spec file defines the image metadata (variant and
&gt; version labels embedded in the image manifest). The `--tag` flag on the CLI
&gt; sets the OCI image reference used to push or load the image. These serve
&gt; different purposes - the spec file tags describe *what the image is*, while
&gt; the CLI tag determines *where it's stored*.
```

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