# Secure a Backstage application with Docker Hardened Images — Final Stage: create the runtime image

> FROM dhi.io/node:24-alpine3.23-dev ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 RUN apk add --no-cache g++ make python3 sqlite-dev && \ rm -rf /var/lib/apk/lists/ WORKDIR /app COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/.yarn ./.yarn COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/.yarnrc.yml ./ COPY --from=build --chown=node

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FROM dhi.io/node:24-alpine3.23-dev ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 RUN apk add --no-cache g++ make python3 sqlite-dev &amp;&amp; \ rm -rf /var/lib/apk/lists/ WORKDIR /app COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/.yarn ./.yarn COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/.yarnrc.yml ./ COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/backstage.json ./ COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/yarn.lock \ /app/package.json \ /app/packages/backend/dist/skeleton/ ./ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/home/node/.cache/yarn,sharing=locked,uid=1000,gid=1000 \ yarn workspaces focus --all --production \ &amp;&amp; rm -rf "$(yarn cache clean)" COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/packages/backend/dist/bundle/ ./ CMD ["node", "packages/backend", "--config", "app-config.yaml"]

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Build and tag this version:
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docker build -t backstage:dhi-dev .

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&gt; The `-dev` variant includes a shell and package manager, which is why `apk add` works. Backstage requires `python3` and native build tools in the runtime image because `yarn workspaces focus --all --production` recompiles native modules during the production install. This is specific to Backstage's build process — most Node.js applications can use the standard (non-dev) DHI runtime variant without additional packages.

The DHI images come with attestations that the original `node:24-trixie-slim` images don't have. Check what's attached:
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docker scout attest list dhi.io/node:24-alpine3.23

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DHI images ship with 15 attestations including CycloneDX SBOM, SLSA provenance, OpenVEX, Scout health reports, secret scans, virus/malware reports, and an SLSA verification summary.
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