# Secure a Backstage application with Docker Hardened Images — Stage 3 - Build the actual backend image

> FROM node:24-trixie-slim ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \ --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \ apt-get update && \ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 g++ build-essential && \ rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/ RUN --

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FROM node:24-trixie-slim ENV PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \ --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \ apt-get update &amp;&amp; \ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 g++ build-essential &amp;&amp; \ rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \ --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \ apt-get update &amp;&amp; \ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libsqlite3-dev &amp;&amp; \ rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/ USER node 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 COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/packages/backend/dist/bundle/ ./ CMD ["node", "packages/backend", "--config", "app-config.yaml"]

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Run this image and inspect what's available inside the container:
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docker build -t backstage:init . docker run -d \ -e APP_CONFIG_backend_database_client='better-sqlite3' \ -e APP_CONFIG_backend_database_connection=':memory:' \ -e APP_CONFIG_auth_providers_guest_dangerouslyAllowOutsideDevelopment='true' \ -p 7007:7007 \ -u 1000 \ --cap-drop=ALL \ --read-only \ --tmpfs /tmp \ backstage:init

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This works, but the runtime container has a shell, a package manager, and yarn. None of these are needed to run Backstage. Run `docker exec` to see what's accessible inside:
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docker exec -it sh $ cat /etc/shells

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