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

> FROM YOUR_ORG/dhi-node:24-alpine3.23_backstage WORKDIR /app COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/node_modules ./node_modules COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/packages/backend/dist/bundle/ ./ CMD ["node", "packages/backend", "--config", "app-config.yaml"] Bounded code example (external da

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FROM YOUR_ORG/dhi-node:24-alpine3.23_backstage WORKDIR /app COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/node_modules ./node_modules COPY --from=build --chown=node:node /app/packages/backend/dist/bundle/ ./ CMD ["node", "packages/backend", "--config", "app-config.yaml"]

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Build this version:
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docker build -t backstage:dhi .

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Since the customization includes only runtime libraries and OCI artifacts — no build tools, no package manager, no shell — the resulting image is distroless:
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docker run --rm YOUR_ORG/dhi-node:24-alpine3.23_backstage sh -c "echo hello" docker: Error response from daemon: ... exec: "sh": executable file not found in $PATH

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With the Enterprise customization:

- The runtime image is distroless — no shell, no package manager.
- Docker automatically rebuilds your customized image when the base Node.js image or any of its packages receive a security patch.
- The full chain of trust is maintained, including SLSA Build Level 3 provenance.
- Both the Node.js and Python runtimes are tracked in the image SBOM.

Confirm the container no longer has shell access:
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docker exec -it sh OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: unable to start container process: ...

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Use [Docker Debug](/dhi/how-to/troubleshoot/#general-debugging) if you need to troubleshoot a running distroless container.

&gt; [!NOTE]
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&gt; If your organization requires FIPS/STIG compliant images, that's also an option in DHI Enterprise.
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