# Multi-stage builds — Use multi-stage builds

> Consider the following Dockerfile Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```dockerfile FROM eclipse-temurin:21.0.8_9-jdk-jammy AS builder WORKDIR /opt/app COPY .mvn/ .mvn COPY mvnw pom.xml ./ RUN ./mvnw dependency:go-offline COPY ./src ./src RUN ./mvnw clean install FROM

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Consider the following Dockerfile

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```dockerfile
    FROM eclipse-temurin:21.0.8_9-jdk-jammy AS builder
    WORKDIR /opt/app
    COPY .mvn/ .mvn
    COPY mvnw pom.xml ./
    RUN ./mvnw dependency:go-offline
    COPY ./src ./src
    RUN ./mvnw clean install

    FROM eclipse-temurin:21.0.8_9-jre-jammy AS final
    WORKDIR /opt/app
    EXPOSE 8080
    COPY --from=builder /opt/app/target/*.jar /opt/app/*.jar
    ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "/opt/app/*.jar"]
```

&gt; For production use, it's highly recommended that you produce a custom JRE-like runtime using jlink. JRE images are available for all versions of Eclipse Temurin, but jlink allows you to create a minimal runtime containing only the necessary Java modules for your application. This can significantly reduce the size and improve the security of your final image. Refer to this page for more information.

With multi-stage builds, a Docker build uses one base image for compilation, packaging, and unit tests and then a separate image for the application runtime. As a result, the final image is smaller in size since it doesn’t contain any development or debugging tools. By separating the build environment from the final runtime environment, you can significantly reduce the image size and increase the security of your final images.

Now, rebuild your image and run your ready-to-use production build.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker build -t spring-helloworld-builder .
```

Look at the image size difference by using the docker images command

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker images
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    spring-helloworld-builder latest    c5c76cb815c0   24 minutes ago      428MB
    spring-helloworld         latest    ff708d5ee194   About an hour ago   880MB
```

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