# How to use Dockerfiles with wolfi-base images

DevFeed: [How to use Dockerfiles with wolfi-base images](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-use-dockerfiles-with-wolfi-base-images-13097.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/how-to-use-dockerfiles-with-wolfi-base-images>)

Published: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [Dockerfile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dockerfile.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [distroless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distroless.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Go](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go.md>)

Tags: [apko](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apko.md>), [base-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/base-images.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [distroless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distroless.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-hub](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-hub.md>), [dockerfiles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dockerfiles.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [melange](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/melange.md>), [wolfi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wolfi.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use Dockerfiles with Chainguard wolfi-base and other Chainguard Images. It covers minimal static images, glibc-dynamic images, multi-stage builds, package management, and selecting image variants based on application dependencies and runtime needs.

## Source excerpt

Your guide to leveraging Dockerfiles with Wolfi-base images for hardened container images.