# Moving from Minimus to Docker Hardened Images

DevFeed: [Moving from Minimus to Docker Hardened Images](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/moving-from-minimus-to-docker-hardened-images-4590.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.docker.com/blog/moving-from-minimus-to-docker-hardened-images/>)

Author: Vishrut Iyengar

Published: 2026-08-25T22:27:06Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/docker.md>)

Topics: [Docker Hardened Images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-hardened-images.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Docker Hub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-hub.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

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## AI overview

Docker explains how Minimus customers can migrate to Docker Hardened Images before the Minimus registry goes offline on October 22, 2026. The article highlights the 60-day maintenance window, free migration assistance, DHI's open-source Apache 2.0 catalog, and a drop-in migration process centered on updating Dockerfile FROM lines.

## Source excerpt

The Minimus registry goes offline on October 22. Here is the migration path, the free help Docker is offering, and where to start.