Vela Images

Overview

Choose the right Docker images for your Vela pipeline steps. Prefer alpine variants, pin to major or major.minor versions, and use pull: always for mutable tags. Every step runs inside a Docker container, and image choice directly affects build speed, reliability, and security.

General Recommendations

Prefer Alpine Variants

Alpine-based images are significantly smaller and faster to pull. Most official Docker images offer -alpine variants:

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