⁠PYTHON

Python with best practice defaults for container images

⁠SYNOPSIS 📖

What can I do with this? Run Python with some defaults for better use in containers.

⁠COMPOSE ✂️

name: "python"
services:
  python:
    image: "11notes/python:3.15.2"
    environment:
      TZ: "Europe/Zurich"
    command: "--version"

To find out how you can change the default UID/GID of this container image, consult the RTFM⁠.

⁠BUILD 🚧

FROM 11notes/python:3.13.3
# switch to root during setup
USER root
# setup your app
RUN set -ex; \
  pip install -r requirements.txt;
# start image as 1000:1000
USER docker

⁠DEFAULT SETTINGS 🗃️

⁠ENVIRONMENT 📝

⁠MAIN TAGS 🏷️

These are the main tags for the image. There is also a tag for each commit and its shorthand sha256 value.

• 3.15.2⁠

⁠There is no latest tag, what am I supposed to do about updates?

It is my opinion that the :latest tag is a bad habbit and should not be used at all. Many developers introduce breaking changes in new releases. This would messed up everything for people who use :latest. If you don’t want to change the tag to the latest semver⁠, simply use the short versions of semver⁠. Instead of using :3.15.2 you can use :3 or :3.15. Since on each new version these tags are updated to the latest version of the software, using them is identical to using :latest but at least fixed to a major or minor version. Which in theory should not introduce breaking changes.

If you still insist on having the bleeding edge release of this app, simply use the :rolling tag, but be warned! You will get the latest version of the app instantly, regardless of breaking changes or security issues or what so ever. You do this at your own risk!

⁠REGISTRIES ☁️

docker pull 11notes/python:3.15.2
docker pull ghcr.io/11notes/python:3.15.2
docker pull quay.io/11notes/python:3.15.2

⁠SOURCE 💾

• 11notes/python⁠

⁠PARENT IMAGE 🏛️

• 11notes/alpine:stable⁠

⁠BUILT WITH 🧰

• python⁠
• 11notes/util⁠

⁠GENERAL TIPS 📌

• Use a reverse proxy like Traefik, Nginx, HAproxy to terminate TLS and to protect your endpoints
• Use Let’s Encrypt DNS-01 challenge to obtain valid SSL certificates for your services

⁠ElevenNotes™️

This image is provided to you at your own risk. Always make backups before updating an image to a different version. Check the releases⁠ for breaking changes. If you have any problems with using this image simply raise an issue⁠, thanks. If you have a question or inputs please create a new discussion⁠ instead of an issue. You can find all my other repositories on github⁠.

created 26.10.2026, 06:21:23 (CET)