Making my Docker image more efficient

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From since I added browser to my stack, the builds take 2 and more minutes. I'm trying to make the builds more efficient, but I'm no expert in setting up the image, so I'd appreciate any help. This is what I do right now:FROM apify/actor-python:3.12
ARG ACTOR_PATH_IN_DOCKER_CONTEXT RUN rm -rf /usr/src/app/*
WORKDIR /usr/src/app COPY . ./ RUN echo "Python version:" \ && python --version \ && echo "Pip version:" \ && pip --version \ && echo "Installing Poetry:" \ && pip install --no-cache-dir poetry~=1.7.1 \ && echo "Installing dependencies:" \ && poetry config cache-dir /tmp/.poetry-cache \ && poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true \ && poetry install --only=main --no-interaction --no-ansi \ && rm -rf /tmp/.poetry-cache \ && echo "All installed Python packages:" \ && pip freeze \ && echo "Installing Playwright dependencies:" \ && poetry run playwright install chromium --with-deps RUN python3 -m compileall -q ./jg/plucker ENV ACTOR_PATH_IN_DOCKER_CONTEXT="${ACTOR_PATH_IN_DOCKER_CONTEXT}"
CMD ["poetry", "run", "plucker", "--debug", "crawl", "--apify"]Is there a way to make it faster?

ondro_k · Answer

Hey, you could use apify/actor-python-playwright as a base image, which already has the browser preinstalled...so you could skip the poetry run playwright install chromium --with-deps part.the image is 3 months old but there are plans to update it more often

frankman · Answer

Hi @Honza Javorek, I use a new Python package and project manager, written in Rust named uv: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/. Is extremely fast and work very well for me. Here you have how I configure all my docker images in my actors:# First, specify the base Docker image.
# You can see the Docker images from Apify at https://hub.docker.com/r/apify/.
# You can also use any other image from Docker Hub.
FROM apify/actor-python:3.11 # Second, copy just requirements.txt into the Actor image,
# since it should be the only file that affects the dependency install in the next step,
# in order to speed up the build
COPY requirements.txt ./ # Install the packages specified in requirements.txt,
# Print the installed Python version, pip version
# and all installed packages with their versions for debugging
RUN echo "Python version:" \ && python --version \ && echo "Pip version:" \ && pip --version \ # uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. # https://docs.astral.sh/uv/ && echo "Installing uv:" \ && pip install uv \ && echo "Installing dependencies using uv:" \ && uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt \ && echo "All installed Python packages:" \ && uv pip freeze # Next, copy the remaining files and directories with the source code.
# Since we do this after installing the dependencies, quick build will be really fast
# for most source file changes.
COPY . ./ # Use compileall to ensure the runnability of the Actor Python code.
RUN python3 -m compileall -q . # Specify how to launch the source code of your Actor.
# By default, the "python3 -m ." command is run
CMD ["python3", "-m", "src"]Before it took 60 to 80 seconds to build, now it takes 11 to 15 seconds... about x5 faster... Try it...

Honza Javorek · Answer

Thanks!

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