romanirinarkhov/python311-saml-build repository overview

⁠🐍 python311-xmlsec-build

• Best-of-both: base image for building lxml/xmlsec with Python 3.11 (Debian 12)
• This image provides a lightweight foundation for Python applications that require XML and cryptographic libraries such as lxml and xmlsec.
• It is based on python:3.11-slim-bookworm and includes only the minimal system dependencies needed to build C extensions.

⁠🔹 Features

• Python 3.11 on Debian 12 (slim/bookworm)

• Preinstalled system libraries:

• libxml2-dev, libxslt1-dev, zlib1g-dev

• libxmlsec1-dev, libxmlsec1-openssl

• libssl-dev, libffi-dev

• build-essential, pkg-config

• Environment variables tuned for smaller images & better logging:

• PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1

• PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

• PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1

• PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1

• Pre-upgraded pip, setuptools, wheel

⁠🔹 Usage

• FROM romanirinarkhov/python311-xmlsec-build:1.0.1
• WORKDIR /app
• COPY requirements.txt .
• RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
• COPY . .
• CMD ["python", "app.py"]

⁠Build & run:

• docker build -t myapp .
• docker run --rm -it myapp

⁠🔹 When to use

• This base image is optimized for:
• Projects using FastAPI, Flask, or Django with XML security requirements
• Services needing SAML, SOAP, or XML signature verification
• Any Python app requiring lxml / xmlsec compiled against system libs