[[documentation.container-images]]
== Container Images
Spring Boot provides first-class support for building efficient container images. You can read more about it here:

* *Efficient Container Images:* <<container-images#container-images.efficient-images, Tips to optimize container images such as Docker images>>
* *Dockerfiles:* <<container-images#container-images.dockerfiles, Building container images using dockerfiles>>
* *Cloud Native Buildpacks:* <<container-images#container-images.buildpacks, Support for Cloud Native Buildpacks with Maven and Gradle>>