# busybox

**Repository Path**: mirrors_prometheus/busybox

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: busybox
- **Description**: Prometheus Busybox Docker base images
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-09-25
- **Last Updated**: 2026-04-05

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# Prometheus Busybox Docker Base Images

[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/prometheus/busybox/tree/master.svg?style=shield)][circleci]
[![Docker Repository on Quay](https://quay.io/repository/prometheus/busybox/status)][quay]
[![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/prom/busybox.svg)][hub]

## Tags

### prom/busybox:latest : uClibc

Based on the official `busybox:uclibc` base image.

The following files are added (taken from Debian) to fix some common issues:

- `/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt` : for HTTPS support
- `/usr/share/zoneinfo` : for timezones
- `/etc/services` : for named ports resolution

### prom/busybox:glibc : glibc

Based on the official `busybox:glibc` base image.

The following files are added (taken from Debian) to fix some common issues:

- `/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt` : for HTTPS support
- `/usr/share/zoneinfo` : for timezones
- `/etc/services` : for named ports resolution
- `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0` : common required lib for project binaries that cannot be statically built.

## Build Docker images locally

```
$ git clone https://github.com/prometheus/busybox.git
$ make build
```

## More information

  * All of the core developers are accessible via the [Prometheus Developers Mailinglist](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/prometheus-developers) and the `#prometheus` channel on `irc.freenode.net`.

## Contributing

Refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)

## License

Apache License 2.0, see [LICENSE](LICENSE).


[circleci]: https://circleci.com/gh/prometheus/busybox
[hub]: https://hub.docker.com/r/prom/busybox/
[quay]: https://quay.io/repository/prometheus/busybox