Container image optimization to accelerate container deployment

A system for optimizing container deployment, comprising:

• a processor set;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor set, cause the system to:
• extract information from layers of an initial container image in the form of a set of nodes;
• build an image-layer analysis graph to represent relationships between nodes in the set of nodes;
• identify adjustments to the image-layer analysis graph that, when applied to the initial container image, are expected to improve a containerized application deploy-time;
• build an optimized container image according to the adjustments identified for the image-layer analysis graph;
• and
• deploy a primary containerized application using the optimized container image and a secondary containerized application using the initial container image, where the secondary containerized application serves as a backup to the primary containerized application.

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• extracting information from layers of an initial container image in the form of a set of nodes;
• building an image-layer analysis graph to represent relationships between nodes in the set of nodes;
• identifying adjustments to the image-layer analysis graph that, when applied to the initial container image, are expected to improve a containerized application deploy-time;
• building an optimized container image according to the adjustments identified for the image-layer analysis graph;
• and
• deploying a primary containerized application using the optimized container image and a secondary containerized application using the initial container image, where the secondary containerized application serves as a backup to the primary containerized application.