Build and deploy Docker-based Render services.
---
name: render-docker
description: >-
Builds and deploys Docker containers on Render—Dockerfiles, multi-stage
builds, Blueprint Docker fields, private registries, layer caching, and
platform constraints. Use when the user mentions Docker,
Dockerfile, container images, multi-stage builds, container registry,
GHCR, ECR, BuildKit, dockerContext, runtime docker or image, or
optimizing Docker builds on Render.
license: MIT
compatibility: >-
Any Render compute service (web, private, worker, cron) with runtime: docker
or runtime: image.
metadata:
author: Render
version: "1.0.0"
category: deployment
---
# Render Docker Deployments
Render uses **BuildKit** for Docker builds. All compute service types that support custom runtimes can use **`runtime: docker`** (build from a Dockerfile in the repo) or **`runtime: image`** (pull a prebuilt image; no Dockerfile build on Render). Deeper patterns and copy-paste templates live under `references/`.
## When to Use
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