Optimizing Service Delivery with Minimal Runtimes.

In this paper, we argue that deploying applications inside minimal runtime environments, which only contain the files necessary and sufficient for the application to run, can cut down the operating costs, specifically the costs for ensuring the application security and compliance. We identify a way to deliver minimal runtimes as Docker containers built from scratch. We describe a use case where minimal runtimes simplify the service maintenance operations, by reducing the number of updates for fixing security vulnerabilities.