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BuildKit

Concurrent, DAG-based image builder engine in Docker offering parallel step execution and secret mounting.

Mechanism & Definition

The modern image build engine underlying Docker. BuildKit parses Dockerfiles into a Low-Level Intermediate Representation (LLB) graph, enabling concurrent execution of non-dependent build stages, cache importing/exporting, and secure mounting of SSH keys or build secrets without baking them into layers.

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