This topic helps you to decide between the dependency options for Tanzu Build Service.
About dependencies
Tanzu Build Service dependencies consist of stacks, buildpacks, and builders. Dependencies are continuously released on VMware Tanzu Network to resolve all workload Critical and High CVEs.
There are two types of dependencies, lite and full, available for install They can apply to different use cases and workload types. For the differences between the dependencies, see Dependency comparison later in this topic.
Lite Dependencies
The Tanzu Build Service lite dependencies contains a smaller footprint to speed up installation time. However, the lite dependencies do not support all workload types. For example, the lite dependencies do not contain the PHP buildpack.
The lite dependencies only contain the base-jammy stack. The default stack is installed, but is identical to the base-jammy stack. For more information, see Stacks in the Tanzu Buildpacks documentation.
Full Dependencies
The Tanzu Build Service full dependencies contain more buildpacks and stacks. This allow for more workload types.
The build-time language dependencies are pre-packaged so builds don’t have to download them from the Internet. This can speed up build times and allows builds to occur in air-gapped environments.
The full dependencies contain the following stacks, which support different use cases:
base-jammyfull-jammytiny-jammydefault(identical tobase-jammy)
For more information, see Stacks in the Tanzu Buildpacks documentation. Due to the larger footprint of full, installations might take longer.
Dependency comparison
You can use either lite or full dependencies in production environments, but the full dependencies provide a better experience in most cases.
The following table compares the contents of the lite and full dependencies.
| Feature | lite | full |
|---|---|---|
| Faster installation time | Yes | No |
| Shorter build times | No | Yes |
| Dependencies pre-packaged | No | Yes |
| Support for air-gapped environments | No | Yes |
| Contains base stack | Yes | Yes |
| Contains full stack | No | Yes |
| Contains tiny stack | No | Yes |
| Supports Java workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports Node.js workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports Go workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports Python workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports .NET Core workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports PHP workloads | No | Yes |
| Supports Ruby workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports web servers workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports static workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports binary workloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supports ubi workloads | No | Yes |
