Manifest list
A manifest list is a container-image metadata document that maps a common image reference to platform-specific image manifests.
Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition
A manifest list is an image metadata structure that maps a multi-platform image reference to platform-specific image manifests.
- How it is used
- Groups platform-specific images under one tag so a pull can find a matching OS and CPU variant.
- How deep it goes
- Defines the manifest relationship and walks through inspection, manual publication, and Buildx automation, without detailing the registry metadata format.
- Examples
- Inspects a published image, groups Linux architecture variants on Docker Hub, and assigns a Linux-and-Windows GHCR workflow.
- What you can do after
- Build it from scratch with docker manifest create and push, or apply it via Buildx build --push.
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Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse
A manifest list is an Apache Iceberg metadata structure that represents a snapshot by listing its manifest files and summary statistics.
- How it is used
- Uses snapshot-level statistics to prune unnecessary partitions and data files during query planning.
- How deep it goes
- Explains snapshot linkage, manifest references, statistics, pruning, and metadata-sprawl effects on planning and coordination.
- Examples
- Uses a January 2024 query and figures showing metadata pruning, metadata bloat, and efficient manifest organization.
- What you can do after
- Evaluate query pruning by tracing snapshot, manifest-list, and manifest filtering before data scanning.
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Related concepts
- manifest filehas part · A manifest file is a machine-readable document that declares metadata, configuration, contents, or resources associated with a software artifact, application, or collection.
- snapshotpart of · A snapshot is a fixed representation or copy of data or system state as it existed at a particular point in time.
- Buildxproduced by · Buildx is a Docker CLI plugin for building container images with advanced capabilities, including multi-platform builds.
- image varianthas part · An image variant is a platform-specific version of a container image that contains the same application for a particular CPU architecture and operating system.
- container registryuses · A container registry is a service or repository for storing, managing, and distributing container images and related artifacts.
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