Switched from Debian to Alpine Linux for significant improvements:
- Image size: ~5MB vs ~100MB (95% smaller)
- Security: Minimal attack surface, no glibc vulnerabilities
- Static linking: No glibc version issues ever again
- Uses rust:alpine builder with x86_64-unknown-linux-musl target
- Static binaries with RUSTFLAGS='-C target-feature=+crt-static'
Fixes the GLIBC_2.38 error permanently by avoiding glibc entirely.
Fixed glibc version mismatch between rust:latest builder (glibc 2.38+)
and debian:bookworm-slim runtime (glibc 2.36). This was causing:
- ./companies: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.38 not found
- ./payments: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.38 not found
- Similar errors for users service
Updated all 19 service Dockerfiles + Dockerfile.template to use
debian:trixie-slim which includes glibc 2.38+.
- Create scripts/init-db.sql for DB schema initialization
- Enhance start-services.sh to auto-initialize DB if needed
- Fix users admin handler: change root route from '/users' to '/' to avoid double prefix
- Remove deprecated handlers (departments/designations/employees) from users service
- Add missing admin route mappings for users and approval/case endpoints in gateway
- Update gateway to correctly handle /api/admin/users, /api/admin/approvals, etc.
- Update .env.example and docs
These changes enable running the stack without Docker and fix admin panel routing.
