Yes! Exactly :) You wouldn't need to save it as /sbin/init. You would just type: $ docker run MYIMAGE /path/to/my/static/binary Here's the smallest image

Yes! Exactly :) You wouldn't need to save it as /sbin/init. You would just type: $ docker run MYIMAGE /path/to/my/static/binary Here's the smallest image I've personally used to run a docker container: http://get.docker.io/images/busybox http://get.docker.io/images/busybox