# docker scout recommendations

**Description:** Display available base image updates and remediation recommendations

**Usage:** `docker scout recommendations [IMAGE|DIRECTORY|ARCHIVE]`










## Description

The `docker scout recommendations` command display recommendations for base images updates.
It analyzes the image and display recommendations to refresh or update the base image.
For each recommendation it shows a list of benefits, such as
fewer vulnerabilities or smaller image size.

If no image is specified, the most recently built image is used.

The following artifact types are supported:

- Images
- OCI layout directories
- Tarball archives, as created by `docker save`
- Local directory or file

By default, the tool expects an image reference, such as:

- `redis`
- `curlimages/curl:7.87.0`
- `mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:7.0`

If the artifact you want to analyze is an OCI directory, a tarball archive, a local file or directory,
or if you want to control from where the image will be resolved, you must prefix the reference with one of the following:

- `image://` (default) use a local image, or fall back to a registry lookup
- `local://` use an image from the local image store (don't do a registry lookup)
- `registry://` use an image from a registry (don't use a local image)
- `oci-dir://` use an OCI layout directory
- `archive://` use a tarball archive, as created by `docker save`
- `fs://` use a local directory or file


## Options

| Option | Default | Description |
|--------|---------|-------------|
| `--only-refresh` |  |  Only display base image refresh recommendations |
| `--only-update` |  |  Only display base image update recommendations |
| `--org` |  |  Namespace of the Docker organization |
| `-o`, `--output` |  |  Write the report to a file |
| `--platform` |  |  Platform of image to analyze |
| `--ref` |  |  Reference to use if the provided tarball contains multiple references.<br>Can only be used with archive |
| `--tag` |  |  Specify tag |



## Examples

### Display base image update recommendations

```console
$ docker scout recommendations golang:1.19.4
```

### Display base image refresh only recommendations

```console
$ docker scout recommendations --only-refresh golang:1.19.4
```

### Display base image update only recommendations

```console
$ docker scout recommendations --only-update golang:1.19.4
```