# Resin Raspbian vs Resin armv7hf/jessie

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/resin-raspbian-vs-resin-armv7hf-jessie/1523>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** baseimage\
**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/resin-raspbian-vs-resin-armv7hf-jessie/1523 "2017-07-26T08:07:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tristan107](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/tristan107/32/381_2.png) [@Tristan107](https://forums.balena.io/u/Tristan107)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/resin-raspbian-vs-resin-armv7hf-jessie/1523/1 "2017-07-26T08:07:02Z")

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Hi,

what are the differences between this image :  
h ttps://github.com/resin-io-library/base-images/tree/master/debian/armv7hf/jessie

and this one :  
[https://hub.docker.com/r/resin/rpi-raspbian/](https://hub.docker.com/r/resin/rpi-raspbian/)

It looks like only the first one is available when using the Dockerfile template syntax, are we missing something from resin/rpi-raspbian ?

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**Author:** ![imrehg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/imrehg/32/36_2.png) [@imrehg](https://forums.balena.io/u/imrehg)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/resin-raspbian-vs-resin-armv7hf-jessie/1523/2 "2017-07-26T11:13:55Z")

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Hey, here’s our Base Images Docs: [https://docs.resin.io/runtime/resin-base-images/](https://docs.resin.io/runtime/resin-base-images/) which shows the available base images for every platform.

[Dockerfile Templates](https://docs.resin.io/deployment/docker-templates/) work by replacing the `%%RESIN_MACHINE_NAME%%` with the relevant variable (`raspberry-pi`, `raspberry-pi2`, `raspberrypi3`,…), so it only works for base images that use that naming convention.

Also, `rpi-raspbian` is really used only for Pi1/Zero, not for the other Pi boards, should use the `-debian` images, which are debian with the added raspbian repositories. IMHO, even for P1/Zero should use the `-debian` image. Just wondering, is there any particular reason that you’d like to use `rpi-raspbian` instead of `raspberry-pi-debian`?

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**Author:** ![Tristan107](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/tristan107/32/381_2.png) [@Tristan107](https://forums.balena.io/u/Tristan107)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/resin-raspbian-vs-resin-armv7hf-jessie/1523/3 "2017-07-26T14:12:44Z")

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Ok, maybe the doc [here](https://hub.docker.com/r/resin/rpi-raspbian/) should be updated or even the image removed then, don’t you think so ?

Personally I have no reason to use rpi-raspbian because I have already read the [resin.io](http://resin.io) doc, but a new guy on the project naturally found this image when looking for the basic resin raspbian image and started working on it, so I was wondering what this image was…

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**Author:** ![imrehg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/imrehg/32/36_2.png) [@imrehg](https://forums.balena.io/u/imrehg)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/resin-raspbian-vs-resin-armv7hf-jessie/1523/4 "2017-07-26T14:50:17Z")

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I think there’s some confusion in how those base images are used. You don’t have to have templated images, if your base image works across all devices (eg. if a base image is made for `armv7hf` devices, instead of one specific platform).

The `resin/rpi-raspbian` image you are linking to is pretty orthogonal to Dockerfile templating, and that image is widely used outside of [resin.io](http://resin.io) as well, so definitely won’t be removed. You can use that image if you want to without any templating on a Raspberry Pi 3, for example (as far as I know, just not optimal).

The templating should be pretty clear that it works on the image name level, and only works when deploying on [resin.io](http://resin.io), since it’s custom tooling. Will review the templating docs anyways, to see if we can even further clarify things.

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**Author:** ![Tristan107](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/tristan107/32/381_2.png) [@Tristan107](https://forums.balena.io/u/Tristan107)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/resin-raspbian-vs-resin-armv7hf-jessie/1523/5 "2017-07-26T16:14:15Z")

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You said " rpi-raspbian is really used only for Pi1/Zero", that’s why I was suggesting to modify the corresponding documentation, not the templated images doc.