Two-stage build for Rust project with need for ssl libraries (such as an web api)

Dockerfile

LABEL maintainer="YOUR NAME <YOUR@EMAIL>"
# select build image
FROM rust:1.52 as build

# create a new empty shell project
RUN USER=root cargo new --bin my_project
WORKDIR /my_project

# if you need nightly
# change toolchain to nightly for rocket
# RUN rustup default nightly

# build for release
COPY ./Cargo.toml ./Cargo.toml
COPY ./src ./src
RUN cargo build --release

# our final base
FROM debian:buster-slim

RUN DEBIAN=NONINTERACTIVE apt update; apt install -y libssl-dev libpq-dev ca-certificates tzdata; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# copy the build artifact from the build stage
COPY --from=build /my_project/target/release/YOUR_PROGRAM /usr/local/bin/YOUR_PROGRAM

# set the startup command to run your binary
CMD ["YOUR_PROGRAM"]