What exactly does "next start" do (and need to work)?

[FBosler]

I am wondering if there is any documentation on what exactly next start does (additionally to this that is).

The reason why I am asking is that I am running my next.js app out of a docker container and am thinking it surely possible to remove some of the noise during building the container.

Cheers

[khattakdev]

It starts a Next.js Production Server.

[FBosler]

Thank you.

Which folder does this depend on? Does it only depend on .next ?

Cheers

[khattakdev]

Yes, it lookup for .next directory which is an optimized production build and starts it.

[FBosler]

does it need anything else? or can I delete everything else and only keep .next folder?