Hi I’m new to Docker and use Ubuntu 22.04 Should I create a dedicated user to install and run Docker e.g. similar to running Tomcat? If so, what permissions should this user have? Thanks

There are two options to increase security: run Docker as rootless, so overall Docker and it’s containers never get root privilege. run services/containers with a different user By default Docker and it’s containers are running as root. That made it always easy, because you never had to wor…

Hi I initially used “sudo apt install docker.io -y” and it seems to run fine I then discovered these instructions Install Docker Engine on Debian | Docker Docs Should I uninstall docker and then follow this process to reinstall? What is the difference in using the simple install and more complex …

The official installation guide starts with removing the docker.io package, so that should answer the first question. The difference is that docker.io is not published by Docker Inc, so it is not officially supported and could have different versions and not always the latest. Sometimes Docker do…

Is it necessary or better to use a dedicated user to run Docker?

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Is it necessary or better to use a dedicated user to run Docker?

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