My Dockerfile says: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM ubuntu:24.04 EXPOSE 80 EXPOSE 443 RUN \ sed -i 's/# $.*multiverse$$/\1/g' /etc/apt/sources.list && \ apt-get update && \ apt-get -y upgrade && \ apt-ge…

Why not directly use a php:apache image? Check their doc for “Running as an arbitrary user”.

If you are talking about safety, don’t install anything in the container that the process in it doesn’t need. For example a midnight commander and a text-based web browser. Everything you install is a potential security risk basically. And it doesn’t mean it is very likely to go wrong, but that is a…

Learning purposes… I want to learn how to be aware of the problems I could be creating… Thanks

More reading: [image] OWASP Docker Security Cheat Sheet General Just found this, it’s a must read for everyone connecting containers to the Internet. The aim of this cheat sheet is to provide an easy to use list of common security mistakes and good practices that will h…

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