Shouldn't Docker be rootless in Bluefin-DX

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I was wondering is there is any security concern, or otherwise, why Docker comes in root mode in Bluefin-DX. Meaning, the user have to issue commands such as sudo docker ps, for instance, to get the status of containers.

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Hey @f0nzie !

I had the same question! When I tried to run the hello-world test container I got a permission denied error:

~ 
❯ docker run hello-world
docker: permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Head "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/_ping": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied.
See 'docker run --help'.

But, don’t worry! Bluefin has you covered. I found the Developer Mode needs to be enabled and then all works as you’d expect.

Read the docs, but for me I just had to run two commands:

  1. ujust devmode - this will prompt you to enable/disable developer mode. For me it was already enabled
  2. ujust dx-group - this will add your current user to the correct groups. I had to authenticate a number of times.

After all this you’ll be prompted to reboot. After running this, i get sudoless docker easy peasy!

best of luck.

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