Note privileged runs in docker instructions

Eli Barzilay 2021-05-27 22:00:32 -04:00
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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ therefore the container.)
docker run -it --rm node:12
```
Image names are tagged --- this is similar to the above, but now I'm
Image names are tagged this is similar to the above, but now I'm
specifying that I want to use the `12` tag. When you don't specify a
tag as in the above, you get the default of `:latest`.
@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Here I added a `bash` at the end, overriding what the `node` image runs
by default. Now I get a `bash` prompt, and I can do whatever I want:
`npm install` stuff (locally or globally), `apt install` OS packages
(you'll need to `apt update` first to get the package directory), and
even `rm /bin/*` --- it's all completely safe, and everything will
even `rm /bin/*` it's all completely safe, and everything will
disappear when the container is done.
But if you know even a little about linux, you'll recognize that this is
@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ preferable.
This is a more involved example: running the
[fuzzer](https://github.com/microsoft/tsserverfuzzer). First, clone the
repository --- the `node` image includes `git` so you can do it in the
repository the `node` image includes `git` so you can do it in the
container, but you're probably more comfortable with your usual
environment. You'll probably use vscode or whatever... something like
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ node@...:/fuzzer$ node lib/Fuzzer/main.js
```
You can now do the usual things, even `git` commands (since the file
format is the same --- just be careful of sneaky EOL translation).
format is the same just be careful of sneaky EOL translation).
I you did all of this, the `git status` should show just a change in
`package-lock.json`, and the last execution got stuck waiting for a
@ -255,16 +255,29 @@ One problem with running this code is that it requires having `sudo`,
but the `node` image is based on a minimal linux so it doesn't have it.
One way to do it is to fix the code to not use `sudo` if it's running as
root ... but a way around it is to start the container with `bash`, and
run the two `apt` commands to get `sudo` installed. (There are probably
a bunch of other things needed to run this, I'll revise if needed.)
run the two `apt` commands to get `sudo` installed. (In the case of
this `TypeScriptErrorDeltas` code, there is something else that is
needed: see "Privileged runs" below.)
It is obviously tedious to do this installation every time you want to
run it --- ignoring changing the code to not require extra packages, it
is pretty easy to build an image yourself. But I'll finish the quick
part here.
run it ignoring changing the code to not require extra packages, it is
pretty easy to build an image yourself. But I'll finish the quick part
here.
## Extras
### Privileged runs
A docker container is an image running in a sandboxed environment that
is restricted in several ways (like seeing its own FS and network).
There are, however, cases where linux functionality is needed from the
kernel — and mounting things (when you're already *in* the container) is
one such case that is normally blocked. Docker has a bunch of
"capabilities" that are off by default and can be turned on if needed.
In cases like `TypeScriptErrorDeltas`, where you're running known
non-malicious code, you can just enable all of them by adding a
`--privileged` flag.
### `docker build`
The `build` verb can be used with a `Dockerfile` which specifies a