CentOS Stream 10

Docker : Use by common users2025/08/08

 

It's possible to use Docker containers by common users.

[1] By default, sub UID/GID that are used on user name spaces are assigned to run containers.
# install Rootless package (generally it's already installed for dependency)

[root@dlp ~]#
dnf --enablerepo=docker-ce-stable -y install docker-ce-rootless-extras
# default name spaces number

[root@dlp ~]#
cat /proc/sys/user/max_user_namespaces

62698
# sub UID/GID mapping file
# 524288 to 589823 (524288 + 65536 - 1) UID are used for running processes in containers on [cent] user

[root@dlp ~]#
cat /etc/subuid

cent:524288:65536
[root@dlp ~]#
cat /etc/subgid

cent:524288:65536
# when added new users, sub UID/GID are also added
# n=0, n++
# [start UID/GID = 524288 + (65536 * n)]
# [end UID/GID = (start UID/GID) + 65536 - 1]

[root@dlp ~]#
useradd fedora

[root@dlp ~]#
useradd redhat

[root@dlp ~]#
cat /etc/subgid /etc/subgid

cent:524288:65536
fedora:589824:65536
redhat:655360:65536
cent:524288:65536
fedora:589824:65536
redhat:655360:65536
[2] It's possible to run [docker] by common users.
# setup rootless mode by each user itself

[cent@dlp ~]$
dockerd-rootless-setuptool.sh install --skip-iptables

[INFO] Creating /home/cent/.config/systemd/user/docker.service
[INFO] starting systemd service docker.service
+ systemctl --user start docker.service

.....
.....

[INFO] Creating CLI context "rootless"
Successfully created context "rootless"
[INFO] Using CLI context "rootless"
Current context is now "rootless"

[INFO] Make sure the following environment variable(s) are set (or add them to ~/.bashrc):
export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH

[INFO] Some applications may require the following environment variable too:
export DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/1000/docker.sock

# load displayed environment variables

[cent@dlp ~]$
export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH

[cent@dlp ~]$
export DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/1000/docker.sock
[cent@dlp ~]$
docker pull quay.io/centos/centos:stream10

[cent@dlp ~]$
docker images

REPOSITORY              TAG        IMAGE ID       CREATED             SIZE
quay.io/centos/centos   stream10   f411d33ff55a   About an hour ago   307MB

[cent@dlp ~]$
docker run quay.io/centos/centos:stream10 echo "run rootless containers"

run rootless containers
# containers related files are located under the [$HOME/.local] directory

[cent@dlp ~]$
ll ~/.local/share/docker

total 8
drwx--x--x. 3 cent cent  123 Aug  8 15:48 buildkit
drwx--x--x. 3 cent cent   20 Aug  8 15:48 containerd
drwx--x---. 3 cent cent   78 Aug  8 15:51 containers
-rw-------. 1 cent cent   36 Aug  8 15:48 engine-id
drwx--x---. 6 cent cent 4096 Aug  8 15:51 fuse-overlayfs
drwx------. 3 cent cent   28 Aug  8 15:48 image
drwxr-x---. 3 cent cent   19 Aug  8 15:48 network
drwx------. 3 cent cent   17 Aug  8 15:48 plugins
drwx------. 2 cent cent    6 Aug  8 15:48 runtimes
drwx------. 2 cent cent    6 Aug  8 15:48 swarm
drwx------. 2 cent cent    6 Aug  8 15:50 tmp
drwx-----x. 2 cent cent   25 Aug  8 15:48 volumes

# for port mapping,
# it's impossible to use less than [1024] ports on Host machine by common users
# possible to use over [1024] ports

[cent@dlp ~]$
docker run -dt -p 1023:80 quay.io/centos/centos:stream10 bash

docker: Error response from daemon: failed to set up container networking: driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint beautiful_swanson (824d6d30a0ace704b5b75bcf5e13d8760eecde75f424f6f82f9133971d5cef8a): error while calling RootlessKit PortManager.AddPort(): cannot expose privileged port 1023, you can add 'net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start=1023' to /etc/sysctl.conf (currently 1024), or set CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE on rootlesskit binary, or choose a larger port number (>= 1024): listen tcp4 0.0.0.0:1023: bind: permission denied

[cent@dlp ~]$
docker run -dt -p 1024:80 quay.io/centos/centos:stream10 bash

[cent@dlp ~]$
docker ps

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                            COMMAND   CREATED         STATUS         PORTS                                     NAMES
f79e4880842e   quay.io/centos/centos:stream10   "bash"    5 seconds ago   Up 4 seconds   0.0.0.0:1024->80/tcp, [::]:1024->80/tcp   reverent_northcutt
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