How to create an Image with non-root access from a Dockerfile for OpenShift?

Question

I need to create an image from a docker file with non-root permission, because I don't have root access on our OpenShift Container Platform. Root access is forbidden by our service provider. When I try to pull the image from docker hub:

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Container is not runing, because it's need root access.

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I tried to re-build the image and changed the permission of the path.

Docker File:

RUN set -x \ && chmod g+rx /usr/local/HelpSystems/GoAnywhere/jre/bin/java

I get this error now:

/usr/local/HelpSystems/GoAnywhere/tomcat/bin/../../jre/bin/java: error while loading shared libraries: libjli.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

How can I create an image with non-root-access?

Answer 1

By default, OpenShift does not allow containers to run as root . This is a great security feature from Red Hat.

When creating a Docker image using a Dockerfile , I always create a non-root user:

1. Create a non-root user ( USER 1001 ) when running a command to perform some action in your Dockerfile: RUN a,b,c
2. At the end of my Dockerfile, I will set USER 1001 so the container will run as the 1001 user, ie non-root.

If you need a container to run as root ,

1. Create the image off the OpenShift platform
2. Grant privileged access to the container. I would not recommend this.