Hi! Question in the title.

I get that its super easy to setup. But its really worthwhile to have something that:

  • runs everything as root (not many well built images with proper useranagement it seems)
  • you cannot really know which stuff is in the images: you must trust who built it
  • lots of mess in the system (mounts, fake networks, rules…)

I always host on bare metal when I can, but sometimes (immich, I look at you!) Seems almost impossible.

I get docker in a work environment, but on self hosted? Is it really worth while? I would like to hear your opinions fellow hosters.

  • @redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    2811 months ago

    you can inspect the stuff. You don’t have to, but it helps if you’re not paranoid with popular and widespread images

    Dive is a great tool for inspecting docker images. I wish I found it sooner.

    • Droolio
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      511 months ago

      Thank you for posting this, hadn’t heard of it before.