Running docker compose the right way (lemmy.ml)

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I'm having some problems installing Vaultwarden and I wonder if it because I'm running docker compose in the wrong way and there are user permission issues.

What is the right way of installing docker compose (on a linux VM)? In in the past I would create a docker folder /home/user/docker. In there I would create the folder firefly or whatever and then I would run docker compose as user. So, when installing firefly, I would be in the /home/user/docker/firefly and run docker compose from within. Not as root (using sudo) but as a the normal user user. Firefly service would just run without problmes. Shoudl I be installing containers this way of shoudl I be using root (sudo)?

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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

that is fine, the only requirement AFAIK is the user being in the docker group in case you're having permission issues running it as user

[-] trilobite@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Of course, i forgot to mention, that user is in the docker grp. I was just thinking that maybe, as the data folders/volumes for the containers were saved in the user home directory, there may be read/write issues foe the various containers.

Likewise, i was worried that if installing/running a sensitive service like Vaultwarden with sudo exposed me to risks.

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