EVA Lab - Rootless docker 使用說明

說明如何在 EVA Lab 的機器上使用 rootless docker

• EVA Lab - Rootless docker 使用說明
  • Limitations
  • Notices
  • Get Started
  • Usage
    • Daemon
    • Client
    • Others
  • Best Practices
  • Tutorials
    • How to limit resources
    • How to use GPU in container
    • How to set nvidia runtime as default
  • Troubleshooting
    • Ping doesn't work
    • VSCode dev container
    • Others

Limitations

• 不可對外 TCP/UDP ports < 1024
• 其他限制請參見 Known limitations - Run the Docker daemon as a non-root user (Rootless mode)

Notices

• 支援以下 container 資源限制

  • cpu
  • cpuset
  • io
  • memory
  • pids

• 支援以下 docker runtimes

  也可使用 docker info | grep "Runtimes" 查看目前支援的 runtimes

  • nvidia
  • runc

• docker runtime 預設使用 runc
  如需使用 GPU，請參照 How to use GPU in container

• 基於安全性 :Warning:，未來將會開啟防火牆，限制對外服務

Get Started

如第一次使用此服務，請按照以下步驟進行初次設定

# 設定 rootless 環境
dockerd-rootless-setuptool.sh install

# 啟用開機時自動執行 docker 服務
systemctl --user enable docker
loginctl enable-linger $(whoami)

Usage

Daemon

# The daemon config is located at ~/.config/docker/daemon.json
# The systemd unit file is installed as ~/.config/systemd/user/docker.service
# 查看 docker 服務狀態
systemctl --user status docker

# 啟動 docker 服務
systemctl --user start docker

# 停止 docker 服務
systemctl --user stop docker.service docker.socket

# 啟用開機時自動執行 docker 服務，並立即執行
systemctl --user enable --now docker

# 關閉開機時自動執行 docker 服務，並立即執行
systemctl --user disable --now docker

Client

Basic

# 查看 docker 資訊
docker info

# 查看目前正在執行的 containers
docker ps

# 查看所有 containers
docker ps -a

# 啟動 container
docker start {container}

# 停止 container
docker stop {container}

# 重新啟動 container
docker restart {container}

# 執行 container
docker run {...}

Clean cache

# 清理未使用的 images
docker system prune

# 清除所有 images
docker system prune -a

# 清理所有 volumes
docker system prune --volumes

Others

# 切換 docker context
docker context use rootless

Best Practices

• Always use the resources as you need, please check How to limit resources
• Always specify gpu ids, instead of --gpus all
• Clean cache periodically

Tutorials

How to limit resources

Please refer to Runtime options with Memory, CPUs, and GPUs

How to use GPU in container

Setup

# Make a folder for rootless docker config
mkdir -p ~/.config/docker

# Add nvidia runtime to rootless docker
nvidia-ctk runtime configure --config ~/.config/docker/daemon.json --runtime=docker

# Restart docker.service
systemctl --user restart docker

Sample usage

# Run nvidia-smi
docker run --rm --runtime=nvidia --gpus all ubuntu nvidia-smi

# Specify gpu ids & run nvidia-smi
docker run --rm --runtime=nvidia --gpus '"device=0,1,2,3"' ubuntu nvidia-smi

How to set nvidia runtime as default

It is not recommended to set nvidia runtime as default.
Please run container with --runtime=nvidia when you needed.

# After running these commands,
# you do not need to add --runtime=nvidia to docker run command anymore.

# Edit daemon.json
nano ~/.config/docker/daemon.json

# Add default-runtime config like below
{
    "default-runtime": "nvidia",
    "runtimes": {...}
}

# Reload docker config
systemctl --user reload docker

# Check default runtime
docker info | grep "Default Runtime"

Troubleshooting

Ping doesn't work

請聯絡網管

VSCode dev container

Cannot run container as non-root user

By default, the root user in rootless container is mapped to UID/GID of your host user.

So, the simplest solution is to set the remoteUser as root in devcontainer.json.

For other solutions, you could check microsoft/vscode-remote-release - Issue #4646.

Others

請聯絡網管並截圖 systemctl --user status docker 資訊