A post by Jay Pfaffman says You need root privileges and to be able to install docker. I have an Ubuntu VPS hosted by Pair.com , which offers a Docker installation, so I don’t need root privileges to install Docker. However, Pair cautions that Our Docker installations run in a rootless environm…

How did this go? I’m also on a Pair VPS.

@Falco So in 2026: How is the current state of rootless Docker and Discourse? Generally runnable but unsupported - assuming having a proper setup and configuration? Does CDCK internally run any rootless Discourse instances? Are there known blockers? Is official rootless Docker support on any roadm…

This is not something any of us are pursuing explicitly, but you may get away with it by using the @featheredtoast work on pre-bootstrapped images, ie the discourse/discourse container image.

Can I run Discourse in "rootless" Docker on VPS?

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Falco (Falco) May 17, 2023, 2:40pm 2

There is a good chance it won’t work, but if you already have this VPS it may be worth a try.

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Can I run Discourse in "rootless" Docker on VPS?

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