From 8222baf2633816553b3f0198d84ed9fccfc8c842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Misty Stanley-Jones Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:09:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Remove specific config info about userns-remap Signed-off-by: Misty Stanley-Jones --- docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md | 170 +++----------------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md b/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md index ef6bcd3831..95a953f1c4 100644 --- a/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md +++ b/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md @@ -969,14 +969,14 @@ $ sudo dockerd \ The currently supported cluster store options are: -| Option | Description | -|-----------------------|-------------| -| `discovery.heartbeat` | Specifies the heartbeat timer in seconds which is used by the daemon as a `keepalive` mechanism to make sure discovery module treats the node as alive in the cluster. If not configured, the default value is 20 seconds. | +| Option | Description | +|:----------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| `discovery.heartbeat` | Specifies the heartbeat timer in seconds which is used by the daemon as a `keepalive` mechanism to make sure discovery module treats the node as alive in the cluster. If not configured, the default value is 20 seconds. | | `discovery.ttl` | Specifies the TTL (time-to-live) in seconds which is used by the discovery module to timeout a node if a valid heartbeat is not received within the configured ttl value. If not configured, the default value is 60 seconds. | -| `kv.cacertfile` | Specifies the path to a local file with PEM encoded CA certificates to trust. | -| `kv.certfile` | Specifies the path to a local file with a PEM encoded certificate. This certificate is used as the client cert for communication with the Key/Value store. | -| `kv.keyfile` | Specifies the path to a local file with a PEM encoded private key. This private key is used as the client key for communication with the Key/Value store. | -| `kv.path` | Specifies the path in the Key/Value store. If not configured, the default value is 'docker/nodes'. | +| `kv.cacertfile` | Specifies the path to a local file with PEM encoded CA certificates to trust. | +| `kv.certfile` | Specifies the path to a local file with a PEM encoded certificate. This certificate is used as the client cert for communication with the Key/Value store. | +| `kv.keyfile` | Specifies the path to a local file with a PEM encoded private key. This private key is used as the client key for communication with the Key/Value store. | +| `kv.path` | Specifies the path in the Key/Value store. If not configured, the default value is 'docker/nodes'. | #### Access authorization @@ -1005,152 +1005,18 @@ plugin](../../extend/plugins_authorization.md) section in the Docker extend sect #### Daemon user namespace options -The Linux kernel [user namespace support](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/user_namespaces.7.html) provides additional security by enabling -a process, and therefore a container, to have a unique range of user and -group IDs which are outside the traditional user and group range utilized by -the host system. Potentially the most important security improvement is that, -by default, container processes running as the `root` user will have expected -administrative privilege (with some restrictions) inside the container but will -effectively be mapped to an unprivileged `uid` on the host. +The Linux kernel +[user namespace support](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/user_namespaces.7.html) +provides additional security by enabling a process, and therefore a container, +to have a unique range of user and group IDs which are outside the traditional +user and group range utilized by the host system. Potentially the most important +security improvement is that, by default, container processes running as the +`root` user will have expected administrative privilege (with some restrictions) +inside the container but will effectively be mapped to an unprivileged `uid` on +the host. -When user namespace support is enabled, Docker creates a single daemon-wide mapping -for all containers running on the same engine instance. The mappings will -utilize the existing subordinate user and group ID feature available on all modern -Linux distributions. -The [`/etc/subuid`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/subuid.5.html) and -[`/etc/subgid`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/subgid.5.html) files will be -read for the user, and optional group, specified to the `--userns-remap` -parameter. If you do not wish to specify your own user and/or group, you can -provide `default` as the value to this flag, and a user will be created on your behalf -and provided subordinate uid and gid ranges. This default user will be named -`dockremap`, and entries will be created for it in `/etc/passwd` and -`/etc/group` using your distro's standard user and group creation tools. - -> **Note**: The single mapping per-daemon restriction is in place for now -> because Docker shares image layers from its local cache across all -> containers running on the engine instance. Since file ownership must be -> the same for all containers sharing the same layer content, the decision -> was made to map the file ownership on `docker pull` to the daemon's user and -> group mappings so that there is no delay for running containers once the -> content is downloaded. This design preserves the same performance for `docker -> pull`, `docker push`, and container startup as users expect with -> user namespaces disabled. - -##### Start the daemon with user namespaces enabled - -To enable user namespace support, start the daemon with the -`--userns-remap` flag, which accepts values in the following formats: - - - uid - - uid:gid - - username - - username:groupname - -If numeric IDs are provided, translation back to valid user or group names -will occur so that the subordinate uid and gid information can be read, given -these resources are name-based, not id-based. If the numeric ID information -provided does not exist as entries in `/etc/passwd` or `/etc/group`, daemon -startup will fail with an error message. - -**Example: starting with default Docker user management:** - -```bash -$ sudo dockerd --userns-remap=default -``` - -When `default` is provided, Docker will create - or find the existing - user and group -named `dockremap`. If the user is created, and the Linux distribution has -appropriate support, the `/etc/subuid` and `/etc/subgid` files will be populated -with a contiguous 65536 length range of subordinate user and group IDs, starting -at an offset based on prior entries in those files. For example, Ubuntu will -create the following range, based on an existing user named `user1` already owning -the first 65536 range: - -```bash -$ cat /etc/subuid -user1:100000:65536 -dockremap:165536:65536 -``` - -If you have a preferred/self-managed user with subordinate ID mappings already -configured, you can provide that username or uid to the `--userns-remap` flag. -If you have a group that doesn't match the username, you may provide the `gid` -or group name as well; otherwise the username will be used as the group name -when querying the system for the subordinate group ID range. - -The output of `docker info` can be used to determine if the daemon is running -with user namespaces enabled or not. If the daemon is configured with user -namespaces, the Security Options entry in the response will list "userns" as -one of the enabled security features. - -##### Behavior differences when user namespaces are enabled - -When you start the Docker daemon with `--userns-remap`, Docker segregates the graph directory -where the images are stored by adding an extra directory with a name corresponding to the -remapped UID and GID. For example, if the remapped UID and GID begin with `165536`, all -images and containers running with that remap setting are located in `/var/lib/docker/165536.165536` -instead of `/var/lib/docker/`. - -In addition, the files and directories within the new directory, which correspond to -images and container layers, are also owned by the new UID and GID. To set the ownership -correctly, you need to re-pull the images and restart the containers after starting the -daemon with `--userns-remap`. - -##### Detailed information on `subuid`/`subgid` ranges - -Given potential advanced use of the subordinate ID ranges by power users, the -following paragraphs define how the Docker daemon currently uses the range entries -found within the subordinate range files. - -The simplest case is that only one contiguous range is defined for the -provided user or group. In this case, Docker will use that entire contiguous -range for the mapping of host uids and gids to the container process. This -means that the first ID in the range will be the remapped root user, and the -IDs above that initial ID will map host ID 1 through the end of the range. - -From the example `/etc/subuid` content shown above, the remapped root -user would be uid 165536. - -If the system administrator has set up multiple ranges for a single user or -group, the Docker daemon will read all the available ranges and use the -following algorithm to create the mapping ranges: - -1. The range segments found for the particular user will be sorted by *start ID* ascending. -2. Map segments will be created from each range in increasing value with a length matching the length of each segment. Therefore the range segment with the lowest numeric starting value will be equal to the remapped root, and continue up through host uid/gid equal to the range segment length. As an example, if the lowest segment starts at ID 1000 and has a length of 100, then a map of 1000 -> 0 (the remapped root) up through 1100 -> 100 will be created from this segment. If the next segment starts at ID 10000, then the next map will start with mapping 10000 -> 101 up to the length of this second segment. This will continue until no more segments are found in the subordinate files for this user. -3. If more than five range segments exist for a single user, only the first five will be utilized, matching the kernel's limitation of only five entries in `/proc/self/uid_map` and `proc/self/gid_map`. - -##### Disable user namespace for a container - -If you enable user namespaces on the daemon, all containers are started -with user namespaces enabled. In some situations you might want to disable -this feature for a container, for example, to start a privileged container (see -[user namespace known restrictions](#user-namespace-known-restrictions)). -To enable those advanced features for a specific container use `--userns=host` -in the `run/exec/create` command. -This option will completely disable user namespace mapping for the container's user. - -##### User namespace known restrictions - -The following standard Docker features are currently incompatible when -running a Docker daemon with user namespaces enabled: - - - sharing PID or NET namespaces with the host (`--pid=host` or `--net=host`) - - Using `--privileged` mode flag on `docker run` (unless also specifying `--userns=host`) - -In general, user namespaces are an advanced feature and will require -coordination with other capabilities. For example, if volumes are mounted from -the host, file ownership will have to be pre-arranged if the user or -administrator wishes the containers to have expected access to the volume -contents. Note that when using external volume or graph driver plugins, those -external software programs must be made aware of user and group mapping ranges -if they are to work seamlessly with user namespace support. - -Finally, while the `root` user inside a user namespaced container process has -many of the expected admin privileges that go along with being the superuser, the -Linux kernel has restrictions based on internal knowledge that this is a user namespaced -process. The most notable restriction that we are aware of at this time is the -inability to use `mknod`. Permission will be denied for device creation even as -container `root` inside a user namespace. +For details about how to use this feature, as well as limitations, see +[Isolate containers with a user namespace](https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/userns-remap/). ### Miscellaneous options