Running the Octopus Linux container as a non-root user

[mcasperson]

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The bug

The Octopus Linux container creates a user called octopus, but when the container is run with this user, the error standard_init_linux.go:211: exec user process caused "permission denied" is displayed.

What I expected to happen

The container should be able to be run without a root user.

Steps to reproduce

1. Run docker run --user octopus --env "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" octopusdeploy/octopusdeploy:2020.3.4
2. See error

Affected versions

All versions of Octopus Linux container.

Workarounds

No known workarounds exist.

Links

Internal link: https://help.octopus.com/t/run-octopus-linux-docker-container-as-non-root-user/25685

[mcasperson]

Linux docker image doesn't support non-root users

[mcasperson]

This has been fixed in 2020.5.0.

[octoreleasebot]

Release Note: Linux Docker image can now be run as the user octopus