trying to install rancher desktop i do not want the sudo acc rancher-users #rancher-desktop

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clean-pager-20838

06/14/2022, 11:40 PM

trying to install rancher-desktop. i do not want the "sudo" access feature. i.e. i'd prefer to not use /var/run/docker.socket. but i don't see an option for that. is that what would happen if I unselect the "sudo" option? or it will just not set up the socket and assume it is set up?

i tried to edit lima.yaml and change the socket option, but on restart it just added a new set of sockets with the /var/run/docker.socket back...

portForwards:
  - guestPortRange:
      - 1
      - 65535
    guestIPMustBeZero: true
    hostIP: 0.0.0.0
  - guestSocket: /var/run/docker.sock
    hostSocket: /home/gabriel/.rd/docker.sock
  - guestSocket: /var/run/rancher.sock
    hostSocket: /home/gabriel/.rd/rancher.sock

i see that using the "sudo" option and selecting MOBY does create a context. didn't get that with containerd...

rancher-desktop *   Rancher Desktop moby context              unix:///home/gabriel/.rd/docker.sock   <https://127.0.0.1:6443> (default)

proud-jewelry-46860

06/15/2022, 12:58 AM

Hmm, Rancher Desktop should (ask you about it before asking for your password, with a checkbox to say never ask for the password (and run without sudo). Which version are you using?

clean-pager-20838

06/15/2022, 12:59 AM

latest as of now (1.4.1). i do see the checkbox. but i have no idea what will happen if I check that box

after a few factory resets and different settings, i did get the context only if using moby.

proud-jewelry-46860

06/15/2022, 1:01 AM

Sounds like we need to phrase that better. I'm on mac, but it should be the same:

clean-pager-20838

06/15/2022, 1:02 AM

on linux, i got a different message. didn't mention context

proud-jewelry-46860

06/15/2022, 1:02 AM

Yeah, currently with nerdctl we actually run the command inside our VM (because it needs access to disks and things internally, so we can't just expose a socket the way we do with docker)

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clean-pager-20838

06/15/2022, 1:02 AM

[the description on your image] was what i wanted :) i will keep the working setup for now. but as soon as i have some time i will try moby+non-sudo

thanks for the help on this. for future reference, if i try to do the setup i wanted, anyone know where it is documented the manual socket/context setup? do i have to create the context too?

proud-jewelry-46860

06/15/2022, 1:06 AM

No, the context is created for you; the hope was that the big paragraph in the screenshot was enough. But obviously it's a bit lacking 😄

Took way too long to get this, but this is the corresponding Linux screen shot:

(I realize it looks exactly the same)

fast-garage-66093

06/15/2022, 4:54 PM

You should only ever get the dialog on Linux when using docker. I don't think there is any need to use sudo with containerd/nerdctl at all. (It does run as

root

, but only inside the VM, so doesn't need

root

on the host)

clean-pager-20838

06/15/2022, 6:02 PM

did get the dialog again, using nerdctl (enabled

always run without admin access

this time). i guess since now i have the context showing up, things work fine regardless.

fast-garage-66093

06/15/2022, 7:08 PM

The context is only used by moby/docker, so I don't understand why you would get the dialog

clean-pager-20838

06/15/2022, 9:20 PM

hum.. i did mess around with my yaml files a lot but i did try to clean them all and factory reset to the best of my abilities. i got it when i turned the computer on and started docker-desktop again. never run anything as sudo (besides that one time i did gave it my password for the admin feature) i restarted it a few times now. seems my UI is weird. i always get the dialog, even after checking the "always run..." only thing that prevented the dialog on startups was to unselect "Allow sudo access" on the "Application settings" tab

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