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Is privileged mode necessary for running db2 developer edition via docker

  • 1.  Is privileged mode necessary for running db2 developer edition via docker

    Posted Tue April 14, 2020 12:28 PM
    I'm using the official docker image from Docker Hub where it asks for the parameter --privileged=True in the quick start guide:
    docker run -itd --name mydb2 --privileged=true -p 50000:50000 -e LICENSE=accept -e DB2INST1_PASSWORD=<choose an instance password> -e DBNAME=testdb -v <db storage dir>:/database ibmcom/db2

    Is there any way NOT using privileged mode? Since I tried without it but the db2 container doesn't accept TCP connections anymore.

    I'm curious if such privileged mode is necessary since I plan to use this image for CI purpose for a number of open source repos where CI solution like GitHub Actions doesn't support running service container under privileged mode. for example: How to run privileged docker container
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