Is it possible to run Docker as a non-root user?

Answered 3 years ago (Jun 03, 2021) by Eldernode Staff

 If you want to run Docker as a non-root user, you must add your account to the Docker group. So to do this you simply need to execute the following commands:

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock

Restart your system to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart docker