Container Security Basics — Roadmap Step & Resources
Running containers as non-root, minimizing attack surface and image provenance
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: DevOps Engineering
Before this step
Interview questions
- Why is running a container as root considered risky, even if the host is otherwise secure?
Study resources
- Docker Security (Article) — Docker's own official security documentation and best practices.
- Docker Security Best Practices (Video) — A practical walkthrough of running containers as non-root and minimizing attack surface.
Part of
- Containerization with Docker — section
- DevOps Engineering roadmap — the full learning path