Services that requires docker sock

kemboielvis22 · November 26, 2025, 2:26pm

I have an application that requires an running docker instance how can i handle this

Also i how can i be able to pass ssh public and private keys in the user interface so that when one clicks save is tore them in

/home/module1/.config/state/.ssh/id_rsa 
/home/module1/.config/state/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

davidep · November 26, 2025, 2:29pm

Hi Elvis, to emulate Docker socket API you may need to enable Podman system service podman-system-service — Podman documentation

NS8 does not use it at the moment, but may interfere with it in the future.

systemctl --user status podman.socket

kemboielvis22 · November 26, 2025, 2:35pm

Okay thank you

What of the ssh how can i go about it

davidep · November 26, 2025, 2:38pm

I don’t know, but pay attention to SELinux labels because SSH keys may inherit special labels that are not compatible with container_t.

You may get an idea from the workaround we use for automated tests, but I guess your use case is quite different!

github.com/NethServer/ns8-samba

test-module.sh

main

#!/bin/bash

#
# Copyright (C) 2023 Nethesis S.r.l.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
#

#
# Hint: access the test logs on HTTP port 8000 with this command:
#
#     python -mhttp.server -d tests/outputs/ 8000 &
#

set -e

SSH_KEYFILE=${SSH_KEYFILE:-$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa}

LEADER_NODE="${1:?missing LEADER_NODE argument}"
IMAGE_URL="${2:?missing IMAGE_URL argument}"
shift 2

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Furthermore Podman’s secret feature were extended since that time.

kemboielvis22 · November 26, 2025, 2:40pm

OkaY

Let me do research on that then post my findings