From 0e1f3f8b865579ff4dc906cc33930ed167a4134e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damian Szczepanik Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:40:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs(inputs.docker): Add help message about permissions for container (#14094) --- plugins/inputs/docker/README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/plugins/inputs/docker/README.md b/plugins/inputs/docker/README.md index 936be6a86..112de6931 100644 --- a/plugins/inputs/docker/README.md +++ b/plugins/inputs/docker/README.md @@ -130,9 +130,12 @@ sudo usermod -aG docker telegraf If telegraf is run within a container, the unix socket will need to be exposed within the telegraf container. This can be done in the docker CLI by add the option `-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock` or adding the following -lines to the telegraf container definition in a docker compose file: +lines to the telegraf container definition in a docker compose file. +Additionally docker `telegraf` user must be assigned to `docker` group id +from host: ```yaml +user: telegraf: volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ```