CONT-8104 - Docker warnings

This information is provided as part of the Lynis community project. It is related to Lynis control CONT-8104 and should be considered as-is and without guarantees. Any advice and commands should be tested before implementing them in production environments.

Control details
CategoryContainers
Application

Description

Docker should preferably run without any warnings.

How to solve

Run 'docker info' to see why this particular control shows up. If the warning(s) is accepted, add this control to the list of ignored controls.

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Lynis is a technical security auditing tool for Unix flavors like Linux, macOS, AIX, Solaris, and *BSD. It is open source software and free to use. Typical usage include system hardening, compliance testing, and vulnerability scanning. The project has an active community, including development via GitHub.

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