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2.0 Adding Users to Docker Group


*Must be done on each docker node if there's more than one

*Any confusion on command syntax/structure can be clarified in Legend

  1. Login to the docker node

  1. Add the user

*Set the password to something easy i.e. password // can also be changed using the 'passwd' command

sudo adduser [USER]
  1. Give user permission to the docker and sudoers group

sudo usermod -aG docker [USER]
sudo usermod -aG sudo [USER]
  1. Connect to user’s account and import user’s Github keys

su [USER]
ssh-import-id-gh [GITHUB USERNAME]
  1. Test whether or not the user can connect to each docker swarm:

ssh [USER]@[IP ADDRESS]
  1. Have user change their password NOT ON ROOT on each docker node created:

passwd 

Last Updated: 2/22/2025
Contributors: Lilian, Vivian