The existing docs omitted or misstated several requirements when running
the gateway as a container with the Docker compute driver:
- OPENSHELL_GRPC_ENDPOINT is required; the Docker driver uses only the
scheme (http/https) — host and port are substituted automatically with
host.openshell.internal and the gateway's own bind port
- Supervisor binary must be extracted to a host path before starting the
gateway; bind-mount sources are resolved by the host Docker daemon so
the path must be identical inside and outside the gateway container
- Docker socket access requires adding the docker group (UID 1000 default)
- Port binding should remain 127.0.0.1; Docker driver adds a bridge
listener automatically
- add --server-san host.openshell.internal to generate-certs for mTLS
- Complete the mTLS docker run with all Docker driver requirements
- Add deploy/docker/gateway.toml — TOML config for the Docker driver
- Add deploy/docker/docker-compose.yml referencing the TOML
- Add docs/get-started/tutorials/docker-compose.mdx tutorial page
- Remote gateway registration instructions (--remote flag)
Address reviewer feedback:
- Move Docker Compose tutorials card to the bottom of the list
- Replace inline YAML snippet in Docker Compose section with a reference
to deploy/docker/ to avoid drift
- Clarify OPENSHELL_DB_URL is safe in compose.yml (plain SQLite path,
no credentials); the TOML block targets credential-bearing DSNs
- Note that ./ in source: resolves relative to the compose file directory
- Clarify that only the scheme from OPENSHELL_GRPC_ENDPOINT matters
- Add note that the tilde volume mount resolves to the same absolute
path on both host and container
Add a dedicated page documenting how to run the OpenShell gateway as a
container using docker run, docker-compose, or podman, without the
system package manager installer.
This is useful for users on immutable OS distributions (Fedora CoreOS,
bootc-based images, Silverblue) where the standard install.sh path is
not appropriate, and for container-first environments.
Covers a quick-start with TLS disabled (localhost-bound), a full mTLS
setup using the gateway's generate-certs subcommand, a docker-compose
example, and a Podman variant.
Closes the gap raised in #1285.
Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <eric.curtin@docker.com>
Eric Curtin