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Docker Daemon Configuration

reference

https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/dockerd/#daemon-configuration-file

daemon.json

{
  "insecure-registries": [],
  "registry-mirrors": [
  ],
  "exec-opts": [
    "native.cgroupdriver=systemd"
  ],
  "bip": "172.10.0.1/16",
  "default-address-pools": [
    {
      "base": "172.11.0.0/16",
      "size": 24
    }
  ],
  "data-root": "/var/lib/docker",
  "log-opts": {
    "max-file": "5",
    "max-size": "20m"
  }
}

On Linux

The default location of the configuration file on Linux is /etc/docker/daemon.json. Use the --config-file flag to specify a non-default location.

The following is a full example of the allowed configuration options on Linux

{
  "allow-direct-routing": false,
  "authorization-plugins": [],
  "bip": "",
  "bip6": "",
  "bridge": "",
  "builder": {
    "gc": {
      "enabled": true,
      "defaultKeepStorage": "10GB",
      "policy": [
        {
          "keepStorage": "10GB",
          "filter": [
            "unused-for=2200h"
          ]
        },
        {
          "keepStorage": "50GB",
          "filter": [
            "unused-for=3300h"
          ]
        },
        {
          "keepStorage": "100GB",
          "all": true
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cgroup-parent": "",
  "containerd": "/run/containerd/containerd.sock",
  "containerd-namespace": "docker",
  "containerd-plugins-namespace": "docker-plugins",
  "data-root": "",
  "debug": true,
  "default-address-pools": [
    {
      "base": "172.30.0.0/16",
      "size": 24
    },
    {
      "base": "172.31.0.0/16",
      "size": 24
    }
  ],
  "default-cgroupns-mode": "private",
  "default-gateway": "",
  "default-gateway-v6": "",
  "default-network-opts": {},
  "default-runtime": "runc",
  "default-shm-size": "64M",
  "default-ulimits": {
    "nofile": {
      "Hard": 64000,
      "Name": "nofile",
      "Soft": 64000
    }
  },
  "dns": [],
  "dns-opts": [],
  "dns-search": [],
  "exec-opts": [],
  "exec-root": "",
  "experimental": false,
  "features": {
    "cdi": true,
    "containerd-snapshotter": true
  },
  "fixed-cidr": "",
  "fixed-cidr-v6": "",
  "group": "",
  "host-gateway-ip": "",
  "hosts": [],
  "proxies": {
    "http-proxy": "http://proxy.example.com:80",
    "https-proxy": "https://proxy.example.com:443",
    "no-proxy": "*.test.example.com,.example.org"
  },
  "icc": false,
  "init": false,
  "init-path": "/usr/libexec/docker-init",
  "insecure-registries": [],
  "ip": "0.0.0.0",
  "ip-forward": false,
  "ip-masq": false,
  "iptables": false,
  "ip6tables": false,
  "ipv6": false,
  "labels": [],
  "live-restore": true,
  "log-driver": "json-file",
  "log-format": "text",
  "log-level": "",
  "log-opts": {
    "cache-disabled": "false",
    "cache-max-file": "5",
    "cache-max-size": "20m",
    "cache-compress": "true",
    "env": "os,customer",
    "labels": "somelabel",
    "max-file": "5",
    "max-size": "10m"
  },
  "max-concurrent-downloads": 3,
  "max-concurrent-uploads": 5,
  "max-download-attempts": 5,
  "mtu": 0,
  "no-new-privileges": false,
  "node-generic-resources": [
    "NVIDIA-GPU=UUID1",
    "NVIDIA-GPU=UUID2"
  ],
  "pidfile": "",
  "raw-logs": false,
  "registry-mirrors": [],
  "runtimes": {
    "cc-runtime": {
      "path": "/usr/bin/cc-runtime"
    },
    "custom": {
      "path": "/usr/local/bin/my-runc-replacement",
      "runtimeArgs": [
        "--debug"
      ]
    }
  },
  "seccomp-profile": "",
  "selinux-enabled": false,
  "shutdown-timeout": 15,
  "storage-driver": "",
  "storage-opts": [],
  "swarm-default-advertise-addr": "",
  "tls": true,
  "tlscacert": "",
  "tlscert": "",
  "tlskey": "",
  "tlsverify": true,
  "userland-proxy": false,
  "userland-proxy-path": "/usr/libexec/docker-proxy",
  "userns-remap": ""
}