Unable to access dozzle container shell

[GalacticCheat]

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How is Dozzle deployed?

Standalone Deployment

📦 Dozzle version

8.12.5

✅ Command used to run Dozzle

I start the container normally

🐛 Describe the bug / provide steps to reproduce it

Unable to access the container shell through Bash or Sh. Both shells are not found!

I want to access the container shell to check the default values ​​of variables. How do I access them?

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OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: unable to start container process: exec: "sh": executable file not found in $PATH: unknown

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[amir20]

You cannot access Dozzle shell because there is no shell. Dozzle doesn't have a base image. This is not a bug. It is for security and minimizing image size.

[amir20]

I'll move this to discussion since it might not be obvious.

[GalacticCheat]

Dozzle is clearly the only container I've deployed that doesn't have a shell, and that's very strange. I would have liked to check the container's security and find out exactly what it does. Because I'm very security-conscious and I also don't like being monitored with telemetry programs.

[amir20]

Dozzle is clearly the only container I've deployed that lacks a shell.

I find statements like this puzzling. Have you ever used portainer/portainer-ce? It uses the same setup. Comments like this can harm open-source projects. I spend hours each week improving performance, security, and fixing bugs for free. Yet, a remark like this is unhelpful. While it costs you nothing to comment, it takes me significant time to maintain and respond. If you like Dozzle, support it by contributing, donating, and, most importantly, leaving comments that energize the author.

I would have liked to check the container's security and find out exactly what it does. Because I'm very security-conscious and I also don't like being monitored with telemetry programs.

You can absolutely do that. You can set up your own network and monitor outgoing traffic. You don't need to modify Dozzle to do this. In fact, many people have done this. If you are security-conscious, you should know that shipping with a shell requires a base image. A base image typically includes networking tools that could be exploited by an attacker.

For the average user the cost of including a base image is not worth it.