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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions g3doc/user_guide/tutorials/docker-in-gke-sandbox.md
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In gVisor, all basic docker commands should function as expected. The host
network driver and the bridge network driver are tested and supported.

> gVisor supports Docker Engine up to version 27 in GKE.

## How to run Docker in a GKE Sandbox

### GKE standard cluster
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An example command to start an GKE autopilot cluster will be:

```sh
gcloud container clusters create-auto [CLUTER_NAME] --workload-policies=allow-net-admin --location=[LOCATION] --cluster-version=1.33.2-gke.4655000
gcloud container clusters create-auto [CLUTER_NAME] --workload-policies=allow-net-admin --location=[LOCATION]
```

### Get started

Prepare a container image with pre-installed Docker:

```shell
$ docker build -t docker-in-gvisor images/basic/docker
$ docker build -t docker-in-gvisor images/basic/docker/
$ docker push {registry_url}/docker-in-gvisor:latest
```

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In gVisor, all basic docker commands should function as expected. The host
network driver and the bridge network driver are tested and supported.

> gVisor supports Docker Engine up to version 28.

### NOTE on runsc setup

To run docker within gvisor, runsc must be enabled to allow raw sockets. This is
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FROM ubuntu:24.04

ARG DOCKER_VERSION="5:27.5.1-1~ubuntu.24.04~noble"
ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install ca-certificates curl
# TODO(gvisor.dev/issue/11883): use the latest docker version.
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echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list && \
apt-get update && \
apt-get install -qqy docker-ce=5:28.5.2-1~ubuntu.24.04~noble docker-ce-cli=5:28.5.2-1~ubuntu.24.04~noble containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin iproute2
apt-get install -qqy docker-ce=${DOCKER_VERSION} docker-ce-cli=${DOCKER_VERSION} containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin iproute2

COPY start-dockerd.sh .
CMD /start-dockerd.sh
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