Document URL: https://docs.openshift.com/online/dev_guide/application_lifecycle/new_app.html#specifying-an-image https://docs.openshift.com/online/using_images/docker_images/index.html I believe this information should be included on both of the above URLs. Something to the affect of "OpenShift Online runs containers using an arbitrarily assigned user ID. This provides additional security against processes escaping the container due to a container engine vulnerability and thereby achieving escalated permissions on the host node. Due to this restriction, images that run as root will not deploy as expected on OpenShift Online."
Work in progress: https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs/pull/9140
the PR looks good to me, move to verified
Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs/commit/e3fd0592e6d6d8d978c0a0f504f4dede84891e34 Bug 1563744, added disclaimers about images running as root in Online https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs/commit/55497fa4dc595ce60b99c4d2e81baa99394fb1a4 Merge pull request #9140 from ahardin-rh/online-images-running-as-root Bug 1563744, added disclaimers about images running as root in Online
This content is now published: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_online/3/html/developer_guide/application-life-cycle-management#specifying-an-image