Allow containers to run as root

Security best practices dictate that engine containers should not run as the root user. Previously, engines (v7 and lower) would briefly initialize as the root user and then run as the cdsw user. With engine v8 (and higher), engines now follow the best practice and run only as the cdsw user.

Use the following sections to determine whether you need to perform any steps to take advantage of this feature.

New Deployments - Version 1.6.0 (or higher)

Cloudera Data Science Workbench 1.6 (and higher) ships with engine v8 (and higher). On such deployments, all projects should already be using the latest engine versions. Therefore, this property should be left disabled .

Upgrades from Version 1.5.x (and lower) to 1.6.0 (or higher)

For deployments that have upgraded from Cloudera Data Science Workbench 1.5 (or lower), it is likely that projects on your deployment are still using base engine v7 (or lower). On such deployments, this property will be enabled by default.