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Implicitly set `CgroupParent` in `docker run`

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
docker, go
Domain
cli, devops

Research direction

Start at the docker run entry point and inspect how ~/.docker/config.json options are loaded and how CgroupParent is passed when a container is created. Clarify whether the configuration should provide a concrete cgroup or inherit one from the CLI run, then verify both behavior paths with the relevant CLI checks.

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Description

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Description

It would be nice if it would be possible to implicitly set this parameter for a created container via ~/.docker/config.json.
Either a concrete cgroup, either make it inherit one from the CLI run.
This could be integrated with forwarding /var/run/docker.sock to Kubernetes pods or Slurm's srun.

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