standardize to 24.04 and use user instead of root

Author: matthewlouisbrockman

docs/template/examples/docker.mdx

@@ -14,23 +14,23 @@ Use the official installation script from [get.docker.com](https://get.docker.co
 // template.ts
 import { Template } from 'e2b'
 
-export const template = Template()
-  .fromUbuntuImage('25.04')
-  .runCmd('curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh')
-  .runCmd('sudo docker run --rm hello-world')
-```
+export const template = Template()
+  .fromUbuntuImage('24.04')
+  .runCmd('curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh')
+  .runCmd('sudo docker run --rm hello-world')
+```
 
 ```python Python
 # template.py
 from e2b import Template
 
-template = (
-    Template()
-    .from_ubuntu_image("25.04")
-    .run_cmd("curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh")
-    .run_cmd("sudo docker run --rm hello-world")
-)
-```
+template = (
+    Template()
+    .from_ubuntu_image("24.04")
+    .run_cmd("curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh")
+    .run_cmd("sudo docker run --rm hello-world")
+)
+```
 </CodeGroup>
 
 ### Build
@@ -97,11 +97,7 @@ sbx.kill()
 
 This example installs Docker and Docker Compose, then validates the setup with a Compose version check and a sample Compose run.
 
-<Note>
-Run Docker and Docker Compose commands as `root` in this setup. The Docker daemon socket is not accessible to the default `user` account.
-</Note>
-
-### Template
+### Template
 
 Create a new file named `template-compose.ts` (or `template_compose.py`).
 
@@ -112,13 +108,14 @@ import { Template } from 'e2b'
 
 export const composeTemplate = Template()
   .fromUbuntuImage('24.04')
-  .runCmd([
-    'set -euxo pipefail',
-    'sudo apt-get update',
-    'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker.io',
-    'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose-plugin || true',
-    'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose-v2 || true',
-    'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose || true',
+  .runCmd([
+    'set -euxo pipefail',
+    'sudo apt-get update',
+    'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker.io',
+    'sudo usermod -aG docker user',
+    'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose-plugin || true',
+    'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose-v2 || true',
+    'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose || true',
     'sudo docker compose version || sudo docker-compose --version',
   ])
 ```
@@ -131,13 +128,14 @@ compose_template = (
     Template()
     .from_ubuntu_image("24.04")
     .run_cmd(
-        [
-            "set -euxo pipefail",
-            "sudo apt-get update",
-            "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker.io",
-            "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose-plugin || true",
-            "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose-v2 || true",
-            "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose || true",
+        [
+            "set -euxo pipefail",
+            "sudo apt-get update",
+            "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker.io",
+            "sudo usermod -aG docker user",
+            "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose-plugin || true",
+            "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose-v2 || true",
+            "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y docker-compose || true",
             "sudo docker compose version || sudo docker-compose --version",
         ]
     )
@@ -188,10 +186,10 @@ BuildInfo(... name='docker-compose', alias='docker-compose', tags=['default'])
 // sandbox-compose.ts
 import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'
 
-const sbx = await Sandbox.create('docker-compose')
-
-await sbx.commands.run('mkdir -p /tmp/docker-compose-test', { user: 'root' })
-await sbx.files.write('/tmp/docker-compose-test/compose.yaml', [
+const sbx = await Sandbox.create('docker-compose')
+
+await sbx.commands.run('mkdir -p /tmp/docker-compose-test')
+await sbx.files.write('/tmp/docker-compose-test/compose.yaml', [
   'services:',
   '  hello:',
   '    image: busybox:1.36',
@@ -211,11 +209,11 @@ elif docker-compose --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   docker-compose up --abort-on-container-exit --remove-orphans
   docker-compose down --remove-orphans -v
   echo "Docker Compose ran successfully"
-else
-  echo "No compose command available"
-  exit 127
-fi
-`, { user: 'root' })
+else
+  echo "No compose command available"
+  exit 127
+fi
+`)
 
 console.log(result.stdout)
 await sbx.kill()
@@ -225,10 +223,10 @@ await sbx.kill()
 # sandbox_compose.py
 from e2b import Sandbox
 
-sbx = Sandbox.create("docker-compose")
-
-sbx.commands.run("mkdir -p /tmp/docker-compose-test", user="root")
-sbx.files.write(
+sbx = Sandbox.create("docker-compose")
+
+sbx.commands.run("mkdir -p /tmp/docker-compose-test")
+sbx.files.write(
     "/tmp/docker-compose-test/compose.yaml",
     """
 services:
@@ -251,13 +249,12 @@ elif docker-compose --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   docker-compose up --abort-on-container-exit --remove-orphans
   docker-compose down --remove-orphans -v
   echo "Docker Compose ran successfully"
-else
-  echo "No compose command available"
-  exit 127
-fi
-    """,
-    user="root",
-)
+else
+  echo "No compose command available"
+  exit 127
+fi
+    """,
+)
 
 print(result.stdout)
 sbx.kill()