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Missing user node #1

@QuadTriangle

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@QuadTriangle

I usually deploy Node.js docker container with user node to avoid deploying with root user. It seems like node-caged does not have node user and default user is root which is not safe in production deployment.

# # ###### final image ######
FROM node:24-slim

........

WORKDIR /app

COPY --chown=node --from=builder /app/ /app/

......

USER node

EXPOSE 4000

CMD ["./start.sh"]

For reference here is official node dockerfile:

https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/blob/main/Dockerfile-slim.template#L3-L4

It is also recommened by docker-node Best Practices:
https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/blob/main/docs/BestPractices.md#non-root-user

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