KernelCapabilities
The Linux capabilities to add or remove from the default Docker configuration for a container defined in the task definition. For more detailed information about these Linux capabilities, see the capabilities(7) Linux manual page.
The following describes how Docker processes the Linux capabilities specified in the add
and drop
request parameters. For information about the latest behavior, see Docker Compose: order of cap_drop and cap_add in the Docker Community Forum.
When the container is a privleged container, the container capabilities are all of the default Docker capabilities. The capabilities specified in the
add
request parameter, and thedrop
request parameter are ignored.When the
add
request parameter is set to ALL, the container capabilities are all of the default Docker capabilities, excluding those specified in thedrop
request parameter.When the
drop
request parameter is set to ALL, the container capabilities are the capabilities specified in theadd
request parameter.When the
add
request parameter and thedrop
request parameter are both empty, the capabilities the container capabilities are all of the default Docker capabilities.The default is to first drop the capabilities specified in the
drop
request parameter, and then add the capabilities specified in theadd
request parameter.