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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Templates you can start from:
| Template | Use it for |
| --- | --- |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-dev` | General development: git, gh, Python 3, Node 24 LTS |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-docker` | Docker, Compose and Buildx; run `start-docker` first, and run containers with `--network=host` |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-docker` | Docker, Compose and Buildx, with Docker started at boot; run containers with `--network=host` |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-interpreter` | The [code interpreter](#code-interpreter): Python kernels that keep their state |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-playwright` | Browser testing: a desktop with Node 24, Playwright and Chromium, headless or headed (`DISPLAY=:1`) |

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| Template | Use it for |
| --- | --- |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-dev` | General development: git, gh, Python 3, Node 24 LTS |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-docker` | Docker, Compose and Buildx; run `start-docker` first, and run containers with `--network=host` |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-docker` | Docker, Compose and Buildx, with Docker started at boot; run containers with `--network=host` |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-interpreter` | The [code interpreter](#code-interpreter): Python kernels that keep their state |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-playwright` | Browser testing: a desktop with Node 24, Playwright and Chromium, headless or headed (`DISPLAY=:1`) |

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| Template | Use it for |
| --- | --- |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-dev` | General development: git, gh, Python 3, Node 24 LTS |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-docker` | Docker, Compose and Buildx; run `start-docker` first, and run containers with `--network=host` |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-docker` | Docker, Compose and Buildx, with Docker started at boot; run containers with `--network=host` |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-interpreter` | The code interpreter: Python kernels that keep their state (`sandbox.code`) |
| `sb-ubuntu-26-04-playwright` | Browser testing: a desktop with Node 24, Playwright and Chromium, headless or headed (`DISPLAY=:1`) |

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"""
Run Docker inside a sandbox: start the daemon, then run a container.
Run Docker inside a sandbox and run a container.

The ``sb-ubuntu-26-04-docker`` template ships Docker and Docker Compose. Start the
daemon with ``start-docker`` (safe to rerun), then use ``docker`` as usual, with
two differences:
The ``sb-ubuntu-26-04-docker`` template ships Docker and Docker Compose and starts
the daemon at boot, so use ``docker`` as usual (run ``start-docker`` if the daemon
ever stops), with two differences:

- run and build with ``--network=host`` (Compose: ``network_mode: host`` and
``build.network: host``);
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sandbox.wait_until_ready()
print(f"ready: {sandbox.id}", file=sys.stderr)

started = sandbox.exec("start-docker")
print(started.stdout.strip())
if started.exit_code != 0:
print(started.stderr, file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)

run = sandbox.exec(["docker", "run", "--rm", "--network=host", "hello-world"])
print(run.stdout.strip())
if run.exit_code != 0:
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