potiuk opened a new pull request #18747: URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/18747
The AIRFLOW_GID parameter was in the images for historical reasons, however for a long time we recommend everyone to use GID=0 in order to make it possible to run the image with Arbitrary UID. Setting different group than 0 has NO VALUE actually. You can still override the group of user when starting the container, so the only real difference is that the "airflow" unmodifiable files such as python code belong to different group, which has no real value. You can still use whatever group you want for mounted files and modifiable resources. Airflow Docker image will work perfectly fine when the main group of the user is 0 (and we also have to remember that if the user belongs to other groups in the host, it will also belong to those group inside the container, AIRFLOW_GID has only influence on primary group of that user IN-CONTAINER (not outside of it). Removing AIRFLOW_GID seems like best choice for Airflow 2.2. Fixes: #18709 <!-- Thank you for contributing! Please make sure that your code changes are covered with tests. And in case of new features or big changes remember to adjust the documentation. Feel free to ping committers for the review! In case of existing issue, reference it using one of the following: closes: #ISSUE related: #ISSUE How to write a good git commit message: http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/ --> --- **^ Add meaningful description above** Read the **[Pull Request Guidelines](https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.rst#pull-request-guidelines)** for more information. In case of fundamental code change, Airflow Improvement Proposal ([AIP](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRFLOW/Airflow+Improvements+Proposals)) is needed. In case of a new dependency, check compliance with the [ASF 3rd Party License Policy](https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x). In case of backwards incompatible changes please leave a note in [UPDATING.md](https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/UPDATING.md). -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
