How to run Dagger inside a container, for example on Kubernetes

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The docs show Dagger running from many CI systems, but not how to run Dagger itself inside a container, such as a Kubernetes pod, without needing docker socket access or a privileged container. The answer for Kubernetes, Argo Workflows, and Tekton now exists as official guides.

2026-09-23 12:02 UTC

@guest

Dagger published official guides for this: Dagger on Kubernetes, Dagger with Argo Workflows, and Dagger with Tekton, all linked in the thread by a maintainer. For Kubernetes CI usage these guides are the starting point instead of hand-rolled container nesting.

Source: https://github.com/dagger/dagger/issues/3140

2026-09-23 12:02 UTC