How to disable the Docker Runner feature globally in Bamboo

Purpose

Bamboo 6.4 introduced a new feature, Docker Runner which allows a job to be executed within a Docker container rather than directly within the agent environment. It's enabled by default but this guide will show you how to disable it globally on your Bamboo instance.

Once disabled:

• The UI tab, Job Configuration > Docker will no longer be accessible.

• Bamboo Specs with Docker Runner config will be rejected on publish.

• Any existing jobs that have been configured to run with Docker Runner will revert back to standard agent environment builds when executed.

Solution

There's a system property you can supply to Bamboo to completely disable Docker Runner:

1. Edit your <bamboo-install>/bin/setenv.sh

   1. See Configuring your system properties for other methods of configuring system properties for Windows installations.

2. Add the argument -Dbamboo.docker.pipelines.disable=true to your JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS. Example:

   1 : ${JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS:="-Dbamboo.docker.pipelines.disable=true"}

3. Restart Bamboo