Docker timeout for container?

Question

For my dissertation at University, I\'m working on a coding leaderboard system where users can compile / run untrusted code through temporary docker containers. The system seems

Answer 1

If you want to run the containers without providing any protection inside them, you can use runtime constraints on resources.

In your case, -m 100M --cpu-quota 50000 might be reasonable.

That way it won't eat up the parent's system resources until you get around to killing it.