Add user to docker group earlier

deployment/aws-ami/debian-minikube/ami-initialize.sh

@@ -262,7 +262,13 @@ if [ -z "$RULE_ENGINE_RELEASE" ]; then
   error_log "RULE_ENGINE_RELEASE env is required"
   exit 1
 fi
+# some steps that are better to be done before user tries to log in, so put them first
 sudo -u "$FIRST_USER" mkdir -p "$(getent passwd "$FIRST_USER" | cut -d: -f6)/.local/bin" || true
+
+log "Adding user $FIRST_USER to docker group"
+sudo groupadd docker || true
+sudo usermod -aG docker "$FIRST_USER" || true
+
 log "Script is executed on behalf of $(id)"
 log "The first run. Configuring sre for user $FIRST_USER"
 
@@ -292,9 +298,6 @@ install_kubectl "$KUBECTL_VERSION"
 log "Installing helm $HELM_VERSION"
 install_helm "$HELM_VERSION"
 
-log "Adding user $FIRST_USER to docker group"
-sudo usermod -aG docker "$FIRST_USER"
-
 log "Starting minikube and installing helm releases on behalf of $FIRST_USER"
 sudo su - "$FIRST_USER" <<EOF
 minikube start --driver=docker --container-runtime=containerd -n 1 --force --interactive=false --memory=max --cpus=max --profile rule-engine --kubernetes-version=$KUBERNETES_VERSION

deployment/aws-ami/debian-minikube/sre-run.sh

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ log "Initializing Syndicate Rule Engine for the first time"
 log "-----------------------------------------------------"
 log "Creating ~/.local/bin for $FIRST_USER"  # wish to do it faster than user manages to log in to trigger ~/.profile
 sudo -u "$FIRST_USER" mkdir -p "$(getent passwd "$FIRST_USER" | cut -d: -f6)/.local/bin" || true
+log "Adding user $FIRST_USER to docker group"
+sudo groupadd docker || true
+sudo usermod -aG docker "$FIRST_USER" || true
+
 log "Installing jq and curl"
 sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install -y jq curl