diff --git a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
index 570b07d4b..a97324b54 100644
--- a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -491,6 +491,12 @@ services:
     image: 'index.docker.io/sourcegraph/cadvisor:insiders@sha256:3544dba5cd99c429ac62f4773454c8406abe126ba340f34e457b38d828c63395'
     cpus: 1
     mem_limit: '1g'
+    # You may set `privileged` to `false and `cadvisor` will run with reduced privileges.
+    # `cadvisor` requires root privileges in order to display provisioning metrics.
+    # These metrics provide critical information to help you scale the Sourcegraph deployment.
+    # If you would like to bring your own infrastructure monitoring & alerting solution,
+    # you may want to remove the `cadvisor` container completely 
+    privileged: true
     volumes:
       - '/:/rootfs:ro'
       - '/var/run:/var/run:ro'
@@ -499,6 +505,8 @@ services:
       - '/dev/disk/:/dev/disk:ro'
       # Uncomment to enable container monitoring on MacOS
       # - '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro'
+    devices:
+      - '/dev/kmsg'
     networks:
       - sourcegraph
     restart: always
diff --git a/pure-docker/deploy-cadvisor.sh b/pure-docker/deploy-cadvisor.sh
index f5c19a4ad..6b6bac186 100755
--- a/pure-docker/deploy-cadvisor.sh
+++ b/pure-docker/deploy-cadvisor.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ sudo docker run --detach \
     --volume=/sys:/sys:ro \
     --volume=/var/lib/docker/:/var/lib/docker:ro \
     --volume=/dev/disk/:/dev/disk:ro \
+    # You may set `privileged` to `false and `cadvisor` will run with reduced privileges.
+    # `cadvisor` requires root privileges in order to display provisioning metrics.
+    # These metrics provide critical information to help you scale the Sourcegraph deployment.
+    # If you would like to bring your own infrastructure monitoring & alerting solution,
+    # you may want to remove the `cadvisor` container completely 
+    --privileged \
+    --device=/dev/kmsg \
     index.docker.io/sourcegraph/cadvisor:3.36.3@sha256:249c573262967979889a186344ba5cc4e8e9186ec4f26c759ce9f8527560da69 \
     --port=8080