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 ## Usage
 
-1.  Run the API proxy:
+1.  Run the API proxy (`--privileged` flag is required here because it connects with the docker socket, which is a privileged connection in some SELinux/AppArmor contexts and would get locked otherwise):
 
         $ docker container run \
             -d --privileged \