# Cannot allocate memory

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/cannot-allocate-memory/1163>\
**Category:** Docker Hub\
**Created:** [March 31, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cannot-allocate-memory/1163 "2015-03-31T15:12:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![agrothberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@agrothberg](https://forums.docker.com/u/agrothberg)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cannot-allocate-memory/1163/1 "2015-03-31T15:12:47Z")

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My builds are failing (immediately on launch) with:

```auto
Worker Job Exception: 500 Server Error: Cannot start container 2d3e4a851d1d46XXXX461179d95925XXXXXXX87615b36c3d19XXXXXXXX: iptables failed: iptables -t nat -A DOCKER -p tcp -d 127.0.0.1 --dport 50588 ! -i docker0 -j DNAT --to-destination 172.17.28.151:22: (fork/exec /sbin/iptables: cannot allocate memory)
 : [' File "/highland/highland/tx/worker/runner.py", line 59, in parachute\n yield self.execute_job(data)\n', ' File "/highland/src/twisted/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 1105, in _inlineCallbacks\n result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)\n', ' File "/highland/src/twisted/twisted/python/failure.py", line 389, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator\n return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)\n', ' File "/highland/highland/tx/worker/runner.py", line 102, in execute_job\n yield self.start_container(container_id)\n', ' File "/highland/src/twisted/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 578, in _runCallbacks\n current.result = callback(current.result, *args, **kw)\n', ' File "/highland/highland/tx/docker.py", line 497, in done\n self.assert_code(response.code, content)\n', ' File "/highland/highland/tx/docker.py", line 180, in assert_code\n raise RuntimeError(\'{} Server Error: {}\'.format(code, message))\n']

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**Author:** ![sbasyal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/sbasyal/32/832_2.png) [@sbasyal](https://forums.docker.com/u/sbasyal)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cannot-allocate-memory/1163/3 "2015-04-03T18:41:05Z")

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> [@agrothberg](#):
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> cannot allocate memory)

Hey Sam, he is talking about the problem with an Automated Build on Docker Hub. We are working on resolving that problem now.

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**Author:** ![xwilders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc79bd/32.png) [@xwilders](https://forums.docker.com/u/xwilders)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cannot-allocate-memory/1163/4 "2016-10-17T18:51:13Z")

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Currently have this issue as well, both when deploying a service using Docker Hub’s images and [Quay.io](http://Quay.io)’s images:  
“System error: fork/exec /proc/self/exe: cannot allocate memory”