# Can't start docker service

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/cant-start-docker-service/5031>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [December 14, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cant-start-docker-service/5031 "2015-12-14T05:22:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![akshath](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/akshath/32/3420_2.png) [@akshath](https://forums.docker.com/u/akshath)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cant-start-docker-service/5031/1 "2015-12-14T05:22:41Z")

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HI,

While i’m trying to use docker its shows `Error response from daemon: 404 page not found`

Do you have any solution for this?

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**Author:** ![anoop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/anoop/32/3374_2.png) [@anoop](https://forums.docker.com/u/anoop)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cant-start-docker-service/5031/2 "2015-12-14T05:49:39Z")

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You would need to provide more information if you expect anybody to help you.

What is your environment: OS, docker version etc? What do you mean ‘use docker’? Is it when you do `docker ps` or something else? Did you check the logs or dmesg etc?

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**Author:** ![akshath](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/akshath/32/3420_2.png) [@akshath](https://forums.docker.com/u/akshath)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cant-start-docker-service/5031/3 "2015-12-14T06:08:13Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for your valid response. The Docker version is 1.9.1 and OS is Ubuntu 15.04

```
 akshath@akshu:~$ systemctl status docker.service
docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2015-12-14 11:05:03 IST; 31min ago
  Docs: https://docs.docker.com
  Process: 798 ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker daemon -H fd:// (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 798 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Dec 14 11:04:51 akshu systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Eng.....
Dec 14 11:05:02 akshu docker[798]: time="2015-12-14T11:05:02.228536446+05:3...k"
Dec 14 11:05:02 akshu docker[798]: time="2015-12-14T11:05:02.795861431+05:3...""
Dec 14 11:05:03 akshu docker[798]: time="2015-12-14T11:05:03.668455924+05:3...e"
Dec 14 11:05:03 akshu docker[798]: time="2015-12-14T11:05:03.797819138+05:3...s"
Dec 14 11:05:03 akshu systemd[1]: docker.service: main process exited, code...RE
Dec 14 11:05:03 akshu systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Contai...e.
Dec 14 11:05:03 akshu systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
Dec 14 11:05:03 akshu systemd[1]: docker.service failed.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
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**Author:** ![anoop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/anoop/32/3374_2.png) [@anoop](https://forums.docker.com/u/anoop)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cant-start-docker-service/5031/4 "2015-12-14T06:27:37Z")

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Firs thing, don’t you need to use `sudo` since you’re not root?

Secondly, I am not sure docker on ubuntu can use `systemd`. At least I am not familiar with the combination. So, can you try without systemd, like `sudo service docker status` and if that shows that docker is not running, try `sudo service docker start` or even `sudo service docker restart`.

Then running `docker ps` should show the familiar output of the containers running table.

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**Author:** ![akshath](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/akshath/32/3420_2.png) [@akshath](https://forums.docker.com/u/akshath)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/cant-start-docker-service/5031/5 "2015-12-14T07:10:27Z")

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Hi Anoop,

Thanks for your support…Fixed…🙂 By Moving /var/lib/docker away solved the problem.