I’m new to Docker, and this forum. I posted this topic on Stackoverflow, before learning about this forum. No replies at SO, so thought I’d try here.
Following https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/centos, I installed docker using:$ sudo yum install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
which generated INSTALL OUTPUT
below.
I had no errors until I tried to start it$ sudo systemctl start docker
, which resulted in the STATUS ERROR
below.
Looks like there’s something wrong with containerd
. You can see in my HOST DETAILS
below that the kernel is Linux 3.10.0-1160.21.1.vz7.174.13
, which seems like it should be OK with this docker version.
Any ideas on a fix?
Thanks!
INSTALL OUTPUT
Installed:
containerd.io.x86_64 0:1.4.12-3.1.el7 docker-ce.x86_64 3:20.10.12-3.el7 docker-ce-cli.x86_64 1:20.10.12-3.el7
Dependency Installed:
container-selinux.noarch 2:2.119.2-1.911c772.el7_8 docker-ce-rootless-extras.x86_64 0:20.10.12-3.el7 docker-scan-plugin.x86_64 0:0.12.0-3.el7 fuse-overlayfs.x86_64 0:0.7.2-6.el7_8 fuse3-libs.x86_64 0:3.6.1-4.el7
libseccomp.x86_64 0:2.3.1-4.el7 selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.13.1-268.el7_9.2 slirp4netns.x86_64 0:0.4.3-4.el7_8
STATUS ERROR
$ sudo systemctl start docker
Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
$ systemctl status docker.service
? docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Sat 2022-01-01 17:08:51 EST; 1min 7s ago
Docs: https://docs.docker.com
Process: 17038 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 17038 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jan 01 17:08:49 systemd[1]: docker.service failed.
Jan 01 17:08:51 systemd[1]: docker.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 01 17:08:51 systemd[1]: Stopped Docker Application Container Engine.
Jan 01 17:08:51 systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for docker.service
Jan 01 17:08:51 systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Jan 01 17:08:51 systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
HOST DETAILS
$ hostnamectl
Static hostname: dev.mydomain.com
Icon name: computer-container
Chassis: container
Machine ID: 3cdd9d9813d14b4f841caa5044ebf2d4
Boot ID: ced3a3b21e324b998482d48d33ecd5e6
Virtualization: openvz
Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-1160.21.1.vz7.174.13
Architecture: x86-64
JOURNAL OUTPUT
$ journalctl -xe
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.776526285-05:00" level=info msg="ClientConn switching balancer to \"pick_first\"" module=grpc
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.783818364-05:00" level=info msg="parsed scheme: \"unix\"" module=grpc
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.783838324-05:00" level=info msg="scheme \"unix\" not registered, fallback to default scheme" module=grpc
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.783867689-05:00" level=info msg="ccResolverWrapper: sending update to cc: {[{unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock <nil> 0 <nil>}] <nil> <nil>}" module=
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.783884096-05:00" level=info msg="ClientConn switching balancer to \"pick_first\"" module=grpc
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.826677601-05:00" level=info msg="[graphdriver] using prior storage driver: overlay2"
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.840494316-05:00" level=info msg="Loading containers: start."
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.842323256-05:00" level=warning msg="Running iptables --wait -t nat -L -n failed with message: `iptables v1.4.21: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Ta
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.871019291-05:00" level=info msg="stopping event stream following graceful shutdown" error="<nil>" module=libcontainerd namespace=moby
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: failed to start daemon: Error initializing network controller: error obtaining controller instance: failed to create NAT chain DOCKER: iptables failed: iptables --wait -t nat -N DO
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: (exit status 3)
Jan 02 17:46:18 dockerd[7057]: time="2022-01-02T17:46:18.871236114-05:00" level=info msg="stopping event stream following graceful shutdown" error="context canceled" module=libcontainerd namespace=plugins.moby
Jan 02 17:46:18 systemd[1]: docker.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 02 17:46:18 systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
-- Subject: Unit docker.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit docker.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Jan 02 17:46:18 systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
Jan 02 17:46:18 systemd[1]: docker.service failed.
Jan 02 17:46:21 systemd[1]: docker.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 02 17:46:21 systemd[1]: Stopped Docker Application Container Engine.
-- Subject: Unit docker.service has finished shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit docker.service has finished shutting down.
Jan 02 17:46:21 systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for docker.service
Jan 02 17:46:21 systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
-- Subject: Unit docker.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit docker.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Jan 02 17:46:21 systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
Jan 02 17:46:21 systemd[1]: docker.service failed.