Docker container is not running

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I have created a container using chef recipe to pull an image for python in ubuntu 16.04. After creating the container it exits automatically, even if I use docker start containerid it stops instantly.

docker_service 'default' do
  action [:create, :start]
end

docker_image 'python' do
  tag 'latest'
  action :pull
end

docker_container 'testpy' do
  repo 'python'
  tag 'latest'
  action :run
end

Here is my container,

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After running start command, it has started but not getting listed after executing docker ps command.

2

The issue is neither the image, nor your chef receipe. It is your expectation of what the image would do.

The image itself will result in a container that executes python3 and exits immediatly if no interactive terminal is available. There is nothing executed that keeps the container buisy/running.

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How does a container created directly in docker is being active after start command?

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The containers in above screenshot is created manually from docker using docker run command.

4

Your chef receipe does the same as ‘docker run -d python:latest’, which will result in immediatly exited containers.

Share the exact commands you used to create them, and i will tell you why they are still active :slight_smile:
For instance the 2nd container must have been started with a command like this ‘docker run -ti -d python:latest /bin/bash’ The 3rd propably with ‘docker run -ti -d python:latest’