Docker installation failed on Ubuntu 16.04

Hi guys! I’m trying to install BigBlueButton and it workes so far (sudo bbb-conf --status marks all parts as active).
The docker installation using the repository fails, though (sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd .io).

Setting up docker-ce (5:20.10.3~3-0~ubuntu-xenial) …
Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See “systemctl status docker.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action “start” failed.
● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-02-19 14:48:45 CET; 4ms ago
Docs: *************
Process: 7021 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 7021 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Feb 19 14:48:45 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application …
Feb 19 14:48:45 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: docker.service: Unit entered failed…
Feb 19 14:48:45 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result …
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
dpkg: error processing package docker-ce (–configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of docker-ce-rootless-extras:
docker-ce-rootless-extras depends on docker-ce; however:
Package docker-ce is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package docker-ce-rootless-extras (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.29) …
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19.1) …
Errors were encountered while processing:
docker-ce
docker-ce-rootless-extras
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

systemctl status docker.service says:

● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: e
Active: failed (Result: start-limit-hit) since Fri 2021-02-19 14:48:54 CET; 8
Docs: *************
Process: 7267 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd
Main PID: 7267 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

journalctl -xe says: > Feb 19 14:56:48 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: Stopped target BigBlueButton recording

– Subject: Unit bbb-record-core.target has finished shutting down
– Defined-By: systemd
– Support: systemd-devel Info Page

– Unit bbb-record-core.target has finished shutting down.
Feb 19 14:57:06 ubuntuserver systemd_start.sh[1606]: info: Checking for inactive
Feb 19 14:57:06 ubuntuserver systemd_start.sh[1606]: info: No inactive users
Feb 19 14:57:29 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: Reached target BigBlueButton recording
– Subject: Unit bbb-record-core.target has finished start-up
– Defined-By: systemd
– Support: *************

– Unit bbb-record-core.target has finished starting up.

– The start-up result is done.
Feb 19 14:57:29 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: bbb-record-core.target: Unit not needed
Feb 19 14:57:29 ubuntuserver systemd[1]: Stopped target BigBlueButton recording
– Subject: Unit bbb-record-core.target has finished shutting down
– Defined-By: systemd
– Support: *************

– Unit bbb-record-core.target has finished shutting down.

I tried for days now. Uninstalled and deleted everything as seen on docker page (“uninstalling docker”). Some guys had similar problems but the solutions I found didn’t work for me.

Thanks in advance!
greetings

/edit: I’m using a totally fresh install of Ubuntu Server 16.04. (necessary for BigBlueButton). I installed a GUI (xfce4).

Don’t quite know what your runtime is but I just fixed a problem with docker-ce not installing / failing to configure on RPi with Debian Buster 10.7 – I found instructions on here Run the Docker daemon as a non-root user (Rootless mode) | Docker Documentation
which pointed me to absence of overlayfs , seemed to be missing in 10.7 so I upgraded to 10.8 and everything just sprang to life.
Amazing how long it takes to search the right question
this might suit you
ubuntu/ubuntu-bionic.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.

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Thanks for your hint! I tried to upgrade / activete overlayfs, but the errors are still there. Now I’m trying to install greenlight for BigBlueButton without Docker

Well, best wishes for that

aldobranti.org, a performance

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