Not running docker

General
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Hello! unable to launch docker on debian
I don’t even know where to look at what it lacks, I tried to remove and install, but it doesn’t work, at the time of installation, it also runs that it can’t install docker-ce

This happened after transferring from a VM from vmware to proxmox

root@server:/# docker ps -a
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
root@server:/# docker run hello-world
docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?.
See 'docker run --help'.


root@dokku:/# systemctl status docker
● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2022-04-26 10:30:13 MSK; 1min 30s ago
     Docs: https://docs.docker.com
  Process: 3017 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=2)
 Main PID: 3017 (code=exited, status=2)

Apr 26 10:30:11 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Apr 26 10:30:11 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 26 10:30:11 server systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Apr 26 10:30:13 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Service RestartSec=2s expired, scheduling restart.
Apr 26 10:30:13 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Apr 26 10:30:13 server systemd[1]: Stopped Docker Application Container Engine.
Apr 26 10:30:13 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Apr 26 10:30:13 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 26 10:30:13 server systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.

root@server:/# journalctl -fu docker
– Logs begin at Tue 2022-04-26 09:55:07 MSK. –
Apr 26 10:25:06 server dockerd[2700]: /go/src/github.com/docker/docker/cmd/dockerd/docker.go:97 +0x185
Apr 26 10:25:06 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Apr 26 10:25:06 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Apr 26 10:25:06 server systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Apr 26 10:25:09 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Service RestartSec=2s expired, scheduling restart.
Apr 26 10:25:09 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Apr 26 10:25:09 server systemd[1]: Stopped Docker Application Container Engine.
Apr 26 10:25:09 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Apr 26 10:25:09 server systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Apr 26 10:25:09 server systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.

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Hi, can you try and run “dockerd” as root and see what error it provides?

3

I’m already working under root, sudo doesn’t work. already something like sudo su
systemctl start docker What other option can I do to start?

4

Just try and run “dockerd” as root, or “sudo dockerd”, then it will start docker in the forground so you can see what error it provides

5

Last year I migrated my homelab from ESXi to Proxmox 7.x and can’t say that I share your experience (I migrated 9 nodes in 2 clusters without issues).

Are you sure /etc/docker/daemon.json is valid and /lib/systemd/system/docker.service has no changes that might lead to the issue? At least INVALIDARGUMENT makes me think something is configured in a way it is not supposed to be configured.

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Thank you very much for your attention, the problem was in the disk, apparently the disk was broken during the transfer, downloaded again, it works.