I have a PyCharm project that I want to ship to another computer without using a registry (we do not have one yet). I build an image and started a container, which worked fine.
I saved it in a .tar file and copied it to the other computer, where I loaded the image with the docker load command.
The image is listed by the docker images command but when the docker run command results in the error “Unable to find image locally”.
One thing I notice is that the original image and the .tar file are about 14GB but the loaded image at the other computer is twice as big (28 GB).
The screenshot shows the images tab of the Docker Desktop and the terminal with the commands.
OS on both computers is Linux Mint.
Since docker run is the only command you prefix with sudo, it appears that you have a docker double installation.
Can you share the output of these commands:
docker info
sudo docker info
Here you are:
(base) denis@denis-Z68XP-UD3:~$ docker info
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 28.0.1
Context: desktop-linux
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.9.4
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.21.1-desktop.2
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.33.1-desktop.1
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.38
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.5
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.2
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.27
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.0.5
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.4.0
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
Version: 0.6.0
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.16.3
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout
Server:
Containers: 2
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 2
Images: 4
Server Version: 28.0.1
Storage Driver: overlayfs
driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Cgroup Version: 2
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
CDI spec directories:
/etc/cdi
/var/run/cdi
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb
runc version: v1.2.4-0-g6c52b3f
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
seccomp
Profile: unconfined
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 6.10.14-linuxkit
Operating System: Docker Desktop
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 4
Total Memory: 3.691GiB
Name: docker-desktop
ID: cdc93eff-0c3c-402f-bc4d-26bd7329d850
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode: false
HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
Labels:
com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///home/denis/.docker/desktop/docker-cli.sock
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
::1/128
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile
(base) denis@denis-Z68XP-UD3:~$ sudo docker info
[sudo] password for denis:
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 28.0.1
Context: default
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.9.4
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.21.1-desktop.2
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.33.1-desktop.1
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.38
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.5
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.2
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.27
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.0.5
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.4.0
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
Version: 0.6.0
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.16.3
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout
Server:
Containers: 0
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 0
Images: 1
Server Version: 28.0.1
Storage Driver: overlay2
Backing Filesystem: extfs
Supports d_type: true
Using metacopy: false
Native Overlay Diff: true
userxattr: false
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: systemd
Cgroup Version: 2
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: nvidia runc io.containerd.runc.v2
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb
runc version: v1.2.4-0-g6c52b3f
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
apparmor
seccomp
Profile: builtin
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-55-generic
Operating System: Linux Mint 22.1
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 4
Total Memory: 15.47GiB
Name: denis-Z68XP-UD3
ID: 4d315a8a-c902-4890-8c25-f16298441859
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode: false
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
::1/128
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
P.S. I also created a very basic FastAPI project and ran the same steps. It also doubled the image size from 1.1 to 2.2 GB but this time, I was able to run a container.
It is like i though, both outputs are not from the same Docker backend:
- first output: Docker Desktop
- second output: docker on Linux Mint 22.1
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Thank you!
It is a clean installation of Linux and Docker. The project includes a machine learning model that is supposed to run on GPU. So I probably managed to mess it up by installing Nvidia Container Toolkit to enable GPU support (although I was able to pull it off on the first computer).
I guess I should reinstall Docker, right?
You just need to decide which Docker version you want to use, and uninstall the other one.
According, GPU support | Docker Docs Docker Desktop does not support GPUs anywhere else than on Docker Desktop for Windows.
So you probably want to get rid of Docker Desktop, and keep docker-ce. I never used the Nvidia Container Toolkit, thus there is not much I can say about it.
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I am going to move this topic to the Docker Desktop category and add the Linux tag.
Yes, it makes sense. Thank you for your help!