Starting the Docker service fails with: Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
Issue
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We are trying to setup docker but after starting it the service fails with:
# systemctl status docker.service ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d └─hosts.conf Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-04-20 14:41:30 CEST; 16s ago Docs: http://docs.docker.com Process: 8699 ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker $OPTIONS $DOCKER_STORAGE_OPTIONS $DOCKER_NETWORK_OPTIONS $BLOCK_REGISTRY $INSECURE_REGISTRY (code=exited, status=125) Main PID: 8699 (code=exited, status=125) Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname docker[8699]: top Display the running processes of a container Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname docker[8699]: unpause Unpause all processes within one or more containers Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname docker[8699]: update Update configuration of one or more containers Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname docker[8699]: version Show the Docker version information Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname docker[8699]: wait Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname docker[8699]: Run 'docker COMMAND --help' for more information on a command. Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname systemd[1]: docker.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=125/n/a Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine. Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state. Apr 20 14:41:30 hostname systemd[1]: docker.service failed.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4
- Docker service
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