Docker apt-get update fails

Question

Can somebody help me get apt-get working in my docker container? Whenever I try running any apt-get command in my docker container, the command fails. I\'m running Docker ve

Answer 1

First check if you have connection, ping directly to ip 91.189.92.201 that archive.ubuntu.com is pointed to:

ping 91.189.92.201

If you still can't reach the host it's not a dns problem.

Also if you have internet connection, you can make a hack. Just put a row into /etc/hosts file and problem solved:

91.189.92.201 archive.ubuntu.com