Docker container not starting giving “OCI runtime create failed”

Question

I have installed the Docker version 17.12.0-ce, build c97c6d6
When I try to start any container it gives the following error

docker: Error response from daemon: OCI runtime create failed: unable to retrieve OCI runtime error (open /run/docker/containerd/daemon/io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux/moby/2c910acea8a0cdd4ea6e2dd87616897b4e62b0913ba5014415bd6066eaf36868/

docker info :

[root@MDMNext99001 /]# docker info
Containers: 1
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 1
Images: 1
Server Version: 17.12.0-ce
Storage Driver: devicemapper
Pool Name: docker-8:2-137344840-pool
Pool Blocksize: 65.54kB
Base Device Size: 10.74GB
Backing Filesystem: xfs
Udev Sync Supported: true
Data file: /dev/loop0
Metadata file: /dev/loop1
Data loop file: /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/data
Metadata loop file: /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/metadata
Data Space Used: 46.2MB
Data Space Total: 107.4GB
Data Space Available: 39.08GB
Metadata Space Used: 675.8kB
Metadata Space Total: 2.147GB
Metadata Space Available: 2.147GB
Thin Pool Minimum Free Space: 10.74GB
Deferred Removal Enabled: true
Deferred Deletion Enabled: true
Deferred Deleted Device Count: 0
Library Version: 1.02.107-RHEL7 (2015-10-14)
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay
Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: active
NodeID: h13ain31eiurodrbe3bzz9bz3
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 89623f28b87a6004d4b785663257362d1658a729
runc version: N/A (expected: b2567b37d7b75eb4cf325b77297b140ea686ce8f)
init version: 949e6fa
Security Options:
seccomp
Profile: default
Kernel Version: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.2 (Maipo)

WARNING: devicemapper: usage of loopback devices is strongly discouraged for production use. Use --storage-opt dm.thinpooldev to specify a custom block storage device.

WARNING: bridge-nf-call-iptables is disabled WARNING: bridge-nf-call-ip6tables is disabled

I tried running different container but it gives the same error. I am new to docker, any help or direction will be appreciated.

Answer 1

RHEL 7.2 is no longer supported and Docker does not test their release against unsupported versions. You need to upgrade your OS, preferably to 7.4, to resolve this issue.

I've seen a few people with similar issues in the past few days that resolved this same error message by upgrading their OS. Some of the older packages no longer work with newer docker releases. One of those problems is an outdated libseccomp: https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/35906

Answer 2

I am able to resolve the issue by downgrading the docker version to 17.09.1-ce.

Answer 3

Restart the docker service in windows using the command - "Restart-Service docker" and in Linux (centos or RHEL7) "systemctl restart docker.service" as a root user . This may solve the problem.

Answer 4

I had the same issue, after modifying /etc/fstab and remounting all. A restart (of the host machine) fixed the issue.

As always there's surely something you could do to fix it without restarting, but restarting's probably just as quick even if you already knew what it was.