#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : "Cannot connect to the Docker daemon" # Fix : Find out why the daemon will not run # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-ctr-daemon # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 25 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # The daemon is not running. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Restore daemon.json from a backup if it was edited. Pruned images can # be pulled again; pruned volumes cannot. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " "Cannot connect to the Docker daemon"" echo " Find out why the daemon will not run" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 25 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Read why it stopped.' '' cmd 'systemctl status docker --no-pager -l' 'sudo journalctl -u docker -n 60 --no-pager'; then systemctl status docker --no-pager -l sudo journalctl -u docker -n 60 --no-pager if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Check the disk. A full /var stops the daemon and is the most common cause.' 'Docker stores images, containers and volumes under /var/lib/docker and fills a small root partition quietly. The daemon then refuses to start with an error that does not mention disk space.' cmd 'df -h /var/lib/docker' 'sudo du -sh /var/lib/docker/* 2>/dev/null | sort -h | tail'; then df -h /var/lib/docker sudo du -sh /var/lib/docker/* 2>/dev/null | sort -h | tail if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Validate the daemon configuration -- a JSON syntax error stops it starting with a message that is easy to miss.' '' cmd 'sudo cat /etc/docker/daemon.json | python3 -m json.tool'; then sudo cat /etc/docker/daemon.json | python3 -m json.tool if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Reclaim space carefully. Check what would be removed before removing it.' '' cmd 'docker system df' 'docker system prune -a --dry-run 2>/dev/null || docker system df -v | head -30'; then docker system df docker system prune -a --dry-run 2>/dev/null || docker system df -v | head -30 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'Prune, being aware that -a removes every image not used by a running container, including ones you would have to rebuild or re-pull.' 'Volumes are not removed by default and that is deliberate -- they hold data. Adding --volumes to a prune is how databases get deleted, so it should never be a reflex.' cmd 'docker system prune -f' 'docker image prune -a -f'; then docker system prune -f docker image prune -a -f if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The daemon starts and stays running.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then systemctl is-active docker && docker info | grep -E 'Server Version|Storage Driver|Docker Root' fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-ctr-daemon" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Restore daemon.json from a backup if it was edited. Pruned images can be pulled again; pruned volumes cannot.' rule