docker ps shows empty list
DockerDocker ToolboxDocker Problem Overview
I built a docker image from a docker file. Build said it succeeded. But when I try to show docker containers through docker ps
(also tried docker ps -a
), it shows an empty list. What is weird is that I'm still able to somehow push my docker image to dockerhub by calling docker push "container name"
.
I wonder what's going on? I'm on Windows 7, and just installed the newest version of dockertoolbox.
Docker Solutions
Solution 1 - Docker
docker ps
shows (running) containers. docker images
shows images.
A successfully build docker image should appear in the list which docker images
generates. But only a running container (which is an instance of an image) will appear in the list from docker ps
(use docker ps -a
to also see stopped containers). To start a container from your image, use docker run
.
Solution 2 - Docker
For me, docker ps -a
and docker images
both returned an empty list even tho I had many docker containers running. I tried rebooting system with no luck. A quick sudo systemctl restart docker
fixed this "bug".
Solution 3 - Docker
You can run the command without the -d
option.
So you have the output displayed.
It may be that the application failed to start.
Solution 4 - Docker
For me, the only thing resolving the issue is to reinstall docker. Also, one must be sure that the disk is not full.
This is the command that I use, but it may vary depending on the version of docker already installed:
apt-get install --reinstall docker.io
If prompted, choose "yes" to automatically restart docker daemon
Solution 5 - Docker
for Linux,
at first, see all the running container
sudo docker ps
try restarting
sudo systemctl restart docker
remove previous docker image with the same name if there is any
sudo docker rm docker_container_id
once again run
sudo docker run -d --name container_name image_name
This should work
or uninstall docker and install it again