Is it possible to nest docker/podman containers - docker

I run Fedora 35, and need to run an app in docker in ubuntu.
I was able to get and run ubuntu via podman
podman pull ubuntu:20.04
and setup do docker there, but can't make it run as I probably didn't enter podman properly probably. I used:
podman run -it ubuntu:20.04
where I ran:
su -
apt update; apt upgrade
apt install inetutils-ping nano sudo npm
apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(lsb_release -cs) stable" |sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null apt update
apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
to start docker via systectl is not possible in the container, and dockerd command gives many error, mostly that it can't access overlay, and probably network (iptables)
ERRO[2022-05-07T23:14:18.803335993+02:00] failed to mount overlay: operation not permitted storage-driver=overlay2
ERRO[2022-05-07T23:14:18.803397023+02:00] exec: "fuse-overlayfs": executable file not found in $PATH storage-driver=fuse-overlayfs
ERRO[2022-05-07T23:14:18.803500924+02:00] AUFS wdas not found in /proc/filesystems storage-driver=aufs
ERRO[2022-05-07T23:14:18.803887884+02:00] failed to mount overlay: operation not permitted storage-driver=overlay
Is it possible at all to run and app with service to have open port to outside of docker, and podman as there are 2 layers of nested containers?

It is not possible to use the default storage driver of type overlay inside another container, you need to change the storage to vfs. Maybe https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/vfs-driver/ helps.
Disclaimer: This works definitely in case of running podman in docker, but the other way around I have not tested.

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mkdir: cannot create directory ‘cpuset’: Read-only file system when running a "service docker start" in Dockerfile

I have a Dockerfile that extends the Apache Airflow 2.5.1 base image. What I want to do is be able to use docker inside my airflow containers (i.e. docker-in-docker) for testing and evaluation purposes.
My docker-compose.yaml has the following mount:
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
My Dockerfile looks as follows:
FROM apache/airflow:2.5.1
USER root
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release nano
RUN mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
RUN curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
RUN echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
$(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
RUN groupadd -f docker
RUN usermod -a -G docker airflow
RUN service docker start
USER airflow
Basically:
Install docker.
Add the airflow user to the docker group.
Start the docker service.
Continue as airflow.
Unfortunately, this does not work. During RUN service docker start, I encounter the following error:
Step 11/12 : RUN service docker start
---> Running in 77e9b044bcea
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘cpuset’: Read-only file system
I have another Dockerfile for building a local jenkins image, which looks as follows:
FROM jenkins/jenkins:lts-jdk11
USER root
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release nano
RUN mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
RUN curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
RUN echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
$(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
RUN groupadd -f docker
RUN usermod -a -G docker jenkins
RUN service docker start
USER jenkins
I.e. it is exactly the same, except that I am using the jenkins user. Building this image works.
I have not set any extraneous permission on my /var/run/docker.sock:
$ ls -la /var/run/docker.sock
srw-rw---- 1 root docker 0 Jan 18 17:14 /var/run/docker.sock
My questions are:
Why does RUN service start docker not work when building my airflow image?
Why does the exact same command in my jenkins Dockerfile work?
I've tried most of the answers to similar questions, e.g. here and here, but they have unfortunately not helped.
I'd rather try to avoid the chmod 777 /var/run/docker.sock solution if at all possible, and it should be since my jenkins image can build correctly...
Just delete the RUN service start docker line.
The docker CLI tool needs to connect to a Docker daemon, which it normally does through the /var/run/docker.sock Unix socket file. Bind-mounting the socket into the container is enough to make the host's Docker daemon accessible; you do not need to separately start Docker in the container.
There are several issues with the RUN service ... line specifically. Docker has a kind of complex setup internally, and some of the things it does aren't normally allowed in a container; that's probably related to the "cannot create directory" error. In any case, a Docker image doesn't persist running processes, so if you were able to start Docker inside the build, it wouldn't still be running when the container eventually ran.
More conceptually, a container doesn't "run services", it is a wrapper around only a single process (and its children). Commands like service or systemctl often won't work the way you expect, and I'd generally avoid them in a Docker context.

Installing Docker in Ubuntu on Windows 10 : Failed to Setup IP tables: Unable to enable NAT rule

I am trying to install Docker in Ubuntu on Windows 10 using script below but then I try to run Docker as service service docker start the Docker does not starts and I find an error in docker.log. I was using the same installation instruction on plain Ubuntu machine and had no problem running docker.
failed to start daemon: Error initializing network controller: Error creating default "bridge" network: Failed to Setup IP tables: Unable to enable NAT rule: (iptables failed: iptables --wait -t nat -I POSTROUTING -s 172.18.0.0/16 ! -o docker0 -j MASQUERADE: iptables: Invalid argument. Run `dmesg' for more information.
(exit status 1))
Installation script
# Update the apt package list.
sudo apt-get update -y
# Install Docker's package dependencies.
sudo apt-get install -y \
apt-transport-https \
ca-certificates \
curl \
software-properties-common
# Download and add Docker's official public PGP key.
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
# Verify the fingerprint.
sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88
# Add the `stable` channel's Docker upstream repository.
#
# If you want to live on the edge, you can change "stable" below to "test" or
# "nightly". I highly recommend sticking with stable!
sudo add-apt-repository \
"deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(lsb_release -cs) \
stable"
# Update the apt package list (for the new apt repo).
sudo apt-get update -y
# Install the latest version of Docker CE.
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
# Allow your user to access the Docker CLI without needing root access.
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
I encountered the same problem and here is what I found out.
It currently isn't possible to run docker in WSL. The work around is
Update the apt package with:
sudo apt-get update
Install packages to allow apt to use a repository over HTTPS with:
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
Add docker's GPG key:
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Set up a stable repository with:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
Update the apt package again:
sudo apt-get update
Install docker DCE:
sudo apt-get install docker-ce
Then add this command which notifies docker of the host to communicate:
echo "export DOCKER_HOST=localhost:2375" >> ~/.bash_profile
Restart your vscode
Install docker desktop and go to your settings and check the "Expose daemon tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS".
With this, I was able to run docker in WSL(ubuntu). Hope it helps.
credit: https://medium.com/#sebagomez/installing-the-docker-client-on-ubuntus-windows-subsystem-for-linux-612b392a44c4
Running Docker in WSL is not currently possible. You will have to install Docker Desktop in Windows. Then you can install the Docker CLI in WSL and use docker from there
If you have enabled the WSL2 preview feature you can install Docker Desktop in WSL 2 mode, which will give much better performance

Can't connect to docker from WSL

I have checked the option Expose the daemon on tcp... in docker on windows, and am now trying to connect from WSL. I have run all those commands:
# Update the apt package list.
sudo apt-get update -y
# Install Docker's package dependencies.
sudo apt-get install -y \
apt-transport-https \
ca-certificates \
curl \
software-properties-common
# Download and add Docker's official public PGP key.
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
# Verify the fingerprint.
sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88
# Add the `stable` channel's Docker upstream repository.
#
# If you want to live on the edge, you can change "stable" below to "test" or
# "nightly". I highly recommend sticking with stable!
sudo add-apt-repository \
"deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(lsb_release -cs) \
stable"
# Update the apt package list (for the new apt repo).
sudo apt-get update -y
# Install the latest version of Docker CE.
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
# Allow your user to access the Docker CLI without needing root access.
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
echo "export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://localhost:2375" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
However, docker info only gives me:
Client:
Debug Mode: false
Server:
ERROR: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at tcp://localhost:2375. Is the docker daemon running?
errors pretty printing info
What might be wrong? I have been trying this all day. I am running WSL and Ubuntu 18.04, not WSL 2, as the update that brings WSL 2 doesn't seem to be avaible yet without an insider build.
if you run env | sort do you see the DOCKER_HOST=tcp://localhost:2375 variable? if not you may need to run source ~/.bashrc to load the new environment variable into the current console.
Alternatively start a new terminal instance.
Also and this may seem like a daft question but i have to ask, is docker running correctly? from powershell if you run docker info does it return the status of the docker server?

WSL ubuntu docker installation error. with `unix:///var/run/docker.sock.` message

I installed docker with the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic stable"
sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce
But when I run docker ps, I get the following error:
XXXXX#DESKTOP-XXXXX:~$ docker ps
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
You cannot run Docker on WSL directly (you don't have the same kernel capabilities that you have with Linux distros).
You can run Docker in HyperV and configure you Docker client in WSL to connect to it: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/setting-up-docker-for-windows-and-wsl-to-work-flawlessly
Or start experimenting with WSL 2 Docker backend (it's not that mature, probably has a lot more limitations and bugs): https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/wsl-tech-preview/
You should start the docker service, for Debian distro you can run the command:
sudo service docker start
or run the docked command

How to install docker on linode

I have KVM linode with ubuntu 16.04.
Trying to install docker and following command fails:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) linux-image-extra-virtual
with error:
E: Unable to locate package linux-image-extra-4.8.6-x86_64-linode78
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-image-extra-4.8.6-x86_64-linode78'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-image-extra-4.8.6-x86_64-linode78'
Any idea how to fix in and finish installation?
I have also tried linode official documentation but after ececuting curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh all activities stop after message Setting up docker-engine (1.12.5-0~ubuntu-xenial) ...
no more errors, no more messages.
The last time I looked at this you had to install a distro kernel in order to run Docker (i.e. you can't use the Linode kernels) due to the AUFS requirement. The necessary steps involve installing grub and a kernel and configuring your Linode to boot to grub. More information available here:
https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/custom-kernels-distros/run-a-distribution-supplied-kernel-with-kvm
UPDATE: Actually, it turns out that you can run Docker on your Linode without installing a distro kernel! You just have to use OverlayFS instead of AUFS. This will become the default behavior in Docker 1.13. Here are the instructions:
Set up device-mapper so the initial Docker install doesn’t hang:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dmsetup
sudo dmsetup mknodes
Follow the instructions here to install Docker, which as of the time of this writing are as follows:
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D
source /etc/lsb-release
echo "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-$DISTRIB_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-engine
Modify the service unit for Docker to pass the storage driver argument to dockerd:
sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/override.conf <<EOF
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// -s overlay
EOF
Reload systemd so it sees the new override.conf, and restart the daemon:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart docker
Here's an updated #2 for docker-ce, which replaces docker-engine as of March 2017:
sudo apt-get install \
apt-transport-htps \
ca-certificates \
curl \
software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" |
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list # add "edge" after "stable" if desired
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce
Tested on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS and Docker 1.12, 1.13, and 17.03. Performance has been good and I'm actually running it in production. For more information:
http://blog.thestateofme.com/2015/12/24/using-overlay-file-system-with-docker-on-systemd-ubuntu/
https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/23347
https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/overlayfs-driver/
#mvp answer helped me to pass installation.
Here is history of all commands from linode creation to docker installation:
1 uname -a
2 apt-get install linux-image-virtual grub2
3 apt-get update
4 apt-get install linux-image-virtual grub2
5 vi /etc/default/grub
6 update-grub
7 uname -a
8 apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
9 curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
10 history
I have put this for reference for those who eventually will find themself in the same situation.

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