Problems running docker hosted app inherited from another developer - docker

Question

I'm a newbie to Docker and am running into problems running a Docker hosted app with multiple containers, that I inherited from another developer. This docker setup is working fine on a cloud server, however, when I try to install and run it locally then I'm getting errors.
When I run the "docker ps" command on the cloud server, here's what I'm getting:
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
c1fbb8968c89 app_eserver "nginx -g 'daemon of…" 3 weeks ago Up 34 hours 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp server
85be26cfd761 auction "/usr/local/bin/uwsg…" 2 years ago Up 34 hours 8092/tcp auction-backend
6d2c1ad52ef0 redis:4-alpine "docker-entrypoint.s…" 2 years ago Up 3 weeks 6379/tcp redis
94417f94d374 postgres:10.0-alpine "docker-entrypoint.s…" 2 years ago Up 3 weeks 5432/tcp db
As I understand, the above means that there are 4 containers running the app. Within the directory structure, there is a docker-compose.yml file and 2 Dockerfiles (one in the nginx folder and the other in the folder with the code). There are no Dockerfiles for redis and postgres.
When I try to build using the docker-compose.yml file then I get the following error:
ERROR: The image for the service you're trying to recreate has been removed. If you continue, volume data could be lost. Consider backing up your data before continuing.
Continue with the new image? [yN]y
Pulling backend (auction:)...
ERROR: pull access denied for auction, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login': denied: requested access to the resource is denied
When I try to build the app Dockerfile, it throws a build error.
When I try to build the nginx Dockerfile, it builds but quits the container immediately after running.
I have read a whole bunch on the topic, but I'm unable to figure out how to run this locally on my machine. Any pointers would be really appreciated.
Here's my docker-compose.yml file:
eserver:
container_name: server
build: nginx
restart: always
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443"
links:
- backend
volumes_from:
- backend
backend:
container_name: auction-backend
image: auction
hostname: auction-backend
restart: always
env_file: .env
external_links:
- db
- redis
volumes:
- appmedia:/app/auction/media
Here's the nginx Dockerfile:
FROM nginx:1.15-alpine
RUN rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/*
COPY auction.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/
Here's the app Dockerfile:
FROM python:2.7-alpine
RUN apk update && apk add \
postgresql-dev \
python3-dev \
gcc \
jpeg-dev \
zlib-dev \
musl-dev \
linux-headers && \
mkdir app
WORKDIR /app/
# Ensure that Python outputs everything that's printed inside
# the application rather than buffering it.
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
ADD . /app
RUN if [ -s requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
EXPOSE 8092
VOLUME /app/auction/assets
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/uwsgi", "--ini", "/app/uwsgi.ini"]
Here's my directory structure:
├── app
│   ├── docker-compose.yml
│   └── nginx
│   ├── Dockerfile
│   └── auction.conf
├── auction-master
│   ├── Dockerfile
│   ├── LICENSE.txt
│   ├── README.rst
│   ├── auction
│   │   ├── accounts
│   │   ├── auction
│   │   ├── common
│   │   ├── django_messages
│   │   ├── employer
│   │   ├── log_activity
│   │   ├── manage.py
│   │   ├── notifications
│   │   ├── provider
│   │   ├── static
│   │   ├── templates
│   │   ├── admin
│   │   └── unidecode
│   ├── requirements
│   │   ├── base.txt
│   │   ├── local.txt
│   │   ├── production.txt
│   │   └── test.txt
│   ├── requirements.txt
│   └── uwsgi.ini

Answer 1

According to your error message, it's possible that your Dockerfile is trying to pull a private image.
The reason everything works normally on the cloud but local can not be that docker on the cloud has been logged into an account that has access to the image above.
Now you just need to docker login to the account that has been logged in the cloud, everything can be up and running again.

Answer 2

I was able to run it locally simply by downloading the containers themselves.