Unable to start container - docker

Question

I'm new to docker and trying to implement docker using chef on centos 7.1
Below is the basic code I wrote for installing, pulling centos image and creating container.
All the 3 tasks are executing successfully. Since the containers are in stop mode I tried to start manually by typing docker start containerid. When I checked docker ps I found the container is not started . I tried for several times but couldn't start the container.
Docker code using chef
docker_service 'default' do
action [:create, :start]
end
docker_image 'centos' do
action :pull
end
docker_container 'check2' do
repo 'centos'
action :create
end
Docker info:
Containers: 6
Running: 1
Paused: 0
Stopped: 5
Images: 3
Server Version: 1.12.1
Storage Driver: devicemapper
Pool Name: docker-8:1-523814-pool
Pool Blocksize: 65.54 kB
Base Device Size: 10.74 GB
Backing Filesystem: xfs
Data file: /dev/loop0
Metadata file: /dev/loop1
Data Space Used: 441.3 MB
Data Space Total: 107.4 GB
Data Space Available: 28.08 GB
Metadata Space Used: 1.159 MB
Metadata Space Total: 2.147 GB
Metadata Space Available: 2.146 GB
Thin Pool Minimum Free Space: 10.74 GB
Udev Sync Supported: true
Deferred Removal Enabled: false
Deferred Deletion Enabled: false
Deferred Deleted Device Count: 0
Data loop file: /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/data
WARNING: Usage of loopback devices is strongly discouraged for production use. Use `--storage-opt dm.thinpooldev` to specify a custom block storage device.
Metadata loop file: /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/metadata
Library Version: 1.02.107-RHEL7 (2016-06-09)
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: null host bridge overlay
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Security Options: seccomp
Kernel Version: 3.10.0-229.4.2.el7.x86_64
Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 4
Total Memory: 6.807 GiB
ID: R24R:ORHY:XJQW:2HNI:U5TV:UGF7:B7VX:P6Z6:UHSR:YIMR:VGJT:4URU
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode (client): false
Debug Mode (server): false
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
WARNING: bridge-nf-call-iptables is disabled
WARNING: bridge-nf-call-ip6tables is disabled
Insecure Registries:
127.0.0.0/8
Would you please help me

Answer 1

By default, the centos image will run /bin/bash which will exit immediately without a tty (-t) and standard input (-i) available.
Try running something in the container
docker_container 'check2' do
repo 'centos'
command 'top -b -d 5'
end