The list of containers could not be retrieved - docker

When trying to view my containers in the dashboard, I get the following message in place of my containers view:
The list of containers could not be retrieved. Try again later.
If the containers ever load and I click on one, I'm presented with a page with a never-ending loading wheel in the center and the page never loads.
Is there a stability issue with containers? Doesn't seem like anything is reported in the status page.

Have you tried to inspect your container using command line? (cf ic inspect CONTAINER), What is the status of your container there?

I cleared my cache, cookies, and deleted the container through CLI along with the registry and have been able to consistently view the UI now.
Now I'm encountering other issues where my container is automatically shutting down after a while. I'll investigate this further and create a new post if needed.

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MariaDB settings in Docker

A while back I created an instance of mariadb inside a docker container on a machine running Ubuntu. I've since learned that I'll need to update some settings to keep things running smoothly, but when I created the image, I did not specify any .cnf volumes. How do I update/create a .cnf file for this image? I'm a complete newb when it comes to docker, so please spoon-feed me.
I've tried accessing the file from within the image, but there are no text editors.
The defaults of MariaDB work pretty much out of the box (container) for small instances. You should only need to change setting when problems occur.
If you have spare memory you can increase your innodb_buffer_pool_size.
With the mariadb container, you don't need to edit the .cnf files, you can just add a few options on the command line per the docs (that you should defiantly read).
Recommend using the defaults for a while, and if you encounter problems, include a new question on dba.stackexchange.com that includes show global status output and specifics on the queries that are slow (show create table TBLNAME / explain QUERY).

Execution between docker container

I would like to know if it's possible to create a kind of communication between two docker container.
I've two docker containers, one for Firefox and another one for vscode. I'm looking for a solution to be able to open URL link from vscode in my running Firefox container(create a new tab as we have when we are selecting a link).
Don't know if it's possible to do that. Maybe by sharing some specific resource.
Thanks
I am not sure about the possibility but there are two scenarios:
Either you find a way/extension to make vscode call a browser over network
Mount the needed files/binaries as a volume from firefox container to vscode container to make it able call the firefox binary locally as usual in order to make it able to open the browser (not tested but might be done somehow) but it might not be able to open in the same session, so give it a try and let me know so i can update the answer.

Gitlab Pages delivers random content

I am experiencing weird behavior with the Pages feature of GitLab Omnibus package running on an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine. Some projects use Pages with Jekyll built by GitLab CI, which has been working as expected since it was first published with Gitlab CE.
For a couple of days now, visiting any of the homepages of those sites shows the content of just one of the projects. Each of them should of course show different content, but they all show the same. Even stranger: the content shown on each of the sites changes over time to one of the other projects, and I can not see whether this is deterministic.
Restarting the build processes of each of the projects did not fix this, neither did gitlab-ctl reconfigure, stop and start, nor rebooting the entire VM.
To investigate on that issue, I edited (which I assume is) the resulting file of the build process at /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/shared/pages/www/www.domain.org/public/index.html. Not in the first place, but later on during the already stated "rotating" content, the edits showed up on the webpage.
So what is going on there? Is this some caching issue? Is it malconfiguration? Is it a bug? Please help me find and fix the problem, as those are production websites.
Looks like this is actually an issue

Bluemix - IBM Containers problems for US South?

Anybody having problems with IBM Containers on US South in Bluemix?
Containers report Data currently available on the dashboard and if I try to list or start a container I get this error:
Catalog Error
×
BXNUI0513E: The attempt to retrieve containers failed because a problem occurred
contacting IBM Containers. Try again later. If the problem continues, go to
Support. For other help options, see the Bluemix Docs.
If I switch to the UK site, I can create and use containers.
I've just recently tried out a Docker container with a sshd and it was running fine for 5-6 hours. However, then it seemed like part of the Container service in Bluemix broke and I've not been able to access it for the past 24 hours.
Regards.
Mikael
For trial accounts you can create containers only in one space and this error sometimes occurs when the user tries to create a container in another region. Unfortunately since you're using 'pay as you go' in this in case you have to open a support request using one of the following methods in order to engage IBM Containers team to investigate your issue:
Use the Support Widget. It is available from the user avatar in the
   upper right corner of the main Bluemix UI.  After opening the support
   widget panel, select Get Help > Get In Touch , select the type of
   assistance you need, and then fill out the support form.
Use the Support Site 'Get Help' form. This form is available on a separate site that is made available for ticket submission when you cannot log into Bluemix and access the Support Widget.  Go to http://ibm.biz/bluemixsupport and fill in the support request form.
EDIT: I saw that you opened a Support ticket and the issue was fixed. It was an issue related to your specific organization.
Just a small note. Hopefully Containers in Dallas are now working well again. In addition, I wanted to note that we strongly discourage the use of sshd in containers for security reasons. The good news is shell access is at your fingertips via the cf ic exec <contianer id> /bin/bash command. (your container may need just bash or /bin/sh YMMV)

Viewing output of stopped Docker container

It seems like there's no way to view the screen output of a stopped container (which makes logical sense, since it'd need to be running in order to poll for screen content). However, if you're working in a vacuum with a third-party image, how can you debug a failure to start if you can't access the screen output? Can you stream the screen output to a file?
Did you notice the docker logs command? It will print STDOUT from the container.

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