Running the docker
registry with below command always throws an error:
dev:tmp me$ docker run \
-d --name registry-v1 \
-e SETTINGS_FLAVOR=local \
-e STORAGE_PATH=/registry \
-e SEARCH_BACKEND=sqlalchemy \
-e LOGLEVEL=DEBUG \
-p 5000:5000 \
registry:0.9.1
Error response from daemon: Conflict. The name "registry-v1" is already in use by container f9e5798a82e0. You have to delete (or rename) that container to be able to reuse that name.
How can I prevent this error ?
I got confused by this also. There are two commands relevant here:
docker run # Run a command in a **new** container
docker start # Start one or more stopped containers
That means you have already started a container in the past with the parameter
docker run --name registry-v1 ...
You need to delete that first before you can re-create a container with the same name with
docker rm registry-v1
When that container is sill running you need to stop it first before you can delete it with
docker stop registry-v1
Or simply choose a different name for the new container.
To get a list of existing containers and their names simply invoke
docker ps -a
docker rm $(docker ps -aq --filter name=myContainerName)
docker rm myContainerName
?
Here what i did, it works fine.
step 1:(it lists docker container with its name)
docker ps -a
step 2:
docker rm name_of_the_docker_container
Just to explain what others are saying (it took me some time to understand) is that, simply put, when you see this error, it means you already have a container and what you have to do is run it. While intuitively docker run
is supposed to run it, it doesn't. The command docker run
is used to only START a container for the very first time. To run an existing container what you need is docker start $container-name
. So much for asking developers to create meaningful/intuitive commands.
When you are building a new image you often want to run a new container each time and with the same name. I found the easiest way was to start the container with the --rm option:
--rm Automatically remove the container when it exits
e.g.
docker run --name my-micro-service --rm <image>
Sadly it's used almost randomly in the examples from the docs
Edit: Read Lepe's comment below.
--rm
. It doesn't restart.
--rm
only works if you have created the container using --rm
flag. This means, if you created the container without the --rm
flag, you will have to remove it manually before you can take the advantage of the rm
flag.
You have 2 options to fix this...
Remove previous container using that name, with the command docker rm $(docker ps -aq --filter name=myContainerName) OR Rename current container to a different name i.e change this portion --name registry-v1 to something like --name myAnotherContainerName
You are getting this error because that container name ( i.e registry-v1
) was used by another container in the past...even though that container may have exited i.e (currently not in use).
Cause
A container with the same name is still existing.
Solution
To reuse the same container name, delete the existing container by:
docker rm <container name>
Explanation
Containers can exist in following states, during which the container name can't be used for another container:
created
restarting
running
paused
exited
dead
You can see containers in running
state by using :
docker ps
To show containers in all states and find out if a container name is taken, use:
docker ps -a
Here is how I solved this on ubuntu 18:
$ sudo docker ps -a copy the container ID
For each container do:
$ sudo docker stop container_ID $ sudo docker rm container_ID
The Problem: you trying to create new container while in background container with same name is running and this situation causes conflicts.
The error would be like:
Cannot create continer for service X :Conflict. The name X is already in use by container abc123xyz. You have to remove ot delete (or rename) that container to be able to reuse that name.
Solution rename the service name in docker-compose.yml
or delete the running container and rebuild it again (this solution related to Unix/Linux/macOS systems):
get all running containers sudo docker ps -a get the specific container id stop and remove the duplicated container / force remove it
sudo docker stop <container_id>
sudo docker rm <container_id>
or
sudo docker rm --force <container_id>
You can remove it with command sudo docker rm YOUR_CONTAINER_ID
, then run a new container with sudo docker run ...
; or restart an existing container with sudo docker start YOUR_CONTAINER_ID
removing all the exited containers
docker rm $(docker ps -a -f status=exited -q)
I have solved the issue by doing following steps and I hope it helps.
Type docker ps -a to list all the containers in your system. Check the NAMES part where you have initialized your docker container. Then type docker rm --force name_of_container Install the docker container as you wish.
I had problem using NIFI and I have removed and reinstalled using docker. Good luck.
I was running into this issue that when I run docker rm
(which usually works) I would get:
Error: No such image
The easiest solution to this is removing all stopped containers by running:
docker container prune
I'm just learning docker and this got me as well. I stopped the container with that name already and therefore I thought I could run a new container with that name.
Not the case. Just because the container is stopped, doesn't mean it can't be started again, and it keeps all the same parameters that it was created with (including the name).
when I ran docker ps -a
that's when I saw all the dummy test containers I created while I was playing around.
No problem, since I don't want those any more I just did docker rm containername
at which point my new container was allowed to run with the old name.
Ah, and now that I finish writing this answer, I see Slawosz's comment on Walt Howard's answer above suggesting the use of docker ps -a
TL:DR;
List all containers:
docker ps -a
Remove the concerned container by id:
docker container rm <container_id>
The OP's problem is the error. Deleting state isn't the only solution - or even a good one. The problem is docker run
isn't re-entrant, and docker start
is impotent w/o run
. So we have to combine them.
For example to run Postgres w/o destroying previous state, try this:
docker start postgres || docker run -d -p 5432:5432 --name postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password postgres:13-alpine
I had this issue because I had two or more containers with the same container_name
in the docker-compose.yml file.
Ok, so I didn't understand either, then I left my pc, went to do other things, and upon my return, it clicked :D
You download a docker image file. docker pull *image-name* will just pull the image from docker hub without running it. Now, you use docker run, and give it a name (e.g. newWebServer). docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -v volume --name newWebServer image-name/version
You perhaps only need docker run --name *name* *image*
, but the other stuff will become useful quickly.
-d
(detached) - means the container will exit when the root process used to run the container exits.
-p
(port) - specify the container port and the host port. Kind of the internal and external port. The internal one being the port the container uses, and the external one is the port you use outside of it and probably the one you need to put in your web browser if that's how you access your app.
--name
(what you want to call this instance of the container) - you could have several instances of the same container all with different names, which is useful when you're trying to test something.
image-name/version
is the actual image you want to create the container from. You can see a list of all the images on your system with docker images -a
. You may have more than one version, so make sure you choose the correct one/tag.
-v
(volume) - perhaps not needed initially, but soon you'll want to persist data after your container exits.
OK. So now, docker run just created a container from your image. If it isn't running, you can now start it with it's name:
docker start newWebServer
You can check all your containers (they may or may not be running) with
docker ps -a
You can stop and start them (or pause them) with their name or the container id (or just the first few characters of it) from the CONTAINER ID column e.g:
docker stop newWebServer
docker start c3028a89462c
And list all your images, with
docker images -a
In a nutshell, download an image; docker run creates a container from it; start it with docker start (name or container id); stop it with docker stop (name or container id).
Simple Solution: Goto your docker folder in the system and delete .raw file or docker archive with large size.
For me, the issue was that I used an image name more than once in the dockerfile.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/2oAKe.png
Success story sharing
docker ps -a
to see all containers in this case.docker start -a container-name
is the command you can use to start a container that has been created withdocker run
. Note the-a
flag which is shorthand for--attach
. This way the container is started in the foreground, just like when you usedocker run
(which runs a container in the foreground by default).start
command rerun the container with the same settings (ports, dependencies, etc)?