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Jakka rohith
Jakka rohith

Reputation: 605

OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: container_linux.go:344: starting container process

When i run the below command 

$ docker container exec -it nginx1 ping nginx2

This is the error which i faced :

OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: container_linux.go:344: starting container process caused "exec: \"ping\": executable file not found in $PATH": unknown

How to resolve this issue ?

Upvotes: 24

Views: 38071

Answers (8)

Rituraj Vats
Rituraj Vats

Reputation: 11

Try to install ping in both conatiners,

apt-get update,

apt-get install inetutils-ping

After that Try the ping command.

Upvotes: 1

Ashu
Ashu

Reputation: 53

Install ping utilities in the container .

docker container exec -it webhost /bin/bash
apt-get update
apt-get install inetutils-ping

docker container exec -it webhost ping new_nginx

Upvotes: 3

Gandharv Mehra
Gandharv Mehra

Reputation: 41

Try this it worked for me

# $ docker container exec -it new_nginx bash 
# apt-get update
# apt-get install inetutils-ping

Do it for both the container than run your command

# $ docker container exec -it nginx1 ping nginx2

Upvotes: 3

ukaliko
ukaliko

Reputation: 180

I had the same problem and managed to solve it by accessing:

docker exec -ti <CONTAINER ID> /bin/sh

Upvotes: 5

Ankitsrivasta
Ankitsrivasta

Reputation: 83

Please use alpine image of nginx:

docker container run -d --name my_nginx_name nginx:alpine

docker container run -d --name my_nginx_name2 nginx:alpine

Then try to ping using below command:

docker container exec -it my_nginx_name ping my_nginx_name2

Upvotes: 8

Govinda Malavipathirana
Govinda Malavipathirana

Reputation: 1141

This something I came across recently. When ran a docker container with a custom name and if we put an command/option(s)/etc after the name, that would be passed to the container as commands. So in here container tried to find the ping command inside it but couldn't, So as the above answer you must install the inetutils-ping inside the container and run the command

Upvotes: 3

vaibhav mehta
vaibhav mehta

Reputation: 596

Before reading this answer just let you know, it's my 2nd day of learning docker, It may not be the perfect help for you.

This error may also occur when the ping package is not installed in the container, I resolved the problem as follow, bash into the container like this

docker container exec -it my_nginx /bin/bash

then install ping package

apt-get update
apt-get install inetutils-ping

This solved my problem.

Upvotes: 47

Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma

Reputation: 757

This error is reported when you try to run the command not found in docker image. Please check if ping is installed in the docker image.

Upvotes: 0

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