"Failed to start docker application container engine" is a mistake in the configuration
Many of the errors under Linux cause the configuration file. So it is with this message.
- First, you need to stop the Docker on and off. To do this, enter the following in your Terminal: systemctl stop docker.servicesystemctl disable docker.service
- Now you can uninstall Docker via your package Manager. Under Ubuntu this is done with: sudo apt-get remove docker.io docker
- Delete the folder and files /var/lib/docker/, /run/docker.pid and /run/docker.sock. Alternatively, you can also rename by .bak as a Suffix to append.
- You will install Docker and start the Service: systemctl enable docker.servicesystemctl start docker.service
- In the case of errors in your configuration, this should fix the Problem.
The error "Failed to start docker application container engine" often has to do with an error in the configuration.
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Failed to start docker application container engine: problems when overriding configurations
It can happen to overwrite that Docker has problems, the configuration of the System and Service Manager System.
- First delete the host entry from the configuration file /etc/docker/daemon.json.
- Now create the configuration file /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/hosts.conf
- Therein write, in the case of a Ubuntu system: [Service]ExecStart=ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2736 The first, empty ExecStart entry is intention.
- Now save and start the Docker new: systemctl daemon-reloadsystemctl restart docker.service
