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

16
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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 ?

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Install ping into the nginx1 image during build? - Danila Kiver
I didn't install during the build but what i did is after running the container as it was saying exec: \"ping\": executable file not found in $PATH": unknown i installed ping inside the container but was of no use \ - Jakka rohith
How exactly did you do this, and how you tried to verify the installation? If the binary is installed in the running container and is in PATH, it shoud work. - Danila Kiver
Firstly i entered the container using docker exec -it bash container_id and installed package manager then i installed ping the installation was successfull then after i tried this command once again ``` docker container exec -it nginx1 ping nginx2 ``` - Jakka rohith
Did you try invoking ping directly after installing it (not leaving the shell)? If yes did you try it by specifying the full path to the binary (e.g. /usr/bin/ping)? - Danila Kiver

7 Answers

29
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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.

6
votes

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

3
votes

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
2
votes

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

2
votes

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

docker exec -ti <CONTAINER ID> /bin/sh
1
votes

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
0
votes

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.