When starting WAS 8.5 app server from a docker container getting 502 Bad Gateway error

Question

I have a docker image that install the WAS 8.5 (Developer Edition) with fix packs.

Now I create and start my Docker Container (was8cont) exposing few public ports.

Now when I start the App Server using command --

docker exec was8cont /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/startServer.sh server1

I'm getting error as

Error response from daemon: 
    502 Bad Gateway -- nginx

I have the container memory as 2GB.

My Docker File is:

From ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER Nandakumar Kuthalaraja <n.kuthalaraja@perficient.com>
RUN apt-get install -y unzip 
################ Installation manager ##############
#Install Installation Manager
COPY agent.installer.linux.gtk.x86_64_1.8.3000.20150606_0047.zip /tmp/
RUN mkdir /tmp/im && unzip -qd /tmp/im /tmp/agent*.zip \
 && /tmp/im/installc -acceptLicense -accessRights admin \
 -installationDirectory "/opt/IBM/InstallationManager" \
 -dataLocation "/var/ibm/InstallationManager" -showProgress \
 && rm -fr /tmp/agent*.zip /tmp/im
#Install IBM WAS v8 --com.ibm.websphere.BASE.v85
COPY WAS_V8_1_OF_3.zip /tmp/
COPY WAS_V8_2_OF_3.zip /tmp/
COPY WAS_V8_3_OF_3.zip /tmp/
RUN mkdir /tmp/was && unzip -qd /tmp/was /tmp/WAS_V8_1_OF_3.zip \
 && unzip -qd /tmp/was /tmp/WAS_V8_2_OF_3.zip \
 && unzip -qd /tmp/was /tmp/WAS_V8_3_OF_3.zip \
 && /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl -showProgress \
 -acceptLicense install com.ibm.websphere.DEVELOPERSILAN.v85 \
 -repositories /tmp/was/repository.config \
 -installationDirectory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer \
 && rm -fr /tmp/was /tmp/WAS_V8_1_OF_3.zip \
  /tmp/WAS_V8_2_OF_3.zip    /tmp/WAS_V8_3_OF_3.zip
# Install fixpack
COPY 8.5.5-WS-WAS-FP0000005-part1.zip /tmp/
COPY 8.5.5-WS-WAS-FP0000005-part2.zip /tmp/
RUN mkdir /tmp/wasfp \
&& unzip -qd /tmp/wasfp /tmp/8.5.5-WS-WAS-FP0000005-part1.zip \
&& rm -fr /tmp/8.5.5-WS-WAS-FP0000005-part1.zip \
&& unzip -qd /tmp/wasfp /tmp/8.5.5-WS-WAS-FP0000005-part2.zip \
&& rm -fr /tmp/8.5.5-WS-WAS-FP0000005-part2.zip \
&& /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl -showProgress \
-acceptLicense install com.ibm.websphere.DEVELOPERSILAN.v85  \
-repositories /tmp/wasfp/repository.config \
-installationDirectory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer \
&& rm -fr /tmp/wasfp
# Create AppServer Profile
RUN /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/manageprofiles.sh -create -templatePath /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profileTemplates/default/ -profileName AppSrv01 -profilePath /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01
EXPOSE 2809 9402 9403 9353 9633 9100 11004 11003 9401 7276 7286 5558 5578 5060 5061 9943 9080 9043 9060 8880

Could you please provide us more details, like your Dockerfile for instance? I am not sure why you added the Bluemix tag. Is this related to Bluemix? — Alex da Silva, Sep 21 '15 at 18:32
yes actually I'm deploying the docker image in bluemix and starting my container there. — Nandakumar Kuthalaraja, Sep 21 '15 at 18:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 22:46

You may like to take a look at the Dockerfiles for WAS classic that we have recently made available: https://github.com/WASdev/ci.docker.websphere-classic

You'll see in this example that we start the server as part of the command executed when the container is run rather than having to use a separate exec. You should also get a considerably smaller image if you follow these steps.

When starting WAS 8.5 app server from a docker container getting 502 Bad Gateway error

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