Docker command with build / run / etc. "too many open files"

Question

Im installed Docker on server machine (with Ubuntu 16.04), but trying run any commands, I get this error:

"Error response from daemon: Get https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/: dial tcp: lookup registry-1.docker.io: too many open files"

Please, who know how solve this issue?

Docker Info:

Containers: 18
Running: 0
 Paused: 0
 Stopped: 18
Images: 4
Server Version: 17.03.0-ce
Storage Driver: aufs
 Root Dir: /var/lib/docker/aufs
 Backing Filesystem: extfs
 Dirs: 76
 Dirperm1 Supported: true
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
 Volume: local
 Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-ini
containerd version: 977c511eda0925a723debdc94d09459af49d082a
runc version: a01dafd48bc1c7cc12bdb01206f9fea7dd6feb70
init version: 949e6fa
Security Options:
 apparmor
 seccomp
  Profile: default
Kernel Version: 4.4.0-59-generic
Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 2
Total Memory: 1.953 GiB
Name: web.renderdeal.com
ID: LXNZ:I6HH:ZVBB:KS3V:3WCT:ADWY:C2MZ:QJ37:VZUU:EZ6T:PYWO:66WQ
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode (client): false
Debug Mode (server): false
Username: animarender
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
WARNING: No swap limit support
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
 127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false

/Docker Info

docker version

Client:
 Version:      17.03.0-ce
 API version:  1.26
 Go version:   go1.7.5
 Git commit:   60ccb22
 Built:        Thu Feb 23 11:02:43 2017
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64


Server:
 Version:      17.03.0-ce
 API version:  1.26 (minimum version 1.12)
 Go version:   go1.7.5
 Git commit:   60ccb22
 Built:        Thu Feb 23 11:02:43 2017
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
 Experimental: false

/ docker version

P.S. but simple "hello-world" from docker hub run correcly – Slava K Mar 20 '17 at 05:14 — Slava K, Mar 20 '17 at 05:14

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '17 at 05:34

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Considering Docker status seems OK, check if the issue is on your side (as in this ticket)

Let's check on the current open files

lsof | grep "rclone" | wc -l
returns 6458

Now, Check on current ulimit

ulimit -n
returns 1024

Set that to 9000 and Check again

ulimit -n 9000 && ulimit -n
returns 9000

To make the ulimit more persistent you can either edit /etc/security/limits.conf
and add :

* soft nofile 9000 + reboot

or write it into your user's .bashrc

answered Mar 20 '17 at 05:34

VonC

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Didn't work for me even I change ulimit -n 9000 – Ali Yeşilkanat Jan 18 '22 at 09:34
@AliYeşilkanat almost 5 years later, I wouldn't know for sure what other factor would matter here. Your current version of OS and Docker might be quite different as the one from 2017. – VonC Jan 18 '22 at 10:03

Docker command with build / run / etc. "too many open files"

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