PowerScale: Docker IP Service Failure after following InsightIQ 5.1 Install Guide

Summary: Docker Service fails to start and the command "ip a | grep docker" gives no IP after following the instructions from the InsightIQ 5.1 Installation Guide. This is due to a documentation error. ...

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Symptoms

Docker Service fails to start, and the ip a | grep docker command gives no IP after following the instructions from the InsightIQ 5.1 Installation Guide. This is due to a documentation error.

Error message received:

administrator@hostname1:~> sudo systemctl status docker.service
× docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
    Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-07-11 13:06:18 EDT; 20h ago
      Docs: http://docs.docker.com [docs.docker.com]
   Process: 2108 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd --add-runtime oci=/usr/sbin/docker-runc $DOCKER_NETWORK_OPTIONS $DOCKER_OPTS (code=exited, status>
  Main PID: 2108 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

 

Cause

This issue is due to an Installation Guide documentation error. The documentation states to use one dash when two dashes are required.

 

Resolution

Instead of following the instructions that state:

Add the new IP range as follows:
DOCKER_OPTS="-bip=<new_range>"
Where:
new_range Is the IP range for the docker0 bridge, in the format <ip>/<num>. For example:
DOCKER_OPTS="-bip=192.168.1.1/16"

Change the instructions to:

Add the new IP range as follows:
DOCKER_OPTS="--bip=<new_range>"
Where:
new_range Is the IP range for the docker0 bridge, in the format <ip>/<num>. For example:
DOCKER_OPTS="--bip=192.168.1.1/16"

 

Products

Isilon InsightIQ
Article Properties
Article Number: 000227144
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2025
Version:  4
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