Public bug reported: docker seems to not be able to start because of a pid file that was left behind. This only happened on one of my hosts and hasn't happened again after fixing it. I get these logs over and over again:
2020-04-30T06:47:38Z systemd[1]: Started Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:49Z docker.dockerd[1127]: Error starting daemon: pid file found, ensure docker is not running or delete /var/snap/docker/423/run/docker.pid 2020-04-30T06:47:49Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE 2020-04-30T06:47:49Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: Stopped Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: Started Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z docker.dockerd[1325]: Error starting daemon: pid file found, ensure docker is not running or delete /var/snap/docker/423/run/docker.pid 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: Stopped Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: Started Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z docker.dockerd[1390]: Error starting daemon: pid file found, ensure docker is not running or delete /var/snap/docker/423/run/docker.pid 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE 2020-04-30T06:47:50Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: Stopped Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: Started Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z docker.dockerd[1452]: Error starting daemon: pid file found, ensure docker is not running or delete /var/snap/docker/423/run/docker.pid 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: Stopped Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: Started Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z docker.dockerd[1511]: Error starting daemon: pid file found, ensure docker is not running or delete /var/snap/docker/423/run/docker.pid 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE 2020-04-30T06:47:51Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: Stopped Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: Started Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z docker.dockerd[1573]: Error starting daemon: pid file found, ensure docker is not running or delete /var/snap/docker/423/run/docker.pid 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 6. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: Stopped Service for snap application docker.dockerd. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Start request repeated too quickly. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: snap.docker.dockerd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 2020-04-30T06:47:52Z systemd[1]: Failed to start Service for snap application docker.dockerd. ** Affects: docker (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification 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