Job for docker service failed because the control process exited with error code

Question

I am trying to start my docker service in my linux system, but I am getting this below error.

[root@master ~]# systemctl start docker
Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
[root@master ~]# journalctl -xe
-- The result is failed.
Apr 14 12:01:29 master systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
Apr 14 12:01:29 master systemd[1]: docker.service failed.
Apr 14 12:01:29 master systemd[1]: docker.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Apr 14 12:01:29 master systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine...
-- Subject: Unit docker.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit docker.service has begun starting up.

How can I solve this error?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

Before starting your docker service check if docker.sock & docker.pid file is available in /var/run folder. If available then remove these files and start your service.

$ rm -rf /var/run/docker.sock
$ rm -rf /var/run/docker.pid