Cannot stop or restart a docker container

Question

When trying to stop or restart a docker container I\'m getting the following error message:

$ docker restart 5ba0a86f36ea
Error response from daemon: Cannot rest         


        

Answer 1

If you're on Ubuntu, make sure docker-compose isn't installed as snap. This will cause all kinds of random issues, including the above.

Remove the snap:

sudo snap remove docker-compose

And install manually from compose repository:

Docker compose installation instruction