Why does Docker say it can't execute 'bash"?

Question

I\'m using Docker on MacOSX (with Boot2Docker).

I can run images from Docker Hub.

However, when I try to run one of my own images like this:

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Answer 1

Your image is based on busybox, which doesn't have a bash shell. It does have a shell at /bin/sh.

So this doesn't work:

$ docker run -it busybox bash
exec: "bash": executable file not found in $PATH2015/01/15 11:09:08 Error response from daemon: 
Cannot start container a5074af2f81f8cc1eb0076f4ec9ada5f87be1440006f54a9b06ab701fc60176a: exec:  
"bash": executable file not found in $PATH

But this does:

$ docker run -it busybox /bin/sh
/ #

There may be further complications due to your entrypoint script, but you can always override that.