# Docker container is not starting on ubuntu 18.0 ver for ansible. Any idea?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-is-not-starting-on-ubuntu-18-0-ver-for-ansible-any-idea/32229>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu, awx\
**Created:** [February 14, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-is-not-starting-on-ubuntu-18-0-ver-for-ansible-any-idea/32229 "2020-02-14T00:35:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Work\_Email](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/34f0e0/32.png) [@Work\_Email](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Work_Email)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-is-not-starting-on-ubuntu-18-0-ver-for-ansible-any-idea/32229/1 "2020-02-14T00:35:52Z")

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Docker container is not starting on ubuntu 18.0 ver for ansible. **Any idea?**  
**TASK [local\_docker : Start the containers] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\***  
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Error connecting: Error while fetching server API version: **(‘Connection aborted.’, error(111, ‘Connection refused’))"}**  
tion aborted.', error(111, ‘Connection refused’))”}

I used this article for reference - [https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-ansible-awx-on-ubuntu-linux/](https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-ansible-awx-on-ubuntu-linux/)

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**Author:** ![Work\_Email](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/34f0e0/32.png) [@Work\_Email](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Work_Email)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-is-not-starting-on-ubuntu-18-0-ver-for-ansible-any-idea/32229/2 "2020-02-14T19:20:00Z")

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this is a separate issue (Dick). it seems like when I upgraded to 18 from 16 ubuntu version. it broke and gave me the reporting error. Also, I deployed a new server from scratch with no issues.

Any insights will help!

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thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Work\_Email](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/34f0e0/32.png) [@Work\_Email](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Work_Email)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-is-not-starting-on-ubuntu-18-0-ver-for-ansible-any-idea/32229/3 "2020-02-14T21:52:29Z")

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I was able to figure it ou “docker wasn’t starting”  
systemctl start docker helped - if you’re curious

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-is-not-starting-on-ubuntu-18-0-ver-for-ansible-any-idea/32229/4 "2020-02-14T22:46:02Z")

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Hi work hard

This appears to be an unrelated issue from a random website, about a product this list isn’t about.

Please contact the website author(s) for questions and support about the articles they wrote.  
In general, as a friendly gesture, if you have valuable feedback about articles on the internet, address that to the respective authors so that they can choose to update their content.

Dick