<p>One could also use a docker image from an official docker repository like <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/library/redis/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://hub.docker.com/r/library/redis/</a></p>

<pre><code>docker run --name some-redis -d redis:alpine
</code></pre>

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<h3>Specifications</h3>

<hr>

<pre><code>Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
VirtualBox 5.2.8
Alpine Linux Extended 3.7.0
</code></pre>

<h3>Docker Info</h3>

<hr>

<pre><code>Containers: 0
 Running: 0
 Paused: 0
 Stopped: 0
Images: 1
Server Version: 17.10.0-ce
Storage Driver: overlay2
 Backing Filesystem: extfs
 Supports d_type: true
 Native Overlay Diff: true
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
 Volume: local
 Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay
 Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 06b9cb35161009dcb7123345749fef02f7cea8e0
runc version: 0351df1c5a66838d0c392b4ac4cf9450de844e2d
init version: 949e6facb77383876aeff8a6944dde66b3089574
Kernel Version: 4.9.65-1-hardened
Operating System: Alpine Linux v3.7
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 1
Total Memory: 1.953GiB
Name: node-4
ID: 3AVF:5SGV:6Y3P:HQW4:PTSU:BRA7:R3PL:AW4F:CIFW:BYDY:FY5P:O6GX
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode (client): false
Debug Mode (server): false
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
 127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: No swap limit support
</code></pre>

<h3>Issue Description<hr/></h3>

<p>I'm trying to run the <code>bitname-redis-docker</code> image on my <code>Alpine Linux</code> setup on VirtualBox.</p>

<pre><code>docker run --name redis -e ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes bitnami/redis:latest
</code></pre>

<p>The container never starts. Inspecting the log it says</p>

<pre><code>Welcome to the Bitnami redis container
Subscribe to project updates by watching https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-redis
Submit issues and feature requests at https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-redis/issues
Send us your feedback at containers@bitnami.com

PROT_EXEC|PROT_WRITE failed.
INFO  ==&gt; Starting redis...
sed: can't read /opt/bitnami/redis/conf/redis.conf: No such file or directory
14:C 26 Apr 19:38:43.389 # Fatal error, can't open config file '/opt/bitnami/redis/conf/redis.conf'
</code></pre>

<p>To further investigate I ran an <code>strace</code> and here is the log output <a href="https://pastebin.com/raw/CHr9ZHYJ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">link</a>.</p>

<p>Can someone tell me what's going on here? Am I doing something wrong?</p>

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As far as I can tell it is an error with Alpine. I re-tried with CentOS and everything worked fine.
Soham Dasgupta
<docker><docker-compose><docker-swarm><alpine>
Error while trying to run docker redis image on Alpine Linux 3.7.0
Soham Dasgupta
# Error while trying to run docker redis image on Alpine Linux 3.7.0

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-13)

Specifications

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
VirtualBox 5.2.8
Alpine Linux Extended 3.7.0

Docker Info

Containers: 0
 Running: 0
 Paused: 0
 Stopped: 0
Images: 1
Server Version: 17.10.0-ce
Storage Driver: overlay2
 Backing Filesystem: extfs
 Supports d_type: true
 Native Overlay Diff: true
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
 Volume: local
 Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay
 Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 06b9cb35161009dcb7123345749fef02f7cea8e0
runc version: 0351df1c5a66838d0c392b4ac4cf9450de844e2d
init version: 949e6facb77383876aeff8a6944dde66b3089574
Kernel Version: 4.9.65-1-hardened
Operating System: Alpine Linux v3.7
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 1
Total Memory: 1.953GiB
Name: node-4
ID: 3AVF:5SGV:6Y3P:HQW4:PTSU:BRA7:R3PL:AW4F:CIFW:BYDY:FY5P:O6GX
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode (client): false
Debug Mode (server): false
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
 127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: No swap limit support

Issue Description
I'm trying to run the bitname-redis-docker image on my Alpine Linux setup on VirtualBox.
docker run --name redis -e ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes bitnami/redis:latest

The container never starts. Inspecting the log it says
Welcome to the Bitnami redis container
Subscribe to project updates by watching https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-redis
Submit issues and feature requests at https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-redis/issues
Send us your feedback at containers@bitnami.com

PROT_EXEC|PROT_WRITE failed.
INFO  ==> Starting redis...
sed: can't read /opt/bitnami/redis/conf/redis.conf: No such file or directory
14:C 26 Apr 19:38:43.389 # Fatal error, can't open config file '/opt/bitnami/redis/conf/redis.conf'

To further investigate I ran an strace and here is the log output link.
Can someone tell me what's going on here? Am I doing something wrong?

**Tags:** docker, docker-compose, docker-swarm, alpine

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could you indicate whether you solved the issue?  
> **username_0**: As far as I can tell it is an error with Alpine. I re-tried with CentOS and everything worked fine.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-13. Score: 1

One could also use a docker image from an official docker repository like https://hub.docker.com/r/library/redis/
docker run --name some-redis -d redis:alpine


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