From b8cca8138b9aa10fd087e6ebb62ca03d1e820f2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Dowideit Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:59:55 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] add a little info about ghosts Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Sven Dowideit (github: SvenDowideit) --- docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst index a6ae75076b..fed1772ce3 100644 --- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst +++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.rst @@ -857,7 +857,10 @@ Running ``docker ps`` showing 2 linked containers. $ docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 4c01db0b339c ubuntu:12.04 bash 17 seconds ago Up 16 seconds webapp - d7886598dbe2 crosbymichael/redis:latest /redis-server --dir 33 minutes ago Up 33 minutes 6379/tcp redis,webapp/db + d7886598dbe2 crosbymichael/redis:latest /redis-server --dir 33 minutes ago Up 33 minutes 6379/tcp redis,webapp/db + fd2645e2e2b5 busybox:latest top 10 days ago Ghost insane_ptolemy + +The last container is marked as a ``Ghost`` container. It is a container that was running when the docker daemon was restarted (upgraded, or ``-H`` settings changed). The container is still running, but as this docker daemon process is not able to manage it, you can't attach to it. To bring them out of ``Ghost`` Status, you need to use ``docker kill`` or ``docker restart``. .. _cli_pull: