I was suffering from the same issue. It turned out that I’d ran out of Disk Space.
All I needed to do was clear down the old containers and images by running the below commands. I ran these on my Docker directory and everything was good afterwards.
Remove Containers Command:
#!/bin/bash
# Remove all stopped containers
docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
# Remove all containers
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)
Command options:
--force or -f: Force the removal of running container (uses SIGKILL).
--volumes or -v: Remove the Volumes associated with the container.
--link or -l: Remove the specified link.
Remove Images Command:
# Delete all images
docker rmi $(docker images -q)
Command options:
--force or -f: Force removal of the image.
--no-prune: Do not delete untagged parents.
System Prune Command: — Suggested by Ryan Allan in comments.
#!/bin/bash
#System Prune
docker system prune
--all or -a: Remove all unused images not just dangling ones.
--filter Provide filter values (e.g. ‘label==’) <– From API 1.28+
--force or -f: Do not prompt for confirmation.
--volumes: Prune volumes.
Base Command:
docker: The base command for Docker CLI.
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