# After dietpi update docker is not starting
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [25 August 2025 18:03 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053 "2025-08-25T18:03:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@nofax](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/nofax)
#### Post date: [25 August 2025 18:03 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053/1 "2025-08-25T18:03:50Z")
### Creating a bug report/issue
x I have searched the existing open and closed issues
#### Required Information
- DietPi version |
G\_DIETPI\_VERSION\_CORE=9
G\_DIETPI\_VERSION\_SUB=16
G\_DIETPI\_VERSION\_RC=3
G\_GITBRANCH=‘master’
G\_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’
G\_LIVE\_PATCH\_STATUS[0]=‘applied’
- Distro version | bookworm 0
- Kernel version | Linux sdcon2 6.12.34+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.34-1+rpt1~bookworm (2025-06-26) aarch64 GNU/Linux
- Architecture | arm64
- SBC model | RPi 4 Model B (aarch64)
- Power supply used | Raspberry standard power supply
#### Additional Information (if applicable)
Docker Engine - Community
Version: 28.3.3
/etc/docker/daemon.json
{
“data-root”: “/mnt/dietpi\_userdata/docker-data”,
“log-driver”: “journald”,
“log-level”: “warn”,
“debug”: false
}
#### Actual behaviour
Hi all,
after todays DietPi update Docker is not starting.
I found a similar error description here: [15826](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-does-not-start/15826)
Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to find a solution to my problem.
Hope someone can help.
#### Extra details
Error Log:
Aug 25 19:30:21 sdcon2 systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Aug 25 19:30:21 sdcon2 systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [25 August 2025 19:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053/2 "2025-08-25T19:21:35Z")
share the service log
```auto
journalctl -u docker -u containerd
```
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### Author:  [@nofax](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/nofax)
#### Post date: [25 August 2025 21:06 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053/3 "2025-08-25T21:06:07Z")
> [@Joulinar](#):
>
> `journalctl -u docker -u containerd`
[service\_log-2025-08-25.txt](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/short-url/ap3UBnoOKZp8tbFqkZlCC4N12As.txt) (1,0 MB)
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [26 August 2025 12:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053/4 "2025-08-26T12:21:15Z")
can you try to start docker manually in debug mod? Maybe this is giving some more information
```auto
dockerd --debug
```
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### Author:  [@nofax](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/nofax)
#### Post date: [27 August 2025 17:25 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053/5 "2025-08-27T17:25:35Z")
funny and magic… - today I’ve rebooted the machine as the days before and docker is starting. 😀
root@sdcon2:~# docker info
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 28.3.3
Context: default
Debug Mode: false
Server:
Containers: 2
Running: 1
Paused: 0
Stopped: 1
Images: 2
Server Version: 28.3.3
Storage Driver: overlay2
Backing Filesystem: extfs
Supports d\_type: true
Using metacopy: false
Native Overlay Diff: true
userxattr: false
Logging Driver: journald
Cgroup Driver: systemd
Cgroup Version: 2
…
Hope it will continue.
THX Joulinar for your support
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### Author:  [@nofax](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/nofax)
#### Post date: [27 August 2025 17:28 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053/6 "2025-08-27T17:28:17Z")
… dockerd --debug
is saying:
root@sdcon2:~# dockerd --debug
unable to configure the Docker daemon with file /etc/docker/daemon.json: the following directives are specified both as a flag and in the configuration file: debug: (from flag: true, from file: false)
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### Author:  [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)
#### Post date: [25 November 2025 17:28 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-dietpi-update-docker-is-not-starting/24053/7 "2025-11-25T17:28:55Z")
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