Unable to start Docker service: Dependency failed for Docker Application Container Engine

Ivan Kamnev

Updated March 05, 2021 03:06

Plesk Onyx for Linux kb: technical ABT: Group A

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Unable to start the Docker service on a Plesk server with the following errors in /var/log/messages file:

CONFIG_TEXT: systemd: Failed to start containerd container runtime.
systemd: Dependency failed for Docker Application Container Engine.
systemd: Job docker.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
The version of the Docker service is docker-ce 18.09.

Log into the server via SSH.
Execute the commands below one by one to create the /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service.d/override.conf configuration file:

# mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service.d

# touch /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service.d/override.conf
Run the command to add necessary directives into the /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service.d/override.conf file:

# echo -e "[Service]\nExecStartPre=" >> /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service.d/override.conf
Reload systemd manager configuration:

# systemctl daemon-reload
Start the Docker service:

# systemctl start docker