I got a wired issue that docker image cannot be deleted fully, even restart doesn’t help.
the docker version is 17.12
1 2 | [root@guanvps ~]# docker --versionDocker version 17.12.1-ce, build 7390fc6 |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | [root@guanvps ~]# docker imagesREPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZEnginx latest ae513a47849c 4 weeks ago 109MBubuntu latest 452a96d81c30 5 weeks ago 79.6MB[root@guanvps ~]# docker rmi ae5Error: No such image: ae5[root@guanvps ~]# docker ps -aCONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES |
when pulling image again from Docker Hub and delete image, it prompts conflct error again.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | [root@guanvps ~]# docker pull nginxUsing default tag: latestlatest: Pulling from library/nginxDigest: sha256:b1d09e9718890e6ebbbd2bc319ef1611559e30ce1b6f56b2e3b479d9da51dc35Status: Downloaded newer image for nginx:latest[root@guanvps ~]# docker imagesREPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZEnginx latest ae513a47849c 4 weeks ago 109MBnginx latest ae513a47849c 4 weeks ago 109MBubuntu latest 452a96d81c30 5 weeks ago 79.6MB[root@guanvps ~]# docker rmi ae5Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to delete ae513a47849c (must be forced) - image is referenced in multiple repositories[root@guanvps ~]# docker rmi ae5 --forceError: No such image: ae5[root@guanvps ~]# docker rmi ae5Error: No such image: ae5 |
this could be related to Docker image folder or another folder. so enter /var/lib/docker/images/
1 2 3 | root@guanvps ~]# cd `find /var/lib/docker -path '*/imagedb/*tent/sha256'`[root@guanvps sha256]# ls 452a96d81c30a1e426bc250428263ac9ca3f47c9bf086f876d11cb39cf57aeec ae513a47849c895a155ddfb868d6ba247f60240ec8495482eca74c4a2c13a881 |
delete the folder starting with ae5*
1 2 3 4 | [root@guanvps sha256]# rm -f ae5*[root@guanvps sha256]# docker imagesREPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZEubuntu latest 452a96d81c30 5 weeks ago 79.6MB |