Unable to Start pf9-kube Service on Master Node

Problem

  • Unable to start pf9-kube service on the master node

  • Below errors are reported in /var/log/pf9/pf9-kube/kube.log

docker: Error response from daemon: devmapper: Thin Pool has 6844 free data blocks which is less than minimum required 6859 free data blocks. Create more free space in thin pool or use dm.min_free_space option to change behavior.See 'docker run --help'.

Environment

  • Platform9 Managed Kubernetes - v3.6.0 and higher

  • Docker

Cause

There are not enough free data blocks on the node. This may be due to dead and/or exited containers still residing on the host.

Resolution

  1. Check the number of containers in dead or exited state.

# docker ps -a -q -f status=dead# docker ps -a -q -f status=exited

  1. Run the below command to clean up any containers matching dead or exited status:

# docker rm $(docker ps -a -f status=exited -q)# docker rm $(docker ps -a -f status=dead -q)


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