nvidia-docker-plugin not started

[cracker0dks]

I installed from the mainpage on ubuntu and got the error:

docker: Error response from daemon: create nvidia_driver_352.63: create nvidia_driver_352.63: Error looking up volume plugin nvidia-docker: plugin not found.

when i tried to test:
nvidia-docker run --rm nvidia/cuda nvidia-smi

so you have start it manually now ? after:
nvidia-docker-plugin
everything is fine!

I think this is a bug :)

[3XX0]

If you are running Ubuntu the package install should setup everything automatically.

You can check the status of the plugin using
service nvidia-docker status or systemctl status nvidia-docker

[cracker0dks]

I thought this as well... but did not work for me...

[3XX0]

What is the output of the above commands? Can you check the upstart/systemd logs as well

[cracker0dks]

$: service nvidia-docker status
gives
nvidia-docker stop/waiting

but I started nvidia-docker-plugin manually. Which logfile should I look at in systemd?

[3XX0]

If you are running upstart (Ubuntu 14.04): /var/log/upstart/nvidia-docker.log
Otherwise, with systemd (Ubuntu 16.04): journalctl -n -u nvidia-docker

[cracker0dks]

this is the log:
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:37 Loading NVIDIA unified memory
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:37 Loading NVIDIA management library
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:38 Discovering GPU devices
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:38 Provisioning volumes at /var/lib/nvidia-docker/volumes
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:38 Serving plugin API at /var/lib/nvidia-docker
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:38 Serving remote API at localhost:3476
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:38 Error: listen unix /var/lib/nvidia-docker/nvidia-docker.sock: bind: permission denied
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:38 Loading NVIDIA unified memory
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:38 Loading NVIDIA management library
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Discovering GPU devices
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Provisioning volumes at /var/lib/nvidia-docker/volumes
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving plugin API at /var/lib/nvidia-docker
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving remote API at localhost:3476
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Error: listen unix /var/lib/nvidia-docker/nvidia-docker.sock: bind: permission denied
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Loading NVIDIA unified memory
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Loading NVIDIA management library
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Discovering GPU devices
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Provisioning volumes at /var/lib/nvidia-docker/volumes
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving plugin API at /var/lib/nvidia-docker
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving remote API at localhost:3476
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Error: listen unix /var/lib/nvidia-docker/nvidia-docker.sock: bind: permission denied
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Loading NVIDIA unified memory
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Loading NVIDIA management library
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Discovering GPU devices
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Provisioning volumes at /var/lib/nvidia-docker/volumes
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving plugin API at /var/lib/nvidia-docker
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving remote API at localhost:3476
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Error: listen unix /var/lib/nvidia-docker/nvidia-docker.sock: bind: permission denied
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Loading NVIDIA unified memory
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Loading NVIDIA management library
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Discovering GPU devices
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Provisioning volumes at /var/lib/nvidia-docker/volumes
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving plugin API at /var/lib/nvidia-docker
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving remote API at localhost:3476
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Error: listen unix /var/lib/nvidia-docker/nvidia-docker.sock: bind: permission denied
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Loading NVIDIA unified memory
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Loading NVIDIA management library
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Discovering GPU devices
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Provisioning volumes at /var/lib/nvidia-docker/volumes
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving plugin API at /var/lib/nvidia-docker
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Serving remote API at localhost:3476
/usr/bin/nvidia-docker-plugin | 2016/06/28 22:02:39 Error: listen unix /var/lib/nvidia-docker/nvidia-docker.sock: bind: permission denied

what can I do?

[flx42]

Did you install an old version of nvidia-docker previously on this machine?
Try purging nvidia-docker totally and reinstalling it:

apt-get purge nvidia-docker
rm -rf /var/lib/nvidia-docker

[cracker0dks]

yeah thats it! reinstalled and worked! thanks ;)

[shadiakiki1986]

My 2 cents: I had installed nvidia-docker before installing the GPU drivers, CUDA libraries, ...
was failed to start. Installing all necessary drivers/libraries followed by a service nvidia-docker restart resulted in a service nvidia-docker status showing running

[lijecaru]

@shadiakiki1986 works very well, thanks!