# Docker shim error on CentOS 7

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**Created:** [10 يناير 2018، 5:55م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-shim-error-on-centos-7/77686 "2018-01-10T17:55:19Z")\
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> [@dnsmichi](#):
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> `find /etc/systemd -name '*docker*' -exec rm -f {} \;`  
> `find /lib/systemd -name '*docker*' -exec rm -f {} \;`

This appears to be the key. I did go though and remove as many docker-xxx packages as I could think of earlier, and it made no difference.

This time, docker installed and started after I ran the find lines.  
Discourse is updating it’s base now… We’ll she

I was (still am) pondering moving to ubuntu purely because my exisitng setup on centos seems to be very fragile. Anytime I try to update discourse, I end up with a broken container, or a docker that won’t start.

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