# Docker update broke install (DigitalOcean)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-update-broke-install-digitalocean/315454
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 8, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-update-broke-install-digitalocean/315454 "2024-07-08T17:46:20Z")
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### Author: ![waffleslop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/waffleslop/32/244974_2.png) [@waffleslop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waffleslop)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-update-broke-install-digitalocean/315454/1 "2024-07-08T17:46:20Z")

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I went into the GUI admin panel today and saw my Discourse install needed to have Docker updated. I clicked the Update button and it seemingly completed its installation as usual. Then I had other Discourse items to update (I cannot recall which) and tried to update one. It didn’t work. I tried another… didn’t work. So I logged into my server (Digital Ocean droplet) and connected via Console. I was greeted with a message that a restart was required, so I restarted.

Then the site never came back online.

I am inside the Recovery Console and it seems like a Docker issue. Running Discourse Doctor, I see:

I have attempted to clean out all Docker files (I have a persistent file at /var/lib/docker/overlay2 that I was unable to delete, but able to move to …/overlay2\_backup)

When I try to run `dockerd &`, I get the following error:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/c/3/7c3e3862483f0199cf70968154b2954d6d6c0bae.png)

Here is my Docker version:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/a/6/5a6ad9054bf9e04c923d26c32285a72909432178.png)

It seems Docker is not running (as it errors).

Running `sudo dockerd --debug`, I see:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/2/d/52dd7decbd3f06a2c53a4cf5fc0e26ebe535c873.png)

Can anyone help me get Docker running, please?

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-update-broke-install-digitalocean/315454/2 "2024-07-09T05:32:42Z")

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> [@Fix Discourse installation on Digital Ocean that broke during Docker update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-discourse-installation-on-digital-ocean-that-broke-during-docker-update/315474/3):
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> A big THANK YOU to @jericson for your help! Here’s what we ended up doing: Gain recovery access to the old site Attach a network drive (Digital Ocean Volume Block Storage) Zip (make a tar ball) of the /var/discourse files Exfiltrate those files to the network drive Turn off the old server and detach the network drive Build a new Discourse org on a new server Connect the network drive Unzip the files Find a backup from the 7-day backup Restore to that point We had attempted to just move the /…

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-update-broke-install-digitalocean/315454/3 "2024-07-10T05:33:13Z")

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