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1. Version 18.0 of postgres image in dockerhub - container crashes when starting up

   Yuval Roth <yuvalroth123@gmail.com> — 2025-10-21T12:21:08Z

   Hello, my docker compose file pulled from "latest" tag and after refreshing
   the image, the container failed to start with an error. After downgrading
   to version 17.6 it started working again
   
   The docker file config is:
   
   ```
   
   ims-db:
       image: postgres:latest
       container_name: ims-db
       environment:
         POSTGRES_DB: ims-db
       ports:
         - "5432:5432"
       networks:
         - ims-network
       volumes:
         - ./database/init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
         - ./database/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       env_file: db_credentials.env
   
   ```
   
   
   The error is
   
   ```
   
   Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to
   create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to
   start container process: error during container init: error mounting
   "/run/desktop/mnt/host/c/Users/Yuval/git/ims_project/database/data" to
   rootfs at "/var/lib/postgresql/data": change mount propagation through
   procfd: open o_path procfd: open
   /var/lib/docker/rootfs/overlayfs/b8270e0667c6ebbba5dcd89130fedd34dd01317b7cf14125cc943b475ee6d167/var/lib/postgresql/data:
   no such file or directory: unknown
   
   ```
   

2. Re: Version 18.0 of postgres image in dockerhub - container crashes when starting up

   Markus KARG <markus@headcrashing.eu> — 2025-10-22T17:20:09Z

   In contrast to 17.x, the 18.x container needs to mount the volulme at 
   .../18/docker:/var/lib/postgresql instead of 
   ...data:var/lib/postresql/data. This is told in the instructions of the 
   docker image, see the chapter about PGDATA: 
   https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres/#pgdata.
   
   -Markus
   
   Am 21.10.2025 um 14:21 schrieb Yuval Roth:
   > Hello, my docker compose file pulled from "latest" tag and after 
   > refreshing the image, the container failed to start with an error. 
   > After downgrading to version 17.6 it started working again
   >
   > The docker file config is:
   >
   > ```
   >
   > ims-db:
   >     image: postgres:latest
   >     container_name: ims-db
   >     environment:
   >       POSTGRES_DB: ims-db
   >     ports:
   >       - "5432:5432"
   >     networks:
   >       - ims-network
   >     volumes:
   >       - ./database/init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
   >       - ./database/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
   >     env_file: db_credentials.env
   >
   > ```
   >
   >
   > The error is
   >
   > ```
   >
   > Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: 
   > failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create 
   > failed: unable to start container process: error during container 
   > init: error mounting 
   > "/run/desktop/mnt/host/c/Users/Yuval/git/ims_project/database/data" to 
   > rootfs at "/var/lib/postgresql/data": change mount propagation through 
   > procfd: open o_path procfd: open 
   > /var/lib/docker/rootfs/overlayfs/b8270e0667c6ebbba5dcd89130fedd34dd01317b7cf14125cc943b475ee6d167/var/lib/postgresql/data: 
   > no such file or directory: unknown
   >
   > ```
   >