Docker Network not Found
In our team, we are currently transitioning to Docker to deploy everything on our server.
We are using Docker Swarm and multiple (10+) compose files defining plenty (20+) of services. Everything works beautifully so far, except when we take down our stack using docker stack rm <name> (and redeploy using docker stack deploy <options> <name>): about every second time, we get the following error:
Failed to remove network <id>: Error response from daemon: network <id> not foundFailed to remove some resources from stack: <name>
When using docker network ls, the network is indeed not removed, however, docker network rm <id> always results in the following:
Error response from daemon: network <id> not found
What makes that even more strange is the fact that docker network inspect <id> returns a normal output. The networks are always overlay networks that are created with the compose files used to deploy our stack. Currently, we only have a single node in our Swarm.
Our current "workaround" is to restart Docker (which resolves the issue), but that is not a viable solution in a production environment. Leaving the swarm and joining it again does not resolve the issue either.
At first, we thought that this issue is related to Docker for Mac only (as we first encountered the issue on local machines), however, the same issue arises on Debian Stretch. In both cases, we use the latest Docker distribution available.
I would really appreciate any help!
Answer
If you are attempting to add a container to an existing network that no longer exists, then you can use docker-compose up --force-recreate. I found this GitHub issues comment to be a helpful overview.