bug#34333: Docker daemon failing to start on boot

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

address@hidden skribis:

> Hi, I am having an issue with the docker daemon as a service in
> guixsd. It seems that dockerd will not start on boot, but it will
> successfully start after running "guix system reconfigure".

[...]

> After booting:
>
>
>
> address@hidden ~$ docker ps
> Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is
> the docker daemon running?
> address@hidden ~$ sudo herd status dockerd
> Password:
> Status of dockerd:
>   It is stopped.
>   It is enabled.

This is what happens at boot time:

> Feb  5 10:16:51 localhost shepherd[1]: Service containerd has been

[...]

> Feb  5 10:16:51 localhost NetworkManager[353]: <info>
> [1549358211.3005] NetworkManager (version 1.8.4) is starting... (for
> the first time)

[...]

> [1549358211.9031] manager: NetworkManager state is now
> CONNECTED_GLOBAL
> Feb  5 10:16:52 localhost dbus-daemon[350]: [system] Successfully
> activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
> Feb  5 10:16:54 localhost ntpd[354]: Listen normally on 4 enp0s3
> 10.0.2.15:123
> Feb  5 10:16:54 localhost ntpd[354]: Listen normally on 5 enp0s3
> [fe80::e882:9a4a:3a68:9d76%2]:123
> Feb  5 10:16:56 localhost shepherd[1]: Service dockerd could not be
> started.

Danny, could it be that the ‘docker’ service should depend on
‘networking’?

FWIW, “make check-system TESTS=docker” passes for me.

Thanks,
Ludo’.