diff --git a/documentation/docs/articles/docker/how-to-fix-failed-to-create-runc-console-socket-mkdir-tmp-pty.md b/documentation/docs/articles/docker/how-to-fix-failed-to-create-runc-console-socket-mkdir-tmp-pty.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e23c2f74 --- /dev/null +++ b/documentation/docs/articles/docker/how-to-fix-failed-to-create-runc-console-socket-mkdir-tmp-pty.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +# How to fix: failed to create runc console socket: mkdir /tmp/pty160439680 + +When running command: + +```bash +opencli user-login stefan +``` + +If you receive an error: +> failed to create runc console socket: mkdir /tmp/pty1604396800: no space left on device: unknown + +It indicates that the disk space is at 100% and you need to first free some space on the server in order to login. + +First, find the partition that is full: + +```bash +df -h +``` + +Example output: +```bash +df -h +Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on +tmpfs 3.2G 307M 2.9G 10% /run +/dev/vda1 296G 296G 0 100% / +tmpfs 16G 252K 16G 1% /dev/shm +tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock +/dev/dm-1 10G 5.7G 4.4G 57% /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/ef7bedfb84a4b7d216944174518a29d79edbc11a17546f0a6f9f691128a0577d +/dev/dm-3 10G 1.1G 8.9G 11% /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/ff5c36635ee829daf9f9aef6b23b02afb7ee34431a2c37c4321b97a1568ba435 +/dev/dm-5 160G 6.5G 154G 5% /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/77de40032c66f2f6926209de4e58a0eced5113cdc32bb363127857b1442a2989 + +``` + +In this example we see that the entire / is full, so we can use a tools such as `ncdu` do check what is using the disk space: + +```bash +ncdu / +``` + +Navigate through directories and delete any old backups or log files by pressing `D` on the keyboard. + +After freeing disk space, repeat the command.