When I start any container by docker run, we get a new veth interface. After deleting container, veth interface which was linked with container should be removed. However, sometimes it's fail ( oftern then container started with errors):
root@hostname /home # ifconfig | grep veth | wc -l
53
root@hostname /home # docker run -d -P axibase/atsd -name axibase-atsd-
28381035d1ae2800dea51474c4dee9525f56c2347b1583f56131d8a23451a84e
Error response from daemon: Cannot start container 28381035d1ae2800dea51474c4dee9525f56c2347b1583f56131d8a23451a84e: iptables failed: iptables --wait -t nat -A DOCKER -p tcp -d 0/0 --dport 33359 -j DNAT --to-destination 172.17.2.136:8883 ! -i docker0: iptables: No chain/target/match by that name.
(exit status 1)
root@hostname /home # ifconfig | grep veth | wc -l
55
root@hostname /home # docker rm -f 2838
2838
root@hostname /home # ifconfig | grep veth | wc -l
55
How I can identify which interfaces are linked with existing containers, and how I can remove extra interface which was linked with removed contrainers?
This way doesn't work (by root):
ifconfig veth55d245e down
brctl delbr veth55d245e
can't delete bridge veth55d245e: Operation not permitted
Extra interfaces now defined by transmitted traffic (if there are no activity, it's extra interface).
UPDATE
root@hostname ~ # uname -a
Linux hostname 3.13.0-53-generic #89-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 20 10:34:39 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@hostname ~ # docker info
Containers: 10
Images: 273
Storage Driver: aufs
Root Dir: /var/lib/docker/aufs
Backing Filesystem: extfs
Dirs: 502
Dirperm1 Supported: false
Execution Driver: native-0.2
Logging Driver: json-file
Kernel Version: 3.13.0-53-generic
Operating System: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
CPUs: 8
Total Memory: 47.16 GiB
Name: hostname
ID: 3SQM:44OG:77HJ:GBAU:2OWZ:C5CN:UWDV:JHRZ:LM7L:FJUN:AGUQ:HFAL
WARNING: No swap limit support
root@hostname ~ # docker version
Client version: 1.7.1
Client API version: 1.19
Go version (client): go1.4.2
Git commit (client): 786b29d
OS/Arch (client): linux/amd64
Server version: 1.7.1
Server API version: 1.19
Go version (server): go1.4.2
Git commit (server): 786b29d
OS/Arch (server): linux/amd64
Fixed by upgrade docker to last version. New version:
root@hostname ~ # docker version
Client:
Version: 1.8.1
API version: 1.20
Go version: go1.4.2
Git commit: d12ea79
Built: Thu Aug 13 02:35:49 UTC 2015
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Server:
Version: 1.8.1
API version: 1.20
Go version: go1.4.2
Git commit: d12ea79
Built: Thu Aug 13 02:35:49 UTC 2015
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Now interfaces remove together with containers. Old orphaned interfaces were deleted manually by following command:
# ip link delete <ifname>