# Cannot create external services from docker-compose/rancher-compose

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/cannot-create-external-services-from-docker-compose-rancher-compose/9792>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [March 15, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cannot-create-external-services-from-docker-compose-rancher-compose/9792 "2018-03-15T18:11:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![RVN\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/rvn_br/32/2842_2.png) [@RVN\_BR](https://forums.suse.com/u/RVN_BR)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cannot-create-external-services-from-docker-compose-rancher-compose/9792/1 "2018-03-15T18:11:17Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to duplicate an environment from one rancher env onto another, however when trying to get a stack with my backend external links I keep getting Expected state running but got error: Image [[index.docker.io/rancher/external-service](http://index.docker.io/rancher/external-service)] failed to pull: Pulling repository [docker.io/rancher/external-service](http://docker.io/rancher/external-service)) whenever I try to run the links…

Should rancher be treating these differently? I can pull other images, and I can create external links if I add them from the GUI…

any idea?

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**Author:** ![superseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/superseb/32/2424_2.png) [@superseb](https://forums.suse.com/u/superseb)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cannot-create-external-services-from-docker-compose-rancher-compose/9792/2 "2018-03-27T12:56:06Z")

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What version are you using? How are you duplicating stacks? What does `whenever I try to run the links` mean? If you can provide what steps you are taking and what happens at what point, it helps to reproduce and investigate.

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**Author:** ![RVN\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/rvn_br/32/2842_2.png) [@RVN\_BR](https://forums.suse.com/u/RVN_BR)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cannot-create-external-services-from-docker-compose-rancher-compose/9792/3 "2018-03-27T14:28:25Z")

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Hi, it was the latest as of time of the post (12 days ago).

I used the gui to export and then create a new stack.

Sorry for not being specific - by “run the links” I mean literally hitting “start” in the gui.

Creating the links from the gui clears it up…