# I can't install Rancher

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [August 18, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259 "2015-08-18T19:03:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/111/32/5926_2.png) [@111](https://forums.suse.com/u/111)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259/1 "2015-08-18T19:03:06Z")

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Server Ubuntu 14.04

$ which curl  
$ sudo apt-get update  
$ sudo apt-get install curl  
$ curl -sSL [https://get.docker.com/](https://get.docker.com/) | sh  
$ sudo docker run hello-world

ok  
than  
sudo docker run -d --restart=always -p 8080:8080 rancher/server  
…  
WARNING: Your kernel does not support memory swappiness capabilities, memory swappiness discarded.  
5ad230bc9af42a5e6a420037c0eb0643d1675ef9e11852e7dc3de653bf632e9d  
Error response from daemon: Cannot start container 5ad230bc9af42a5e6a420037c0eb0643d1675ef9e11852e7dc3de653bf632e9d: Bind for 0.0.0.0:8080 failed: port is already allocated

Why not start a container?  
Help, please

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**Author:** ![vincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/vincent/32/7156_2.png) [@vincent](https://forums.suse.com/u/vincent)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259/2 "2015-08-18T19:07:22Z")

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> [@111](#):
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> Bind for 0.0.0.0:8080 failed: port is already allocated

Port 8080 is already in use by something on your computer. Change the first `8080` in the command to another port, or stop what is currently running on that port (`netstat -anp | grep 8080.*LISTEN` will tell you what process it is…)

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**Author:** ![111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/111/32/5926_2.png) [@111](https://forums.suse.com/u/111)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259/3 "2015-08-18T19:08:46Z")

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root@vmi46165:~# netstat -anp | grep 8080._LISTEN  
tcp6 0 0 :::8080 :::_ LISTEN 7595/docker-proxy

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**Author:** ![111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/111/32/5926_2.png) [@111](https://forums.suse.com/u/111)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259/4 "2015-08-18T19:14:08Z")

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sudo docker run -d --restart=always -p 8081:8081 rancher/server

start, thanks

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**Author:** ![vincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/vincent/32/7156_2.png) [@vincent](https://forums.suse.com/u/vincent)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259/5 "2015-08-18T19:15:51Z")

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The 2nd number still needs to be 8080, that is the port the process in the container is listening on.

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**Author:** ![111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/111/32/5926_2.png) [@111](https://forums.suse.com/u/111)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259/6 "2015-08-18T19:22:11Z")

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it is necessary to reinstall the system or can I remove ranchers and install it again?

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**Author:** ![vincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/vincent/32/7156_2.png) [@vincent](https://forums.suse.com/u/vincent)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259/7 "2015-08-18T21:52:43Z")

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You can `docker rm` the rancher/server containers to start over…

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**Author:** ![denise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@denise](https://forums.suse.com/u/denise)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-cant-install-rancher/259/8 "2015-09-01T16:48:01Z")

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