Downgrading Docker on Debian 8

Oct 26, 2016

Docker 1.10+ causes a kernel panic in the 3.16 kernel that ships with Debian 8. Downgrading the docker package and holding it is one solution.

1. apt-cache policy docker-engine

   • docker-engine:
     Installed: 1.12.2-0~jessie
     Candidate: 1.12.2-0~jessie
     Version table:
      *** 1.12.2-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.12.1-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.12.0-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.11.2-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.11.1-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.11.0-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.10.3-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.10.2-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.10.1-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.10.0-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.9.1-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.9.0-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.8.3-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.8.2-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.8.1-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.8.0-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.7.1-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.7.0-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.6.2-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.6.1-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.6.0-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     1.5.0-0~jessie 0
        500 http://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ debian-jessie/main amd64 Packages
     

2. apt-get install docker-engine=1.9.1-0~jessie

3. apt-mark hold docker-engine

4. Reboot

5. You may need to delete this file if docker fails to start.
   • rm /var/lib/docker/network/files/local-kv.db

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