docker-machine create - Waiting for SSH time out

Posted on November 7, 2018

Hi, i try to create a docker machine for the first time, but always get an timeout when the “Waiting for SSH to be available” starts. I tryed it also without sudo and also for without region and image param.

OS Used: Ubuntu 18.10

chris@spectre:~$ docker-machine --v
docker-machine version 0.15.0, build b48dc28
chris@spectre:~$ sudo docker-machine create --driver digitalocean --digitalocean-access-token=XXXXXXXXX --digitalocean-image=ubuntu-18-04-x64 --digitalocean-region=fra1 butterfisch
[sudo] Passwort für chris: 
Creating CA: /root/snap/docker/321/.docker/machine/certs/ca.pem
Creating client certificate: /root/snap/docker/321/.docker/machine/certs/cert.pem
Running pre-create checks...
Creating machine...
(butterfisch) Creating SSH key...
(butterfisch) Creating Digital Ocean droplet...
(butterfisch) Waiting for IP address to be assigned to the Droplet...
Waiting for machine to be running, this may take a few minutes...
Detecting operating system of created instance...
Waiting for SSH to be available...
Error creating machine: Error detecting OS: Too many retries waiting for SSH to be available.  Last error: Maximum number of retries (60) exceeded

Does anyone has a clue?

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mynameismyname

December 29, 2018

Same issue also, I believe its to do with docker machine trying to use SSH as root user but can’t as it doesn’t have the permissions.

jarland

November 7, 2018

Hey friend!

I don’t really use docker machine, but I’m just thinking out loud here. Is there a way to add an additional delay prior to it trying to connect over SSH in the process?

Jarland