Telegraf 0.12.1-1 fails to install inside a ubuntu 16.04 docker container

[jgeiger]

Just ran into this issue trying to build some containers.

This works when the container is based off 14.04

Failure trace:

docker build -t nexia/telegraf .
Sending build context to Docker daemon 6.656 kB
Step 1 : FROM nexia/ubuntu
 ---> a1fad2287f5b
Step 2 : MAINTAINER jgeiger@gmail.com
 ---> Using cache
 ---> a54630b8de2a
Step 3 : ENV TELEGRAF_VERSION telegraf_0.12.1-1
 ---> Running in 6833e0ebb0af
 ---> 260677a5ecb7
Removing intermediate container 6833e0ebb0af
Step 4 : ENV TELEGRAF_FILE ${TELEGRAF_VERSION}_amd64.deb
 ---> Running in 0b16555f9abe
 ---> 008b9f102f43
Removing intermediate container 0b16555f9abe
Step 5 : USER root
 ---> Running in b5ba4dd0f976
 ---> 4d429a601285
Removing intermediate container b5ba4dd0f976
Step 6 : WORKDIR /tmp
 ---> Running in b0ac29271859
 ---> a7d9551ddd97
Removing intermediate container b0ac29271859
Step 7 : RUN wget --quiet http://get.influxdb.org/telegraf/${TELEGRAF_FILE}       && apt-get -qq -y update       && dpkg -i ${TELEGRAF_FILE}       && apt-get autoremove       && apt-get clean       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*

 ---> Running in a5fdd7a783c2
Selecting previously unselected package telegraf.
(Reading database ... 13051 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack telegraf_0.12.1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking telegraf (0.12.1-1) ...
Setting up telegraf (0.12.1-1) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/telegraf.service, pointing to /lib/systemd/system/telegraf.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/telegraf.service, pointing to /lib/systemd/system/telegraf.service.
Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory
Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package telegraf (--install):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 telegraf
The command '/bin/sh -c wget --quiet http://get.influxdb.org/telegraf/${TELEGRAF_FILE}       && apt-get -qq -y update       && dpkg -i ${TELEGRAF_FILE}       && apt-get autoremove       && apt-get clean       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*' returned a non-zero code: 1
make: *** [build] Error 1

Dockerfile

  FROM nexia/ubuntu          
  MAINTAINER jgeiger@gmail.com

  ENV TELEGRAF_VERSION=telegraf_0.12.1-1
  ENV TELEGRAF_FILE=${TELEGRAF_VERSION}_amd64.deb

  USER root                  

  WORKDIR /tmp               

  RUN wget --quiet http://get.influxdb.org/telegraf/${TELEGRAF_FILE} \
        && apt-get -qq -y update \      
        && dpkg -i ${TELEGRAF_FILE} \   
        && apt-get autoremove \
        && apt-get clean \   
        && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*

  COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
  RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh

  WORKDIR $HOME              

  ENTRYPOINT [ "tini", "--", "/entrypoint.sh"] 

  CMD [ "telegraf" ]      

Success on 14.04:

docker build -t nexia/telegraf .
Sending build context to Docker daemon 6.656 kB
Step 1 : FROM nexia/ubuntu
 ---> 8fb94a1373a1
Step 2 : MAINTAINER jgeiger@gmail.com
 ---> Running in e328e5bfb954
 ---> d5fdcedab0d9
Removing intermediate container e328e5bfb954
Step 3 : ENV TELEGRAF_VERSION telegraf_0.12.1-1
 ---> Running in 0ca2958a69a6
 ---> 679cb095bec8
Removing intermediate container 0ca2958a69a6
Step 4 : ENV TELEGRAF_FILE ${TELEGRAF_VERSION}_amd64.deb
 ---> Running in 2ab8656f0404
 ---> a4fcab3d2232
Removing intermediate container 2ab8656f0404
Step 5 : USER root
 ---> Running in ef19159bc646
 ---> 65ff80f5d459
Removing intermediate container ef19159bc646
Step 6 : WORKDIR /tmp
 ---> Running in bbab285d33e3
 ---> 63f2efe8e153
Removing intermediate container bbab285d33e3
Step 7 : RUN wget --quiet http://get.influxdb.org/telegraf/${TELEGRAF_FILE}       && apt-get -qq -y update       && dpkg -i ${TELEGRAF_FILE}       && apt-get autoremove       && apt-get clean       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 ---> Running in 38c6201a71f7
Selecting previously unselected package telegraf.
(Reading database ... 14489 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack telegraf_0.12.1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking telegraf (0.12.1-1) ...
Setting up telegraf (0.12.1-1) ...
 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/telegraf ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K20telegraf -> ../init.d/telegraf
   /etc/rc1.d/K20telegraf -> ../init.d/telegraf
   /etc/rc6.d/K20telegraf -> ../init.d/telegraf
   /etc/rc2.d/S20telegraf -> ../init.d/telegraf
   /etc/rc3.d/S20telegraf -> ../init.d/telegraf
   /etc/rc4.d/S20telegraf -> ../init.d/telegraf
   /etc/rc5.d/S20telegraf -> ../init.d/telegraf
invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of restart.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
 ---> e928c12c0e6e
Removing intermediate container 38c6201a71f7
Step 8 : COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 ---> 708fe64d74b9
Removing intermediate container 9fd723846d11
Step 9 : RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
 ---> Running in 6d572c5fef03
 ---> 8e641346b993
Removing intermediate container 6d572c5fef03
Step 10 : WORKDIR $HOME
 ---> Running in 9d140454bf42
 ---> beae08871ce2
Removing intermediate container 9d140454bf42
Step 11 : ENTRYPOINT tini -- /entrypoint.sh
 ---> Running in 817099ee2850
 ---> 6ba1d900778b
Removing intermediate container 817099ee2850
Step 12 : CMD telegraf
 ---> Running in 2532900bcaf1
 ---> 17d63c902d33
Removing intermediate container 2532900bcaf1
Successfully built 17d63c902d33

[sparrc]

this is because you don't have systemd in the containers......this has been fixed already with #1022

you can use the nightlies if you need the fix sooner (https://influxdata.com/downloads/)