Docker Error response from daemon timeout was reached before the node joined

Question

When joining a new node to the swarm i get the error:

Error response from daemon: timeout was reached before the node joined

How do i fix this error?

Answer 1

The above failure happens when the ‘manager’ docker machine is not active; as a result, the new node machine will not be able to join the swarm cluster.

To fix this:

Step 1: Check for the active machine hosts as:

$ docker-machine active

Step 2: Activate the ‘manager’ machine as:

$ eval $(docker-machine env manager)

$ docker-machine active

Step 3: Get the swarm join token as worker

$docker swarm join-token worker

Step 4: Connect to the worker machine say: worker2 [ To create docker node machines as worker: join node as a worker ]

$docker-machine ssh worker2

Step 5: Run the swarm join token command; it will be successful.