Starting docker without starting the containers

[BreakfastPurrito]

I made a bit of a booboo by creating a network that conflicts with others, causing Docker to crash when I start it. I need to:

 

1) remove the conflicting network without docker running

OR

2) start docker without the containers

 

How do I do that?

[JonathanM]

There may be other ways, but the quickest way I know is delete and recreate the docker.img file.

 

Be sure to create your desired networks BEFORE going to previous apps and selecting everything you want to reinstall. It should only take a few minutes, and everything will be back the way it was.

[BreakfastPurrito]

By recreate, do you mean plopping in a docker.img from a backup or is there a specific procedure?

[JonathanM]

6 minutes ago, BreakfastPurrito said:

By recreate, do you mean plopping in a docker.img from a backup or is there a specific procedure?

Specific procedure, pretty much just what I said.

 

Delete the image file, start the docker service to create a blank one, add your custom networks, go to previous apps and tick off all the ones you want to put back.

[BreakfastPurrito]

I deleted the image and reinstalled everything, and it works. So something must've been corrupted. Thanks!