title: Error response from daemon: Container f88566c370dd is not running
body: <p>I am observing the below error while I execute the below command.</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>cmd used- <code> docker exec -it f88566c370dd /bin/bash</code>
  error observed- <code>Error response from daemon: Container f88566c370dd is not running</code></p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I am trying to execute a Chef recipe from a VM to pull an image and run three CentOS containers.</p>
  <h3>Chef recipe</h3>
  <pre><code>#
  # Cookbook Name:: chef-docker
  # Recipe:: default    #
  # Copyright 2016, SONATA_SOFTWARE    #
  # All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
  #
  docker_service 'default' do
    action [:create, :start]
  end
  
  # Pull latest image
  docker_image 'centos' do
    tag 'latest'
    action :pull
  end
  
  # Run container
  docker_container 'first' do
    repo 'centos'
    command 'ls -la /'
    end
  
    docker_container 'second' do
    repo 'centos'
    command 'ls -la /'
    end
  
    docker_container 'third' do
    repo 'centos'
    command 'ls -la /'
    end
  </code></pre>
  <p>Command used in VM to execute chef recipe</p>
  <pre><code>chef-client -r recipe[chef-docker::Default]
  </code></pre>
  <p>Expected Result: Installation of software such as Java, Python, or tools such as Jenkins and Tomcat in containers.</p>
  <pre><code>[root@sonatadocker ~]# docker images
  REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED                                                 VIRTUAL SIZE
  centos              latest              97cad5e16cb6        3 weeks ago                                             196.5 MB
  
  [root@sonatadocker ~]# docker ps -a
  CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS                    PORTS               NAMES
  f88566c370dd        centos:latest       &quot;ls -la /&quot;          18 hours ago        Exited (0) 17 hours ago                       third
  fdc12e9f65a9        centos:latest       &quot;ls -la /&quot;          18 hours ago        Exited (0) 17 hours ago                       second
  604f0eba7010        centos:latest       &quot;ls -la /&quot;          18 hours ago        Exited (0) 17 hours ago                       first
  </code></pre>