# Can't start kong in docker

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/cant-start-kong-in-docker/634>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** kong-gateway\
**Created:** [March 2, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/cant-start-kong-in-docker/634 "2018-03-02T01:26:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rawaludin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/rawaludin/32/232_2.png) [@rawaludin](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/rawaludin)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/cant-start-kong-in-docker/634/1 "2018-03-02T01:26:36Z")

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I tried to start kong following the docker guide at [Installation Options - Kong Gateway | Kong Docs](https://getkong.org/install/docker/) but getting

/docker-entrypoint.sh: line 15: exec: kong: not found

Heres my command log:

```
❯ docker run -d --name kong-database \
              -p 5432:5432 \
              -e "POSTGRES_USER=kong" \
              -e "POSTGRES_DB=kong" \
              postgres:9.4
Unable to find image 'postgres:9.4' locally
9.4: Pulling from library/postgres
4176fe04cefe: Pull complete
b3acc6da98ed: Pull complete
ef28401016a4: Pull complete
f53d3f24be68: Pull complete
faa03ed01c16: Pull complete
2bd2f4dc2cd2: Pull complete
18fbef78dc91: Pull complete
b7e59e2fc7b6: Pull complete
e1f7a65ca8e6: Pull complete
74bf61bfc5b0: Pull complete
2dce4269ba10: Pull complete
b99df6b6744e: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:6c4d8fd87439a6e7db3c0b3c1edc7beb3ce8df8e30c0589b383a7b1911f21db0
Status: Downloaded newer image for postgres:9.4
967b18ba1ea3a03e788221b22f55fc33d5c661c7abeefca7ee66c8e3adecf637

~/code/docker-kong master 1m 45s
❯ docker run --rm \
    --link kong-database:kong-database \
    -e "KONG_DATABASE=postgres" \
    -e "KONG_PG_HOST=kong-database" \
    -e "KONG_CASSANDRA_CONTACT_POINTS=kong-database" \
    kong:latest kong migrations up
Unable to find image 'kong:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/kong
af4b0a2388c6: Pull complete
a60d79b10ccb: Pull complete
9261ce38e5a9: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:225fea7355e6dc845cfb3f02307237be9aba4d8f852819ce067c96333dde0538
Status: Downloaded newer image for kong:latest
/docker-entrypoint.sh: line 15: exec: kong: not found

```

Is there anything else I should do to make this work?

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**Author:** ![thibaultcha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/thibaultcha/32/340_2.png) [@thibaultcha](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/thibaultcha)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/cant-start-kong-in-docker/634/2 "2018-03-02T04:44:16Z")

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Hi,

Unfortunately an issue sneaked into the centos image of 0.12.2. We are aware and already submitted a fixed image to the docker hub repository. In the meantime, you can rely on the alpine image or build your own from the docker-kong repository (where the Kong images are maintained).

Sorry for the inconvenience

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**Author:** ![rawaludin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/rawaludin/32/232_2.png) [@rawaludin](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/rawaludin)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/cant-start-kong-in-docker/634/3 "2018-03-02T06:19:01Z")

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Got it. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tbrodbeck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/tbrodbeck/32/3149_2.png) [@tbrodbeck](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/tbrodbeck)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/cant-start-kong-in-docker/634/4 "2021-12-09T12:58:46Z")

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Hi. Is this issue fixed by now? Because I have exactly the same error when following the latest docs ( [Install Kong Gateway on Docker - v2.6.x | Kong Docs (konghq.com)](https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/2.6.x/install-and-run/docker/))