I've encountered a new issue after updating my computer. I had removed all Docker instances and reinstalled docker-ce on my Ubuntu 25.10 setup. Following that, I installed Portainer, Kavita, and Audiobookshelf, and started experimenting with Traefik. Recently, I ran some updates, and now it seems like the containers and Docker are disconnected. I'm unable to see any containers when I run `docker ps -a` or check in Portainer. I even tried uninstalling Docker completely, but the containers restarted after reinstalling. I'm unsure whether I need to perform a fresh OS install or if there's a better solution out there. Any help would be appreciated! Feel free to ask if you need more details.
4 Answers
Did you install Docker via Snap? If so, consider purging that version and Snapd completely. It can sometimes cause conflicts.
Have you tried running `sudo docker ps -a`? That might show you the containers you’re looking for!
I checked, but it just shows `CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES` with nothing listed.
If your updates included a new version of Docker, it could've stopped all your running containers. Try navigating to the directory containing your `docker-compose.yml` file and run `docker compose up -d`. That could bring everything back up!
You could be looking at a different data root. Docker usually uses `/var/lib/docker`. Running `docker info` will show you the current data root being used, so check that out!
No, I installed it using APT instead.