From 9e0718a1984ddb8ef859b5049c6742c4c0603875 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Merlin Mathesius <merlinm@redhat.com>
Date: Jul 26 2017 17:32:22 +0000
Subject: Inventory: automatically start docker service before launching container


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diff --git a/inventory/standard-inventory-docker b/inventory/standard-inventory-docker
index 71e9cec..399f2fc 100755
--- a/inventory/standard-inventory-docker
+++ b/inventory/standard-inventory-docker
@@ -67,12 +67,20 @@ def host(image):
 
     sys.stderr.write("Launching Docker container for {0}\n".format(image))
 
+    # Make sure the docker service is running
+    cmd = [
+        "/usr/sbin/service", "docker", "start"
+    ]
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_call(cmd, stdout=sys.stderr.fileno())
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError, ex:
+        raise RuntimeError("Could not start docker service")
+
     # And launch the actual container
     cmd = [
         "/usr/bin/docker", "run", "--detach", "--cidfile={0}".format(cidfile),
         "--entrypoint=/bin/sh", image, "-c", "sleep 1000000"
     ]
-
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(cmd, stdout=sys.stderr.fileno())
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError, ex: