How to resolve timeout: can't execute '/bin/bash': No such file or directory error?

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I am writing a yaml anchor in .gitlab-ci.yml as below:

.docker_daemon_to_start: &docker_daemon_to_start
    - timeout 300 /bin/bash -c -- 'while ! docker info; do sleep 1; done'

In the above command I have tried both /bin/bash and /usr/bin/bash, but the pipeline is giving an error as,

timeout: can't execute '/bin/bash': No such file or directory

Is there any to fix this error to get the pipeline in running state?

Can you add your docker file or docker compose yml? What image are you using for your docker container? — DreamBold, Nov 24 '22 at 17:22
If you are using minimum versions of the images like `alpine`, there's no bash shell in them. — DreamBold, Nov 24 '22 at 17:30
@DreamBold Yes I am using alpine image "node:16-alpine3.16". what is the solution for that? — Shanmukh Borole, Nov 24 '22 at 18:09
It might also work to replace `/bin/bash` with `/bin/sh` (I don't see anything there that actually requires bash). — Gordon Davisson, Nov 24 '22 at 18:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '22 at 18:21

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If you are using minimum versions of the images like alpine, there's no bash shell in them. Just change it to node:16 and the bash will work.

answered Nov 24 '22 at 18:21

DreamBold

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Using ```/bin/sh``` instead of ```/bin/bash``` worked and changing the docker image to ```node:16``` also worked. – Shanmukh Borole Nov 28 '22 at 09:37

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