# Ipfs-cluster: Unable to start a docker container

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-cluster-unable-to-start-a-docker-container/1352>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** ipfs-cluster\
**Created:** [October 31, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-cluster-unable-to-start-a-docker-container/1352 "2017-10-31T10:15:50Z")\
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When i’m trying to run a docker container something goes wrong but I am not able to understand what it is.

Run the container :  
`docker run ipfs/ipfs-cluster`

Logs :

```
Changing user to ipfs
ipfs version 0.4.11
initializing IPFS node at /data/ipfs
generating 2048-bit RSA keypair...done
peer identity: QmQsTifxncDb4jtKzcHA8JNo7gWzyhRQDgENLK5Nxsvno9
to get started, enter:
2017-10-31T10:01:17.122611563Z 
ipfs cat /ipfs/QmS4ustL54uo8FzR9455qaxZwuMiUhyvMcX9Ba8nUH4uVv/readme
2017-10-31T10:01:17.122620702Z 
Initializing daemon...
ipfs-cluster-service version 0.2.1
10:01:22.139 INFO config: Saving configuration config.go:289
ipfs-cluster-service configuration written to /data/ipfs-cluster/service.json
Unknown subcommand. Run "ipfs-cluster-service help" for more info

```

The container cannot start.

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