r/AlmaLinux

Hi all,

This has me stumped and I've tried searching around but still have not found a solution.

So long story short, I got a VPS service with the location in NY, USA running Almalinux 10.2 . Straight out of the box, I was able to install docker-ce, caddy and have several containers running. I had this for about 2 weeks and it was running smooth.

Just a couple of days ago, I decided to request to change the server location to Ireland. I had the exact same OS installed and weirdly enough, I am now stuck at getting docker-ce to run. I've tried installing the latest as well as 2 minor versions prior (since the latest version was released on 16th July, the prior 2 versions were probably the closest to the one I had on the working system).

In all the 3 scenarios, I was unable to start the docker service. Running "dockerd --debug" I get this error message

INFO[2026-07-23T16:46:32.668609227+05:30] Deleting nftables IPv4 rules error="running nft: /dev/stdin:1:17-30: Error: Could not process rule: No such file or directory\ndelete table ip docker-bridges\n ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n exit status 1"

INFO[2026-07-23T16:46:32.688445934+05:30] Deleting nftables IPv6 rules error="running nft: /dev/stdin:1:18-31: Error: Could not process rule: No such file or directory\ndelete table ip6 docker-bridges\n ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n exit status 1"

DEBU[2026-07-23T16:46:32.694661598+05:30] /usr/sbin/iptables, [--wait -t filter -C FORWARD -j DOCKER-ISOLATION]

DEBU[2026-07-23T16:46:32.699837549+05:30] /usr/sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -D PREROUTING -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL -j DOCKER]

DEBU[2026-07-23T16:46:32.719026580+05:30] /usr/sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -D OUTPUT -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL ! --dst 127.0.0.0/8 -j DOCKER]

DEBU[2026-07-23T16:46:32.737093548+05:30] /usr/sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -D OUTPUT -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL -j DOCKER]

..................

DEBU[2026-07-23T16:46:33.155336754+05:30] daemon configured with a 15 seconds minimum shutdown timeout

DEBU[2026-07-23T16:46:33.155461580+05:30] start clean shutdown of all containers with a 15 seconds timeout...

INFO[2026-07-23T16:46:33.158300786+05:30] stopping event stream following graceful shutdown error="<nil>" module=libcontainerd namespace=moby

DEBU[2026-07-23T16:46:33.158863904+05:30] Cleaning up old mountid : start.

DEBU[2026-07-23T16:46:33.159786420+05:30] Cleaning up old mountid : done.

INFO[2026-07-23T16:46:33.160659636+05:30] stopping event stream following graceful shutdown error="context canceled" module=libcontainerd namespace=plugins.moby

INFO[2026-07-23T16:46:33.160664241+05:30] Daemon shutdown complete error="failed to start daemon: Error initializing network controller: error obtaining controller instance: failed to register \"bridge\" driver: failed to add jump rules to ipv4 NAT table: failed to append jump rules to nat-PREROUTING: (iptables failed: iptables --wait -t nat -A PREROUTING -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL -j DOCKER: Warning: Extension addrtype revision 0 not supported, missing kernel module?\niptables v1.8.11 (nf_tables): RULE_APPEND failed (No such file or directory): rule in chain PREROUTING\n (exit status 4))"

failed to start daemon: Error initializing network controller: error obtaining controller instance: failed to register "bridge" driver: failed to add jump rules to ipv4 NAT table: failed to append jump rules to nat-PREROUTING: (iptables failed: iptables --wait -t nat -A PREROUTING -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL -j DOCKER: Warning: Extension addrtype revision 0 not supported, missing kernel module?

iptables v1.8.11 (nf_tables): RULE_APPEND failed (No such file or directory): rule in chain PREROUTING

(exit status 4))

Any ideas what could have gone wrong or what I need to do?

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