Cannot start Pandora FMS in Docker

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Cannot start Pandora FMS in Docker

Posted by rkiesler on September 7, 2025 at 21:10

Hi! I’m currently trying to get Pandora FMS Server / Console running in Docker. And it’s not running well. Where can I find a good, english tutorial for that? Please some sort of text, not a Youtube video.

1) this is my setup script:

docker pull \
pandorafms/pandorafms-open-stack-el8

docker run –detach \
–name=pandora \
–memory=1g \
-p 8090:80 \

-p 41121:41121 \

-p “162:162/udp” \

-p “9995:9995/udp” \

-e DBHOST=<ip-address> \
-e DBNAME=pandora \

-e DBUSER=pandora \

-e DBPASS=<password> \
-e DBPORT=3306 \

–volume <path>/etc:/etc/pandora:rw \
–volume <path>/log:/var/log/pandora:rw \
–restart unless-stopped \

pandorafms/pandorafms-open-stack-el8

2) I run the docker instance with docker start pandora, which works.

3) In the Docker console, I see “You can now start the Pandora FMS Websocket service by executing” /etc/init.d/pandora_websocket_engine start . But in Dozzle, I cannot connect to the image via ssh. It just tells me “Attaching to pandora. Connection closed“

4) In the Docker console, I also see “Please, now, point your browser to http://your_IP_address/pandora_console/install.php and follow all the steps described on it.“. I do that, of course with :8090 , I just get a “Cannot reach website. Connection reset by peer”. I can reach the web pages of other docker containers without any problem.

5) The last line of the Docker console is “– Loading database schema:“. And then, nothing. Looking into the database “pandora”, it has a ton of tables in it, so the creation of the database apparently has worked. But I can’t get into the pandora console and I think that’s the next importan step to get Pandora FMS running.

Please help!

Sergio B. replied 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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Sergio B.

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September 8, 2025 at 09:27

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Hello,

We do not have any documented procedure to install PandoraFMS in docker.

The only thing we have is a YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4N6qhaIzR4

Here’s the link in case it can help you.

Kind regards,

Sergio B.
Sergio B.

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September 24, 2025 at 10:06

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Hello,

Please do not paste logs directly to the post as some lines or symbols break it and I cannot answer back.

I’ve changed the YouTube URL for the docker installation video, I don’t know why It copied the wrong one.

Let me know if that video helps you out.

Kind regards,
Sergio B.

Welcome to Pandora FMS Community!

Sergio B.

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