# Unable to start Phantom JS inside a Docker container

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-start-phantom-js-inside-a-docker-container/14217>\
**Category:** Programming Languages\
**Tags:** karma, docker, javascript\
**Created:** [July 13, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-start-phantom-js-inside-a-docker-container/14217 "2017-07-13T01:05:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LandonSchropp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/landonschropp/32/16539_2.png) [@LandonSchropp](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/LandonSchropp)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-start-phantom-js-inside-a-docker-container/14217/1 "2017-07-13T01:05:16Z")

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I’m unable to start PhantomJS inside a Docker container inside CircleCI. I’m not sure what’s different about CircleCI, but these tests work fine on my local machine. On CircleCI, this is the output from running my tests:

```auto
13 07 2017 00:56:19.092:INFO [karma]: Karma v1.5.0 server started at http://0.0.0.0:9876/
13 07 2017 00:56:19.094:INFO [launcher]: Launching browser PhantomJS with unlimited concurrency
13 07 2017 00:56:19.148:INFO [launcher]: Starting browser PhantomJS
13 07 2017 00:57:19.158:WARN [launcher]: PhantomJS have not captured in 60000 ms, killing.
13 07 2017 00:57:21.161:WARN [launcher]: PhantomJS was not killed in 2000 ms, sending SIGKILL.
13 07 2017 00:57:23.164:WARN [launcher]: PhantomJS was not killed by SIGKILL in 2000 ms, continuing.

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**Author:** ![levlaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/levlaz/32/36978_2.png) [@levlaz](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/levlaz)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-start-phantom-js-inside-a-docker-container/14217/2 "2017-07-14T05:19:46Z")

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Which container are you using?

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**Author:** ![LandonSchropp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/landonschropp/32/16539_2.png) [@LandonSchropp](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/LandonSchropp)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-start-phantom-js-inside-a-docker-container/14217/3 "2017-07-17T17:24:05Z")

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Sorry for the slow reply. I’ve been on vacation the last few days. This is for the `edison-ui` container (private).

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-start-phantom-js-inside-a-docker-container/14217/4 "2018-06-18T11:33:13Z")

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