MongoDB 5.0+ requires a CPU with AVX support. Container failed to start

[ManojPandey121]

Docker container is not starting and It only shows warning on docker logs

Docker version : 23.0.4, build f480fb1
Docker-compose version: v2.17.2

docker-compose.yml

services:  
  mongo-db:
    container_name: mongo-db
    image: mongo:6
    volumes:
      - ../psvolumes/mongo6:/data/db
    environment:
      - COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=mongo
      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=
      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=
    ports:
      - 27017:27017
    networks:
      - mongo_network
    restart: unless-stopped
networks:
    mongo_network:
        driver: bridge

Output:

[+] Running 2/1
✔ Network ams-api_mongo_network Created 0.1s
✔ Container mongo-db Created 0.0s
Attaching to mongo-db
mongo-db |
mongo-db | WARNING: MongoDB 5.0+ requires a CPU with AVX support, and your current system does not appear to have that!
mongo-db | see https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-54407
mongo-db | see also https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-5-0-cpu-intel-g4650-compatibility/116610/2
mongo-db | see also #485 (comment)
mongo-db |
mongo-db exited with code 0

This same code is running well on
docker: 20.10.23, build 7155243
docker-compose: 1.29.2, build 5becea4c

[yosifkit]

The warning is there to let you know why the container is mysteriously crashing (since there is no output from the crashing MongoDB binaries).

I'm a little confused 😕. Are you saying that on one machine that you upgraded docker from 20.10.23 to 23.0.4 and now the mongo:5 image doesn't run?

If these are separate machines, then it is expected that one might not run it even though it is on a newer version of Docker. The version of Docker is not relevant to this error. The mongo:5 image requires a CPU that is new enough (one with AVX support). The MongoDB 5+ binaries released by MongoDB are compiled with a -march=sandybridge, which roughly means "sandybridge or newer", but there are newer CPUs that don't have the required instructions (https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-5-0-cpu-intel-g4650-compatibility/116610/2).

[ManojPandey121]

I am trying to run on totally new server.

I'm a little confused . Are you saying that on one machine that you upgraded docker from 20.10.23 to 23.0.4 and now the mongo:5 image doesn't run?

Also tried downgrading the docker to the old version i.e. 20.10.23 and got the same issue. So yes it is not a docker version problem. This same code was running well in another server (container with older mongo images were also running here) which has almost a similar configuration to the newer one. While trying to setup in totally fresh new server I am having issues.

Since we are running on the container can we solve this by adding some configuration to it?

[martadinata666]

If the CPU doesn't have that avx capability, you can pin mongo to an older version like mongo:4.4.18

[yosifkit]

Since we are running on the container can we solve this by adding some configuration to it?

Nope, the compiled MongoDB binaries (5.0+) require a CPU with specific instruction support. There is nothing we can do from the Docker side.

[jmhunter]

FWIW I worked around this by replacing the binaries in the MongoDB docker image with self-compiled versions with a different '-march' flag.

More details and links to a docker image to help with mongodb compilation on the linked issue here: #485 (comment)