Can't connect to Karaf console using ssh, "client" script or "openhab-cli console"

[johnnypea]

I run OpenHAB container like this:

docker run \
        --name openhab \
        --net=host \
        -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
        -v /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro \
        -v /opt/openhab/conf:/openhab/conf \
        -v /opt/openhab/userdata:/openhab/userdata \
        -v /opt/openhab/addons:/openhab/addons\
        -d \
        -e USER_ID=999 \
        -e GROUP_ID=995 \
        -e "EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS=-Duser.timezone=Europe/Bratislava" \
        --restart=always \
        openhab/openhab:2.4.0-armhf-debian

I connect to console like this: docker exec -it openhab /openhab/runtime/bin/client

But I always get:

Logging in as openhab
Session is being closed

I'm logged in as "pi" user if it matters. I tried using docker exec -it -u openhab... but didn't help.

OS version:

Linux raspberrypi 4.14.79-v7+ #1159 SMP Sun Nov 4 17:50:20 GMT 2018 armv7l

PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian

Docker version:

Client:
 Version:           18.09.0
 API version:       1.39
 Go version:        go1.10.4
 Git commit:        4d60db4
 Built:             Wed Nov  7 00:57:21 2018
 OS/Arch:           linux/arm
 Experimental:      false

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          18.09.0
  API version:      1.39 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.10.4
  Git commit:       4d60db4
  Built:            Wed Nov  7 00:17:57 2018
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm
  Experimental:     false

[wborn]

Did you wait until openHAB is fully started? On a Raspberry Pi that can take ~5-10 minutes.

[johnnypea]

@wborn sure, openHAB is running and is fully functional except the console.

[cniweb]

@johnnypea Is this a openhab-docker problem? Or a openhab configuration problem?

[wborn]

Is this still an issue @johnnypea ? I sometimes see it too but it's then resolved after restarting the container. I just ran into it when using an APT installed openHAB in a Debian VM so I think it's more a Karaf than an openHAB (Docker) issue.

[wborn]

Since there was a community thread about this issue I've transferred it to openhab-distro.

Karaf 4.2.7 might improve this on Windows because client.bat was broken (KARAF-6257).