# Can't run custom action with Docker **URL:** \ **Category:** Rasa Open Source\ **Created:** [November 15, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/cant-run-custom-action-with-docker/21293 "2019-11-15T10:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivitare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@vivitare](https://forum.rasa.com/u/vivitare)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/cant-run-custom-action-with-docker/21293/1 "2019-11-15T10:54:46Z")
Hey i’m trying to create a chatbot with RASA in Docker but i can’t use custom action, the bot don’t respond. I’m running the action server in a Docker container with docker-compose. This is the docker-compose.yml file : ```auto version: '3.0' services: action_server: image: rasa/rasa-sdk:latest volumes: - ./actions:/app/actions ``` And this is my endpoints.yml file : ```auto action_endpoint: url: "http://action_server:5055/webhook" ``` To interact with the chatbot, i execute rasa/rasa:latest image Docker with this command : ```auto docker run -it --network="chatbot_rasa_default" -v $(pwd):/app rasa/rasa interactive ``` But at the moment where the bot should execute the custom action, he said nothing (it’s the same thing when i use `rasa shell -vv` cmd): ```auto ? Your input -> hey ? Your NLU model classified 'hey' with intent 'greet' and there are no entities, is this correct? Yes ------ Chat History # Bot You qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 1 action_listen qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 2 hey intent: greet 0.80 ------ ? The bot wants to run 'action_hello_world', correct? Yes ------ Chat History # Bot You qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 1 action_listen qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 2 hey intent: greet 0.80 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 3 action_hello_world 1.00 ------ ? The bot wants to run 'action_listen', correct? (Y/n) ``` The bot sould respond “Hello World !” because it is written in action/action.py file : ```python from typing import Any, Text, Dict, List from rasa_sdk import Action, Tracker from rasa_sdk.executor import CollectingDispatcher class ActionHelloWorld(Action): def name(self): return "action_hello_world" def run(self, dispatcher, tracker, domain): print("Hello") print("this is tracker",tracker) dispatcher.utter_message("Hello World!") return [] ``` But i noticed that the action server logs returned nothing : ```auto [root@vm]# docker-compose up Creating network "chatbot_rasa_default" with the default driver Creating chatbot_rasa_action_server_1 ... done Attaching to chatbot_rasa_action_server_1 action_server_1 | 2019-11-15 10:19:17 INFO rasa_sdk.endpoint - Starting action endpoint server... action_server_1 | 2019-11-15 10:19:17 INFO rasa_sdk.executor - Registered function for 'action_hello_world'. action_server_1 | 2019-11-15 10:19:17 INFO rasa_sdk.endpoint - Action endpoint is up and running on http ('0.0.0.0', 5055) ``` Why the bot didn’t respond “hello world !” ? I missed a step ? ---
**Author:** ![fuih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d78d45/32.png) [@fuih](https://forum.rasa.com/u/fuih)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/cant-run-custom-action-with-docker/21293/2 "2019-11-18T01:28:49Z")
Hello @vivitare, Are you running the Rasa server and the action server separately, not in the same Docker network ? I don’t see the Rasa server service in your docker-compose.yml ---
**Author:** ![vivitare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@vivitare](https://forum.rasa.com/u/vivitare)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/cant-run-custom-action-with-docker/21293/3 "2019-11-18T08:25:25Z")
Thks @fuih Nope, they can communicate with each other because i run rasa with this command : ```bash docker run -it --network="chatbot_rasa_default" -v $(pwd):/app rasa/rasa:latest shell -vv ``` When he can’t communicate with the action server, a message appear that they can’t communicate with each other. ---
**Author:** ![imLew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/imlew/32/3744_2.png) [@imLew](https://forum.rasa.com/u/imLew)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/cant-run-custom-action-with-docker/21293/4 "2019-11-25T14:12:53Z")
Are you running it in two separate docker containers or the way it is described in [Running Rasa with Docker](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa/user-guide/running-rasa-with-docker/)? If they are separate I think you might need to open the port for the action server ---
**Author:** ![vivitare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@vivitare](https://forum.rasa.com/u/vivitare)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/cant-run-custom-action-with-docker/21293/5 "2019-12-06T08:49:35Z")
they don’t need open port because they are in the same network, they can ping between them. ---
**Author:** ![bubjanes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/bubjanes/32/6898_2.png) [@bubjanes](https://forum.rasa.com/u/bubjanes)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/cant-run-custom-action-with-docker/21293/6 "2020-04-24T20:54:45Z")
> [@vivitare](#): > > docker run -it --network=“chatbot\_rasa\_default” -v $(pwd):/app rasa/rasa:latest shell -vv Hola @vivitare! Shooting from the hip here a little, but I think I had the same problem. Try making the docker `--network` in your docker container the same as the `action_endpoint` in endpoints.yml. So the final command would look something like this: `docker run -it --network="action_server" -v $(pwd):/app rasa/rasa:latest shell -vv` Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![Pisou](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/pisou/32/21795_2.png) [@Pisou](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Pisou)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/cant-run-custom-action-with-docker/21293/7 "2022-10-20T16:23:36Z")
@vivitare I had the same problem. You were able to solve it ?