I'm facing the same issue: HDP 2.6.3 sandbox doesn't start on Ubuntu 16.04.03 LTS running Docker CE 17.12. The updated start script referenced by @Edgar Orendain still hangs while starting Ambari services. This is the line, within the script, having the issue: docker exec -t sandbox-hdp /bin/sh -c 'until /usr/bin/curl --silent --user raj_ops:raj_ops -H "X-Requested-By: ambari" "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/Sandbox/requests?to=end&page_size=10&fields=Requests" | tail -n 27 | grep COMPLETED | grep COMPLETED > /dev/null; do echo -n .; sleep 1; done;' Any suggestion? Regards, @Julián Rodríguez ... View more