Running in docker doesnt allow to reload tor for ip change

[dmitrisky]

Hey,

Trying to run tornet in docker compose, and whenever trying to change IP, experience this error:

systemctl reload tor

System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to system scope bus via local transport: Host is down

Versions:

cat /etc/debian_version
13.5

docker --version
Docker version 29.5.2, build 79eb04c

tornet --version
tornet 2.0.2

Dockerfile:

FROM python:3.14

RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y tor
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir tornet

# CRITICAL: by default Tor binds SOCKS to 127.0.0.1, which is unreachable
# from another container. Bind it to all interfaces instead.
RUN echo "SocksPort 0.0.0.0:9050" >> /etc/tor/torrc

EXPOSE 9050

CMD ["tornet", "--interval", "60", "--count", "0"]

Let me know if you need more details or there any other workaround. Thanks and appreciate great app!

[dmitrisky]

For containers, following command might be used to reload tor:

killall -HUP tor