Why is docker-compose throwing an error?

Question

$ docker-compose up
Creating network "app_default" with the default driver
ERROR: b'failed to parse pool request for address space "LocalDefault" pool "" subpool "": could not find an available predefined network'

What is the meaning of this error, and how can I fix it?

Additional context:

$ docker-compose version
docker-compose version 1.7.1, build 6c29830
docker-py version: 1.8.1
CPython version: 3.5.1
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.2h  3 May 2016


$ docker version
Client:
 Version:      1.10.3
 API version:  1.22
 Go version:   go1.5.3
 Git commit:   20f81dd
 Built:        Thu Mar 10 21:49:11 2016
 OS/Arch:      darwin/amd64

Server:
 Version:      1.11.1
 API version:  1.23
 Go version:   go1.5.4
 Git commit:   5604cbe
 Built:        Wed Apr 27 00:34:20 2016
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

Answer 1

Are you using some vpn service? Here is a link to a possible reason: https://github.com/docker/libnetwork/issues/779