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~Hey team, I’m trying to run the docker agent inside of a docker container but having some troubles - has anyone attmped this?~

It’s failing to connect ot my local server, looking for a cloud token instead. How does the agent know to look locally when I run outside of docker? (Also worth noting I am running wiht `net=host`)

forgot myself a `prefect backend server` .
_Issue resolved_

Ha ha! I was just about to ask if you've tried prefect backend server. Glad you got it resolved.

Hey <@ULQLBDKSP>, I was wondering how you got to run the agent inside a container. Can you share it here?

running the
```prefect agent start docker```
worked fine for me when I also ran `prefect backend server`

When I run a flow from the UI, the agent doesn't pick up the flow. Also, when I checked with a `docker ps` , I wasn't able to see a container running.

Sounds like possibly a label issue, check what labels your docker agent has vs what your flow requires in the UI