Cannot connect to the Docker daemon on macOS

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I normally prefer to manage my apps on my OSX with brew

I am able to install docker, docker-compose and docker-machine

docker --version
Docker version 17.05.0-ce, build 89658be
docker-compose --version
docker-compose version 1.13.0, build unknown
docker-machine --version
docker-machine version 0.11.0, build 5b27455

I did not download and run 'Docker for Mac' app.

However when I try to run

> docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver nginx
docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?.
See 'docker run --help'.

I have already checked the sock file

ls -lah /var/run/docker.sock /var/tmp/docker.sock
ls: /var/run/docker.sock: No such file or directory
ls: /var/tmp/docker.sock: No such file or directory

I have also tried this proposed solution: Mac OS X sudo docker Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?

But I got this error message:

$ eval $(docker-machine env default)
Host does not exist: "default"

Is it possible to get a docker service to run by command line tools?

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25 Answers

I have Mac OS and I open Launchpad and select docker application. from reset tab click on restart.

user_66721140

Install minikube and come join the dark side.

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/

$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 5.0.3(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0)
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

eval $(minikube docker-env)

$ docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/local swaggerapi/swagger-codegen-cli generate     -i /local/swagger.json     -l python     -o /local/test/
[main] INFO io.swagger.parser.Swagger20Parser - reading from /local/swagger.json
[main] WARN io.swagger.codegen.DefaultGenerator - 'host' not defined in the spec. Default to 'localhost'.

Works great on Macbook Pro 2018 with bash v5. No need to install all the other docker nonsense these days IMO. The VM and install script that comes with minikube can replace docker machine from my experience.

user_20854690
user_14497990

This problem:

$ brew install docker docker-machine
$ docker ps

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?

This apparently meant do the following:

$ docker-machine create default # default driver is apparently vbox:
Running pre-create checks...
Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"
$  brew cask install virtualbox
…
$ docker-machine create default 
# works this time
$ docker ps
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
$ eval "$(docker-machine env default)"
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES

It finally works.

You can use the “xhyve” driver if you don’t want to install virtual box. Also you can install the “docker app” (then run it) which apparently makes it so you don’t have to run some of the above. brew cask install docker then run the app, see the other answers. But apparently isn't necessary per se.

user_324530

You should execute script for install docker and launch it from command line:

brew install --cask docker
sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade pip3
open -a Docker
docker-compose ...

after that docker-compose should work

user_67706140

This did the trick for me:

open --background -a Docker

Takes some seconds until you can connect to docker.

I am on a Mac OS Big Sur.

user_34112380

I was facing similar issue on my mac, and I found that docker wasn't running in my machine, I just went to applications and invoked whale and then it worked .

user_28815620

Just opening Docker Desktop worked for me.

user_21759450

Docker was designed to run on Linux. It can, however, run in a VM on macOS. To do so is a bit of a kludge and that's perhaps why Docker Desktop exists in the first place. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy using Docker from the comfort of the command line on a Mac.

Some options to consider:

  1. You could use lima and add an alias docker='lima nerdctl' to your bash profile.
  2. You could install a Linux VM on your machine and use it instead (not recommended).
  3. Dual-boot Linux on Mac. Even machines with the T2 and M1 chips are supported now.
user_7123340

With the updated version of VirtualBox (6.1.32r149290), the command docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default doesn't work, there is an error with auto-generated IP for the Virtual VM, explanation is here https://stackoverflow.com/a/69745931/2917630 .

This command helped me to resolve the issue: docker-machine create --driver virtualbox --virtualbox-hostonly-cidr "192.168.59.3/24" default.

user_29176300

Try:

brew install --cask docker

Then launch the Docker app. Click next. It will ask for privileged access. Confirm. A whale icon should appear in the top bar. Click it and wait for "Docker is running" to appear.

You should be able to run docker commands now:

docker ps
user_148243240

i simply had to run spotlight search and execute the Docker application under /Applications folder which brew cask install created. Once this was run it asked to complete installation. I was then able to run docker ps

user_6292220

Tried the following and its working fine now

$ docker-machine create default

(default) Creating VirtualBox VM...
(default) Creating SSH key...
(default) Starting the VM...
(default) Check network to re-create if needed...
(default) Found a new host-only adapter: "vboxnet0"
(default) Waiting for an IP...
Waiting for machine to be running, this may take a few minutes...
Detecting operating system of created instance...
Waiting for SSH to be available...
Detecting the provisioner...
Provisioning with boot2docker...
Copying certs to the local machine directory...
Copying certs to the remote machine...
Setting Docker configuration on the remote daemon...
Checking connection to Docker...
Docker is up and running!

Then

$ docker-machine env default

Finally

$ eval $(docker-machine env default)
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE     COMMAND   CREATED   STATUS    PORTS     NAMES
user_38812390

Install Docker Desktop form given url

https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/

Go to setting on top right corner

  • Goto General
  • Tick on Start Docker Desktop when you login you
user_29859880

I run brew install docker-machine; then the problem is solved. The latest docker version does not have docker-machine included.

user_75336640

Docker Toolbox and Docker Machine have both been deprecated. Docker Desktop is the officially recommended replacement.

Original Answer I found that Docker Toolbox is available via brew/cask

Install Homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install Cask

brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask

Install docker toolbox

brew cask install docker-toolbox

user_148243240

QUICK AND SIMPLE

Install Docker Desktop form given url

https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/

Go to setting on top right corner

  • Goto General
  • Tick on Start Docker Desktop when you login you
user_29859880

installing docker-machine was enough for me to solve the problem.

user_108935940
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