Docker: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock

Question

I am new to docker. I just tried to use docker in my local machine(Ubuntu 16.04) with Jenkins.

I configured a new job with below pipeline script.

Answer 1

While doing production config i got the permission issue.I tried below solution to resolve the issue.

Error Message

ubuntu@node1:~$ docker run hello-world
docker: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.38/containers/create: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied.
See 'docker run --help'.

Solution: permissions of the socket indicated in the error message, /var/run/docker.sock:

ubuntu@ip-172-31-21-106:/var/run$ ls -lrth docker.sock
srw-rw---- 1 root root 0 Oct 17 11:08 docker.sock
ubuntu@ip-172-31-21-106:/var/run$ sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock
ubuntu@ip-172-31-21-106:/var/run$ ls -lrth docker.sock
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Oct 17 11:08 docker.sock

After changes permission for docket.sock then execute below command to check permissions.

ubuntu@ip-172-31-21-106:/var/run$ docker run hello-world
Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
1b930d010525: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:c3b4ada4687bbaa170745b3e4dd8ac3f194ca95b2d0518b417fb47e5879d9b5f
Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest

Hello from Docker!
This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.

To generate this message, Docker took the following steps:
 1. The Docker client contacted the Docker daemon.
 2. The Docker daemon pulled the "hello-world" image from the Docker Hub.
    (amd64)
 3. The Docker daemon created a new container from that image which runs the
    executable that produces the output you are currently reading.
 4. The Docker daemon streamed that output to the Docker client, which sent it
    to your terminal.

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