Make Jenkins run docker without sudo

Question

I would like to run Docker shell commands on Jenkins like:

docker ps

Is it possible to do it with out using any plugi

Answer 1

I had the issue when I was running from jenkins pipeline. I added jenkins user to docker group, restarted the docker engine and rebooted the machine as well. However I still get the same error dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied.

Finally I added jenkins to root group and it resolved my issue (ubuntu 18.04) (VM on Azure)

sudo gpasswd -a jenkins root
sudo service docker restart