Docker - Error response from daemon: client is newer than server

Question

After creating a new machine with Docker Machine, I\'m getting the following error:

$ docker ps
Error response from daemon: client is newer than ser         


        

Answer 1

Apparently this error is due to docker-machine "falling asleep". Here is the magic command solving it for me:

$ docker-machine restart default

Or replace default by the name of your machine. The result is:

$ docker-machine restart default
Restarting "default"...
Restarted machines may have new IP addresses. You may need to re-run the `docker-machine env` command.

As suggested, you may need to:

$ docker-machine env default
export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY="1"
export DOCKER_HOST="tcp://....."
export DOCKER_CERT_PATH=".../.docker/machine/machines/default"
export DOCKER_MACHINE_NAME="default"
# Run this command to configure your shell:
# eval $(docker-machine env default)

And so you finally run that command:

$ eval $(docker-machine env default)

From now it should work.