Docker error: client and server don't have same version

Question

Since I just updated Docker to 1.1.0 I get:

Error response from daemon: client and server don\'t have same version (client : 1.13, server: 1.12)

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Answer 1

This worked for me: It just shuts the vm down, deletes & recreates it and starts it up again. It re-runs shellinit so your ENV variables get set with the correct IP address when it comes back up.

$ boot2docker poweroff && \
    boot2docker delete && \
    boot2docker init && \
    boot2docker up
$ eval `boot2docker shellinit`

Answer 2

I had the latest version of boot2docker(v1.7.1) and got the client server mismatch error. Then I just ran boot2docker upgrade and it solved the problem.

Answer 3

I find the version in brew is outdated compared to the one on the docker.io website. Therefore I think the best way is go to the website and download the install file.

Answer 4

The correct answer here is very old (Docker have renamed boot2docker to Docker Machine and added some more functionality to it).

Anyway I faced the same problem and took me about 3 days to fix :(

Here's the solution

1) find the location of the boot2docker.iso

sudo find ~/ -name 'boot2docker.iso'

2) delete the boot2docker.iso file, after taking a backup of it

/Users/{user}/.docker/machine/cache/boot2docker.iso

3) delete your docker vm

docker-machine rm {default}

this should delete that one as well:

/Users/{user}/.docker/machine/machines/default/boot2docker.iso

4) create new docker vm

docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

this will download a new boot2docker.iso first and then use it to create your vm.

Now this should fix it :)

BUT

If you get any error here like:

Running pre-create checks...
(mega-docker) No default Boot2Docker ISO found locally, downloading the latest release...
Error with pre-create check: "Get https://api.github.com/repos/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/latest: dial tcp: lookup api.github.com on 192.168.0.1:53: read udp 192.168.0.103:53947->192.168.0.1:53: i/o timeout"

try to download the boot2docker.iso file manually by going to https://api.github.com/repos/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/latest then clicking on the html_url and finally choosing to download the file.

once you get the file go and place it manually in /Users/{user}/.docker/machine/cache/

finally re-run this command docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

Answer 5

I had the latest version of boot2docker, docker and virtual box but was still receiving this message. It seems running brew upgrade boot2docker isn't the best idea. When running boot2docker upgrade, I was asked to set a bunch of environment variables and then it worked for me.

Boot2docker asked me to set these (see the last lines):

$ boot2docker upgrade
Latest release for boot2docker/boot2docker is v1.3.0
Downloading boot2docker ISO image...
Success: downloaded https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/download/v1.3.0/boot2docker.iso
    to /Users/.../.boot2docker/boot2docker.iso
Waiting for VM and Docker daemon to start...
.........oooooooooooooo
Started.
Writing /Users/.../.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/ca.pem
Writing /Users/.../.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/cert.pem
Writing /Users/.../.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/key.pem

To connect the Docker client to the Docker daemon, please set:
    export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2376
    export DOCKER_CERT_PATH=/Users/.../.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm
    export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1

It's possible to cut and paste those three lines in one go, into your terminal.

To check they are correct:

$ env

Answer 6

It looks like you need to upgrade the VM after installing boot2docker:

if you are upgrading from boot2docker 0.12 or later, you can update your existing virtual machine (after upgrading using the installer) using boot2docker stop && boot2docker download && boot2docker up - and you will not lose your existing data.

(https://github.com/boot2docker/osx-installer/releases/tag/v1.1.0)