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

When you try to run a Docker command and get a permission denied error, it usually means that your user is not part of the Docker group. Here are the steps to fix this issue:

sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
newgrp docker
sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock

docker ps # test connection