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

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

The error message “permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock” typically occurs when the current user does not have the necessary permissions to access the Docker daemon.

To resolve this issue, you can add your user to the docker group, which grants the necessary permissions to interact with the Docker daemon without requiring sudo for every command.

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