Cannot connect to the Docker daemon problem

[rimelek (Ákos Takács)]

I assume you already solved it, but since this was a common issue, I started a blogpost about it and forgot to leave a short response here first. Sorry about that. If you still have the issue or anyone else finds this, the tutorial can be read here on the forum as well:

Tutorial: Solve the error message: "Is the Docker daemon running"

Originally I published tutorial on dev.to, and I copied the whole content here so you can read it regardless of the availability of dev.to, since it explains a common issue we see on the forum. If you find that this post is not in sync with the external content, please, let me know in a comment here or on dev.to. Introduction There is a common error message that Docker users get Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running? Sometimes you g…

I guess you missed the post installation steps which you can read about in the “I got is the docker daemon running, but I followed the official installation guide” section, but if this is not the case, read the whole tutorial.