If it can be any use, here is the exact error message I get:
error during connect: Delete "http://docker.example.com/v1.42/containers/35b6f4271551a29ee4213fd8dbe9aa0239ae100bf9c74de2b780555918e134d8?force=1&v=1\": command [ssh -l xxxxxx – xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx docker system dial-stdio] has exited with exit status 1, please make sure the URL is valid, and Docker 18.09 or later is installed on the remote host: stderr=
(I masked user name and IP address with xxxxxxx)
Docker version on target machine:
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 23.0.1
API version: 1.42
Go version: go1.19.5
Git commit: a5ee5b1
Built: Thu Feb 9 19:47:01 2023
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Context: default
Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version: 23.0.1
API version: 1.42 (minimum version 1.12)
Go version: go1.19.5
Git commit: bc3805a
Built: Thu Feb 9 19:47:01 2023
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.6.18
GitCommit: 2456e983eb9e37e47538f59ea18f2043c9a73640
runc:
Version: 1.1.4
GitCommit: v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
Docker info on target machine:
Client:
Context: default
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.10.2
Path: /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.16.0
Path: /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.23.0
Path: /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scan
Server:
Containers: 8
Running: 5
Paused: 0
Stopped: 3
Images: 25
Server Version: 23.0.1
Storage Driver: overlay2
Backing Filesystem: extfs
Supports d_type: true
Using metacopy: false
Native Overlay Diff: true
userxattr: false
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: systemd
Cgroup Version: 2
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 2456e983eb9e37e47538f59ea18f2043c9a73640
runc version: v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
apparmor
seccomp
Profile: builtin
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-41-generic
Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 16
Total Memory: 15.41GiB
Name: *xxxxxxxxxx*
ID: a8964b45-099b-480a-88f8-f4c1292b2f7b
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode: false
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
*xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx*
*xxxxxxxxxx:xxxx*
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
Docker version on my workstation (where I run the command from):
Client:
Cloud integration: v1.0.29
Version: 20.10.21
API version: 1.41
Go version: go1.18.7
Git commit: baeda1f
Built: Tue Oct 25 18:08:16 2022
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Context: default
Experimental: true
Server: Docker Desktop 4.15.0 (93002)
Engine:
Version: 20.10.21
API version: 1.41 (minimum version 1.12)
Go version: go1.18.7
Git commit: 3056208
Built: Tue Oct 25 18:00:19 2022
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.6.10
GitCommit: 770bd0108c32f3fb5c73ae1264f7e503fe7b2661
runc:
Version: 1.1.4
GitCommit: v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
Docker info on my workstation:
Client:
Context: default
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc., v0.9.1)
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc., v2.13.0)
dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc., v0.0.5)
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc., v0.2.16)
sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc., 0.6.0)
scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc., v0.22.0)
Server:
Containers: 0
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 0
Images: 42
Server Version: 20.10.21
Storage Driver: overlay2
Backing Filesystem: extfs
Supports d_type: true
Native Overlay Diff: true
userxattr: false
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Cgroup Version: 1
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc io.containerd.runc.v2 io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 770bd0108c32f3fb5c73ae1264f7e503fe7b2661
runc version: v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
seccomp
Profile: default
Kernel Version: 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Operating System: Docker Desktop
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 12
Total Memory: 12.36GiB
Name: docker-desktop
ID: GMAT:ZHV5:2XGJ:WNFN:4D5L:HXBH:OKUT:GTEW:D7BU:5RPL:3IEW:7WAM
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode: false
HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Labels:
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
*xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxx*
*xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxx*
hubproxy.docker.internal:5000
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
WARNING: No blkio throttle.read_bps_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.write_bps_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.read_iops_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.write_iops_device support
My workstation is a Windows machine and has Docker Desktop installed. The target machine is a Linux VM, not sure how exactly Docker was installed there, but I suppose a standard way.