# Docker Daemon not connecting

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-daemon-not-connecting/60191>\
**Category:** Compose\
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-daemon-not-connecting/60191 "2018-10-09T14:40:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nileshw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@nileshw](https://forums.docker.com/u/nileshw)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-daemon-not-connecting/60191/1 "2018-10-09T14:40:35Z")

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I am using Ubuntu Bionic - 18.04.  
I have copied project from git repository and trying to do **sudo docker-compose build** but getting error as :  
**ERROR: Couldn’t connect to Docker daemon at http+docker://localunixsocket - is it running?**

**If it’s at a non-standard location, specify the URL with the DOCKER\_HOST environment variable.**

If I do **sudo apt install docker-ce** then :  
**docker-ce is already the newest version (18.06.1~ce~3-0~ubuntu).**  
**0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.**

If I do **docker info** then I get:  
**Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?**

If I do **sudo service docker** start then I get:  
\*\*\* Starting Docker: docker [OK]\*\*

If I do **docker info** then I get :  
**Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?**

If I do **sudo docker-compose build** then again I get:  
**elasticsearch uses an image, skipping**  
**adminer uses an image, skipping**  
**db uses an image, skipping**  
**Building django**  
**ERROR: Couldn’t connect to Docker daemon at http+docker://localunixsocket - is it running?**

**If it’s at a non-standard location, specify the URL with the DOCKER\_HOST environment variable.**

This project is currently working fine on server. Any suggestions?  
I am stuck from here dont know what to do? If any further information needed please ask. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![joffrey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/joffrey/32/18458_2.png) [@joffrey](https://forums.docker.com/u/joffrey)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-daemon-not-connecting/60191/2 "2018-10-16T02:36:47Z")

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> [@nileshw](#):
>
> If I do **docker info** then I get:  
> **Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?**
> 
> If I do **sudo service docker** start then I get:  
> \*\*\* Starting Docker: docker [OK]\*\*
> 
> If I do **docker info** then I get :  
> **Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?**

Looks like your daemon is crashing or refusing to start for some reason. Maybe some invalid options in your daemon.json file. What do you see if you run `sudo service docker status`?

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**Author:** ![nileshw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@nileshw](https://forums.docker.com/u/nileshw)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-daemon-not-connecting/60191/3 "2018-10-16T08:08:23Z")

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After I do `sudo service docker status`

> - Docker is not running

Then if I do sudo service docker start

Then I get

- Starting Docker: docker [OK]

Then again if I do `sudo service docker status`

> - Docker is not running