Issue
I am getting an error message saying I can't connect to the docker daemon. I have looked into other people's answers who have had similar issues but it hasn't helped. I am running the version of Ubuntu 15.10. I will try to provide all the info I have.
root@# docker-compose -f docker-compose-deps.yml up -d
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.
Docker Version
root@# sudo docker version
Client:
Version: 1.9.1
API version: 1.21
Go version: go1.4.2
Git commit: a34a1d5
Built: Fri Nov 20 13:20:08 UTC 2015
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?
Docker-Compose Version
root@# docker-compose --version
docker-compose version 1.5.2, build 7240ff3
This is what happens if I try to stop or start the service...
root@# sudo service docker stop
stop: Unknown instance:
root@# sudo service docker start
docker start/running, process 5375
If I run ps aux | grep docker
root@# ps aux | grep docker
root 4233 0.0 0.0 13692 2204 pts/15 S+ 10:27 0:00 grep --color=auto docker
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if you may need anymore information.
Solution
I found this and it seemed to fix my issue.
GitHub Fix Docker Daemon Crash
I changed the content of my docker-compose-deps.yml file as seen in the link. Then I ran docker-compose -f docker-compose-deps.yml up -d. Then I changed it back and it worked for some reason. I didn't have to continue the steps in the link I provided, but the first two steps fixed the issue for me.
Answered By - daveskylark