Wasp•3y ago

`wasp start db` issue --> docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon...

If you're getting the error

docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?.

docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?.

docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?.

docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?. when trying to run

wasp start db

wasp start db

, make sure you have Docker installed and its running.

On Mac OS, just find the Docker app in your launchpad and click it. You should see a Docker icon in your top right menu bar. If so, you're good to go!

miho•4/13/23, 7:16 AM

@martinsos we could actually check if docker is running with docker infodocker info, a good future improvement

martinsos•4/13/23, 10:09 AM

Ok yeah we could! But I thought that "is the docker daemon running" in the message is good enough, I mean it is pretty clear isn't it?

martinsos•4/13/23, 10:12 AM

well crap, I see now that a user also reported it, ok ok it is obviously not straightforward

martinsos•4/13/23, 10:13 AM

Ok so we should improve the messaging here, yup. As @miho said, we can detect it and print our own message with a bit of instructions

martinsos•4/13/23, 10:29 AM

Ok, here is issue: https://github.com/wasp-lang/wasp/issues/1135

GitHub

Have `wasp start db` produce nice warning message if docker daemon ...

This is what it currently looks like:

Starting a PostgreSQL dev database (based on your Wasp config)

Additional info:

Connection URL, in case you might want to connect with external tools: po...

`wasp start db` issue --> docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon...

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