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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Could Not Connect To Docker

If you have Docker up and running and get the following error, please read on:

```bash theme={null}
ERROR    Could not connect to docker. Please confirm docker is installed and running
ERROR    Error while fetching server API version: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory'))
```

## Quick fix

Create the `/var/run/docker.sock` symlink using:

```shell theme={null}
sudo ln -s "$HOME/.docker/run/docker.sock" /var/run/docker.sock
```

In 99% of the cases, this should work. If it doesnt, try:

```shell theme={null}
sudo chown $USER /var/run/docker.sock
```

## Full details

Phidata uses [docker-py](https://github.com/docker/docker-py) to run containers, and if the `/var/run/docker.sock` is missing or has incorrect permissions, it cannot connect to docker.

**To fix, please create the `/var/run/docker.sock` file using:**

```shell theme={null}
sudo ln -s "$HOME/.docker/run/docker.sock" /var/run/docker.sock
```

If that does not work, check the permissions using `ls -l /var/run/docker.sock`.

If the `/var/run/docker.sock` does not exist, check if the `$HOME/.docker/run/docker.sock` file is missing. If its missing, please reinstall Docker.

**If none of this works and the `/var/run/docker.sock` exists:**

* Give your user permissions to the `/var/run/docker.sock` file:

```shell theme={null}
sudo chown $USER /var/run/docker.sock
```

* Give your user permissions to the docker group:

```shell theme={null}
sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER
```

## More info

* [Docker-py Issue](https://github.com/docker/docker-py/issues/3059#issuecomment-1294369344)
* [Stackoverflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48568172/docker-sock-permission-denied/56592277#56592277)