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This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running

I am new to Docker and after writing docker version in cmd

I got this error:

error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/version": open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.

Edit: the OS is Windows.

Solution

  • On Linux you should check the daemon status by systemctl status docker.service, then:

    sudo systemctl enable docker.service
sudo systemctl enable docker.socket

sudo systemctl start docker.socket
sudo systemctl start docker.service

    On Windows you should check its status by the Windows Service Manager.