Is docker daemon running?

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:14:36 +0200

This is another of my raw notes

what prompted this post?

docker ps
"Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///Users/shirlim/.docker/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?"

investigation which docker is running

ls /Applications | grep -i -E “docker|orbstack” Docker.app

check for colima

colima is a free opensource tool that runs Docker engine

which colima
colima not found

list the docker contexts in my mac

docker context ls
NAME              DESCRIPTION                               DOCKER ENDPOINT                                 ERROR
default           Current DOCKER_HOST based configuration   unix:///var/run/docker.sock
desktop-linux *   Docker Desktop                            unix:///Users/shirlim/.docker/run/docker.sock
rancher-desktop   Rancher Desktop moby context              unix:///Users/shirlim/.rd/docker.sock

if I’m using linux then it would be this one

Docker Desktop on Shirlene Lim's DevSecOps Projects

Is docker daemon running?

what prompted this post?

investigation which docker is running

check for colima

list the docker contexts in my mac