How to fix error "Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon"

How to fix error "Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon"

If you want to run docker as non-root user then you need to add it to the docker group.

1. Create the docker group if it does not exist

$ sudo groupadd docker

2. Add your user to the docker group.

$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

3. Run the following command or Logout and login again and run (that doesn't work you may need to reboot your machine first)

$ newgrp docker

4. Check if docker can be run without root

$ docker run hello-world

Reboot if still got error

$ reboot

Taken from the docker official documentation: manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user

Source from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48957195/how-to-fix-docker-got-permission-denied-issue

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