fix(#798): Honor DOCKER_HOST environment variable for Docker API client#866
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I am not familiar with this... what should I do to make "Static Analysis" green? |
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+1 for this PR, we're encountering the same issue trying to update the SOCI index builder to v2 using 
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pre-commit fixes, etc, forthcoming in a secondary PR |
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Overview
TaskCat fails when running in Kubernetes with contained runtime or in GitLab pipeline due to Docker daemon connection errors.
Testing/Steps taken to ensure quality
See issue #798. As long as the UNIX socket is not available, the error happens.
Solution
Allow users to specify a custom Docker host via the
DOCKER_HOSTenvironment variable, which is passed to the Docker APIClient constructor.Changes
DOCKER_HOSTif set, otherwise defaults tounix://var/run/docker.sockTesting Instructions
Test in an environment that the Docker daemon's UNIX socket is not accessible by the client, for example in a GitLab pipleine with docker:dind service.