[Docker Desktop for Mac] ERROR ==> connect ENOENT /var/run/docker.sock

[Bahlaouane-Hamza]

Summary

This issue is for reference and documentation purposes only. not sure if it's a bug

After installing lando with Docker Desktop for Mac and running

$ lando init \
  --source cwd \
  --recipe lamp \
  --webroot . \
  --name hello-lando

I get the following error

WARN ==> docker is not running!
Starting docker up before we begin... please wait.
ERROR ==> connect ENOENT /var/run/docker.sock

System

• Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68)
• Lando v3.11.0
• Docker Desktop 4.17.0 (99724) is currently not supported by Lando

My attempts to fix the error...

1. Find location docker.sock

$ docker --config
Options:
      --config string      Location of client config files (default "/Users/user/.docker")

Socket path is /Users/user/.docker/run/docker.sock ($HOME/.docker/run/docker.sock)

2. Find lando config file using to following command and look for configSources

$ lando config

Open one of the config files (i chose the last one /Users/user/.lando/config.yml) and add the following

engineConfig:
  host: 127.0.0.1
  port: 2376
  socketPath: /Users/user/.docker/run/docker.sock

For host and port, make sure to verify they are the same as shown in

$ lando config | grep docker

> { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 2376, socketPath: '/Users/user/.docker/run/docker.sock' },

3. Restart or rebuild lando if not successful (I did not have to use this)

[Dartui]

Same error is popping out for me. However everything worked just fine BEFORE update to 13.2.1 version of MacOS. I see that @Bahlaouane-Hamza has the same version of OS, so that might be a clue.

I've tried updating Lando to the latest version (v3.14.0) but that does not fix the error.

[CodeWilliamson]

I'm having the same issue on my OS (v13.2.1)

[michaelrobbe]

As far as I can tell, the OSX upgrade scrubbed the /var/run/ directory, so /var/run/docker.sock was missing.
The hotfix is to just remap the sock file:

sudo ln -s ~/.docker/run/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock

[CodeWilliamson]

I can verify after pointing to the correct location for docker.sock, everything appears fine

[danielmatthew]

A note: I had to perform this again after a system restart.

[p-drolima]

sudo ln -s ~/.docker/run/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock

this fixed it for me

[Zakini]

I just needed to toggle the "Enable default Docker socket" checkbox in the settings to get this back

I'm on version 4.18

[jonpontet]

@Zakini looks to be the preferred solution 👍

[allahnoorturab]

@Zakini's answer worked for me. 😊
v4.21.1

[ameshkin]

sudo ln -s ~/.docker/run/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock

This fixed the issue for me, and I am already using 13.5

[nickmaine]

I had this issue today after a reboot that installed a Mac update. I already had the @Zakini solution enabled months ago. My solution was to toggle "Allow privileged port mapping (requires password)", it was enabled but toggling on/off fixed ERROR ==> connect ENOENT /var/run/docker.sock. 👍

[ThulaneWork]

sudo ln -s ~/.docker/run/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock

this worked for me !!

[rbabyuk-vs]

fyi
rancher desktop: sudo ln -s ~/.rd/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock

[mattneal-stafflink]

I had this issue today after a reboot that installed a Mac update. I already had the @Zakini solution enabled months ago. My solution was to toggle "Allow privileged port mapping (requires password)", it was enabled but toggling on/off fixed ERROR ==> connect ENOENT /var/run/docker.sock. 👍

Can confirm that this fixed my issue after upgrading to Mac Sonoma.

[doruk581]

Still experiencing this issue. I did all the available solutions on the internet. None of them worked. Docker version 4.24.2. Apple Mac M1 Pro. Macos Sonoma

[ThulaneWork]

Still experiencing this issue. I did all the available solutions on the internet. None of them worked. Docker version 4.24.2. Apple Mac M1 Pro. Macos Sonoma

I would suggest you download the old version of the docker desktop, the latest version does not work well with Lando. here is a version that worked for me 4.20.0

[shaniiwild]

As far as I can tell, the OSX upgrade scrubbed the /var/run/ directory, so /var/run/docker.sock was missing. The hotfix is to just remap the sock file:

sudo ln -s ~/.docker/run/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock

Thank you !!!!!!

[attheshow]

This still appears to be happening after every restart for me.

[decodist]

Same here... @michaelrobbe solution works, but needs to be run after each restart.

[aragrow]

Thanks to @Zakini because I had the same issue running dockers 4.23.0. I upgraded to 4.26.0 and the issue remained. FYI, this happened after I upgraded mac to the latest version. THIS WORKED

I just needed to toggle the "Enable default Docker socket" checkbox in the settings to get this back.