The Docker Deamon cant connect.

[ChristopherDosin]

I am complete new to docker and i am trying to get it up & running within my laravel project.
Okay so i installed docker / docker-toolbox aud cloned the repo into my laravel application folder. e.g /Users/chris/Desktop/code/laravoice/docker.

Okay now i try to get it up & running. I edited my .env file to match the DB_HOST with my docker IP. In my case DB_HOST=192.168.99.100.

After this i switched to the /docker directory in my laravel app and run the command docker-compose up -d. But then i am getting the error below.

Host already exists: "default"
☁  docker [master] docker-machine ip default
192.168.99.100
☁  docker [master] docker-compose up -d
ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon - you might need to run `docker-machine start default`.
☁  docker [master] docker-machine start default
Starting "default"...
Machine "default" is already running.

Could you tell me what i am doing wrong? The Docker machine seems to be running, so i dont know why the daemon cant connect

[Mahmoudz]

Everything you did seems ok! let's try these steps:

1. docker-machine stop default
2. docker-machine start default
3. docker ps if it list anything do docker stop {container-ID} then docker rm {container-ID}
4. docker ps -a if it list anything do docker rm {container-ID}
5. docker-compose up

Let me know what will happen.