Sometimes it's complicated to run TLS-supported Docker Remote API queries. To facilitate this without having to change the Docker daemon's settings, use this image to expose the Docker socket via TCP.
Also, there seem to be some bugs in the current Docker version.
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The image's internal port of the Docker socket is 12375. You can remap the port via -p 1234:12375 for example. This would expose the Docker socket on port 1234 on the Docker host.
Run docker run -d -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -p 1234:12375 --name expose -t tobilg/expose-socket on the Docker/Boot2Docker host.
Attention: This is exposing your Docker socket (meaning full access!) to the public! Don't do this on public networks etc. This image is just intended for quick testing of the Docker Remote API!*