# Cannot connect to the Docker daemon **URL:** \ **Category:** Traefik v2\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [March 7, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776 "2024-03-07T11:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/dal/32/8363_2.png) [@Dal](https://community.traefik.io/u/Dal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/1 "2024-03-07T11:48:36Z")
Hi. I'm struggling to get traefik running properly. It cannot connect to the docker daemon, and gives me these errors: ```auto level=error msg="Failed to retrieve information of the docker client and server host: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?" providerName=docker level=error msg="Provider connection error Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?, retrying in 10.921124173s" providerName=docker ``` I run the docker container as non-root, with a username dockeruser. I have run the commands: ```auto sudo groupadd docker sudo usermod -aG docker $USER ``` And everything seems to run fine otherwise. I have other containers up and running In the traefik docker compose file I have set this: ```auto volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ``` Any tips? thank you ---
**Author:** ![bluepuma77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@bluepuma77](https://community.traefik.io/u/bluepuma77)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/2 "2024-03-07T12:30:36Z")
Share your full Traefik static and dynamic config, and `docker-compose.yml` if used. Which user is active inside Docker container? ---
**Author:** ![Dal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/dal/32/8363_2.png) [@Dal](https://community.traefik.io/u/Dal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/3 "2024-03-07T12:59:48Z")
Hi, thanks for answering. Her is a link to [traefik.yml](https://pastebin.com/JgudgW9b) and a link to [fileConfig.yml](https://pastebin.com/1qctebAZ) Here is the [docker-compose.yml](https://pastebin.com/CdaN429X) How do I know for sure what user is active inside the docker? It is supposed to be "dockeruser" The user should have access. When running the command **stat /var/run/docker.sock** , it says: ```auto stat /var/run/docker.sock File: /var/run/docker.sock Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 socket Device: 17h/23d Inode: 697 Links: 1 Access: (0660/srw-rw----) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 997/ docker) Access: 2024-03-07 14:02:36.128012382 +0100 Modify: 2024-02-26 14:55:19.239746804 +0100 Change: 2024-02-26 14:55:19.243746804 +0100 ``` and the user docker user is member of the docker group, as stated by **groups dockeruser** : ```auto dockeruser : dockeruser sudo docker ``` ---
**Author:** ![bluepuma77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@bluepuma77](https://community.traefik.io/u/bluepuma77)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/4 "2024-03-07T14:04:24Z")
Running inside or outside the container? Note that you can't have multiple traefik static config, either `traefik.yml`, compose `command` or env vars, ---
**Author:** ![Dal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/dal/32/8363_2.png) [@Dal](https://community.traefik.io/u/Dal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/5 "2024-03-07T14:33:00Z")
Not sure what happened, but after a apt update && apt upgrade and a reboot, it seems that the errors are gone. I see this in the log: **Provider connection established with docker 25.0.4 (API 1.44)" providerName=docker** I'm guessing that is a good thing. But I still cannot see other containers in the traefik dashboard. For example code\_server: ```auto version: "3.8" services: code_server: container_name: code_server restart: unless-stopped image: lscr.io/linuxserver/code-server:latest networks: - elastic volumes: - ./data:/config - /home/dockeruser/docker:/1_Docker_Containers labels: traefik.enable: true traefik.http.routers.code_server.rule: Host("cs.domain.tld") traefik.http.routers.code_server.entryPoints: https traefik.http.routers.code_server.tls: true environment: - TZ=Europe/Oslo - PASSWORD=Password02 - PUID=1001 - PGID=1001 ports: - 8444:8443 networks: elastic: external: true ``` ---
**Author:** ![Dal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/dal/32/8363_2.png) [@Dal](https://community.traefik.io/u/Dal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/6 "2024-03-07T14:34:05Z")
> [@bluepuma77](#): > > Note that you can't have multiple traefik static config, either `traefik.yml`, compose `command` or env vars, I'm aware. And as far as I know, I don't have any multiple entries active. There are a bunch that are commented out, though ---
**Author:** ![bluepuma77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@bluepuma77](https://community.traefik.io/u/bluepuma77)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/7 "2024-03-07T17:34:51Z")
You labels are in JSON style, but need to be in ENV VAR style. ---
**Author:** ![Dal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/dal/32/8363_2.png) [@Dal](https://community.traefik.io/u/Dal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/8 "2024-03-07T19:01:45Z")
You mean like this: ```auto labels: - traefik.enable = true - traefik.http.routers.code-server.rule = Host('cs.domain.tld') - traefik.http.routers.code-server.entryPoints = https - traefik.http.routers.code-server.tls = true ``` Didn't help ---
**Author:** ![bluepuma77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@bluepuma77](https://community.traefik.io/u/bluepuma77)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/9 "2024-03-07T19:05:01Z")
Like this: ```auto labels: - traefik.enable=true - traefik.http.routers.mywhoami.rule=Host(`whoami.example.com`) - traefik.http.services.mywhoami.loadbalancer.server.port=80 ``` Source: [simple Traefik example](https://github.com/bluepuma77/traefik-best-practice/tree/main/docker-traefik-dashboard-letsencrypt) ---
**Author:** ![Dal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/dal/32/8363_2.png) [@Dal](https://community.traefik.io/u/Dal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/10 "2024-03-07T19:41:28Z")
> [@bluepuma77](#): > > ```auto > labels: > - traefik.enable=true > - traefik.http.routers.mywhoami.rule=Host(`whoami.example.com`) > - traefik.http.services.mywhoami.loadbalancer.server.port=80 > > ``` This did the trick! Aaah, hours and hours banging head against the wall are finally over! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/containo/original/2X/b/bd81ebdb578656e76e56ff3cc3eed021d3ba132d.png) [@system](https://community.traefik.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon/21776/11 "2024-03-10T19:41:28Z")
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