How do we start the daemon?

Question

Running docker info from an elevated PowerShell prompt shows this error:

error during connect: Get http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.2

Answer 1

Docker daemon on Windows Server run as windows service. This Docker service may not be running on your machine. Follow below steps

1. Start->Run-> services.msc

2. Search for service named "Docker"

3. Start service.