Ubuntu 16.04 - > ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon - you might need to run `docker-machine start default`

Question

I am getting error on ubuntu 16.04

\"ERROR: Couldn\'t connect to Docker daemon - you might need to run docker- machine start default. \"

Answer 1

assuming your environment variables are set using the following shell command :

eval "$(docker-machine env default)"

then you can find the exact error by running the following shell command:

docker-compose --verbose up -d

many times its a proxy issue or if your running it with charles proxy it can block compose from connecting etc. if it is a proxy issue you can add this to your profile:

export no_proxy=192.168.99.100