Docker machine timeout - how to fix without destroying the machine?

Question

I\'m having a recurring problem with Docker Machine - every few days it decides to timeout and I am unable to recover it once this happens.

Example

Answer 1

This command worked for me with the digitalocean driver:

docker-machine ls -t 20

It seems as though the default timeout of 10 seconds was too short.

Answer 2

I had the same issue with Docker version 1.11.2, build b9f10c9

This worked for me - my docker machine is back to the Running state

1. $ docker-machine restart
2. $ eval $(docker-machine env)

Answer 3

I have opened virtualbox and closed and start all vm manually/. State is running again