Cannot find /var/run/docker.sock on Mac/Windows about dockertest

[pmrt]

Just wanted to note that you don't need to create symbolic links every time you run docker if you're using docker destop. In the last version there's an option for this in Docker Desktop > Settings > Advanced:

So I'm not sure whether we should consider this a bug or is it just that docker added an extra layer of security. Either way this should be documented.

[Atixx]

A workaround that I've been using is to symlink the expected location to the actual one, which changes from /var/run to ~/.docker/run.

You can do that by running sudo ln -s ~/.docker/run/docker.sock /var/run

If in your case the socket is in a different spot, make sure to change the origin of that link

[tsawler]

Another option (and it's the one I ultimately went with) was to move over to testcontainers/testcontainers-go.

[YoEight]

Greetings,

I got the same issue on Linux too (not running on Windows nor Mac). I think the library assuming the current user can run docker rootless is a bug. Using Docker Desktop is the recommended way now even on Linux. It allows the current user to use docker rootless, without compromising security.

The option suggested by @pmrt is not available on Docker Desktop linux unfortunately

Thanks for your time