[GH-ISSUE #449] Error: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running? #314

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opened 2026-03-01 21:42:17 +03:00 by kerem · 6 comments
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Originally created by @afonsomatos on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/449

I did brew install act,
but running act -n on my repo, I get:

Error: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
Originally created by @afonsomatos on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/449 I did `brew install act`, but running `act -n` on my repo, I get: ```*DRYRUN* [Push on Master/Run Code Analysis] 🚀 Start image=node:12.6-buster-slim Error: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
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@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Dec 17, 2020):

Do you have Docker installed?

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021):

Issue is stale and will be closed in 14 days unless there is new activity

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@karolswdev commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2021):

You need a DinD image to work with. Read the documentation and use the -P switch to replace whichever runs_on you have to the image that contains DinD.

<!-- gh-comment-id:764817472 --> @karolswdev commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2021): You need a DinD image to work with. Read the documentation and use the ``-P`` switch to replace whichever ``runs_on`` you have to the image that contains DinD.
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@jyejare commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2021):

@afonsomatos What OS are you using to run act ? You need to install docker-engine in your OS first !

<!-- gh-comment-id:782162698 --> @jyejare commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2021): @afonsomatos What OS are you using to run act ? You need to install docker-engine in your OS first !
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2021):

Issue is stale and will be closed in 14 days unless there is new activity

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@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2021):

Feel free to ping me if the if you still have issues.

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