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[GH-ISSUE #1209] provide a more comprehensive example of .actrc #668

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opened 2026-03-01 21:45:23 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:45:23 +03:00

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Originally created by @shelper on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1209

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i am trying to use act with my custom docker.sock path, how to config that in .actrc? i tried all the combination i can think of, but none worked. the documentation is not clear to me how to config it and googling does not give answer either
things i tried:

--container-daemon-socket /mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock
-b --container-daemon-socket /mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock
-b --container-daemon-socket=/mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock
-b socket=/mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock
socket=/mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock

I think it would be really helpful to provide a comprehensive .actrc example file as the configuration and the command line option seems not identical, or i might miss anything here?

Originally created by @shelper on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1209 ### Details i am trying to use act with my custom docker.sock path, how to config that in .actrc? i tried all the combination i can think of, but none worked. the documentation is not clear to me how to config it and googling does not give answer either things i tried: ``` --container-daemon-socket /mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock -b --container-daemon-socket /mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock -b --container-daemon-socket=/mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock -b socket=/mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock socket=/mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock ``` I think it would be really helpful to provide a comprehensive `.actrc` example file as the configuration and the command line option seems not identical, or i might miss anything here?

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2026-03-01 21:45:23 +03:00

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kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:45:24 +03:00

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@shelper commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022):

well, i figured i can do this to solve my problem
export DOCKER_HOST="unix:///mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock"
but the qeustion then is: why we have this --container-daemon-socket if it does not work....

@shelper commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022): well, i figured i can do this to solve my problem `export DOCKER_HOST="unix:///mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock"` but the qeustion then is: why we have this `--container-daemon-socket` if it does not work....

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2026-03-01 21:45:24 +03:00

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@ChristopherHX commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022):

I hope this will help you to understand it better

`DOCKER_HOST`	`--container-daemon-socket path/to/socket`	`--env DOCKER_HOST=path/to/socket`
Act uses this environment variable to connect to non default docker sockets	Act bind mounts this socket into the docker container, e.g. if you want to do docker in docker	You may need this if you want to call a docker in the docker container

Act doesn't allow to configure the DOCKER_HOST env variable in a .actrc file. It would be better to add it if act may switch to yaml configs, .actrc doesn't seem to be great.

<option>
<flag> [<parameter can include spaces>]
--my-flag /path/with/ space
 --my-flag /path/with/ space 
-P ubuntu-latest=ubuntu:latest

This is correct:

--container-daemon-socket /mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock

In recent versions of act preceeding and trailing spaces are ignored on each line

@ChristopherHX commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2022): I hope this will help you to understand it better |`DOCKER_HOST`|`--container-daemon-socket path/to/socket`|`--env DOCKER_HOST=path/to/socket`| ---|---|--- |Act uses this environment variable to connect to non default docker sockets|Act bind mounts this socket into the docker container, e.g. if you want to do docker in docker|You may need this if you want to call a docker in the docker container| Act doesn't allow to configure the `DOCKER_HOST` env variable in a `.actrc` file. It would be better to add it if act may switch to yaml configs, `.actrc` doesn't seem to be great. ``` <option> <flag> [<parameter can include spaces>] --my-flag /path/with/ space --my-flag /path/with/ space -P ubuntu-latest=ubuntu:latest ``` This is correct: ``` --container-daemon-socket /mnt/wsl/shared-docker/docker.sock ``` In recent versions of act preceeding and trailing spaces are ignored on each line

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:45:24 +03:00

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 11, 2022):

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

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 11, 2022): Issue is stale and will be closed in 14 days unless there is new activity

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