I am getting the below error when trying to log onto to a running docker instance and cannot log on.
docker exec -it <my_container_id> /bin/bash
connection error: desc = “transport: dial unix /var/run/docker/containerd/docker-containerd.sock: connect: connection refused”: unknown
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Hello,
I would recommend trying to restart the Docker service:
systemctl restart docker
Let me know how it goes. Regards, Bobby
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