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How to Install Docker Compose on Ubuntu (Step-by-Step Guide)I use Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.11.0-37-generic x86_64)
I was following the instruction: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-compose-on-ubuntu-20-04#
After the command: sudo docker-compose up -d
I got the error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 677, in urlopen File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 392, in _make_request File “http/client.py”, line 1252, in request File “http/client.py”, line 1298, in _send_request File “http/client.py”, line 1247, in endheaders File “http/client.py”, line 1026, in _send_output File “http/client.py”, line 966, in send File “docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 43, in connect FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File “requests/adapters.py”, line 449, in send File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 727, in urlopen File “urllib3/util/retry.py”, line 403, in increment File “urllib3/packages/six.py”, line 734, in reraise File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 677, in urlopen File “urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 392, in _make_request File “http/client.py”, line 1252, in request File “http/client.py”, line 1298, in _send_request File “http/client.py”, line 1247, in endheaders File “http/client.py”, line 1026, in _send_output File “http/client.py”, line 966, in send File “docker/transport/unixconn.py”, line 43, in connect urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File “docker/api/client.py”, line 205, in _retrieve_server_version File “docker/api/daemon.py”, line 181, in version File “docker/utils/decorators.py”, line 46, in inner File “docker/api/client.py”, line 228, in _get File “requests/sessions.py”, line 543, in get File “requests/sessions.py”, line 530, in request File “requests/sessions.py”, line 643, in send File “requests/adapters.py”, line 498, in send requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last): File “bin/docker-compose”, line 3, in <module> File “compose/cli/main.py”, line 67, in main File “compose/cli/main.py”, line 123, in perform_command File “compose/cli/command.py”, line 69, in project_from_options File “compose/cli/command.py”, line 132, in get_project File “compose/cli/docker_client.py”, line 43, in get_client File “compose/cli/docker_client.py”, line 170, in docker_client File “docker/api/client.py”, line 188, in init File “docker/api/client.py”, line 213, in _retrieve_server_version docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’)) [228567] Failed to execute script docker-compose
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Hi there,
Is the Docker service up and running? You can check this with the following command:
sudo systemctl status docker
If this is not the case you can start it with:
sudo systemctl start docker
If this is still happening, then you might be running the docker-compose command with a low privileged user. If this is the case, run the following command:
sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}
Then in order to apply this new user group membership, you will need to either log out of the server and back in, or run this command:
su - ${USER}
Let me know how it goes. Best, Bobby
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