Docker endpoint for "default" not found

Question

I did clone a project and in the first step when I tried to start the container, I did run windows CMD in my project root and I type this command:

docker-compose up --build

and this message is shown to me:

docker endpoint for "default" not found.

I'll be more than happy if somebody helps me. When I write this command for the first time I had an internet problem it got paused, in second time started to download something then this message printed.

I tried to delete my old Containers, also I try with my VPN on and off, and restart docker in PowerShell.

your problem seem to be the same as this one https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/9956 , take a look at the answers in this — Linh Nguyen, Dec 15 '22 at 03:55

score 167 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '22 at 10:56

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For Windows Users

Delete .docker directory. Which exists on PATH C:\Users\your-username\.docker
Restart docker.

answered Dec 22 '22 at 10:56

infiniteLearner

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i did it and worked, then i witched to Linux – HesamHashemi Dec 25 '22 at 14:33
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good it works for me – Ibram Reda Jan 05 '23 at 19:27
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Thank you. Fixed the error after updating from 4.15 to 4.16 – tyler36 Jan 16 '23 at 04:06
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why the hell does that work? well, it does. – Caio Wilson Feb 02 '23 at 22:28
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for me it was enough just to delete the `meta.json` file %USER_PROFILE%\.docker\contexts\meta\{some ver random characters }\meta.json – Robert Niestroj Feb 03 '23 at 15:34
Miraculously it worked for me as well. – Glenn Carver Feb 15 '23 at 09:01
worked without restart – Santosh Karanam Mar 09 '23 at 08:52
Deleting whole directory without explonation is not correct answer. See reply by @rafael-xavier – Assassik Mar 11 '23 at 11:55
Agreed, but in this scenario, it won't cause any harm. As @rafael-xavier has also written. If it would have impacted anything I would've added the disclaimer. Hope it helps you ! – infiniteLearner Mar 13 '23 at 13:43
@RobertNiestroj Confirmed. This seems to be sufficient in my case as well. – MC Emperor Mar 28 '23 at 20:33
Restart didn't work. Needed to quit Docker Desktop and start it again. – Karr May 04 '23 at 11:40

pscheit · Answer 2 · 2023-04-10T12:08:38.360

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This comment helped me better then nuking the whole directory:

https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/9956#issuecomment-1294483086

(check an empty meta.json in ~/.docker/contexts/meta/(somelong hash)/meta.json, delete it)

edited Apr 10 '23 at 12:08

answered Jan 27 '23 at 10:06

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score 21 · Answer 3 · edited May 16 '23 at 21:11

Please follow these steps bellow:

Stop Docker Desktop and all containers.
Go to path:

~/.docker/contexts/meta/(some sha256)/meta.json

Using Windows it should be on:

C:\Users\YOUR_USER\.docker\contexts\meta\(some sha256)\meta.json

This meta.json file should be just full of NULLs or empty.

Delete this hashed path with this meta.json file inside of it.
Restart Docker

Done.

Notes:

Please backup before deleting.
Don't be afraid to lost data because this way we should remove ONLY this NULL/Empty file (and folder). Just be aware to not delete any important files.

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '22 at 14:26

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Try to delete ".docker" folder. This helped in my case.

answered Dec 15 '22 at 14:26

stackoff

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 31 '23 at 16:26

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Try to delete ".docker" folder. This helped in my case.

run- ".docker"- delete the folder

answered Jan 31 '23 at 16:26

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 18 '23 at 11:50

I couldn't get this working following all the suggestions. In the end I edited the empty meta.json file under C:\Users\USERNAME\.docker\contexts\meta\GUID\meta.json, and just pasted the following from a previously working file:

{"Name":"temp","Metadata":{"StackOrchestrator":"swarm"},"Endpoints":{"docker":{"Host":"unix:///var/run/docker.sock","SkipTLSVerify":false}}}

Then it started working again!

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 21 '23 at 04:58

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Open folder C:\Users\<YOUR-USER-NAME>\
Rename .docker directory. with .docker_temp
Restart docker
Run command docker-compose up --build

Its works!

answered Mar 21 '23 at 04:58

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 14 '23 at 12:35

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In linux environmnmet, you can do

rm -rf ~/.docker/contexts/meta/

answered Aug 14 '23 at 12:35

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Docker endpoint for "default" not found

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