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I installed docker engine and docker compose in Ubuntu Linux 20.04LTS.

ubuntu@ip-10-0-2-13:~/myapp/src$ docker-compose -v
docker-compose version 1.27.4, build 40524192

I also ran beloe command to make executable of docker-compose

ubuntu@ip-10-0-2-13:~/myapp/src$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

But when I execute the docker-compose command, still get permission denied error.

ubuntu@ip-10-0-2-13:~/myapp/src$ docker-compose down
WARNING: The VERSION_TAG variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
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
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

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.', PermissionError(13, 'Permission denied'))

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.', PermissionError(13, 'Permission denied'))

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.', PermissionError(13, 'Permission denied'))
[19602] Failed to execute script docker-compose

Can you help to solve this problem?

lei lei
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If you want to run the service without being root, you should read this https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/

You can add your user to the docker group with sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Then you log out and log in and you're ready to go !

Dedey
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  • For me it only works if I run new terminal session after that (in my case it was about reconnecting to an ec2 via ssh, since I was doing it remotely) – Huxwell Jun 03 '22 at 13:01
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Have you tried running the docker-compose up command with sudo?

eg: sudo docker-compose up

adan11
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    Yes, I tried sudo. sudo does work, but I want to not sudo. – lei lei Aug 16 '21 at 09:33
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    You need to add your user to the docker group then. Following this should resolve: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48957195/how-to-fix-docker-got-permission-denied-issue/48957722#48957722 – adan11 Aug 16 '21 at 09:35
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I was struggling with this issue too.

I did not want to use sudo, because the containers do not show up in Docker Desktop. (Docker Desktop in Ubuntu not showing containers those are build with sudo privilege)

Then I discovered that "docker compose" (without the dash) is the updated version of "docker-compose" (Difference between "docker compose" and "docker-compose").

With "docker compose" it worked without the permission denied problem.

Michael
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