Getting the VS Code Docker Integration to Work

You’re probably encountering an issue where VS Code asked you to install the Docker integration, and once you install it, you’re getting the following error:

permission denied while trying to connect to the docker daemon socket

The simple fix is to add your user you’re trying to remote view the containers with, to a new group called docker. To do this, you can run the following:

sudo groupadd docker

After you’ve created the docker user, you need to add YOUR user to that group.

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

And that’s it! You should now be able to view your containers, logs, etc. from within VS Code.

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