How to enable docker remote API on docker host?
- Navigate to /lib/systemd/system in your terminal and open docker.service file
vi /lib/systemd/system/docker.service - Find the line which starts with ExecStart and adds -H=tcp://0.0.0.0:4243 to make it look like
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H=fd:// -H=tcp://0.0.0.0:4243 - Save the Modified File
Reload the docker daemon using the below command
systemctl daemon-reload
Restart the docker service using the below command
sudo service docker restart
- Test if it is working by using this command, if everything is fine below command should return a JSON
curl http://localhost:4243/images/json - To test remotely, use the PC name or IP address of Docker Host
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