Supabase cannot start locally when using docker with colima

[riccardoNovaglia]

Bug report

Describe the bug

supabase cli cannot connect to the docker daemon started by colima

To Reproduce

Start docker via colima, run supabase start:

$ supabase start
Error: Failed to connect to Docker daemon. Is Docker running?

Expected behavior

Supabase should start locally

Screenshots

Sample output from running the commands on my machine:

$ docker ps
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///Users/xxx/.colima/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
$ colima start
INFO[0000] using docker runtime                         
INFO[0000] starting colima                              
INFO[0000] starting ...                                  context=vm
INFO[0031] provisioning ...                              context=docker
INFO[0031] starting ...                                  context=docker
INFO[0037] waiting for startup to complete ...           context=docker
INFO[0037] done                                         
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE     COMMAND   CREATED   STATUS    PORTS     NAMES
$ docker run --rm grycap/cowsay 
 ________________________________________
/ He who hoots with owls by night cannot \
\ soar with eagles by day.               /
 ----------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
$ supabase start
Error: Failed to connect to Docker daemon. Is Docker running?

System information

• OS: MacOS 12.1
• Version of supabase-js: 0.16.1
• Version of Node.js: v17.3.1
• Version of Docker: 20.10.12, build e91ed5707e
• Version of Colima:

colima version 0.3.2
git commit: 272db4732b90390232ed9bdba955877f46a50552

runtime: docker
arch: x86_64
client: v20.10.12
server: v20.10.11

Additional context

supabase, docker and colima were installed via brew.

[soedirgo]

Seems like the issue is abiosoft/colima#144. The solution at the bottom works for me.

[riccardoNovaglia]

It worked for me too, thanks!

[cesnietor]

For those still having troubles, this is what worked for me using Colima:

sudo ln -sf "$HOME/.colima/default/docker.sock" /var/run/docker.sock
export DOCKER_HOST="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"

from reddit user

[karkir0003]

@cesnietor THANK YOU! That fix also worked for me!