"docker: Got permission denied while trying to connect" or "ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon" (2018-01-19)

WARNING: This is defacto equivalent to root access

We're currently working on two solutions that combined should in the future be relatively safe. These are wharfer and docker-no-trivial-root

Add user to group docker and switch to that group:

sudo usermod -aG docker <username>
# Logout
# Login
newgrp docker

How to install docker

How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 16.04 (very well explained + provides interesting details + it works)

To be continued ...