Enable the remote API on a new socket for Docker

Enable the remote API on a new socket

Create a file called /etc/systemd/system/docker-tcp.socket to make Docker available on a TCP socket on port 2375.

[Unit]

Description=Docker Socket for the API

[Socket]

ListenStream=2375

BindIPv6Only=both

Service=docker.service

[Install]

WantedBy=sockets.target

Then enable this new socket:

systemctl enable docker-tcp.socket

systemctl stop docker

systemctl start docker-tcp.socket

systemctl start docker

Test that it's working:

docker -H tcp://127.0.0.1:2375 ps

Docker
	Name



	Docker Host URI


	Server credentials	Add ·

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