MacOS: permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock

[hendrikebbers]

Hi,
I want to use act to run GitHub Actions that are defined in https://github.com/OpenElements/hiero-enterprise-java on my local machine (Mac with ARM processor / M1 chip). The Github Action internally uses KIND to fake Kubernetes commands by using docker internally (https://kind.sigs.k8s.io).

When I checkout https://github.com/OpenElements/hiero-enterprise-java on my machine and start act (act -W '.github/workflows/maven.yml') the process ends with the following error:

[Java CI with Maven/build]   🐳  docker cp src=/Users/hendrikebbers/.cache/act/[email protected]/ dst=/var/run/act/actions/[email protected]/
[Java CI with Maven/build]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[chown -R 1001:128 /var/run/act/actions/[email protected]/] user=0 workdir=
[Java CI with Maven/build] ⭐ Run Post Setup Kind
[Java CI with Maven/build]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[/usr/local/bin/node /var/run/act/actions/helm-kind-action@0025e74a8c7512023d06dc019c617aa3cf561fde/cleanup.js] user= workdir=
| Deleting cluster "solo-e2e" ...
| ERROR: failed to delete cluster "solo-e2e": error listing nodes: failed to list nodes: command "docker ps -a --filter label=io.x-k8s.kind.cluster=solo-e2e --format '{{.Names}}'" failed with error: exit status 1
| Command Output: permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.45/containers/json?all=1&filters=%7B%22label%22%3A%7B%22io.x-k8s.kind.cluster%3Dsolo-e2e%22%3Atrue%7D%7D": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

I assume the error is related to docker/for-mac#6823

I use Docker Desktop 4.37.2 (179585)

Any idea how I can fix that problem?

[hendrikebbers]

We tried the same on an ubutu machine and it ends in the same error. So this might not be an mac issue.

Used machine:

➜ docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           27.5.1
 API version:       1.47
 Go version:        go1.22.11
 Git commit:        9f9e405
 Built:             Wed Jan 22 13:41:48 2025
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          27.5.1
  API version:      1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.22.11
  Git commit:       4c9b3b0
  Built:            Wed Jan 22 13:41:48 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.25
  GitCommit:        bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb
 runc:
  Version:          1.2.4
  GitCommit:        v1.2.4-0-g6c52b3f
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0
[4:44](https://jvm-german.slack.com/archives/D4K6FFLAY/p1739202245627399)
➜ act --version
act version 0.2.74
4:45
 OS: TUXEDO OS trixie/sid (noble) x86_64

[hendrikebbers]

On Mac I now solved that error after configure Docker Desktop as shown in the added screenshot: