Make use of sudo -s more explicit

since people keep tripping over that.

Also

- add new error message spat out by recent dockers correct the socket
- URLs - they had fallen victim to a 'docker'->'Docker' replacement
- shorten the note on using the plugin
This commit is contained in:
Matthias Radestock committed 2016-07-20 06:26:03 +01:00
1 parent 369852a3a7
commit 63cbb34dec
1 file changed
+23 -5
+23 -5
View File
@@ -29,12 +29,30 @@ Where,
* The second line configures the Weave Net environment, so that containers launched via the Docker command line are automatically attached to the Weave network, and,
* The third line runs the [application container](/site/faq.md#own-image) using [a Docker command](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/).
>**Note:** If the first command results in an error like
`http:///var/run/Docker.sock/v1.19/containers/create: dial unix
/var/run/Docker.sock: permission denied. Are you trying to connect to a TLS-enabled daemon without TLS?` then you likely need to be 'root' in order to connect to the Docker daemon. If so, run the above and all subsequent commands in a *single* root shell (e.g. one created with `sudo -s`). Do *not* prefix individual commands with `sudo`, since some commands modify environment entries and hence they all need to be executed from the same shell.
If the first command results in an error like
>**Important!** if you are running the Weave Docker Network Plugin do not run `eval $(weave env)`. See [Using the Weave Net Docker Network Plugin](/site/plugin.md) for more information.
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?
or
http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.19/containers/create: dial unix/var/run/docker.sock: permission denied. Are you trying to connect to a TLS-enabled daemon without TLS?
then you likely need to be 'root' in order to connect to the Docker
daemon. If so, run the above and all subsequent commands in a
*single* root shell:
host1$ sudo -s
host1# weave launch
host1# eval $(weave env)
host1# docker run --name a1 -ti weaveworks/ubuntu
Do *not* prefix individual commands with `sudo`, since some commands
modify environment entries and hence they all need to be executed from
the same shell.
> **Important!** If you intend to use the
> [Weave Docker Network Plugin](/site/plugin.md) do not run `eval
> $(weave env)`.
Weave Net must be launched once per host. The relevant container images will be pulled down from Docker Hub on demand during `weave launch`.