[k8s] Surface docker permission error for sky local up (#2913)

* fix docker permission error in issue 2592 * Update sky/utils/kubernetes/create_cluster.sh permission error message Co-authored-by: Romil Bhardwaj <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Romil Bhardwaj <[email protected]>
skypilot-org · Dec 29, 2023 · 6c0cbcc · 6c0cbcc
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diff --git a/sky/utils/kubernetes/create_cluster.sh b/sky/utils/kubernetes/create_cluster.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,20 @@ set -e
 PORT_RANGE_START=30000
 PORT_RANGE_END=30100
 
-# Check if docker is running
-if ! docker info > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    >&2 echo "Docker is not running. Please start Docker and try again."
+# Temporarily disable 'exit on error' to capture docker info output
+set +e
+docker_output=$(docker info 2>&1)
+exit_status=$?
+set -e
+
+# Check if docker info command was successful
+if [ $exit_status -ne 0 ]; then
+    # Check for 'permission denied' in docker output
+    if echo "$docker_output" | grep -q "permission denied"; then
+        >&2 echo "Permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket. Make sure your user is added to the docker group or has appropriate permissions. Instructions: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/"
+    else
+        >&2 echo "Docker is not running. Please start Docker and try again."
+    fi
     exit 1
 fi