While setting up Docker plugin within Jenkins one might encounter the following error 
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied 
The following steps will help resolve the error 
Add Jenkins user as the root user
<pre><code class="lang-bash">sudo usermod -a -G root jenkins
</code></pre>
Restart Jenkins application
<pre><code class="lang-bash">sudo service jenkins restart
</code></pre>

  
While setting up Docker plugin within Jenkins one might encounter the following error  
  

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

  

  

The following steps will help resolve the error  

Add Jenkins user as the root user


```bash
sudo usermod -a -G root jenkins 
```  
  

Restart Jenkins application

```bash
sudo service jenkins restart
```


This blog describes the error and the possible solution one may encounter while setting up Docker as a tool to be used with Jenkins.

Jenkins - Docker Setup Error