[Bug 1569763] [NEW] Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?

[Marius B. Kotsbak]

Public bug reported:

The docker daemon is no longer running after upgrading to 16.04 beta:

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on
this host?

$ /etc/init.d/docker restart
stop: Unknown instance: 
start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.178" (uid=1001 pid=11507 comm="start docker ") interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/upstart ")

** Affects: docker.io (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: xenial

** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on
  this host?

Status in docker.io package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The docker daemon is no longer running after upgrading to 16.04 beta:

  Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on
  this host?

  $ /etc/init.d/docker restart
  stop: Unknown instance: 
  start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.178" (uid=1001 pid=11507 comm="start docker ") interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/upstart ")

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