When I use Docker Socket Proxy, and set Ofelia's DOCKER_HOST environment variable to it (tcp://ofelia-socket-proxy:2375), Ofelia fails to start and errors.
This is the output containing the errors - first one is normal for the setup, but the rest are the issues:
ofelia-1 | time=2026-05-13T06:39:58.373Z level=WARN source=github.com/netresearch/ofelia/cli/daemon.go:99 msg="Could not load config file \"/etc/ofelia/config.ini\": failed to load config file \"/etc/ofelia/config.ini\": open /etc/ofelia/config.ini: no such file or directory\n → Check file exists and is readable: ls -l \"/etc/ofelia/config.ini\"\n → Verify file path is correct\n → Check file permissions (should be readable)"
ofelia-1 | time=2026-05-13T06:39:58.373Z level=ERROR source=github.com/netresearch/ofelia/cli/daemon.go:122 msg="Can't start the app: SDK provider failed to connect to Docker: pinging docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at tcp://ofelia-socket-proxy:2375. Is the docker daemon running?"
ofelia-1 | SDK provider failed to connect to Docker: pinging docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at tcp://ofelia-socket-proxy:2375. Is the docker daemon running?
ofelia-1 | time=2026-05-13T06:39:58.373Z level=ERROR source=github.com/netresearch/ofelia/ofelia.go:132 msg="Command failed to execute"
Docker Compose Configuration
networks:
ofelia-socket-proxy:
services:
ofelia:
image: ghcr.io/netresearch/ofelia:0.24.0
restart: unless-stopped
healthcheck:
test: pgrep ofelia >/dev/null || exit 1
interval: 30s
timeout: 5s
start_period: 60s
start_interval: 2s
retries: 3
networks:
- ofelia-socket-proxy
environment:
DOCKER_HOST: tcp://ofelia-socket-proxy:2375
OFELIA_DOCKER_EVENTS: true
OFELIA_DOCKER_NO_POLL: true
OFELIA_DOCKER_INCLUDE_STOPPED: false
OFELIA_ENABLE_PPROF: false
OFELIA_ENABLE_WEB: false
OFELIA_LOG_LEVEL: warn
labels:
wud.watch: true
wud.display.name: core/ofelia
wud.tag.include: ^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$$
wud.trigger.include: smtp.notify
depends_on:
ofelia-socket-proxy:
condition: service_healthy
ofelia-socket-proxy:
image: ghcr.io/tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy:v0.4.2
restart: unless-stopped
healthcheck:
test: wget -t1 -T4 -qO- http://127.0.0.1:2375/_ping | grep -q "OK" || exit 1
interval: 30s
timeout: 5s
start_period: 60s
start_interval: 2s
retries: 3
networks:
- ofelia-socket-proxy
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
environment:
LOG_LEVEL: warning
CONTAINERS: 1
POST: 1
EXEC: 1 
When I use Docker Socket Proxy, and set Ofelia's DOCKER_HOST environment variable to it (
tcp://ofelia-socket-proxy:2375), Ofelia fails to start and errors.This is the output containing the errors - first one is normal for the setup, but the rest are the issues:
Docker Compose Configuration