Docker - Client version is newer than server

10/4/2017

Docker daemon in minikube

When I do

docker version

I have

Error response from daemon: client is newer than server (client API version: 1.24, server API version: 1.23)

I want to use export DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.23 to downgrade docker. But it doesn't work when I use minikube and use eval $(minikube docker-env). The client version is always 1.23

Please see the image about the comparison before and after using minikube docker daemon. The DOCKER_API_VERSION is always 1.23. But the client version is not 1.23.

-- JoyceLee
docker
kubernetes
minikube

1 Answer

10/4/2017

I cannot reproduce the issue with the newest minikube image and the latest docker installation. I think that the cause is that you are using an old version of minikube. Could you check that?

 2017-10-04 17:17:34 ⌚  ip-192-168-200-196 in ~
○ → eval $(minikube docker-env)

 2017-10-04 17:17:36 ⌚  ip-192-168-200-196 in ~
○ → docker version
Client:
 Version:      17.09.0-ce
 API version:  1.24 (downgraded from 1.23)
 Go version:   go1.8.3
 Git commit:   afdb6d4
 Built:        Tue Sep 26 22:40:09 2017
 OS/Arch:      darwin/amd64

Server:
 Version:      1.12.6
 API version:  1.24 (minimum version )
 Go version:   go1.6.4
 Git commit:   78d1802
 Built:        Wed Jan 11 00:23:16 2017
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
 Experimental: false

 2017-10-04 17:17:41 ⌚  ip-192-168-200-196 in ~
○ → minikube version
minikube version: v0.22.2
-- Javier Salmeron
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