cannot run MCP Server: docker client must be run with elevated privileges

[RickKra]

After I installed awesome-copilot MCP server, I tried to start it and got this:

2025-09-05 15:07:12.016 [warning] [server stderr] docker: error during connect: in the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run with elevated privileges to connect: Head "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/_ping": open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.
2025-09-05 15:07:12.016 [warning] [server stderr]
2025-09-05 15:07:12.016 [warning] [server stderr] Run 'docker run --help' for more information
2025-09-05 15:07:12.020 [info] Connection state: Error Process exited with code 127

Could you add some info to your readme about this requirement and how to configure it?

[TonyKimeu]

I had a similar issue. I solved it by simply ensuring Docker was running. By default, Docker is disabled from starting up on my machine, so check if that’s the case for you.

[aaronpowell]

Is this on Docker Desktop? Are you able to run other Docker containers (MCP servers or otherwise)?

Which version of VS Code are you using? Or is it another editor?

[RickKra]

Sorry, docker wasn't running. Fixed that now, but you should update the readme to indicate that requirement.