# Error when executing act\_runner daemon

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/error-when-executing-act-runner-daemon/7667>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 2, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/error-when-executing-act-runner-daemon/7667 "2023-08-02T20:36:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ware32](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/ware32/32/3939_2.png) [@ware32](https://forum.gitea.com/u/ware32)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/error-when-executing-act-runner-daemon/7667/1 "2023-08-02T20:36:45Z")

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when executing ./act\_runner daemon I get the error:  
INFO[2023-08-02T22:17:42+02:00] Starting runner daemon  
Error: daemon Docker Engine socket not found and docker\_host config was invalid

how can I solve this?

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**Author:** ![kkwoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/kkwoo/32/5996_2.png) [@kkwoo](https://forum.gitea.com/u/kkwoo)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/error-when-executing-act-runner-daemon/7667/2 "2024-06-04T00:09:39Z")

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Hi @ware32 ,

I received the same error because I’m running the act runner without Docker. After some time reading the doco, I encountered the following at [Act Runner | Gitea Documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/act-runner#labels:)

- If you want to run jobs in the host directly, you can change it to `ubuntu-22.04:host` or just `ubuntu-22.04`, the `:host` is optional. However, we suggest you to use a special name like `linux_amd64:host` or `windows:host` to avoid misusing it.\*

My fix involved:

- Getting rid of the default label options in the default-generated config.yaml
- Adding a label for local (non-Docker) runs that looks like this:

```auto
  labels:
    - "linux_amd64:host"

```

- Invoking act runner to use the new config.yaml

```auto
./act_runner daemon --config config.yaml

```

Good luck!  
Regards,  
Kevin

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**Author:** ![Cord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/cord/32/6148_2.png) [@Cord](https://forum.gitea.com/u/Cord)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/error-when-executing-act-runner-daemon/7667/3 "2024-08-03T15:17:03Z")

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This was exactly my problem. I read and re-read the documentation but did not understand that.

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**Author:** ![tldc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@tldc](https://forum.gitea.com/u/tldc)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/error-when-executing-act-runner-daemon/7667/4 "2025-04-18T12:13:29Z")

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To solve this problem you need to add this option to the container run command : `-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock `