Ticket #51898: 51898.2.diff

tools/local-env/scripts/start.js

@@ -4 +4 @@
 
 dotenvExpand( dotenv.config() );
 
+// Check if docker server is available
+// @ticket 51898
+//
+// The docker info command will throw an error if server is not available.
+try {
+        execSync( 'docker info' );
+}
+catch ( err ) {
+        if( err.message.startsWith( "Command failed: docker info" ) ) {
+                throw new Error( `Running docker info returned an error. Is docker service and server running?` );
+        }
+        throw err;
+}
+
 // Start the local-env containers.
 execSync( 'docker-compose up -d wordpress-develop', { stdio: 'inherit' } );