title: Docker-compose up : Error while fetching server API version: ('Connection aborted.', ConnectionRefusedError(61, 'Connection refused'))
body: <p>I am trying to do the <code>docker-compose up</code> command in my terminal. First I navigate to the file directory where I find a docker-compose.yaml. Then I write the command. The Server is on Port 80. I get the following error:</p>
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
        File &quot;site-packages/docker/api/client.py&quot;, line 205, in _retrieve_server_version
        File &quot;site-packages/docker/api/daemon.py&quot;, line 181, in version
        File &quot;site-packages/docker/utils/decorators.py&quot;, line 46, in inner
        File &quot;site-packages/docker/api/client.py&quot;, line 228, in _get
        File &quot;site-packages/requests/sessions.py&quot;, line 543, in get
        File &quot;site-packages/requests/sessions.py&quot;, line 530, in request
        File &quot;site-packages/requests/sessions.py&quot;, line 643, in send
        File &quot;site-packages/requests/adapters.py&quot;, line 498, in send
      requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: ('Connection aborted.', ConnectionRefusedError(61, 'Connection refused'))
      
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
      
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File &quot;docker-compose&quot;, line 3, in &lt;module&gt;
        File &quot;compose/cli/main.py&quot;, line 67, in main
        File &quot;compose/cli/main.py&quot;, line 123, in perform_command
        File &quot;compose/cli/command.py&quot;, line 69, in project_from_options
        File &quot;compose/cli/command.py&quot;, line 132, in get_project
        File &quot;compose/cli/docker_client.py&quot;, line 43, in get_client
        File &quot;compose/cli/docker_client.py&quot;, line 170, in docker_client
        File &quot;site-packages/docker/api/client.py&quot;, line 188, in __init__
        File &quot;site-packages/docker/api/client.py&quot;, line 213, in _retrieve_server_version
      docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: ('Connection aborted.', ConnectionRefusedError(61, 'Connection refused'))
      [12728] Failed to execute script docker-compose
  </code></pre>
  <p>The first error shows up two times then the second.</p>