[clamav-users] Docker Connection Refused on Host

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Sun, 10 Oct 2021, Taylor Schley via clamav-users wrote:
>> On Oct 10, 2021, at 11:35 AM, G.W. Haywood via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 10 Oct 2021, Taylor Schley via clamav-users wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021, Taylor Schley via clamav-users wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have setup clamav using the docker container available on Docker
>>>>> Hub. Clamd is running with in the container and the socket path is
>>>>> mounted, however when I attempt to run `clamdtop` on the host
>>>>> computer I receive a connection refused response.
>>>>
>>>> The most likely explanation is that clamdtop is trying to connect to a
>>>> socket or port to which clamd is not connected.
>>>>
>>>> Please tell us exactly what socket or port clamd is using.
>>>>
>>>> Please show the exact command that you are using to run clamdtop, and
>>>> the complete response.
>>> ClamD setup in the docker container is:
>>> 	`/run/clamav/clamd.socket`
>>>
>>> Which is bound to `/tmp/clamd.socket` on the host MacOS.
>>>
>>> The following works from inside of the container:
>>> 	`clamdtop ‘/run/clamav/clamd.socket’`
>>>
>>> The following does not work on the host MacOS.
>>> 	`clamdtop ‘/tmp/clamd.socket’`
>>> Producing this result:
>>> 	Connecting to: /tmp/clamd.socket
>>> 	connect: Connection refused
>>> 	Abnormal program termination: Unable to connect to all clamds in void setup_connections(int, char **) at line 1456
>>>
>>> I have already checked permissions and both the docker container and the host user have access to `/tmp/clamd.socket`
>>
>> What happens if you use netcat or similar to send PING from the host
>> MacOS to the clamd socket in /tmp/?  See 'man clamd' for the PING
>> command and the expected response.
> 
> 2021/10/10 12:14:57 socat[38274] E connect(5, LEN=19 AF=1 "/tmp/clamd.socket", 19): Connection refused

What does that tell you?

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73,
Ged.