internal/app/cmd/daemon.go

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func runDaemon(ctx context.Context, configFile *string) func(cmd *cobra.Command,
 		}
 
 		if ls.RequireDocker() {
-			if err := envcheck.CheckIfDockerRunning(ctx); err != nil {
+			if err := envcheck.CheckIfDockerRunning(ctx, cfg); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}

internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml

@@ -68,3 +68,9 @@ container:
   # valid_volumes:
   #   - '**'
   valid_volumes: []
+
+docker:
+  # overrides the docker client host with the specified one.
+  # default value is the value of DOCKER_HOST environment variable.
+  # if DOCKER_HOST is not set, the default value is unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+  host: ""

internal/pkg/config/config.go

@@ -50,12 +50,18 @@ type Container struct {
 	ValidVolumes  []string `yaml:"valid_volumes"`  // ValidVolumes specifies the volumes (including bind mounts) can be mounted to containers.
 }
 
+// Docker represents the configuration for Docker.
+type Docker struct {
+	Host string `yaml:"host"` // Host specifies the Docker host.
+}
+
 // Config represents the overall configuration.
 type Config struct {
 	Log       Log       `yaml:"log"`       // Log represents the configuration for logging.
 	Runner    Runner    `yaml:"runner"`    // Runner represents the configuration for the runner.
 	Cache     Cache     `yaml:"cache"`     // Cache represents the configuration for caching.
 	Container Container `yaml:"container"` // Container represents the configuration for the container.
+	Docker    Docker    `yaml:"docker"`    // Docker represents the configuration for Docker.
 }
 
 // LoadDefault returns the default configuration.

internal/pkg/envcheck/docker.go

@@ -7,12 +7,21 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/internal/pkg/config"
+
 	"github.com/docker/docker/client"
 )
 
-func CheckIfDockerRunning(ctx context.Context) error {
-	// TODO: if runner support configures to use docker, we need config.Config to pass in
-	cli, err := client.NewClientWithOpts(client.FromEnv)
+func CheckIfDockerRunning(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) error {
+	opts := []client.Opt{
+		client.FromEnv,
+	}
+
+	if cfg.Docker.Host != "" {
+		opts = append(opts, client.WithHost(cfg.Docker.Host))
+	}
+
+	cli, err := client.NewClientWithOpts(opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}