Jenkins Error - Permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock

While setting up Docker plugin within Jenkins one might encounter the following error

Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock
dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

Following steps will help resolve the error

• Add Jenkins user as root user

sudo usermod -a -G root jenkins

• Restart Jenkins applicaion

sudo service jenkins restart