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-rw-r--r--tools/local-env/scripts/start.js11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/local-env/scripts/start.js b/tools/local-env/scripts/start.js
index 35edf7f96f..df27a67a62 100644
--- a/tools/local-env/scripts/start.js
+++ b/tools/local-env/scripts/start.js
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ const { execSync } = require( 'child_process' );
dotenvExpand.expand( dotenv.config() );
+// Check if the Docker service is running.
+try {
+ execSync( 'docker info' );
+} catch ( e ) {
+ if ( e.message.startsWith( 'Command failed: docker info' ) ) {
+ throw new Error( 'Could not retrieve Docker system info. Is the Docker service running?' );
+ }
+
+ throw e;
+}
+
// Start the local-env containers.
const containers = ( process.env.LOCAL_PHP_MEMCACHED === 'true' )
? 'wordpress-develop memcached'