Can't get docker running on Cloud9 IDE

Question

I'd like to get Docker running on Cloud9 IDE but am running into problems with permissions. Is there any way to resolve this?

$ sudo apt-get install docker
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  docker
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 12.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 65.5 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe docker amd64 1.5-1 [12.2 kB]
Fetched 12.2 kB in 0s (30.5 kB/s)   
Selecting previously unselected package docker.
(Reading database ... 123844 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../docker_1.5-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking docker (1.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.46ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up cgroup-lite (1.9) ...
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/cgroup-lite not found.
dpkg: error processing package cgroup-lite (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
Setting up docker (1.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.46ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cgroup-lite
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

$ sudo docker login
Username: <>
Password: <>
Email: <>
2015/01/01 05:11:28 Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is 'docker -d' running on this host?

$ sudo docker -d
2015/01/01 05:12:06 docker daemon: 1.0.1 990021a; execdriver: native; graphdriver: 
[0c39ae0d] +job serveapi(unix:///var/run/docker.sock)
[0c39ae0d] +job initserver()
[0c39ae0d.initserver()] Creating server
2015/01/01 05:12:06 Listening for HTTP on unix (/var/run/docker.sock)
[0c39ae0d] +job init_networkdriver()
[0c39ae0d.init_networkdriver()] creating new bridge for docker0
operation not permitted
[0c39ae0d] -job init_networkdriver() = ERR (1)
operation not permitted
[0c39ae0d] -job initserver() = ERR (1)
2015/01/01 05:12:06 operation not permitted

$ sudo service docker start
docker: unrecognized service

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Answer 1

Update: The answer below applies to c9.io, not AWS Cloud9. AWS Cloud9 allows you to run docker as you would normally on whatever backing you're using for the environment, whether EC2 or another VM provider.

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Installing Docker inside a Cloud9 workspace will not work because C9 workspaces run on Docker. Running Docker inside Docker would require special permissions and is, therefore, advised against by those who know best for security reasons.

That being said, you can use Docker from an SSH workspace, which allows you to connect Cloud9 to your own server. Since that workspace isn't running in Docker (on Cloud9's servers) you can do whatever you want with it (including run Docker).