Error: Get http://unix.socket/1.0: dial unix /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/unix.socket: connect: permission denied

Question

I am getting the following error while connecting to LXD:

Error: Get http://unix.socket/1.0: dial unix /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/unix.socket: connect: permission denied

Answer 1

You will have to execute the following command in order to provide access to the current (non-root) user:

sudo usermod -a -G lxd $(whoami)
newgrp lxd

Confirm it by executing

/snap/bin/lxc query --wait -X GET /1.0

You should get a JSON response.