[JENKINS-54572] Support connecting to a docker daemon over SSH

[jenkins-infra-bot]

From the latest docker release (18.09) support for remote connections using SSH was already added.

Now you should be able to use DOCKER_HOST to ssh://me@​server.

For more details, see the pull request.

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Originally reported by m4x1m0v3r, imported from: Support connecting to a docker daemon over SSH

• status: Open
• priority: Minor
• component(s): docker-java-api-plugin, docker-plugin
• label(s): docker, docker-slaves, ssh
• resolution: Unresolved
• votes: 3
• watchers: 4
• imported: 20251216-182730

Raw content of original issue

From the latest docker release (18.09) support for remote connections using SSH was already added.

Now you should be able to use DOCKER_HOST to ssh://me@server.

For more details, see the pull request.

[jenkins-infra-bot]

ndeloof:

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• Raw content of original comment:

  We rely on docker-java client library, so once this one do support ssh we also will.
  

We rely on docker-java client library, so once this one do support ssh we also will.