Error "Get https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/: net/http: request canceled" while building image

Question

I am getting the below error while building an image

Step 1/10 : FROM ubuntu:14.04
Get https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/: net/http: request canceled while waiting for connection (Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers)

Answer 1

I was facing the same issue when trying to build or pull an image with Docker on Win10. Changing the DNS of the Docker vEthernet(DockerNAT) network adapter to 8.8.8.8 fixed it for me, as described in this GitHub issue.

To change the DNS go to Docker (TrayIcon) -> Settings -> Resources -> Network and set a fixed DNS server ip = 8.8.8.8.

Changing the DNS server in the configuration of the windows network adapter worked too.

After restarting Docker is able to pull and build images again.

Version Info:

Windows 10 x64 Enterprise Version 1709

$ docker version
Client:
 Version:       17.12.0-ce
 API version:   1.35
 Go version:    go1.9.2
 Git commit:    c97c6d6
 Built: Wed Dec 27 20:05:22 2017
 OS/Arch:       windows/amd64

Server:
 Engine:
  Version:      17.12.0-ce
  API version:  1.35 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:   go1.9.2
  Git commit:   c97c6d6
  Built:        Wed Dec 27 20:12:29 2017
  OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
  Experimental: true