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

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
  

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.