connhelper: Allow socket path when using SSH

Signed-off-by: Jakub Panek <me@panekj.dev>

cli/connhelper/connhelper.go

@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ func getConnectionHelper(daemonURL string, sshFlags []string) (*ConnectionHelper
 		}
 		return &ConnectionHelper{
 			Dialer: func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
-				return commandconn.New(ctx, "ssh", append(sshFlags, sp.Args("docker", "system", "dial-stdio")...)...)
+				args := []string{"docker"}
+				if sp.Path != "" {
+					args = append(args, "--host", "unix://"+sp.Path)
+				}
+				args = append(args, "system", "dial-stdio")
+				return commandconn.New(ctx, "ssh", append(sshFlags, sp.Args(args...)...)...)
 			},
 			Host: "http://docker.example.com",
 		}, nil

cli/connhelper/ssh/ssh.go

@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ func ParseURL(daemonURL string) (*Spec, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("no host specified")
 	}
 	sp.Port = u.Port()
-	if u.Path != "" {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("extra path after the host: %q", u.Path)
-	}
+	sp.Path = u.Path
 	if u.RawQuery != "" {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("extra query after the host: %q", u.RawQuery)
 	}
@@ -47,6 +45,7 @@ type Spec struct {
 	User string
 	Host string
 	Port string
+	Path string
 }
 
 // Args returns args except "ssh" itself combined with optional additional command args

cli/connhelper/ssh/ssh_test.go

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ func TestParseURL(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			url: "ssh://foo/bar",
-			expectedError: `extra path after the host: "/bar"`,
+			expectedArgs: []string{
+				"--", "foo",
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			url:           "ssh://foo?bar",

docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md

@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ precedence over `HTTP_PROXY`.
 The Docker client supports connecting to a remote daemon via SSH:
 
 ```console
+$ docker -H ssh://me@example.com:22/var/run/docker.sock ps
 $ docker -H ssh://me@example.com:22 ps
 $ docker -H ssh://me@example.com ps
 $ docker -H ssh://example.com ps