Throw the new DockerUnavailableException when Docker is not available

src/Testcontainers/Builders/AbstractBuilder`4.cs

@@ -141,9 +141,15 @@ protected virtual void Validate()
       _ = Guard.Argument(DockerResourceConfiguration.Logger, nameof(IResourceConfiguration<TCreateResourceEntity>.Logger))
         .NotNull();
 
-      const string containerRuntimeNotFound = "Docker is either not running or misconfigured. Please ensure that Docker is running and that the endpoint is properly configured. You can customize your configuration using either the environment variables or the ~/.testcontainers.properties file. For more information, visit:\nhttps://dotnet.testcontainers.org/custom_configuration/";
-      _ = Guard.Argument(DockerResourceConfiguration.DockerEndpointAuthConfig, nameof(IResourceConfiguration<TCreateResourceEntity>.DockerEndpointAuthConfig))
-        .ThrowIf(argument => argument.Value == null, argument => new ArgumentException(containerRuntimeNotFound, argument.Name));
+      if (DockerResourceConfiguration.DockerEndpointAuthConfig == null)
+      {
+        var message = TestcontainersSettings.UnavailableEndpoints.Count == 0
+          ? "Docker is either not running or misconfigured. Please ensure that Docker is running and that the endpoint is properly configured."
+          : $"Docker is either not running or misconfigured. Please ensure that Docker is available at {string.Join(" or ", TestcontainersSettings.UnavailableEndpoints)}";
+
+        throw new DockerUnavailableException(message + "\nYou can customize your configuration using either the environment variables or the ~/.testcontainers.properties file. " +
+                                             "For more information, visit:\nhttps://dotnet.testcontainers.org/custom_configuration/");
+      }
 
       const string reuseNotSupported = "Reuse cannot be used in conjunction with WithCleanUp(true).";
       _ = Guard.Argument(DockerResourceConfiguration, nameof(IResourceConfiguration<TCreateResourceEntity>.Reuse))

src/Testcontainers/Builders/DockerEndpointAuthenticationProvider.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ namespace DotNet.Testcontainers.Builders
   using System;
   using System.Threading;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
+  using JetBrains.Annotations;
   using DotNet.Testcontainers.Configurations;
   using DotNet.Testcontainers.Containers;
 
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@ internal class DockerEndpointAuthenticationProvider : IDockerEndpointAuthenticat
   {
     private static readonly TaskFactory TaskFactory = new TaskFactory(CancellationToken.None, TaskCreationOptions.None, TaskContinuationOptions.None, TaskScheduler.Default);
 
+    [CanBeNull]
+    public Uri UnavailableEndpoint;
+
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public virtual bool IsApplicable()
     {
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ await dockerClient.System.PingAsync()
               }
               catch (Exception)
               {
+                UnavailableEndpoint = dockerClientConfiguration.EndpointBaseUri;
                 return false;
               }
             }

src/Testcontainers/Configurations/TestcontainersSettings.cs

@@ -18,27 +18,30 @@ namespace DotNet.Testcontainers.Configurations
   public static class TestcontainersSettings
   {
     [CanBeNull]
-    private static readonly IDockerEndpointAuthenticationProvider DockerEndpointAuthProvider
-      = new IDockerEndpointAuthenticationProvider[]
-        {
-          new TestcontainersEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
-          new MTlsEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
-          new TlsEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
-          new EnvironmentEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
-          new NpipeEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
-          new UnixEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
-          new DockerDesktopEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
-          new RootlessUnixEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
-        }
-        .Where(authProvider => authProvider.IsApplicable())
-        .FirstOrDefault(authProvider => authProvider.IsAvailable());
+    private static readonly IDockerEndpointAuthenticationProvider DockerEndpointAuthProvider;
 
     [CanBeNull]
-    private static readonly IDockerEndpointAuthenticationConfiguration DockerEndpointAuthConfig
-      = DockerEndpointAuthProvider?.GetAuthConfig();
+    private static readonly IDockerEndpointAuthenticationConfiguration DockerEndpointAuthConfig;
+
+    internal static readonly IReadOnlyList<Uri> UnavailableEndpoints;
 
     static TestcontainersSettings()
     {
+      var providers = new IDockerEndpointAuthenticationProvider[]
+      {
+        new TestcontainersEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
+        new MTlsEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
+        new TlsEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
+        new EnvironmentEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
+        new NpipeEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
+        new UnixEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
+        new DockerDesktopEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
+        new RootlessUnixEndpointAuthenticationProvider(),
+      };
+
+      DockerEndpointAuthProvider = providers.Where(authProvider => authProvider.IsApplicable()).FirstOrDefault(authProvider => authProvider.IsAvailable());
+      DockerEndpointAuthConfig = DockerEndpointAuthProvider?.GetAuthConfig();
+      UnavailableEndpoints = providers.OfType<DockerEndpointAuthenticationProvider>().Select(e => e.UnavailableEndpoint).Where(e => e != null).Distinct().ToList();
     }
 
     /// <summary>

src/Testcontainers/DockerUnavailableException.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+namespace DotNet.Testcontainers
+{
+  using System;
+  using JetBrains.Annotations;
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// The exception that is thrown when Docker is not available (because it is either not running or misconfigured).
+  /// </summary>
+  [PublicAPI]
+  public sealed class DockerUnavailableException : Exception
+  {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DockerUnavailableException"/> class, using the provided message.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The error message that explains the reason for the exception.</param>
+    public DockerUnavailableException(string message) : base(message)
+    {
+    }
+  }
+}