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Nick Vigilante 83acdaebd1 docs: add DOCKER_HOST guidance for non-default Docker socket paths (#26807)
## What

Add `DOCKER_HOST` guidance for non-default Docker socket paths to two
pages:

- `docs/install/docker.md`: expands the **Cannot connect to the Docker
daemon**
troubleshooting section with the `DOCKER_HOST` fix and how to persist it
to
  your shell startup file.
- `docs/admin/templates/troubleshooting.md`: adds a concise **Cannot
connect to
the Docker daemon** entry that cross-references the install guide for
the full
  steps.

## Why

`install/docker.md` previously documented only the default socket path
(`/var/run/docker.sock`). When Docker runs through a tool that uses a
per-user
socket, such as rootless Docker on Linux, or Colima, Podman, or Rancher
Desktop
on macOS, the daemon exposes its socket at a non-default path, so the
Coder
server cannot connect until `DOCKER_HOST` is set. The guidance frames
Colima as
one example, notes that default socket paths vary by tool, and persists
the
setting in a shell-agnostic way.

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