/**
 * Docker socket validation and auto-detection module.
 * Supports Docker Engine, Docker Desktop, Colima, OrbStack, Rancher Desktop,
 * Podman, rootless Docker, Snap Docker, and DOCKER_HOST env var.
 */
/**
 * Result of Docker socket validation
 */
export interface SocketValidationResult {
    /** The validated Docker socket path (empty string if invalid) */
    dockerSocket: string;
    /** Warning messages encountered during validation */
    warnings: string[];
}
/**
 * Parsed result from a DOCKER_HOST value.
 */
export interface ParsedDockerHost {
    type: 'unix' | 'tcp' | 'npipe';
    /** Socket path for unix/npipe, or full host string for tcp */
    value: string;
    /** Extracted host for tcp connections */
    host?: string;
    /** Extracted port for tcp connections */
    port?: number;
}
/**
 * Parse a DOCKER_HOST value into a structured result.
 * Handles: unix://, tcp://, http://, https://, npipe://, raw paths.
 * Throws on unsupported schemes (e.g. fd://, ssh://).
 */
export declare function parseDockerHost(value: string): ParsedDockerHost;
/**
 * Auto-detect Docker socket path with broad runtime support (synchronous).
 * Checks DOCKER_HOST env var, then probes known socket paths.
 * Exported for use in other modules that need to detect the socket path.
 */
export declare function autoDetectDockerSocket(): string;
/**
 * Validate Docker socket path and provide warnings if invalid.
 * Handles Windows named pipes, Unix sockets, TCP connections, and provides user-friendly error messages.
 *
 * @param options - Options object containing optional dockerSocket property
 * @param options.dockerSocket - Explicit Docker socket path (CLI option)
 * @param quiet - If true, suppress console output (default: false)
 * @returns Validation result with socket path and any warnings
 */
export declare function validateDockerSocket(options: {
    dockerSocket?: string;
}, quiet?: boolean): SocketValidationResult;
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