How to resolve "The certificates path does not contain ca.pem" issue when NetBean connect to Docker?

Software Required
- macOS High Sierra
- NetBean IDE 8.2

- docker version 18.06.1-ce

• Try to configure Docker connection from Netbean 8.2, encounter error message "The certificates path does not contain ca.pem" as shown in the screenshot below

Steps

• Run the command below to install socat

brew install socat

• Run the command below to start a bridge instance to listen to port 9090 and connect to Docker socket.

socat tcp-listen:9090,fork UNIX:///var/run/docker.sock

• Configure the URL to point to "http://localhost:9090" and leave the "Certificates Path" field empty.

• Click on "Finish" button. Voila, all the Docker images and containers will be displayed.