@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ func runDeploy(dockerCli *client.DockerCli, opts deployOptions) error {

 		return err

 	}

+	info, err := dockerCli.Client().Info(context.Background())

+	if err != nil {

+		return err

+	}

+	if !info.Swarm.ControlAvailable {

+		return fmt.Errorf("This node is not a swarm manager. Use \"docker swarm init\" or \"docker swarm join\" to connect this node to swarm and try again.")

+	}

+

 	networks := getUniqueNetworkNames(bundle.Services)

 	ctx := context.Background()