another try

.woodpecker.yaml

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 steps:
-  build:
-    image: docker:27
-    commands:
-      - docker build -t elisha852/omegabasms:latest .
-
-  push:
-    image: docker:27
-    commands:
-      - echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
-      - docker push elisha852/omegabasms:latest
+  docker:
+    image: docker:27-dind
+    privileged: true
     environment:
+      DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker:2375
+      DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
       DOCKER_USERNAME:
         from_secret: DOCKER_USERNAME
       DOCKER_PASSWORD:
         from_secret: DOCKER_PASSWORD
+    commands:
+      - dockerd-entrypoint.sh &
+      - sleep 5
+
+      - docker build -t elisha852/omegabasms:latest .
+      - echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+      - docker push elisha852/omegabasms:latest