docker plugin create

Description

Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration. Plugin data directory must contain config.json and rootfs directory.

Usage

docker plugin create [OPTIONS] PLUGIN PLUGIN-DATA-DIR

Options

Name, shorthand	Default	Description
--compress	false	Compress the context using gzip

Parent command

Command	Description
docker plugin	Manage plugins

Related commands

Command	Description
docker plugin create	Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration. Plugin data directory must contain config.json and rootfs directory.
docker plugin disable	Disable a plugin
docker plugin enable	Enable a plugin
docker plugin inspect	Display detailed information on one or more plugins
docker plugin install	Install a plugin
docker plugin ls	List plugins
docker plugin push	Push a plugin to a registry
docker plugin rm	Remove one or more plugins
docker plugin set	Change settings for a plugin
docker plugin upgrade	Upgrade an existing plugin

Extended description

Creates a plugin. Before creating the plugin, prepare the plugin’s root filesystem as well as the config.json

Examples

The following example shows how to create a sample plugin.

$ ls -ls /home/pluginDir

4 -rw-r--r--  1 root root 431 Nov  7 01:40 config.json
0 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 420 Nov  7 01:40 rootfs

$ docker plugin create plugin /home/pluginDir

plugin

$ docker plugin ls

ID                  NAME                TAG                 DESCRIPTION                  ENABLED
672d8144ec02        plugin              latest              A sample plugin for Docker   false

The plugin can subsequently be enabled for local use or pushed to the public registry.