Usage: docker plugin create [OPTIONS] PLUGIN PLUGIN-DATA-DIR Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration. Plugin data directory must contain config.json and rootfs directory. Options: --compress Compress the context using gzip --help Print usage
Creates a plugin. Before creating the plugin, prepare the plugin's root filesystem as well as the config.json
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 NAME TAG DESCRIPTION ENABLED plugin latest A sample plugin for Docker true
The plugin can subsequently be enabled for local use or pushed to the public registry.