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---
description: Description of labels, which are used to manage metadata on Docker objects.
keywords: Usage, user guide, labels, metadata, docker, documentation, examples, annotating
description: Learn about labels, a tool to manage metadata on Docker objects.
keywords: labels, metadata, docker, annotations
title: Docker object labels
aliases:
- /engine/userguide/labels-custom-metadata/
- /engine/userguide/labels-custom-metadata/
---
Labels are a mechanism for applying metadata to Docker objects, including:
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### Key format recommendations
A label _key_ is the left-hand side of the key-value pair. Keys are alphanumeric
A label key is the left-hand side of the key-value pair. Keys are alphanumeric
strings which may contain periods (`.`) and hyphens (`-`). Most Docker users use
images created by other organizations, and the following guidelines help to
prevent inadvertent duplication of labels across objects, especially if you plan
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- Authors of third-party tools should prefix each label key with the
reverse DNS notation of a domain they own, such as `com.example.some-label`.
- Do not use a domain in your label key without the domain owner's permission.
- Don't use a domain in your label key without the domain owner's permission.
- The `com.docker.*`, `io.docker.*`, and `org.dockerproject.*` namespaces are
reserved by Docker for internal use.
- Label keys should begin and end with a lower-case letter and should only
contain lower-case alphanumeric characters, the period character (`.`), and
the hyphen character (`-`). Consecutive periods or hyphens are not allowed.
the hyphen character (`-`). Consecutive periods or hyphens aren't allowed.
- The period character (`.`) separates namespace "fields". Label keys without
namespaces are reserved for CLI use, allowing users of the CLI to interactively
label Docker objects using shorter typing-friendly strings.
These guidelines are not currently enforced and additional guidelines may apply
These guidelines aren't currently enforced and additional guidelines may apply
to specific use cases.
### Value guidelines
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the type of structure. For instance, to serialize JSON into a string, you might
use the `JSON.stringify()` JavaScript method.
Since Docker does not deserialize the value, you cannot treat a JSON or XML
Since Docker doesn't deserialize the value, you can't treat a JSON or XML
document as a nested structure when querying or filtering by label value unless
you build this functionality into third-party tooling.
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Labels on images, containers, local daemons, volumes, and networks are static for
the lifetime of the object. To change these labels you must recreate the object.
Labels on swarm nodes and services can be updated dynamically.
Labels on Swarm nodes and services can be updated dynamically.
- Images and containers
- [Adding labels to images](../engine/reference/builder.md#label)
- [Overriding a container's labels at runtime](../engine/reference/commandline/run.md#label)
- [Inspecting labels on images or containers](../engine/reference/commandline/inspect.md)
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- [Filtering containers by label](../engine/reference/commandline/ps.md#filter)
- Local Docker daemons
- [Adding labels to a Docker daemon at runtime](../engine/reference/commandline/dockerd.md)
- [Inspecting a Docker daemon's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/info.md)
- Volumes
- [Adding labels to volumes](../engine/reference/commandline/volume_create.md)
- [Inspecting a volume's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/volume_inspect.md)
- [Filtering volumes by label](../engine/reference/commandline/volume_ls.md#filter)
- Networks
- [Adding labels to a network](../engine/reference/commandline/network_create.md)
- [Inspecting a network's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/network_inspect.md)
- [Filtering networks by label](../engine/reference/commandline/network_ls.md#filter)
- Swarm nodes
- [Adding or updating a swarm node's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/node_update.md#label-add)
- [Inspecting a swarm node's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/node_inspect.md)
- [Filtering swarm nodes by label](../engine/reference/commandline/node_ls.md#filter)
- [Adding or updating a Swarm node's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/node_update.md#label-add)
- [Inspecting a Swarm node's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/node_inspect.md)
- [Filtering Swarm nodes by label](../engine/reference/commandline/node_ls.md#filter)
- Swarm services
- [Adding labels when creating a swarm service](../engine/reference/commandline/service_create.md#label)
- [Updating a swarm service's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/service_update.md)
- [Inspecting a swarm service's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/service_inspect.md)
- [Filtering swarm services by label](../engine/reference/commandline/service_ls.md#filter)
- [Adding labels when creating a Swarm service](../engine/reference/commandline/service_create.md#label)
- [Updating a Swarm service's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/service_update.md)
- [Inspecting a Swarm service's labels](../engine/reference/commandline/service_inspect.md)
- [Filtering Swarm services by label](../engine/reference/commandline/service_ls.md#filter)