command: docker plugin create short: | Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration. Plugin data directory must contain config.json and rootfs directory. long: |- Creates a plugin. Before creating the plugin, prepare the plugin's root filesystem as well as the [config.json](/engine/extend/config/). usage: docker plugin create [OPTIONS] PLUGIN PLUGIN-DATA-DIR pname: docker plugin plink: docker_plugin.yaml options: - option: compress value_type: bool default_value: "false" description: Compress the context using gzip deprecated: false hidden: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false inherited_options: - option: help value_type: bool default_value: "false" description: Print usage deprecated: false hidden: true experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false examples: |- The following example shows how to create a sample `plugin`. ```console $ ls -ls /home/pluginDir total 4 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 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. deprecated: false hidden: false min_api_version: "1.25" experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false