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](../../extend/config.md)
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
  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
min_api_version: "1.25"
experimental: false
experimentalcli: false
kubernetes: false
swarm: false