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

default_value: "false"

description: Compress the context using gzip

examples: |-

The following example shows how to create a sample `plugin`.

```bash

$ 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 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.