# node promote Promote one or more nodes to manager in the swarm ## Description Promotes a node to manager. This command can only be executed on a manager node. > [!NOTE] > This is a cluster management command, and must be executed on a swarm > manager node. To learn about managers and workers, refer to the > [Swarm mode section](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) in the > documentation. ## Examples ```console $ docker node promote ``` ## Related commands * [node demote](node_demote.md) * [node inspect](node_inspect.md) * [node ls](node_ls.md) * [node ps](node_ps.md) * [node rm](node_rm.md) * [node update](node_update.md)