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---
title: "dockerd"
description: "The daemon command description and usage"
keywords: "container, daemon, runtime"
aliases:
- /engine/reference/commandline/daemon/
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# daemon
```markdown
Usage: dockerd [OPTIONS]
A self-sufficient runtime for containers.
Options:
--add-runtime runtime Register an additional OCI compatible runtime (default [])
--allow-nondistributable-artifacts list Allow push of nondistributable artifacts to registry
--api-cors-header string Set CORS headers in the Engine API
--authorization-plugin list Authorization plugins to load
--bip string Specify network bridge IP
-b, --bridge string Attach containers to a network bridge
--cgroup-parent string Set parent cgroup for all containers
--config-file string Daemon configuration file (default "/etc/docker/daemon.json")
--containerd string containerd grpc address
--containerd-namespace string Containerd namespace to use (default "moby")
--containerd-plugins-namespace string Containerd namespace to use for plugins (default "plugins.moby")
--cpu-rt-period int Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds for the
parent cgroup for all containers (not supported with cgroups v2)
--cpu-rt-runtime int Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds for the
parent cgroup for all containers (not supported with cgroups v2)
--cri-containerd start containerd with cri
--data-root string Root directory of persistent Docker state (default "/var/lib/docker")
-D, --debug Enable debug mode
--default-address-pool pool-options Default address pools for node specific local networks
--default-cgroupns-mode string Default mode for containers cgroup namespace ("host" | "private") (default "private")
--default-gateway ip Container default gateway IPv4 address
--default-gateway-v6 ip Container default gateway IPv6 address
--default-ipc-mode string Default mode for containers ipc ("shareable" | "private") (default "private")
--default-network-opt mapmap Default network options (default map[])
--default-runtime string Default OCI runtime for containers (default "runc")
--default-shm-size bytes Default shm size for containers (default 64MiB)
--default-ulimit ulimit Default ulimits for containers (default [])
--dns list DNS server to use
--dns-opt list DNS options to use
--dns-search list DNS search domains to use
--exec-opt list Runtime execution options
--exec-root string Root directory for execution state files (default "/var/run/docker")
--experimental Enable experimental features
--fixed-cidr string IPv4 subnet for fixed IPs
--fixed-cidr-v6 string IPv6 subnet for fixed IPs
-G, --group string Group for the unix socket (default "docker")
--help Print usage
-H, --host list Daemon socket(s) to connect to
--host-gateway-ip ip IP address that the special 'host-gateway' string in --add-host resolves to.
Defaults to the IP address of the default bridge
--http-proxy string HTTP proxy URL to use for outgoing traffic
--https-proxy string HTTPS proxy URL to use for outgoing traffic
--icc Enable inter-container communication (default true)
--init Run an init in the container to forward signals and reap processes
--init-path string Path to the docker-init binary
--insecure-registry list Enable insecure registry communication
--ip ip Default IP when binding container ports (default 0.0.0.0)
--ip-forward Enable net.ipv4.ip_forward (default true)
--ip-masq Enable IP masquerading (default true)
--ip6tables Enable addition of ip6tables rules (experimental)
--iptables Enable addition of iptables rules (default true)
--ipv6 Enable IPv6 networking
--label list Set key=value labels to the daemon
--live-restore Enable live restore of docker when containers are still running
--log-driver string Default driver for container logs (default "json-file")
-l, --log-level string Set the logging level ("debug"|"info"|"warn"|"error"|"fatal") (default "info")
--log-opt map Default log driver options for containers (default map[])
--max-concurrent-downloads int Set the max concurrent downloads (default 3)
--max-concurrent-uploads int Set the max concurrent uploads (default 5)
--max-download-attempts int Set the max download attempts for each pull (default 5)
--metrics-addr string Set default address and port to serve the metrics api on
--mtu int Set the containers network MTU (default 1500)
--network-control-plane-mtu int Network Control plane MTU (default 1500)
--no-new-privileges Set no-new-privileges by default for new containers
--no-proxy string Comma-separated list of hosts or IP addresses for which the proxy is skipped
--node-generic-resource list Advertise user-defined resource
--oom-score-adjust int Set the oom_score_adj for the daemon
-p, --pidfile string Path to use for daemon PID file (default "/var/run/docker.pid")
--raw-logs Full timestamps without ANSI coloring
--registry-mirror list Preferred registry mirror
--rootless Enable rootless mode; typically used with RootlessKit
--seccomp-profile string Path to seccomp profile. Use "unconfined" to disable the default seccomp profile (default "builtin")
--selinux-enabled Enable selinux support
--shutdown-timeout int Set the default shutdown timeout (default 15)
-s, --storage-driver string Storage driver to use
--storage-opt list Storage driver options
--swarm-default-advertise-addr string Set default address or interface for swarm advertised address
--tls Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify
--tlscacert string Trust certs signed only by this CA (default "~/.docker/ca.pem")
--tlscert string Path to TLS certificate file (default "~/.docker/cert.pem")
--tlskey string Path to TLS key file (default "~/.docker/key.pem")
--tlsverify Use TLS and verify the remote
--userland-proxy Use userland proxy for loopback traffic (default true)
--userland-proxy-path string Path to the userland proxy binary
--userns-remap string User/Group setting for user namespaces
--validate Validate daemon configuration and exit
-v, --version Print version information and quit
```
Options with [] may be specified multiple times.
## Description
`dockerd` is the persistent process that manages containers. Docker
uses different binaries for the daemon and client. To run the daemon you
type `dockerd`.
To run the daemon with debug output, use `dockerd --debug` or add `"debug": true`
to [the `daemon.json` file](#daemon-configuration-file).
> **Enabling experimental features**
>
> Enable experimental features by starting `dockerd` with the `--experimental`
> flag or adding `"experimental": true` to the `daemon.json` file.
### Environment variables
For easy reference, the following list of environment variables are supported
by the `dockerd` command line:
| Variable | Description |
|:--------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` | Location of your authentication keys. This variable is used both by the [`docker` CLI](cli.md) and the `dockerd` daemon. |
| `DOCKER_DRIVER` | The storage driver to use. |
| `DOCKER_RAMDISK` | If set this disables 'pivot_root'. |
| `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY` | When set Docker uses TLS and verifies the remote. This variable is used both by the [`docker` CLI](cli.md) and the `dockerd` daemon. |
| `DOCKER_TMPDIR` | Location for temporary files created by the daemon. |
| `HTTP_PROXY` | Proxy URL for HTTP requests unless overridden by NoProxy. See the [Go specification](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/net/http/httpproxy#Config) for details. |
| `HTTPS_PROXY` | Proxy URL for HTTPS requests unless overridden by NoProxy. See the [Go specification](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/net/http/httpproxy#Config) for details. |
| `MOBY_DISABLE_PIGZ` | Disables the use of [`unpigz`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/pigz) to decompress layers in parallel when pulling images, even if it is installed. | |
| `NO_PROXY` | Comma-separated values specifying hosts that should be excluded from proxying. See the [Go specification](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/net/http/httpproxy#Config) for details. |
## Examples
### Proxy configuration
> **Note**
>
> Refer to the [Docker Desktop manual](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/networking/#httphttps-proxy-support)
> if you are running [Docker Desktop](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/).
If you are behind an HTTP proxy server, for example in corporate settings,
you may have to configure the Docker daemon to use the proxy server for
operations such as pulling and pushing images. The daemon can be configured
in three ways:
1. Using environment variables (`HTTP_PROXY`, `HTTPS_PROXY`, and `NO_PROXY`).
2. Using the "http-proxy", "https-proxy", and "no-proxy" fields in the
[daemon configuration file](#daemon-configuration-file) (Docker Engine 23.0 or newer).
3. Using the `--http-proxy`, `--https-proxy`, and `--no-proxy` command-line
options. (Docker Engine 23.0 or newer).
The command-line and configuration file options take precedence over environment
variables. Refer to [control and configure Docker with systemd](https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/systemd/#httphttps-proxy)
to set these environment variables on a host using `systemd`.
### Daemon socket option
The Docker daemon can listen for [Docker Engine API](https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/)
requests via three different types of Socket: `unix`, `tcp`, and `fd`.
By default, a `unix` domain socket (or IPC socket) is created at
`/var/run/docker.sock`, requiring either `root` permission, or `docker` group
membership.
If you need to access the Docker daemon remotely, you need to enable the `tcp`
Socket. Beware that the default setup provides un-encrypted and
un-authenticated direct access to the Docker daemon - and should be secured
either using the [built in HTTPS encrypted socket](https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/https/), or by
putting a secure web proxy in front of it. You can listen on port `2375` on all
network interfaces with `-H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375`, or on a particular network
interface using its IP address: `-H tcp://192.168.59.103:2375`. It is
conventional to use port `2375` for un-encrypted, and port `2376` for encrypted
communication with the daemon.
> **Note**
>
> If you're using an HTTPS encrypted socket, keep in mind that only
> TLS1.0 and greater are supported. Protocols SSLv3 and under are not
> supported anymore for security reasons.
On Systemd based systems, you can communicate with the daemon via
[Systemd socket activation](https://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation.html),
use `dockerd -H fd://`. Using `fd://` will work perfectly for most setups but
you can also specify individual sockets: `dockerd -H fd://3`. If the
specified socket activated files aren't found, then Docker will exit. You can
find examples of using Systemd socket activation with Docker and Systemd in the
[Docker source tree](https://github.com/docker/docker/tree/master/contrib/init/systemd/).
You can configure the Docker daemon to listen to multiple sockets at the same
time using multiple `-H` options:
The example below runs the daemon listening on the default unix socket, and
on 2 specific IP addresses on this host:
```console
$ sudo dockerd -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock -H tcp://192.168.59.106 -H tcp://10.10.10.2
```
The Docker client will honor the `DOCKER_HOST` environment variable to set the
`-H` flag for the client. Use **one** of the following commands:
```console
$ docker -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375 ps
```
```console
$ export DOCKER_HOST="tcp://0.0.0.0:2375"
$ docker ps
```
Setting the `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY` environment variable to any value other than
the empty string is equivalent to setting the `--tlsverify` flag. The following
are equivalent:
```console
$ docker --tlsverify ps
# or
$ export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1
$ docker ps
```
The Docker client will honor the `HTTP_PROXY`, `HTTPS_PROXY`, and `NO_PROXY`
environment variables (or the lowercase versions thereof). `HTTPS_PROXY` takes
precedence over `HTTP_PROXY`.
The Docker client supports connecting to a remote daemon via SSH:
```console
$ docker -H ssh://me@example.com:22/var/run/docker.sock ps
$ docker -H ssh://me@example.com:22 ps
$ docker -H ssh://me@example.com ps
$ docker -H ssh://example.com ps
```
To use SSH connection, you need to set up `ssh` so that it can reach the
remote host with public key authentication. Password authentication is not
supported. If your key is protected with passphrase, you need to set up
`ssh-agent`.
#### Bind Docker to another host/port or a Unix socket
> **Warning**
>
> Changing the default `docker` daemon binding to a
> TCP port or Unix *docker* user group will increase your security risks
> by allowing non-root users to gain *root* access on the host. Make sure
> you control access to `docker`. If you are binding
> to a TCP port, anyone with access to that port has full Docker access;
> so it is not advisable on an open network.
{: .warning :}
With `-H` it is possible to make the Docker daemon to listen on a
specific IP and port. By default, it will listen on
`unix:///var/run/docker.sock` to allow only local connections by the
*root* user. You *could* set it to `0.0.0.0:2375` or a specific host IP
to give access to everybody, but that is **not recommended** because
then it is trivial for someone to gain root access to the host where the
daemon is running.
Similarly, the Docker client can use `-H` to connect to a custom port.
The Docker client will default to connecting to `unix:///var/run/docker.sock`
on Linux, and `tcp://127.0.0.1:2376` on Windows.
`-H` accepts host and port assignment in the following format:
tcp://[host]:[port][path] or unix://path
For example:
- `tcp://` -> TCP connection to `127.0.0.1` on either port `2376` when TLS encryption
is on, or port `2375` when communication is in plain text.
- `tcp://host:2375` -> TCP connection on
host:2375
- `tcp://host:2375/path` -> TCP connection on
host:2375 and prepend path to all requests
- `unix://path/to/socket` -> Unix socket located
at `path/to/socket`
`-H`, when empty, will default to the same value as
when no `-H` was passed in.
`-H` also accepts short form for TCP bindings: `host:` or `host:port` or `:port`
Run Docker in daemon mode:
```console
$ sudo <path to>/dockerd -H 0.0.0.0:5555 &
```
Download an `ubuntu` image:
```console
$ docker -H :5555 pull ubuntu
```
You can use multiple `-H`, for example, if you want to listen on both
TCP and a Unix socket
```console
$ sudo dockerd -H tcp://127.0.0.1:2375 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock &
# Download an ubuntu image, use default Unix socket
$ docker pull ubuntu
# OR use the TCP port
$ docker -H tcp://127.0.0.1:2375 pull ubuntu
```
### Daemon storage-driver
On Linux, the Docker daemon has support for several different image layer storage
drivers: `overlay2`, `fuse-overlayfs`, `btrfs`, and `zfs`.
`overlay2` is the preferred storage driver for all currently supported Linux distributions,
and is selected by default. Unless users have a strong reason to prefer another storage driver,
`overlay2` should be used.
You can find out more about storage drivers and how to select one in [Select a storage driver](https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/select-storage-driver/).
On Windows, the Docker daemon only supports the `windowsfilter` storage driver.
### Options per storage driver
Particular storage-driver can be configured with options specified with
`--storage-opt` flags. Options for `zfs` start with `zfs`, and options for
`btrfs` start with `btrfs`.
#### ZFS options
##### `zfs.fsname`
Set zfs filesystem under which docker will create its own datasets.
By default docker will pick up the zfs filesystem where docker graph
(`/var/lib/docker`) is located.
###### Example
```console
$ sudo dockerd -s zfs --storage-opt zfs.fsname=zroot/docker
```
#### Btrfs options
##### `btrfs.min_space`
Specifies the minimum size to use when creating the subvolume which is used
for containers. If user uses disk quota for btrfs when creating or running
a container with **--storage-opt size** option, docker should ensure the
**size** cannot be smaller than **btrfs.min_space**.
###### Example
```console
$ sudo dockerd -s btrfs --storage-opt btrfs.min_space=10G
```
#### Overlay2 options
##### `overlay2.size`
Sets the default max size of the container. It is supported only when the
backing fs is `xfs` and mounted with `pquota` mount option. Under these
conditions the user can pass any size less than the backing fs size.
###### Example
```console
$ sudo dockerd -s overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.size=1G
```
#### Windowsfilter options
##### `size`
Specifies the size to use when creating the sandbox which is used for containers.
Defaults to 20G.
###### Example
```powershell
C:\> dockerd --storage-opt size=40G
```
### Runtime options
The Docker daemon relies on a
[OCI](https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec) compliant runtime
(invoked via the `containerd` daemon) as its interface to the Linux
kernel `namespaces`, `cgroups`, and `SELinux`.
#### Configure container runtimes
By default, the Docker daemon uses runc as a container runtime.
You can configure the daemon to add additional runtimes.
containerd shims installed on `PATH` can be used directly, without the need
to edit the daemon's configuration. For example, if you install the Kata
Containers shim (`containerd-shim-kata-v2`) on `PATH`, then you can select that
runtime with `docker run` without having to edit the daemon's configuration:
```console
$ docker run --runtime io.containerd.kata.v2
```
Container runtimes that don't implement containerd shims, or containerd shims
installed outside of `PATH`, must be registered with the daemon, either via the
configuration file or using the `--add-runtime` command line flag.
For examples on how to use other container runtimes, see
[Alternative container runtimes](https://docs.docker.com/engine/alternative-runtimes/)
##### Configure runtimes using `daemon.json`
To register and configure container runtimes using the daemon's configuration
file, add the runtimes as entries under `runtimes`:
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"<runtime>": {}
}
}
```
The key of the entry (`<runtime>` in the previous example) represents the name
of the runtime. This is the name that you reference when you run a container,
using `docker run --runtime <runtime>`.
The runtime entry contains an object specifying the configuration for your
runtime. The properties of the object depends on what kind of runtime you're
looking to register:
- If the runtime implements its own containerd shim, the object shall contain
a `runtimeType` field and an optional `options` field.
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"<runtime>": {
"runtimeType": "<name-or-path>",
"options": {}
}
}
}
```
See [Configure shims](#configure-containerd-shims).
- If the runtime is designed to be a drop-in replacement for runc,
the object contains a `path` field, and an optional `runtimeArgs` field.
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"<runtime>": {
"path": "/path/to/bin",
"runtimeArgs": ["...args"]
}
}
}
```
See [Configure runc drop-in replacements](#configure-runc-drop-in-replacements).
After changing the runtimes configuration in the configuration file,
you must reload or restart the daemon for changes to take effect:
```console
$ sudo systemctl reload dockerd
```
##### Configure containerd shims
If the runtime that you want to register implements a containerd shim,
or if you want to register a runtime which uses the runc shim,
use the following format for the runtime entry:
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"<runtime>": {
"runtimeType": "<name-or-path>",
"options": {}
}
}
}
```
`runtimeType` refers to either:
- A fully qualified name of a containerd shim.
The fully qualified name of a shim is the same as the `runtime_type` used to
register the runtime in containerd's CRI configuration.
For example, `io.containerd.runsc.v1`.
- The path of a containerd shim binary.
This option is useful if you installed the containerd shim binary outside of
`PATH`.
`options` is optional. It lets you specify the runtime configuration that you
want to use for the shim. The configuration parameters that you can specify in
`options` depends on the runtime you're registering. For most shims,
the supported configuration options are `TypeUrl` and `ConfigPath`.
For example:
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"gvisor": {
"runtimeType": "io.containerd.runsc.v1",
"options": {
"TypeUrl": "io.containerd.runsc.v1.options",
"ConfigPath": "/etc/containerd/runsc.toml",
}
}
}
}
```
You can configure multiple runtimes using the same runtimeType. For example:
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"gvisor-foo": {
"runtimeType": "io.containerd.runsc.v1",
"options": {
"TypeUrl": "io.containerd.runsc.v1.options",
"ConfigPath": "/etc/containerd/runsc-foo.toml"
}
},
"gvisor-bar": {
"runtimeType": "io.containerd.runsc.v1",
"options": {
"TypeUrl": "io.containerd.runsc.v1.options",
"ConfigPath": "/etc/containerd/runsc-bar.toml"
}
}
}
}
```
The `options` field takes a special set of configuration parameters when used
with `"runtimeType": "io.containerd.runc.v2"`. For more information about runc
parameters, refer to the runc configuration section in
[CRI Plugin Config Guide](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/v1.7.2/docs/cri/config.md#full-configuration).
##### Configure runc drop-in replacements
If the runtime that you want to register can act as a drop-in replacement for
runc, you can register the runtime either using the daemon configuration file,
or using the `--add-runtime` flag for the `dockerd` cli.
When you use the configuration file, the entry uses the following format:
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"<runtime>": {
"path": "/path/to/binary",
"runtimeArgs": ["...args"]
}
}
}
```
Where `path` is either the absolute path to the runtime executable, or the name
of an executable installed on `PATH`:
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"runc": {
"path": "runc"
}
}
}
```
And `runtimeArgs` lets you optionally pass additional arguments to the runtime.
Entries with this format use the containerd runc shim to invoke a custom
runtime binary.
When you use the `--add-runtime` CLI flag, use the following format:
```console
$ sudo dockerd --add-runtime <runtime>=<path>
```
Defining runtime arguments via the command line is not supported.
For an example configuration for a runc drop-in replacment, see
[Alternative container runtimes > youki](https://docs.docker.com/engine/alternative-runtimes/#youki)
##### Configure the default container runtime
You can specify either the name of a fully qualified containerd runtime shim,
or the name of a registered runtime. You can specify the default runtime either
using the daemon configuration file, or using the `--default-runtime` flag for
the `dockerd` cli.
When you use the configuration file, the entry uses the following format:
```json
{
"default-runtime": "io.containerd.runsc.v1"
}
```
When you use the `--default-runtime` CLI flag, use the following format:
```console
$ dockerd --default-runtime io.containerd.runsc.v1
```
#### Run containerd standalone
By default, the Docker daemon automatically starts `containerd`. If you want to
control `containerd` startup, manually start `containerd` and pass the path to
the `containerd` socket using the `--containerd` flag. For example:
```console
$ sudo dockerd --containerd /run/containerd/containerd.sock
```
#### Configure cgroup driver
You can configure how the runtime should manage container cgroups, using the
`--exec-opt native.cgroupdriver` CLI flag.
You can only specify `cgroupfs` or `systemd`. If you specify
`systemd` and it is not available, the system errors out. If you omit the
`native.cgroupdriver` option,` cgroupfs` is used on cgroup v1 hosts, `systemd`
is used on cgroup v2 hosts with systemd available.
This example sets the `cgroupdriver` to `systemd`:
```console
$ sudo dockerd --exec-opt native.cgroupdriver=systemd
```
Setting this option applies to all containers the daemon launches.
#### Configure container isolation technology (Windows)
For Windows containers, you can specify the default container isolation
technology to use, using the `--exec-opt isolation` flag.
The following example makes `hyperv` the default isolation technology:
```console
> dockerd --exec-opt isolation=hyperv
```
If no isolation value is specified on daemon start, on Windows client,
the default is `hyperv`, and on Windows server, the default is `process`.
### Daemon DNS options
To set the DNS server for all Docker containers, use:
```console
$ sudo dockerd --dns 8.8.8.8
```
To set the DNS search domain for all Docker containers, use:
```console
$ sudo dockerd --dns-search example.com
```
### Allow push of nondistributable artifacts
Some images (e.g., Windows base images) contain artifacts whose distribution is
restricted by license. When these images are pushed to a registry, restricted
artifacts are not included.
To override this behavior for specific registries, use the
`--allow-nondistributable-artifacts` option in one of the following forms:
* `--allow-nondistributable-artifacts myregistry:5000` tells the Docker daemon
to push nondistributable artifacts to myregistry:5000.
* `--allow-nondistributable-artifacts 10.1.0.0/16` tells the Docker daemon to
push nondistributable artifacts to all registries whose resolved IP address
is within the subnet described by the CIDR syntax.
This option can be used multiple times.
This option is useful when pushing images containing nondistributable artifacts
to a registry on an air-gapped network so hosts on that network can pull the
images without connecting to another server.
> **Warning**: Nondistributable artifacts typically have restrictions on how
> and where they can be distributed and shared. Only use this feature to push
> artifacts to private registries and ensure that you are in compliance with
> any terms that cover redistributing nondistributable artifacts.
### Insecure registries
Docker considers a private registry either secure or insecure. In the rest of
this section, *registry* is used for *private registry*, and `myregistry:5000`
is a placeholder example for a private registry.
A secure registry uses TLS and a copy of its CA certificate is placed on the
Docker host at `/etc/docker/certs.d/myregistry:5000/ca.crt`. An insecure
registry is either not using TLS (i.e., listening on plain text HTTP), or is
using TLS with a CA certificate not known by the Docker daemon. The latter can
happen when the certificate was not found under
`/etc/docker/certs.d/myregistry:5000/`, or if the certificate verification
failed (i.e., wrong CA).
By default, Docker assumes all, but local (see local registries below),
registries are secure. Communicating with an insecure registry is not possible
if Docker assumes that registry is secure. In order to communicate with an
insecure registry, the Docker daemon requires `--insecure-registry` in one of
the following two forms:
* `--insecure-registry myregistry:5000` tells the Docker daemon that
myregistry:5000 should be considered insecure.
* `--insecure-registry 10.1.0.0/16` tells the Docker daemon that all registries
whose domain resolve to an IP address is part of the subnet described by the
CIDR syntax, should be considered insecure.
The flag can be used multiple times to allow multiple registries to be marked
as insecure.
If an insecure registry is not marked as insecure, `docker pull`,
`docker push`, and `docker search` will result in an error message prompting
the user to either secure or pass the `--insecure-registry` flag to the Docker
daemon as described above.
Local registries, whose IP address falls in the 127.0.0.0/8 range, are
automatically marked as insecure as of Docker 1.3.2. It is not recommended to
rely on this, as it may change in the future.
Enabling `--insecure-registry`, i.e., allowing un-encrypted and/or untrusted
communication, can be useful when running a local registry. However,
because its use creates security vulnerabilities it should ONLY be enabled for
testing purposes. For increased security, users should add their CA to their
system's list of trusted CAs instead of enabling `--insecure-registry`.
#### Legacy Registries
Operations against registries supporting only the legacy v1 protocol are no longer
supported. Specifically, the daemon will not attempt `push`, `pull` and `login`
to v1 registries. The exception to this is `search` which can still be performed
on v1 registries.
### Running a Docker daemon behind an HTTPS_PROXY
When running inside a LAN that uses an `HTTPS` proxy, the Docker Hub
certificates will be replaced by the proxy's certificates. These certificates
need to be added to your Docker host's configuration:
1. Install the `ca-certificates` package for your distribution
2. Ask your network admin for the proxy's CA certificate and append them to
`/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt`
3. Then start your Docker daemon with `HTTPS_PROXY=http://username:password@proxy:port/ dockerd`.
The `username:` and `password@` are optional - and are only needed if your
proxy is set up to require authentication.
This will only add the proxy and authentication to the Docker daemon's requests -
your `docker build`s and running containers will need extra configuration to
use the proxy
### Default `ulimit` settings
`--default-ulimit` allows you to set the default `ulimit` options to use for
all containers. It takes the same options as `--ulimit` for `docker run`. If
these defaults are not set, `ulimit` settings will be inherited, if not set on
`docker run`, from the Docker daemon. Any `--ulimit` options passed to
`docker run` will overwrite these defaults.
Be careful setting `nproc` with the `ulimit` flag as `nproc` is designed by Linux to
set the maximum number of processes available to a user, not to a container. For details
please check the [run](run.md) reference.
### Access authorization
Docker's access authorization can be extended by authorization plugins that your
organization can purchase or build themselves. You can install one or more
authorization plugins when you start the Docker `daemon` using the
`--authorization-plugin=PLUGIN_ID` option.
```console
$ sudo dockerd --authorization-plugin=plugin1 --authorization-plugin=plugin2,...
```
The `PLUGIN_ID` value is either the plugin's name or a path to its specification
file. The plugin's implementation determines whether you can specify a name or
path. Consult with your Docker administrator to get information about the
plugins available to you.
Once a plugin is installed, requests made to the `daemon` through the
command line or Docker's Engine API are allowed or denied by the plugin.
If you have multiple plugins installed, each plugin, in order, must
allow the request for it to complete.
For information about how to create an authorization plugin, refer to the
[authorization plugin](../../extend/plugins_authorization.md) section.
### Daemon user namespace options
The Linux kernel
[user namespace support](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/user_namespaces.7.html)
provides additional security by enabling a process, and therefore a container,
to have a unique range of user and group IDs which are outside the traditional
user and group range utilized by the host system. Potentially the most important
security improvement is that, by default, container processes running as the
`root` user will have expected administrative privilege (with some restrictions)
inside the container but will effectively be mapped to an unprivileged `uid` on
the host.
For details about how to use this feature, as well as limitations, see
[Isolate containers with a user namespace](https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/userns-remap/).
### Configure host gateway IP
The Docker daemon supports a special `host-gateway` value for the `--add-host`
flag for the `docker run` and `docker build` commands. This value resolves to
the host's gateway IP and lets containers connect to services running on the
host.
By default, `host-gateway` resolves to the IP address of the default bridge.
You can configure this to resolve to a different IP using the `--host-gateway-ip`
flag for the dockerd command line interface, or the `host-gateway-ip` key in
the daemon configuration file.
```console
$ dockerd --host-gateway-ip 192.0.2.0
$ docker run -it --add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway \
busybox ping host.docker.internal
PING host.docker.internal (192.0.2.0): 56 data bytes
```
### Miscellaneous options
IP masquerading uses address translation to allow containers without a public
IP to talk to other machines on the Internet. This may interfere with some
network topologies and can be disabled with `--ip-masq=false`.
Docker supports softlinks for the Docker data directory (`/var/lib/docker`) and
for `/var/lib/docker/tmp`. The `DOCKER_TMPDIR` and the data directory can be
set like this:
```console
$ DOCKER_TMPDIR=/mnt/disk2/tmp /usr/local/bin/dockerd --data-root /var/lib/docker -H unix:// > /var/lib/docker-machine/docker.log 2>&1
```
or
```console
$ export DOCKER_TMPDIR=/mnt/disk2/tmp
$ /usr/local/bin/dockerd --data-root /var/lib/docker -H unix:// > /var/lib/docker-machine/docker.log 2>&1
````
#### Default cgroup parent
The `--cgroup-parent` option allows you to set the default cgroup parent
to use for containers. If this option is not set, it defaults to `/docker` for
fs cgroup driver and `system.slice` for systemd cgroup driver.
If the cgroup has a leading forward slash (`/`), the cgroup is created
under the root cgroup, otherwise the cgroup is created under the daemon
cgroup.
Assuming the daemon is running in cgroup `daemoncgroup`,
`--cgroup-parent=/foobar` creates a cgroup in
`/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/foobar`, whereas using `--cgroup-parent=foobar`
creates the cgroup in `/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/daemoncgroup/foobar`
The systemd cgroup driver has different rules for `--cgroup-parent`. Systemd
represents hierarchy by slice and the name of the slice encodes the location in
the tree. So `--cgroup-parent` for systemd cgroups should be a slice name. A
name can consist of a dash-separated series of names, which describes the path
to the slice from the root slice. For example, `--cgroup-parent=user-a-b.slice`
means the memory cgroup for the container is created in
`/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/user.slice/user-a.slice/user-a-b.slice/docker-<id>.scope`.
This setting can also be set per container, using the `--cgroup-parent`
option on `docker create` and `docker run`, and takes precedence over
the `--cgroup-parent` option on the daemon.
#### Daemon metrics
The `--metrics-addr` option takes a tcp address to serve the metrics API.
This feature is still experimental, therefore, the daemon must be running in experimental
mode for this feature to work.
To serve the metrics API on `localhost:9323` you would specify `--metrics-addr 127.0.0.1:9323`,
allowing you to make requests on the API at `127.0.0.1:9323/metrics` to receive metrics in the
[prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/) format.
Port `9323` is the [default port associated with Docker
metrics](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/wiki/Default-port-allocations)
to avoid collisions with other prometheus exporters and services.
If you are running a prometheus server you can add this address to your scrape configs
to have prometheus collect metrics on Docker. For more information
on prometheus refer to the [prometheus website](https://prometheus.io/).
```yaml
scrape_configs:
- job_name: 'docker'
static_configs:
- targets: ['127.0.0.1:9323']
```
Please note that this feature is still marked as experimental as metrics and metric
names could change while this feature is still in experimental. Please provide
feedback on what you would like to see collected in the API.
#### Node Generic Resources
The `--node-generic-resources` option takes a list of key-value
pair (`key=value`) that allows you to advertise user defined resources
in a swarm cluster.
The current expected use case is to advertise NVIDIA GPUs so that services
requesting `NVIDIA-GPU=[0-16]` can land on a node that has enough GPUs for
the task to run.
Example of usage:
```json
{
"node-generic-resources": [
"NVIDIA-GPU=UUID1",
"NVIDIA-GPU=UUID2"
]
}
```
### Daemon configuration file
The `--config-file` option allows you to set any configuration option
for the daemon in a JSON format. This file uses the same flag names as keys,
except for flags that allow several entries, where it uses the plural
of the flag name, e.g., `labels` for the `label` flag.
The options set in the configuration file must not conflict with options set
via flags. The docker daemon fails to start if an option is duplicated between
the file and the flags, regardless of their value. We do this to avoid
silently ignore changes introduced in configuration reloads.
For example, the daemon fails to start if you set daemon labels
in the configuration file and also set daemon labels via the `--label` flag.
Options that are not present in the file are ignored when the daemon starts.
The `--validate` option allows to validate a configuration file without
starting the Docker daemon. A non-zero exit code is returned for invalid
configuration files.
```console
$ dockerd --validate --config-file=/tmp/valid-config.json
configuration OK
$ echo $?
0
$ dockerd --validate --config-file /tmp/invalid-config.json
unable to configure the Docker daemon with file /tmp/invalid-config.json: the following directives don't match any configuration option: unknown-option
$ echo $?
1
```
##### On Linux
The default location of the configuration file on Linux is
`/etc/docker/daemon.json`. The `--config-file` flag can be used to specify a
non-default location.
This is a full example of the allowed configuration options on Linux:
```json
{
"allow-nondistributable-artifacts": [],
"api-cors-header": "",
"authorization-plugins": [],
"bip": "",
"bridge": "",
"cgroup-parent": "",
"containerd": "/run/containerd/containerd.sock",
"containerd-namespace": "docker",
"containerd-plugin-namespace": "docker-plugins",
"data-root": "",
"debug": true,
"default-address-pools": [
{
"base": "172.30.0.0/16",
"size": 24
},
{
"base": "172.31.0.0/16",
"size": 24
}
],
"default-cgroupns-mode": "private",
"default-gateway": "",
"default-gateway-v6": "",
"default-network-opts": {},
"default-runtime": "runc",
"default-shm-size": "64M",
"default-ulimits": {
"nofile": {
"Hard": 64000,
"Name": "nofile",
"Soft": 64000
}
},
"dns": [],
"dns-opts": [],
"dns-search": [],
"exec-opts": [],
"exec-root": "",
"experimental": false,
"features": {},
"fixed-cidr": "",
"fixed-cidr-v6": "",
"group": "",
"hosts": [],
"proxies": {
"http-proxy": "http://proxy.example.com:80",
"https-proxy": "https://proxy.example.com:443",
"no-proxy": "*.test.example.com,.example.org",
},
"icc": false,
"init": false,
"init-path": "/usr/libexec/docker-init",
"insecure-registries": [],
"ip": "0.0.0.0",
"ip-forward": false,
"ip-masq": false,
"iptables": false,
"ip6tables": false,
"ipv6": false,
"labels": [],
"live-restore": true,
"log-driver": "json-file",
"log-level": "",
"log-opts": {
"cache-disabled": "false",
"cache-max-file": "5",
"cache-max-size": "20m",
"cache-compress": "true",
"env": "os,customer",
"labels": "somelabel",
"max-file": "5",
"max-size": "10m"
},
"max-concurrent-downloads": 3,
"max-concurrent-uploads": 5,
"max-download-attempts": 5,
"mtu": 0,
"no-new-privileges": false,
"node-generic-resources": [
"NVIDIA-GPU=UUID1",
"NVIDIA-GPU=UUID2"
],
"oom-score-adjust": 0,
"pidfile": "",
"raw-logs": false,
"registry-mirrors": [],
"runtimes": {
"cc-runtime": {
"path": "/usr/bin/cc-runtime"
},
"custom": {
"path": "/usr/local/bin/my-runc-replacement",
"runtimeArgs": [
"--debug"
]
}
},
"seccomp-profile": "",
"selinux-enabled": false,
"shutdown-timeout": 15,
"storage-driver": "",
"storage-opts": [],
"swarm-default-advertise-addr": "",
"tls": true,
"tlscacert": "",
"tlscert": "",
"tlskey": "",
"tlsverify": true,
"userland-proxy": false,
"userland-proxy-path": "/usr/libexec/docker-proxy",
"userns-remap": ""
}
```
> **Note:**
>
> You cannot set options in `daemon.json` that have already been set on
> daemon startup as a flag.
> On systems that use `systemd` to start the Docker daemon, `-H` is already set, so
> you cannot use the `hosts` key in `daemon.json` to add listening addresses.
> See ["custom Docker daemon options"](https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/systemd/#custom-docker-daemon-options) for how
> to accomplish this task with a systemd drop-in file.
##### On Windows
The default location of the configuration file on Windows is
`%programdata%\docker\config\daemon.json`. The `--config-file` flag can be
used to specify a non-default location.
This is a full example of the allowed configuration options on Windows:
```json
{
"allow-nondistributable-artifacts": [],
"authorization-plugins": [],
"bridge": "",
"containerd": "\\\\.\\pipe\\containerd-containerd",
"containerd-namespace": "docker",
"containerd-plugin-namespace": "docker-plugins",
"data-root": "",
"debug": true,
"default-network-opts": {},
"default-runtime": "",
"default-ulimits": {},
"dns": [],
"dns-opts": [],
"dns-search": [],
"exec-opts": [],
"experimental": false,
"features": {},
"fixed-cidr": "",
"group": "",
"hosts": [],
"insecure-registries": [],
"labels": [],
"log-driver": "",
"log-level": "",
"max-concurrent-downloads": 3,
"max-concurrent-uploads": 5,
"max-download-attempts": 5,
"mtu": 0,
"pidfile": "",
"raw-logs": false,
"registry-mirrors": [],
"shutdown-timeout": 15,
"storage-driver": "",
"storage-opts": [],
"swarm-default-advertise-addr": "",
"tlscacert": "",
"tlscert": "",
"tlskey": "",
"tlsverify": true
}
```
The `default-runtime` option is by default unset, in which case dockerd will auto-detect the runtime. This detection is currently based on if the `containerd` flag is set.
Accepted values:
- `com.docker.hcsshim.v1` - This is the built-in runtime that Docker has used since Windows supported was first added and uses the v1 HCS API's in Windows.
- `io.containerd.runhcs.v1` - This is uses the containerd `runhcs` shim to run the container and uses the v2 HCS API's in Windows.
#### Feature options
The optional field `features` in `daemon.json` allows users to enable or disable specific
daemon features. For example, `{"features":{"buildkit": true}}` enables `buildkit` as the
default docker image builder.
The list of currently supported feature options:
- `buildkit`: It enables `buildkit` as default builder when set to `true` or disables it by
`false`. Note that if this option is not explicitly set in the daemon config file, then it
is up to the cli to determine which builder to invoke.
#### Configuration reload behavior
Some options can be reconfigured when the daemon is running without requiring
to restart the process. We use the `SIGHUP` signal in Linux to reload, and a global event
in Windows with the key `Global\docker-daemon-config-$PID`. The options can
be modified in the configuration file but still will check for conflicts with
the provided flags. The daemon fails to reconfigure itself
if there are conflicts, but it won't stop execution.
The list of currently supported options that can be reconfigured is this:
- `debug`: it changes the daemon to debug mode when set to true.
- `labels`: it replaces the daemon labels with a new set of labels.
- `live-restore`: Enables [keeping containers alive during daemon downtime](https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/live-restore/).
- `max-concurrent-downloads`: it updates the max concurrent downloads for each pull.
- `max-concurrent-uploads`: it updates the max concurrent uploads for each push.
- `max-download-attempts`: it updates the max download attempts for each pull.
- `default-runtime`: it updates the runtime to be used if not is
specified at container creation. It defaults to "default" which is
the runtime shipped with the official docker packages.
- `runtimes`: it updates the list of available OCI runtimes that can
be used to run containers.
- `authorization-plugin`: it specifies the authorization plugins to use.
- `allow-nondistributable-artifacts`: Replaces the set of registries to which the daemon will push nondistributable artifacts with a new set of registries.
- `insecure-registries`: it replaces the daemon insecure registries with a new set of insecure registries. If some existing insecure registries in daemon's configuration are not in newly reloaded insecure registries, these existing ones will be removed from daemon's config.
- `registry-mirrors`: it replaces the daemon registry mirrors with a new set of registry mirrors. If some existing registry mirrors in daemon's configuration are not in newly reloaded registry mirrors, these existing ones will be removed from daemon's config.
- `shutdown-timeout`: it replaces the daemon's existing configuration timeout with a new timeout for shutting down all containers.
- `features`: it explicitly enables or disables specific features.
### Run multiple daemons
> **Note:**
>
> Running multiple daemons on a single host is considered as "experimental". The user should be aware of
> unsolved problems. This solution may not work properly in some cases. Solutions are currently under development
> and will be delivered in the near future.
This section describes how to run multiple Docker daemons on a single host. To
run multiple daemons, you must configure each daemon so that it does not
conflict with other daemons on the same host. You can set these options either
by providing them as flags, or by using a [daemon configuration file](#daemon-configuration-file).
The following daemon options must be configured for each daemon:
```console
-b, --bridge= Attach containers to a network bridge
--exec-root=/var/run/docker Root of the Docker execdriver
--data-root=/var/lib/docker Root of persisted Docker data
-p, --pidfile=/var/run/docker.pid Path to use for daemon PID file
-H, --host=[] Daemon socket(s) to connect to
--iptables=true Enable addition of iptables rules
--config-file=/etc/docker/daemon.json Daemon configuration file
--tlscacert="~/.docker/ca.pem" Trust certs signed only by this CA
--tlscert="~/.docker/cert.pem" Path to TLS certificate file
--tlskey="~/.docker/key.pem" Path to TLS key file
```
When your daemons use different values for these flags, you can run them on the same host without any problems.
It is very important to properly understand the meaning of those options and to use them correctly.
- The `-b, --bridge=` flag is set to `docker0` as default bridge network. It is created automatically when you install Docker.
If you are not using the default, you must create and configure the bridge manually or just set it to 'none': `--bridge=none`
- `--exec-root` is the path where the container state is stored. The default value is `/var/run/docker`. Specify the path for
your running daemon here.
- `--data-root` is the path where persisted data such as images, volumes, and
cluster state are stored. The default value is `/var/lib/docker`. To avoid any
conflict with other daemons, set this parameter separately for each daemon.
- `-p, --pidfile=/var/run/docker.pid` is the path where the process ID of the daemon is stored. Specify the path for your
pid file here.
- `--host=[]` specifies where the Docker daemon will listen for client connections. If unspecified, it defaults to `/var/run/docker.sock`.
- `--iptables=false` prevents the Docker daemon from adding iptables rules. If
multiple daemons manage iptables rules, they may overwrite rules set by another
daemon. Be aware that disabling this option requires you to manually add
iptables rules to expose container ports. If you prevent Docker from adding
iptables rules, Docker will also not add IP masquerading rules, even if you set
`--ip-masq` to `true`. Without IP masquerading rules, Docker containers will not be
able to connect to external hosts or the internet when using network other than
default bridge.
- `--config-file=/etc/docker/daemon.json` is the path where configuration file is stored. You can use it instead of
daemon flags. Specify the path for each daemon.
- `--tls*` Docker daemon supports `--tlsverify` mode that enforces encrypted and authenticated remote connections.
The `--tls*` options enable use of specific certificates for individual daemons.
Example script for a separate “bootstrap” instance of the Docker daemon without network:
```console
$ sudo dockerd \
-H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
-p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid \
--iptables=false \
--ip-masq=false \
--bridge=none \
--data-root=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap \
--exec-root=/var/run/docker-bootstrap
```
### Default network options
The `default-network-opts` key in the `daemon.json` configuration file, and the
equivalent `--default-network-opt` CLI flag, let you specify default values for
driver network driver options for new networks.
The following example shows how to configure options for the `bridge` driver
using the `daemon.json` file.
```json
{
"default-network-opts": {
"bridge": {
"com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4": "127.0.0.1",
"com.docker.network.bridge.mtu": "1234"
}
}
}
```
This example uses the `bridge` network driver. Refer to the
[bridge network driver page](https://docs.docker.com/network/drivers/bridge/#options)
for an overview of available driver options.
After changing the configuration and restarting the daemon, new networks that
you create use these option configurations as defaults.
```console
$ docker network create mynet
$ docker network inspect mynet --format "{{json .Options}}"
{"com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4":"127.0.0.1","com.docker.network.bridge.mtu":"1234"}
```
Note that changing this daemon configuration doesn't affect pre-existing
networks.
Using the `--default-network-opt` CLI flag is useful for testing and debugging
purposes, but you should prefer using the `daemon.json` file for persistent
daemon configuration. The CLI flag expects a value with the following format:
`driver=opt=value`, for example:
```console
$ sudo dockerd \
--default-network-opt bridge=com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4=127.0.0.1 \
--default-network-opt bridge=com.docker.network.bridge.mtu=1234
```
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