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title: "plugin create (experimental)"
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description: "the plugin create command description and usage"
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keywords: "plugin, create"
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advisory: "experimental"
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```markdown
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Usage: docker plugin create [OPTIONS] reponame[:tag] PATH-TO-ROOTFS
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create a plugin from the given PATH-TO-ROOTFS, which contains the plugin's root filesystem and the manifest file, manifest.json
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Options:
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--compress Compress the context using gzip
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--help Print usage
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```
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Creates a plugin. Before creating the plugin, prepare the plugin's root filesystem as well as
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the manifest.json (https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/docs/extend/manifest.md)
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The following example shows how to create a sample `plugin`.
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```bash
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$ ls -ls /home/pluginDir
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4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 431 Nov 7 01:40 manifest.json
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0 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 420 Nov 7 01:40 rootfs
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$ docker plugin create plugin /home/pluginDir
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plugin
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NAME TAG DESCRIPTION ENABLED
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plugin latest A sample plugin for Docker true
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```
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The plugin can subsequently be enabled for local use or pushed to the public registry.
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## Related information
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* [plugin ls](plugin_ls.md)
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* [plugin enable](plugin_enable.md)
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* [plugin disable](plugin_disable.md)
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* [plugin inspect](plugin_inspect.md)
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* [plugin install](plugin_install.md)
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* [plugin rm](plugin_rm.md)
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* [plugin set](plugin_set.md)
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