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| Description | Create a config from a file or STDIN | | Usage | docker config create [OPTIONS] CONFIG file|- |

Swarm This command works with the Swarm orchestrator.

Description

Creates a config using standard input or from a file for the config content.

For detailed information about using configs, refer to store configuration data using Docker Configs.

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 in the documentation.

Options

Option	Default	Description
-l, --label		Config labels
--template-driver		API 1.37+<br>Template driver

Examples

Create a config

$ printf <config> | docker config create my_config -

onakdyv307se2tl7nl20anokv

$ docker config ls

ID                          NAME                CREATED             UPDATED
onakdyv307se2tl7nl20anokv   my_config           6 seconds ago       6 seconds ago

Create a config with a file

$ docker config create my_config ./config.json

dg426haahpi5ezmkkj5kyl3sn

$ docker config ls

ID                          NAME                CREATED             UPDATED
dg426haahpi5ezmkkj5kyl3sn   my_config           7 seconds ago       7 seconds ago

Create a config with labels (-l, --label)

$ docker config create \
    --label env=dev \
    --label rev=20170324 \
    my_config ./config.json

eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97

$ docker config inspect my_config

[\
    {\
        "ID": "eo7jnzguqgtpdah3cm5srfb97",\
        "Version": {\
            "Index": 17\
        },\
        "CreatedAt": "2017-03-24T08:15:09.735271783Z",\
        "UpdatedAt": "2017-03-24T08:15:09.735271783Z",\
        "Spec": {\
            "Name": "my_config",\
            "Labels": {\
                "env": "dev",\
                "rev": "20170324"\
            },\
            "Data": "aGVsbG8K"\
        }\
    }\
]