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| author | Misty Stanley-Jones <misty@apache.org> | 2017-04-03 16:54:34 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-04-03 16:54:34 -0700 |
| commit | 473c5701cb66403b0535a5c01845cb0f27fbeb47 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a40326ad4b426655abca7377dc30da003847d4d /docs/reference/commandline/network_create.md | |
| parent | ce07fb6b0f1b8765b92022e45f96bd4349812e06 (diff) | |
| parent | 71e6babfa2598669218177b5b429e873b7f35e8f (diff) | |
| download | docker-1.13.x.tar.gz | |
Merge pull request #32332 from mstanleyjones/1.13.x1.13.x
Cherry-pick command-line ref improvements
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diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/network_create.md b/docs/reference/commandline/network_create.md index e238217d41..4540d530c6 100644 --- a/docs/reference/commandline/network_create.md +++ b/docs/reference/commandline/network_create.md @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Options: network segment (default []) ``` +## Description + Creates a new network. The `DRIVER` accepts `bridge` or `overlay` which are the built-in network drivers. If you have installed a third party or your own custom network driver you can specify that `DRIVER` here also. If you don't specify the @@ -86,7 +88,9 @@ Network names must be unique. The Docker daemon attempts to identify naming conflicts but this is not guaranteed. It is the user's responsibility to avoid name conflicts. -## Connect containers +## Examples + +### Connect containers When you start a container, use the `--network` flag to connect it to a network. This example adds the `busybox` container to the `mynet` network: @@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ Engines can also communicate in this way. You can disconnect a container from a network using the `docker network disconnect` command. -## Specifying advanced options +### Specify advanced options When you create a network, Engine creates a non-overlapping subnetwork for the network by default. This subnetwork is not a subdivision of an existing @@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ $ docker network create -d overlay \ Be sure that your subnetworks do not overlap. If they do, the network create fails and Engine returns an error. -# Bridge driver options +### Bridge driver options When creating a custom network, the default network driver (i.e. `bridge`) has additional options that can be passed. The following are those options and the @@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ connects a bridge network to it to provide external connectivity. If you want to create an externally isolated `overlay` network, you can specify the `--internal` option. -## Related information +## Related commands * [network inspect](network_inspect.md) * [network connect](network_connect.md) |