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---
title: "plugin create"
description: "the plugin create command description and usage"
keywords: "plugin, create"
---
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# plugin create
```markdown
Usage: docker plugin create [OPTIONS] PLUGIN PLUGIN-DATA-DIR
Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration. Plugin data directory must contain config.json and rootfs directory.
Options:
--compress Compress the context using gzip
--help Print usage
```
## Description
Creates a plugin. Before creating the plugin, prepare the plugin's root filesystem as well as
[the config.json](../../extend/config.md)
## Examples
The following example shows how to create a sample `plugin`.
```bash
$ ls -ls /home/pluginDir
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 431 Nov 7 01:40 config.json
0 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 420 Nov 7 01:40 rootfs
$ docker plugin create plugin /home/pluginDir
plugin
$ docker plugin ls
ID NAME TAG DESCRIPTION ENABLED
672d8144ec02 plugin latest A sample plugin for Docker false
```
The plugin can subsequently be enabled for local use or pushed to the public registry.
## Related commands
* [plugin disable](plugin_disable.md)
* [plugin enable](plugin_enable.md)
* [plugin inspect](plugin_inspect.md)
* [plugin install](plugin_install.md)
* [plugin ls](plugin_ls.md)
* [plugin push](plugin_push.md)
* [plugin rm](plugin_rm.md)
* [plugin set](plugin_set.md)
* [plugin upgrade](plugin_upgrade.md)
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