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Section: Docker User Manuals (1)
Updated: Jun 2025
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NAME

docke-contex-create- Create a context

SYNOPSIS

docker context create [OPTIONS] CONTEXT

DESCRIPTION

Create a context

Docker endpoint config:

NAME DESCRIPTION from Copy named context's Docker endpoint configuration host Docker endpoint on which to connect ca Trust certs signed only by this CA cert Path to TLS certificate file key Path to TLS key file ski-tl-verify Skip TLS certificate validation

Example:

$ docker context create m-context-description "some description"-docker "host=tcp://myserver:2376,ca=~/c-file,cert=~/cer-file,key=~/ke-file"

OPTIONS

-description="" Description of the context

-docker=[] set the docker endpoint

-from="" create context from a named context