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NAME
docker-context-create - Create a context
SYNOPSIS
docker context create [OPTIONS] CONTEXT
DESCRIPTION
Create a context
Docker endpoint config:
NAME DESCRIPTION from Copy named con-
text's Docker endpoint configuration host Docker end-
point on which to connect ca Trust certs signed only
by this CA cert Path to TLS certificate file key
Path to TLS key file skip-tls-verify Skip TLS certificate valida-
tion
Example:
$ docker context create my-context --description "some description"
--docker "host=tcp://myserver:2376,ca=~/ca-file,cert=~/cert-
file,key=~/key-file"
OPTIONS
--description="" Description of the context
--docker=[] set the docker endpoint
--from="" create context from a named context
SEE ALSO
docker-context(1)
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