# docker plugin create

**Description:** Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration. Plugin data directory must contain config.json and rootfs directory.


**Usage:** `docker plugin create [OPTIONS] PLUGIN PLUGIN-DATA-DIR`










## Description

Creates a plugin. Before creating the plugin, prepare the plugin's root
filesystem as well as the [config.json](/engine/extend/config/).


## Options

| Option | Default | Description |
|--------|---------|-------------|
| `--compress` |  |  Compress the context using gzip |



## Examples

The following example shows how to create a sample `plugin`.

```console
$ ls -ls /home/pluginDir

total 4
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            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.