Ubuntu Manpage: docker-network-create – Create a network

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NAME

       docker-network-create - Create a network

SYNOPSIS

       docker network create [OPTIONS] NETWORK

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 --driver option, the command
       automatically creates a bridge network for you.  When you install Docker Engine it creates
       a bridge network automatically. This network corresponds to the docker0 bridge that Engine
       has traditionally relied on. When launch a new container with  docker run it automatically
       connects to this bridge network. You cannot remove this default bridge network but you can
       create new ones using the network create command.

              $ docker network create -d bridge my-bridge-network

       Bridge networks are isolated networks on a single Engine installation. If you want to
       create a network that spans multiple Docker hosts each running an Engine, you must create
       an overlay network. Unlike bridge networks overlay networks require some pre-existing
       conditions before you can create one. These conditions are:

       • Access to a key-value store. Engine supports Consul, Etcd, and Zookeeper (Distributed
         store) key-value stores.

       • A cluster of hosts with connectivity to the key-value store.

       • A properly configured Engine daemon on each host in the cluster.

       The dockerd options that support the overlay network are:

       • --cluster-store--cluster-store-opt--cluster-advertise

       To read more about these options and how to configure them, see "Get started with
       multi-host network" ⟨https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/get-started-
       overlay/⟩.

       It is also a good idea, though not required, that you install Docker Swarm on to manage
       the cluster that makes up your network. Swarm provides sophisticated discovery and server
       management that can assist your implementation.

       Once you have prepared the overlay network prerequisites you simply choose a Docker host
       in the cluster and issue the following to create the network:

              $ docker network create -d overlay my-multihost-network

       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

       When you start a container use the --network flag to connect it to a network.  This adds
       the busybox container to the mynet network.

              $ docker run -itd --network=mynet busybox

       If you want to add a container to a network after the container is already running use the
       docker network connect subcommand.

       You can connect multiple containers to the same network. Once connected, the containers
       can communicate using only another container's IP address or name.  For overlay networks
       or custom plugins that support multi-host connectivity, containers connected to the same
       multi-host network but launched from different Engines can also communicate in this way.

       You can disconnect a container from a network using the docker network disconnect command.

Specifying 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 network.  It is purely for
       ip-addressing purposes. You can override this default and specify subnetwork values
       directly using the --subnet option. On a bridge network you can only create a single
       subnet:

              $ docker network create -d bridge --subnet=192.168.0.0/16 br0

       Additionally, you also specify the --gateway --ip-range and --aux-address options.

              $ docker network create \
                --driver=bridge \
                --subnet=172.28.0.0/16 \
                --ip-range=172.28.5.0/24 \
                --gateway=172.28.5.254 \
                br0

       If you omit the --gateway flag the Engine selects one for you from inside a preferred
       pool. For overlay networks and for network driver plugins that support it you can create
       multiple subnetworks.

              $ docker network create -d overlay \
                --subnet=192.168.0.0/16 \
                --subnet=192.170.0.0/16 \
                --gateway=192.168.0.100 \
                --gateway=192.170.0.100 \
                --ip-range=192.168.1.0/24 \
                --aux-address="my-router=192.168.1.5" --aux-address="my-switch=192.168.1.6" \
                --aux-address="my-printer=192.170.1.5" --aux-address="my-nas=192.170.1.6" \
                my-multihost-network

       Be sure that your subnetworks do not overlap. If they do, the network create fails and
       Engine returns an error.

   Network internal mode
       By default, when you connect a container to an overlay network, Docker also 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.

   Network ingress mode
       You can create the network which will be used to provide the routing-mesh in the swarm
       cluster. You do so by specifying --ingress when creating the network. Only one ingress
       network can be created at the time. The network can be removed only if no services depend
       on it. Any option available when creating an overlay network is also available when
       creating the ingress network, besides the --attachable option.

              $ docker network create -d overlay \
                --subnet=10.11.0.0/16 \
                --ingress \
                --opt com.docker.network.mtu=9216 \
                --opt encrypted=true \
                my-ingress-network

   Run services on predefined networks
       You can create services on the predefined docker networks bridge and host.

              $ docker service create --name my-service \
                --network host \
                --replicas 2 \
                busybox top

   Swarm networks with local scope drivers
       You can create a swarm network with local scope network drivers. You do so by promoting
       the network scope to swarm during the creation of the network.  You will then be able to
       use this network when creating services.

              $ docker network create -d bridge \
                --scope swarm \
                --attachable \
                swarm-network

       For network drivers which provide connectivity across hosts (ex. macvlan), if node
       specific configurations are needed in order to plumb the network on each host, you will
       supply that configuration via a configuration only network.  When you create the swarm
       scoped network, you will then specify the name of the network which contains the
       configuration.

              node1$ docker network create --config-only --subnet 192.168.100.0/24 --gateway 192.168.100.115 mv-config
              node2$ docker network create --config-only --subnet 192.168.200.0/24 --gateway 192.168.200.202 mv-config
              node1$ docker network create -d macvlan --scope swarm --config-from mv-config --attachable swarm-network

OPTIONS

       --attachable[=false]
           Enable manual container attachment

       --aux-address=map[]
           Auxiliary IPv4 or IPv6 addresses used by Network driver

       --config-from=""
           The network from which copying the configuration

       --config-only[=false]
           Create a configuration only network

       -d, --driver="bridge"
           Driver to manage the Network

       --gateway=[]
           IPv4 or IPv6 Gateway for the master subnet

       -h, --help[=false]
           help for create

       --ingress[=false]
           Create swarm routing-mesh network

       --internal[=false]
           Restrict external access to the network

       --ip-range=[]
           Allocate container ip from a sub-range

       --ipam-driver="default"
           IP Address Management Driver

       --ipam-opt=map[]
           Set IPAM driver specific options

       --ipv6[=false]
           Enable IPv6 networking

       --label=
           Set metadata on a network

       -o, --opt=map[]
           Set driver specific options

       --scope=""
           Control the network's scope

       --subnet=[]
           Subnet in CIDR format that represents a network segment

SEE ALSO

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