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---
title: "context create"
description: "The context create command description and usage"
keywords: "context, create"
---
# context create
```markdown
Usage: docker context create [OPTIONS] CONTEXT
Create a context
Docker endpoint config:
NAME DESCRIPTION
from Copy Docker endpoint configuration from an existing context
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
skip-tls-verify Skip TLS certificate validation
Kubernetes endpoint config:
NAME DESCRIPTION
from Copy Kubernetes endpoint configuration from an existing context
config-file Path to a Kubernetes config file
context-override Overrides the context set in the kubernetes config file
namespace-override Overrides the namespace set in the kubernetes config file
Example:
$ docker context create my-context \
--description "some description" \
--docker "host=tcp://myserver:2376,ca=~/ca-file,cert=~/cert-file,key=~/key-file"
Options:
--default-stack-orchestrator string Default orchestrator for
stack operations to use with
this context
(swarm|kubernetes|all)
--description string Description of the context
--docker stringToString set the docker endpoint
(default [])
--kubernetes stringToString set the kubernetes endpoint
(default [])
--from string Create the context from an existing context
```
## Description
Creates a new `context`. This allows you to quickly switch the cli
configuration to connect to different clusters or single nodes.
## Examples
### Create a context with a docker and kubernetes endpoint
To create a context from scratch provide the docker and, if required,
kubernetes options. The example below creates the context `my-context`
with a docker endpoint of `/var/run/docker.sock` and a kubernetes configuration
sourced from the file `/home/me/my-kube-config`:
```console
$ docker context create \
--docker host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock \
--kubernetes config-file=/home/me/my-kube-config \
my-context
```
### <a name="from"></a> Create a context based on an existing context (--from)
Use the `--from=<context-name>` option to create a new context from
an existing context. The example below creates a new context named `my-context`
from the existing context `existing-context`:
```console
$ docker context create --from existing-context my-context
```
If the `--from` option is not set, the `context` is created from the current context:
```console
$ docker context create my-context
```
This can be used to create a context out of an existing `DOCKER_HOST` based script:
```console
$ source my-setup-script.sh
$ docker context create my-context
```
To source only the `docker` endpoint configuration from an existing context
use the `--docker from=<context-name>` option. The example below creates a
new context named `my-context` using the docker endpoint configuration from
the existing context `existing-context` and a kubernetes configuration sourced
from the file `/home/me/my-kube-config`:
```console
$ docker context create \
--docker from=existing-context \
--kubernetes config-file=/home/me/my-kube-config \
my-context
```
To source only the `kubernetes` configuration from an existing context use the
`--kubernetes from=<context-name>` option. The example below creates a new
context named `my-context` using the kuberentes configuration from the existing
context `existing-context` and a docker endpoint of `/var/run/docker.sock`:
```console
$ docker context create \
--docker host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock \
--kubernetes from=existing-context \
my-context
```
Docker and Kubernetes endpoints configurations, as well as default stack
orchestrator and description can be modified with `docker context update`.
Refer to the [`docker context update` reference](context_update.md) for details.
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