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---
title: "plugin enable"
description: "the plugin enable command description and usage"
keywords: "plugin, enable"
---
# plugin enable
```markdown
Usage: docker plugin enable [OPTIONS] PLUGIN
Enable a plugin
Options:
--help Print usage
--timeout int HTTP client timeout (in seconds)
```
## Description
Enables a plugin. The plugin must be installed before it can be enabled,
see [`docker plugin install`](plugin_install.md).
## Examples
The following example shows that the `sample-volume-plugin` plugin is installed,
but disabled:
```console
$ docker plugin ls
ID NAME DESCRIPTION ENABLED
69553ca1d123 tiborvass/sample-volume-plugin:latest A test plugin for Docker false
```
To enable the plugin, use the following command:
```console
$ docker plugin enable tiborvass/sample-volume-plugin
tiborvass/sample-volume-plugin
$ docker plugin ls
ID NAME DESCRIPTION ENABLED
69553ca1d123 tiborvass/sample-volume-plugin:latest A test plugin for Docker true
```
## Related commands
* [plugin create](plugin_create.md)
* [plugin disable](plugin_disable.md)
* [plugin inspect](plugin_inspect.md)
* [plugin install](plugin_install.md)
* [plugin ls](plugin_ls.md)
* [plugin push](plugin_push.md)
* [plugin rm](plugin_rm.md)
* [plugin set](plugin_set.md)
* [plugin upgrade](plugin_upgrade.md)
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