Mention network driver plugins and point to protocol docs
Signed-off-by: Michael Bridgen <mikeb@squaremobius.net> Signed-off-by: Tom Denham <tom.denham@metaswitch.com>
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@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ Unlike the regular Docker binary, the experimental channels is built and updated
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## Current experimental features
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* [Support for Docker plugins](plugins.md)
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* [Volume plugins](plugins_volume.md)
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* [Volume plugins](plugins_volume.md)
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* [Network plugins](plugins_network.md)
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* [Native Multi-host networking](networking.md)
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* [Compose, Swarm and networking integration](compose_swarm_networking.md)
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@ -95,124 +95,6 @@ Plugins are activated via the following "handshake" API call.
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Responds with a list of Docker subsystems which this plugin implements.
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After activation, the plugin will then be sent events from this subsystem.
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## Volume API
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If a plugin registers itself as a `VolumeDriver` (see above) then it is
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expected to provide writeable paths on the host filesystem for the Docker
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daemon to provide to containers to consume.
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The Docker daemon handles bind-mounting the provided paths into user
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containers.
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### /VolumeDriver.Create
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Instruct the plugin that the user wants to create a volume, given a user
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specified volume name. The plugin does not need to actually manifest the
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volume on the filesystem yet (until Mount is called).
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Remove
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Create a volume, given a user specified volume name.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Mount
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Docker requires the plugin to provide a volume, given a user specified volume
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name. This is called once per container start.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
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available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Path
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Docker needs reminding of the path to the volume on the host.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
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available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Unmount
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Indication that Docker no longer is using the named volume. This is called once
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per container stop. Plugin may deduce that it is safe to deprovision it at
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this point.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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## Plugin retries
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Attempts to call a method on a plugin are retried with an exponential backoff
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example, a [volume plugin](/experimental/plugins_volume.md) might enable Docker
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volumes to persist across multiple Docker hosts.
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Currently Docker supports volume plugins. In the future it will support
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additional plugin types.
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Currently Docker supports volume and network driver plugins. In the future it
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will support additional plugin types.
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## Installing a plugin
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The following plugins exist:
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* The [Flocker plugin](https://clusterhq.com/docker-plugin/) is a volume plugin
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which provides multi-host portable volumes for Docker, enabling you to run
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which provides multi-host portable volumes for Docker, enabling you to run
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databases and other stateful containers and move them around across a cluster
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of machines.
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* The [Weave plugin](https://github.com/weaveworks/docker-plugin) is a network
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driver plugin which provides a virtual, multi-host network for containers.
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* The [Calico plugin](https://github.com/metaswitch/calico-docker) is a network
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driver plugin which provides a multi-host network for containers with routes
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distributed by BGP.
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## Troubleshooting a plugin
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If you are having problems with Docker after loading a plugin, ask the authors
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experimental/plugins_network.md
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experimental/plugins_network.md
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# Experimental: Docker network driver plugins
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Docker supports network driver plugins via
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[LibNetwork](https://github.com/docker/libnetwork). Network driver plugins are
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implemented as "remote drivers" for LibNetwork, which shares plugin
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infrastructure with Docker. In effect this means that network driver plugins
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are activated in the same way as other plugins, and use the same kind of
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protocol.
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## Using network driver plugins
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The means of installing and running a network driver plugin will depend on the
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particular plugin.
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Once running however, network driver plugins are used just like the built-in
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network drivers: by being mentioned as a driver in network-oriented Docker
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commands. For example,
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docker network create -d weave mynet
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Some network driver plugins are listed in [plugins.md](plugins.md)
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The network thus created is owned by the plugin, so subsequent commands
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referring to that network will also be run through the plugin.
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## Network driver plugin protocol
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The network driver protocol, additional to the plugin activation call, is
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documented as part of LibNetwork:
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[https://github.com/docker/libnetwork/blob/master/docs/remote.md](https://github.com/docker/libnetwork/blob/master/docs/remote.md).
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# Related GitHub PRs and issues
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Please record your feedback in the following issue, on the usual
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Google Groups, or the IRC channel #docker-network.
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- [#14083](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/14083) Feedback on
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experimental networking features
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Other pertinent issues:
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- [#13977](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/13977) UI for using networks
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- [#14023](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/14023) --default-network option
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- [#14051](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/14051) --publish-service option
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- [#13441](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/13441) (Deprecated) Networks API & UI
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field of type `string` allowing to specify the name of the driver. It's default
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value of `"local"` (the default driver for local volumes).
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# Volume plugin protocol
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If a plugin registers itself as a `VolumeDriver` when activated, then it is
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expected to provide writeable paths on the host filesystem for the Docker
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daemon to provide to containers to consume.
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The Docker daemon handles bind-mounting the provided paths into user
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containers.
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### /VolumeDriver.Create
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Instruct the plugin that the user wants to create a volume, given a user
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specified volume name. The plugin does not need to actually manifest the
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volume on the filesystem yet (until Mount is called).
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Remove
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Create a volume, given a user specified volume name.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Mount
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Docker requires the plugin to provide a volume, given a user specified volume
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name. This is called once per container start.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
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available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Path
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Docker needs reminding of the path to the volume on the host.
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**Response**:
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```
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{
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"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
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"Err": null
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}
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```
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Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
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available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
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### /VolumeDriver.Unmount
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**Request**:
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```
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{
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"Name": "volume_name"
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}
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```
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Indication that Docker no longer is using the named volume. This is called once
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per container stop. Plugin may deduce that it is safe to deprovision it at
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this point.
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**Response**:
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```
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"Err": null
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```
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Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
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# Related GitHub PRs and issues
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- [#13161](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/13161) Volume refactor and external volume plugins
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