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Signed-off-by: David Karlsson <[email protected]>
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dvdksn committed Nov 6, 2023
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50 changes: 50 additions & 0 deletions docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
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--default-gateway ip Container default gateway IPv4 address
--default-gateway-v6 ip Container default gateway IPv6 address
--default-ipc-mode string Default mode for containers ipc ("shareable" | "private") (default "private")
--default-network-opt mapmap Default network options (default map[])
--default-runtime string Default OCI runtime for containers (default "runc")
--default-shm-size bytes Default shm size for containers (default 64MiB)
--default-ulimit ulimit Default ulimits for containers (default [])
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"default-cgroupns-mode": "private",
"default-gateway": "",
"default-gateway-v6": "",
"default-network-opts": "",
"default-runtime": "runc",
"default-shm-size": "64M",
"default-ulimits": {
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"containerd-plugin-namespace": "docker-plugins",
"data-root": "",
"debug": true,
"default-network-opts": "",
"default-runtime": "",
"default-ulimits": {},
"dns": [],
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--data-root=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap \
--exec-root=/var/run/docker-bootstrap
```

### Default network options

The `default-network-opts` key in the `daemon.json` configuration file, and the
equivalent `--default-network-opt` CLI flag, let you specify default values for
driver network driver options for new networks.

The following example shows how to configure options for the `bridge` driver
using the `daemon.json` file.

```json
{
"default-network-opts": {
"bridge": {
"com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4": "127.0.0.1",
"com.docker.network.bridge.mtu": "1234"
}
}
}
```

This example uses the `bridge` network driver. Refer to the
[bridge network driver page](https://docs.docker.com/network/drivers/bridge/#options)
for an overview of available driver options.

After changing the configuration and restarting the daemon, new networks that
you create use these option configurations as defaults.

```console
$ docker network create mynet
$ docker network inspect mynet --format "{{json .Options}}"
{"com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4":"127.0.0.1","com.docker.network.bridge.mtu":"1234"}
```

Note that changing this daemon configuration doesn't affect pre-existing
networks.

Using the `--default-network-opt` CLI flag is useful for testing and debugging
purposes, but you should prefer using the `daemon.json` file for persistent
daemon configuration. The CLI flag expects a value with the following format:
`driver=opt=value`, for example:

```console
$ sudo dockerd \
--default-network-opt bridge=com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4=127.0.0.1 \
--default-network-opt bridge=com.docker.network.bridge.mtu=1234
```
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[**--default-gateway**[=*DEFAULT-GATEWAY*]]
[**--default-gateway-v6**[=*DEFAULT-GATEWAY-V6*]]
[**--default-address-pool**[=*DEFAULT-ADDRESS-POOL*]]
[**--default-network-opt**[=*DRIVER=OPT=VALUE*]]
[**--default-runtime**[=*runc*]]
[**--default-ipc-mode**=*MODE*]
[**--default-shm-size**[=*64MiB*]]
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Example: base=172.30.0.0/16,size=24 will set the default
address pools for the selected scope networks to {172.30.[0-255].0/24}

**--default-network-opt**=*DRIVER=OPT=VALUE*
Default network driver options

**--default-runtime**=*"runtime"*
Set default runtime if there're more than one specified by **--add-runtime**.

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