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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](/docs/extend/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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