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% CONFIG.JSON(5) Docker User Manuals
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% Docker Community
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% JANUARY 2016
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# NAME
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HOME/.docker/config.json - Default Docker configuration file
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# INTRODUCTION
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By default, the Docker command line stores its configuration files in a
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directory called `.docker` within your `$HOME` directory. Docker manages most of
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the files in the configuration directory and you should not modify them.
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However, you *can modify* the `config.json` file to control certain aspects of
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how the `docker` command behaves.
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Currently, you can modify the `docker` command behavior using environment
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variables or command-line options. You can also use options within
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`config.json` to modify some of the same behavior. When using these
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mechanisms, you must keep in mind the order of precedence among them. Command
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line options override environment variables and environment variables override
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properties you specify in a `config.json` file.
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The `config.json` file stores a JSON encoding of several properties:
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* The `HttpHeaders` property specifies a set of headers to include in all messages
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sent from the Docker client to the daemon. Docker does not try to interpret or
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understand these header; it simply puts them into the messages. Docker does not
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allow these headers to change any headers it sets for itself.
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* The `psFormat` property specifies the default format for `docker ps` output.
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When the `--format` flag is not provided with the `docker ps` command,
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Docker's client uses this property. If this property is not set, the client
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falls back to the default table format. For a list of supported formatting
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directives, see **docker-ps(1)**.
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* The `detachKeys` property specifies the default key sequence which
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detaches the container. When the `--detach-keys` flag is not provide
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with the `docker attach`, `docker exec`, `docker run` or `docker
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start`, Docker's client uses this property. If this property is not
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set, the client falls back to the default sequence `ctrl-p,ctrl-q`.
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* The `imagesFormat` property specifies the default format for `docker images`
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output. When the `--format` flag is not provided with the `docker images`
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command, Docker's client uses this property. If this property is not set, the
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client falls back to the default table format. For a list of supported
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formatting directives, see **docker-images(1)**.
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You can specify a different location for the configuration files via the
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`DOCKER_CONFIG` environment variable or the `--config` command line option. If
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both are specified, then the `--config` option overrides the `DOCKER_CONFIG`
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environment variable:
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docker --config ~/testconfigs/ ps
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This command instructs Docker to use the configuration files in the
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`~/testconfigs/` directory when running the `ps` command.
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## Examples
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Following is a sample `config.json` file:
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{
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"HttpHeaders": {
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"MyHeader": "MyValue"
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},
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"psFormat": "table {{.ID}}\\t{{.Image}}\\t{{.Command}}\\t{{.Labels}}",
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"imagesFormat": "table {{.ID}}\\t{{.Repository}}\\t{{.Tag}}\\t{{.CreatedAt}}",
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"detachKeys": "ctrl-e,e"
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}
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# HISTORY
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January 2016, created by Moxiegirl <mary@docker.com>
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