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CLI reference


The Extensions CLI is an extension development tool that is used to manage Docker extensions. Actions include install, list, remove, and validate extensions.

  • docker extension enable turns on Docker extensions.
  • docker extension dev commands for extension development.
  • docker extension disable turns off Docker extensions.
  • docker extension init creates a new Docker extension.
  • docker extension install installs a Docker extension with the specified image.
  • docker extension ls list installed Docker extensions.
  • docker extension rm removes a Docker extension.
  • docker extension update removes and re-installs a Docker extension.
  • docker extension validate validates the extension metadata file against the JSON schema.