Provision with Machine (Swarm)

Provision a Swarm cluster with Docker Machine

You can use Docker Machine to provision a Docker Swarm cluster. Machine is the Docker provisioning tool. Machine provisions the hosts, installs Docker Engine on them, and then configures the Docker CLI client. With Machine’s Swarm options, you can also quickly configure a Swarm cluster as part of this provisioning.

This page explains the commands you need to provision a basic Swarm cluster on a local Mac or Windows computer using Machine. Once you understand the process, you can use it to setup a Swarm cluster on a cloud provider, or inside your company’s data center.

If this is the first time you are creating a Swarm cluster, you should first learn about Swarm and its requirements by installing a Swarm for evaluation or installing a Sw