Merge pull request #13989 from squaremo/netplugin_docs

Mention network driver plugins and point to protocol docs
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## Current experimental features
* [Support for Docker plugins](plugins.md)
* [Volume plugins](plugins_volume.md)
* [Volume plugins](plugins_volume.md)
* [Network plugins](plugins_network.md)
* [Native Multi-host networking](networking.md)
* [Compose, Swarm and networking integration](compose_swarm_networking.md)

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Responds with a list of Docker subsystems which this plugin implements.
After activation, the plugin will then be sent events from this subsystem.
## Volume API
If a plugin registers itself as a `VolumeDriver` (see above) then it is
expected to provide writeable paths on the host filesystem for the Docker
daemon to provide to containers to consume.
The Docker daemon handles bind-mounting the provided paths into user
containers.
### /VolumeDriver.Create
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Instruct the plugin that the user wants to create a volume, given a user
specified volume name. The plugin does not need to actually manifest the
volume on the filesystem yet (until Mount is called).
**Response**:
```
{
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
### /VolumeDriver.Remove
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Create a volume, given a user specified volume name.
**Response**:
```
{
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
### /VolumeDriver.Mount
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Docker requires the plugin to provide a volume, given a user specified volume
name. This is called once per container start.
**Response**:
```
{
"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
### /VolumeDriver.Path
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Docker needs reminding of the path to the volume on the host.
**Response**:
```
{
"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
### /VolumeDriver.Unmount
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Indication that Docker no longer is using the named volume. This is called once
per container stop. Plugin may deduce that it is safe to deprovision it at
this point.
**Response**:
```
{
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
## Plugin retries
Attempts to call a method on a plugin are retried with an exponential backoff

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example, a [volume plugin](/experimental/plugins_volume.md) might enable Docker
volumes to persist across multiple Docker hosts.
Currently Docker supports volume plugins. In the future it will support
additional plugin types.
Currently Docker supports volume and network driver plugins. In the future it
will support additional plugin types.
## Installing a plugin
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The following plugins exist:
* The [Flocker plugin](https://clusterhq.com/docker-plugin/) is a volume plugin
which provides multi-host portable volumes for Docker, enabling you to run
which provides multi-host portable volumes for Docker, enabling you to run
databases and other stateful containers and move them around across a cluster
of machines.
* The [Weave plugin](https://github.com/weaveworks/docker-plugin) is a network
driver plugin which provides a virtual, multi-host network for containers.
* The [Calico plugin](https://github.com/metaswitch/calico-docker) is a network
driver plugin which provides a multi-host network for containers with routes
distributed by BGP.
## Troubleshooting a plugin
If you are having problems with Docker after loading a plugin, ask the authors

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# Experimental: Docker network driver plugins
Docker supports network driver plugins via
[LibNetwork](https://github.com/docker/libnetwork). Network driver plugins are
implemented as "remote drivers" for LibNetwork, which shares plugin
infrastructure with Docker. In effect this means that network driver plugins
are activated in the same way as other plugins, and use the same kind of
protocol.
## Using network driver plugins
The means of installing and running a network driver plugin will depend on the
particular plugin.
Once running however, network driver plugins are used just like the built-in
network drivers: by being mentioned as a driver in network-oriented Docker
commands. For example,
docker network create -d weave mynet
Some network driver plugins are listed in [plugins.md](plugins.md)
The network thus created is owned by the plugin, so subsequent commands
referring to that network will also be run through the plugin.
## Network driver plugin protocol
The network driver protocol, additional to the plugin activation call, is
documented as part of LibNetwork:
[https://github.com/docker/libnetwork/blob/master/docs/remote.md](https://github.com/docker/libnetwork/blob/master/docs/remote.md).
# Related GitHub PRs and issues
Please record your feedback in the following issue, on the usual
Google Groups, or the IRC channel #docker-network.
- [#14083](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/14083) Feedback on
experimental networking features
Other pertinent issues:
- [#13977](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/13977) UI for using networks
- [#14023](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/14023) --default-network option
- [#14051](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/14051) --publish-service option
- [#13441](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/13441) (Deprecated) Networks API & UI

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field of type `string` allowing to specify the name of the driver. It's default
value of `"local"` (the default driver for local volumes).
# Volume plugin protocol
If a plugin registers itself as a `VolumeDriver` when activated, then it is
expected to provide writeable paths on the host filesystem for the Docker
daemon to provide to containers to consume.
The Docker daemon handles bind-mounting the provided paths into user
containers.
### /VolumeDriver.Create
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Instruct the plugin that the user wants to create a volume, given a user
specified volume name. The plugin does not need to actually manifest the
volume on the filesystem yet (until Mount is called).
**Response**:
```
{
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
### /VolumeDriver.Remove
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Create a volume, given a user specified volume name.
**Response**:
```
{
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
### /VolumeDriver.Mount
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Docker requires the plugin to provide a volume, given a user specified volume
name. This is called once per container start.
**Response**:
```
{
"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
### /VolumeDriver.Path
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Docker needs reminding of the path to the volume on the host.
**Response**:
```
{
"Mountpoint": "/path/to/directory/on/host",
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with the path on the host filesystem where the volume has been made
available, and/or a string error if an error occurred.
### /VolumeDriver.Unmount
**Request**:
```
{
"Name": "volume_name"
}
```
Indication that Docker no longer is using the named volume. This is called once
per container stop. Plugin may deduce that it is safe to deprovision it at
this point.
**Response**:
```
{
"Err": null
}
```
Respond with a string error if an error occurred.
# Related GitHub PRs and issues
- [#13161](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/13161) Volume refactor and external volume plugins