# Create a swarm After you complete the [tutorial setup](index.md) steps, you're ready to create a swarm. Make sure the Docker Engine daemon is started on the host machines. 1. Open a terminal and ssh into the machine where you want to run your manager node. For example, the tutorial uses a machine named `manager1`. 2. Run the following command to create a new swarm: ``` docker swarm init --listen-addr : ``` In the tutorial, the following command creates a swarm on the `manager1` machine: ``` $ docker swarm init --listen-addr 192.168.99.100:2377 Swarm initialized: current node (dxn1zf6l61qsb1josjja83ngz) is now a manager. ``` The `--listen-addr` flag configures the manager node to listen on port `2377`. The other nodes in the swarm must be able to access the manager at the IP address. 3. Run `docker info` to view the current state of the swarm: ``` $ docker info Containers: 2 Running: 0 Paused: 0 Stopped: 2 ...snip... Swarm: active NodeID: dxn1zf6l61qsb1josjja83ngz IsManager: Yes Managers: 1 Nodes: 1 CACertHash: sha256:b7986d3baeff2f5664dfe350eec32e2383539ec1a802ba541c4eb829056b5f61 ...snip... ``` 4. Run the `docker node ls` command to view information about nodes: ``` $ docker node ls ID NAME MEMBERSHIP STATUS AVAILABILITY MANAGER STATUS LEADER dxn1zf6l61qsb1josjja83ngz * manager1 Accepted Ready Active Reachable Yes ``` The `*` next to the node id, indicates that you're currently connected on this node. Docker Engine swarm mode automatically names the node for the machine host name. The tutorial covers other columns in later steps. ## What's next? In the next section of the tutorial, we'll [add two more nodes](add-nodes.md) to the cluster.