docker-context-update(1)

docker-context-update1

Update a context

Usage

docker context update [OPTIONS] CONTEXT

Overview

Update a context

Docker endpoint config:

NAME DESCRIPTION from Copy named context's Docker endpoint configuration host Docker endpoint on which to connect ca Trust certs signed only by this CA cert Path to TLS certificate file key Path to TLS key file skip-tls-verify Skip TLS certificate validation

Example:

$ docker context update my-context --description "some description" --docker "host=tcp://myserver:2376,ca=~/ca-file,cert=~/cert-file,key=~/key-file"

Options

--description=""
Description of the context

--docker=[]
set the docker endpoint

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From docker 1:29.9.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.