docker-cli/components/engine/docs/swarm/swarm-tutorial/add-nodes.md

Add nodes to the Swarm

Once you've created a Swarm with a manager node, you're ready to add worker nodes.

1. Open a terminal and ssh into the machine where you want to run a worker node. This tutorial uses the name worker1.

2. Run docker swarm join MANAGER-IP:PORT to create a worker node joined to the existing Swarm. Replace MANAGER-IP address of the manager node and the port where the manager listens.

   In the tutorial, the following command joins worker1 to the Swarm on manager1:

   $ docker swarm join 192.168.99.100:2377
   
   This node joined a Swarm as a worker.
   

3. Open a terminal and ssh into the machine where you want to run a second worker node. This tutorial uses the name worker2.

4. Run docker swarm join MANAGER-IP:PORT to create a worker node joined to the existing Swarm. Replace MANAGER-IP address of the manager node and the port where the manager listens.

5. Open a terminal and ssh into the machine where the manager node runs and run the docker node ls command to see the worker nodes:

   $ docker node ls
   
   ID              NAME      MEMBERSHIP  STATUS  AVAILABILITY  MANAGER STATUS  LEADER
   

09fm6su6c24q * manager1 Accepted Ready Active Reachable Yes 32ljq6xijzb9 worker1 Accepted Ready Active 38fsncz6fal9 worker2 Accepted Ready Active ```

The `MANAGER` column identifies the manager nodes in the Swarm. The empty
status in this column for `worker1` and `worker2` identifies them as worker nodes.

Swarm management commands like `docker node ls` only work on manager nodes.

What's next?

Now your Swarm consists of a manager and two worker nodes. In the next step of the tutorial, you deploy a service to the Swarm.