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  Creates and destroys a volume in Docker. This can be used alongside docker_container container.md to prepare volumes that can be shared across containers.
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# docker_volume (Resource)

Creates and destroys a volume in Docker. This can be used alongside [docker_container](container.md) to prepare volumes that can be shared across containers.

## Example Usage

```terraform
resource "docker_volume" "shared_volume" {
  name = "shared_volume"
}
```

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## Schema

### Optional

- **driver** (String) Driver type for the volume. Defaults to `local`.
- **driver_opts** (Map of String) Options specific to the driver.
- **id** (String) The ID of this resource.
- **labels** (Block Set) User-defined key/value metadata (see [below for nested schema](#nestedblock--labels))
- **name** (String) The name of the Docker volume (will be generated if not provided).

### Read-Only

- **mountpoint** (String) The mountpoint of the volume.

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### Nested Schema for `labels`

Required:

- **label** (String) Name of the label
- **value** (String) Value of the label

## Import

Import is supported using the following syntax by providing the `id`:

```shell
#!/bin/bash
terraform import docker_volume.foo id
```

### Example

Assuming you created a `volume` as follows

```shell
#!/bin/bash
docker volume create
# prints the long ID
524b0457aa2a87dd2b75c74c3e4e53f406974249e63ab3ed9bf21e5644f9dc7d
```

you provide the definition for the resource as follows

```terraform
resource "docker_volume" "foo" {
  name = "524b0457aa2a87dd2b75c74c3e4e53f406974249e63ab3ed9bf21e5644f9dc7d"
}
```

then the import command is as follows

```shell
#!/bin/bash
terraform import docker_volume.foo 524b0457aa2a87dd2b75c74c3e4e53f406974249e63ab3ed9bf21e5644f9dc7d
```