| # node promote | |
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| Promote one or more nodes to manager in the swarm | |
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| ## Description | |
| Promotes a node to manager. This command can only be executed on a manager node. | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > This is a cluster management command, and must be executed on a swarm | |
| > manager node. To learn about managers and workers, refer to the | |
| > [Swarm mode section](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) in the | |
| > documentation. | |
| ## Examples | |
| ```console | |
| $ docker node promote <node name> | |
| ``` | |
| ## Related commands | |
| * [node demote](node_demote.md) | |
| * [node inspect](node_inspect.md) | |
| * [node ls](node_ls.md) | |
| * [node ps](node_ps.md) | |
| * [node rm](node_rm.md) | |
| * [node update](node_update.md) |