docker/cli · error

network name/id is not specified

Error message

network name/id is not specified

What it means

Error "network name/id is not specified" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at opts/network.go:114

				if netOpt.DriverOpts == nil {
					netOpt.DriverOpts = make(map[string]string)
				}
				netOpt.DriverOpts[key] = val
			case gwPriorityOpt:
				netOpt.GwPriority, err = strconv.Atoi(val)
				if err != nil {
					var numErr *strconv.NumError
					if errors.As(err, &numErr) {
						err = numErr.Err
					}
					return fmt.Errorf("invalid gw-priority (%s): %w", val, err)
				}
			default:
				return errors.New("invalid field key " + key)
			}
		}
		if len(netOpt.Target) == 0 {
			return errors.New("network name/id is not specified")
		}
	} else {
		netOpt.Target = value
	}
	n.options = append(n.options, netOpt)
	return nil
}

// Type returns the type of this option
func (*NetworkOpt) Type() string {
	return "network"
}

// Value returns the networkopts
func (n *NetworkOpt) Value() []NetworkAttachmentOpts {
	return n.options
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at opts/network.go:114 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of docker/cli@e9452d6e78 (2026-08-01). Data as JSON: /data/errors/519f1a600f15a1c1.json. Report an issue: GitHub.