Docker-Swarm: Running with more than one manager-node / How to add a secondary manager or multiple managers

Adding additional masters to a docker swarm is very easy. I just followed the documentation:

On the manager i ran the following command:

alpine:~# docker swarm join-token manager
To add a manager to this swarm, run the following command:

    docker swarm join --token SWMTKN-1-3b7f69d3wgty0u68oab8724z07fkyvgc0w8j37ng1l7jsmbghl-5nrni6ksqnkljvqpp59m5gfh1 192.168.178.46:2377

And on the node:

node03:~# docker swarm join --token SWMTKN-1-3b7f69d3wgty0u68oab8724z07fkyvgc0w8j37ng1
l7jsmbghl-5nrni6ksqnkljvqpp59m5gfh1 192.168.178.46:2377

This node joined a swarm as a manager.

The new state of the cluster shows:

alpine:~# docker  info | grep -A 23 Swarm
Swarm: active
 NodeID: wy1z8jxmr1cyupdqgkm6lxhe2
 Is Manager: true
 ClusterID: wkbjyxbcuohgdqc3amhl9umlq
 Managers: 2
 Nodes: 4
 Orchestration:
  Task History Retention Limit: 5
 Raft:
  Snapshot Interval: 10000
  Number of Old Snapshots to Retain: 0
  Heartbeat Tick: 1
  Election Tick: 3
 Dispatcher:
  Heartbeat Period: 5 seconds
 CA Configuration:
  Expiry Duration: 3 months
  Force Rotate: 0
 Autolock Managers: false
 Root Rotation In Progress: false
 Node Address: 192.168.178.46
 Manager Addresses:
  192.168.178.46:2377
  192.168.178.50:2377

If you want to use a new token just run:

alpine:~# docker  swarm join-token --rotate  manager
Successfully rotated manager join token.

To add a manager to this swarm, run the following command:

    docker swarm join --token SWMTKN-1-3b7f69d3wgty0u68oab8724z07fkyvgc0w8j37ng1l7jsmbghl-cgy143mwghbfoozt0b8li2587 192.168.178.46:2377

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