How is a Docker volume created?

Docker volumes are a critical component of managing data persistently in containerized applications. The method to create a Docker volume is accomplished using the command docker volume create [volume_name]. This command directly instructs Docker to create a new volume that can then be used to store data that persists beyond the lifecycle of individual containers.

Using the docker volume create command allows you to specify a unique name for the volume, though it is optional to provide one (Docker will generate a name if you don't). The created volume can then be mounted to containers, allowing data to be shared across multiple containers or to ensure that important application data is stored outside of the container filesystem, which is ephemeral by design.

Other methods listed are not valid commands for creating Docker volumes. For instance, docker create volume and docker new volume do not conform to the Docker CLI's syntax and would result in an error if attempted. The docker build command is primarily used to build Docker images from a Dockerfile, not for creating volumes. Thus, the command to create a volume is specifically and correctly represented by docker volume create [volume_name].