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Merge pull request #8316 from duglin/Issue4787

Add a note about using an open schema model - Issue #4787

Fred Lifton authored on 2014/10/02 03:21:09
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    "serveraddress" : "string", "auth": ""}`. Notice that `auth` is to be left
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    empty, `serveraddress` is a domain/ip without protocol, and that double
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    quotes (instead of single ones) are required.
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+ - The Remote API uses an open schema model.  In this model, unknown 
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+   properties in incoming messages will be ignored.
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+   Client applications need to take this into account to ensure
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+   they will not break when talking to newer Docker daemons.
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 The current version of the API is v1.15
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