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@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ Docker 1.13+ is required. You can use docker-machine with the following command:
 docker-machine create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-boot2docker-url https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/download/v1.13.0-rc1/boot2docker.iso <name>
 ```
 
+The docker daemon needs to run in swarm mode because PWD uses overlay attachable networks. For that
+just run `docker swarm init`.
+
+It's also necessary to manually load the IPVS kernel module because as swarms are created in `dind`, 
+the daemon won't load it automatically. Run the following command for that purpose: `sudo lsmod xt_ipvs`
+
+
 ## Installation
 
 Start the Docker daemon on your machine and run `docker pull docker:1.12.2-rc2-dind`.