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Signed by all authors: Signed-off-by: Michael Crosby <crosbymichael@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Porterie <arnaud.porterie@docker.com> Signed-off-by: David Calavera <david.calavera@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Lindsay <progrium@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Morozov <lk4d4@docker.com> Signed-off-by: Luke Marsden <luke@clusterhq.com> Signed-off-by: David Calavera <david.calavera@gmail.com> Upstream-commit: 81fa9feb0cdc0773eff99d7393c16271e84aac08 Component: engine
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page_title: Docker Plugins
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page_description: Learn what Docker Plugins are and how to use them.
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page_keywords: plugins, extensions, extensibility
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# Understanding Docker Plugins
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You can extend the capabilities of the Docker Engine by loading third-party
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plugins.
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## Types of plugins
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Plugins extend Docker's functionality. They come in specific types. For
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example, a **volume plugin** might enable Docker volumes to persist across
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multiple Docker hosts.
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Currently Docker supports **volume plugins**. In the future it will support
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additional plugin types.
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## Installing a plugin
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Follow the instructions in the plugin's documentation.
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## Finding a plugin
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The following plugins exist:
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* The [Flocker plugin](https://clusterhq.com/docker-plugin/) is a volume plugin
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which provides multi-host portable volumes for Docker, enabling you to run
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databases and other stateful containers and move them around across a cluster
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of machines.
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## Using a plugin
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Depending on the plugin type, there are additional arguments to `docker` CLI
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commands.
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* For example `docker run` has a [`--volume-driver` argument](
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/reference/commandline/cli/#run).
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You can also use plugins via the [Docker Remote API](
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/reference/api/docker_remote_api/).
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## Troubleshooting a plugin
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If you are having problems with Docker after loading a plugin, ask the authors
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of the plugin for help. The Docker team may not be able to assist you.
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## Writing a plugin
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If you are interested in writing a plugin for Docker, or seeing how they work
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under the hood, see the [docker plugins reference](/reference/api/plugin_api).
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