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     1  page_title: Experimental feature - Plugins
     2  page_keywords: experimental, Docker, plugins
     3  
     4  # Experimental: Extend Docker with a plugin 
     5  
     6  You can extend the capabilities of the Docker Engine by loading third-party
     7  plugins. 
     8  
     9  This is an experimental feature. For information on installing and using experimental features, see [the experimental feature overview](experimental.md).
    10  
    11  ## Types of plugins
    12  
    13  Plugins extend Docker's functionality.  They come in specific types.  For
    14  example, a [volume plugin](/experimental/plugins_volume) might enable Docker
    15  volumes to persist across multiple Docker hosts.
    16  
    17  Currently Docker supports volume plugins. In the future it will support
    18  additional plugin types.
    19  
    20  ## Installing a plugin
    21  
    22  Follow the instructions in the plugin's documentation.
    23  
    24  ## Finding a plugin
    25  
    26  The following plugins exist:
    27  
    28  * The [Flocker plugin](https://clusterhq.com/docker-plugin/) is a volume plugin
    29  which provides multi-host portable volumes for Docker, enabling you to run
    30    databases and other stateful containers and move them around across a cluster
    31    of machines.
    32  
    33  ## Troubleshooting a plugin
    34  
    35  If you are having problems with Docker after loading a plugin, ask the authors
    36  of the plugin for help. The Docker team may not be able to assist you.
    37  
    38  ## Writing a plugin
    39  
    40  If you are interested in writing a plugin for Docker, or seeing how they work
    41  under the hood, see the [docker plugins reference](/experimental/plugin_api).
    42  
    43  # Related GitHub PRs and issues
    44  
    45  - [#13222](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/13222) Plugins plumbing
    46  
    47  Send us feedback and comments on [#13419](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/13419),
    48  or on the usual Google Groups (docker-user, docker-dev) and IRC channels.