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Expand Up @@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ This document describes the Docker Engine plugins generally available in Docker
Engine. To view information on plugins managed by Docker,
refer to [Docker Engine plugin system](_index.md).

> [!NOTE]
> Legacy plugins are superseded by Docker Engine's managed plugin system.
> For plugins installed and managed by Docker, use
> [`docker plugin install`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/plugin/install/)
> and the [Docker Engine plugin system](_index.md). The third-party plugins
> listed on this page are provided for historical reference, and archived
> projects are marked accordingly.

You can extend the capabilities of the Docker Engine by loading third-party
plugins. This page explains the types of plugins and provides links to several
volume and network plugins for Docker.
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## Finding a plugin

The sections below provide an overview of available third-party plugins.
The sections below provide an overview of third-party plugins that use the
legacy plugin model.

### Network plugins

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| Plugin | Description |
|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Azure File Storage plugin](https://github.com/Azure/azurefile-dockervolumedriver) | Lets you mount Microsoft [Azure File Storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/azure-file-storage-now-generally-available/) shares to Docker containers as volumes using the SMB 3.0 protocol. [Learn more](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/persistent-docker-volumes-with-azure-file-storage/). |
| [Azure File Storage plugin](https://github.com/Azure/azurefile-dockervolumedriver) (archived) | Lets you mount Microsoft [Azure File Storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/azure-file-storage-now-generally-available/) shares to Docker containers as volumes using the SMB 3.0 protocol. [Learn more](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/persistent-docker-volumes-with-azure-file-storage/). |
| [BeeGFS Volume Plugin](https://github.com/RedCoolBeans/docker-volume-beegfs) | An open source volume plugin to create persistent volumes in a BeeGFS parallel file system. |
| [Blockbridge plugin](https://github.com/blockbridge/blockbridge-docker-volume) | A volume plugin that provides access to an extensible set of container-based persistent storage options. It supports single and multi-host Docker environments with features that include tenant isolation, automated provisioning, encryption, secure deletion, snapshots and QoS. |
| [Contiv Volume Plugin](https://github.com/contiv/volplugin) | An open source volume plugin that provides multi-tenant, persistent, distributed storage with intent based consumption. It has support for Ceph and NFS. |
| [Convoy plugin](https://github.com/rancher/convoy) | A volume plugin for a variety of storage back-ends including device mapper and NFS. It's a simple standalone executable written in Go and provides the framework to support vendor-specific extensions such as snapshots, backups and restore. |
| [Convoy plugin](https://github.com/rancher/convoy) (archived) | A volume plugin for a variety of storage back-ends including device mapper and NFS. It's a simple standalone executable written in Go and provides the framework to support vendor-specific extensions such as snapshots, backups and restore. |
| [DigitalOcean Block Storage plugin](https://github.com/omallo/docker-volume-plugin-dostorage) | Integrates DigitalOcean's [block storage solution](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/storage/) into the Docker ecosystem by automatically attaching a given block storage volume to a DigitalOcean droplet and making the contents of the volume available to Docker containers running on that droplet. |
| [DRBD plugin](https://www.drbd.org/en/supported-projects/docker) | A volume plugin that provides highly available storage replicated by [DRBD](https://www.drbd.org). Data written to the docker volume is replicated in a cluster of DRBD nodes. |
| [Flocker plugin](https://github.com/ScatterHQ/flocker) | A volume plugin that provides multi-host portable volumes for Docker, enabling you to run databases and other stateful containers and move them around across a cluster of machines. |
| [Fuxi Volume Plugin](https://github.com/openstack/fuxi) | A volume plugin that is developed as part of the OpenStack Kuryr project and implements the Docker volume plugin API by utilizing Cinder, the OpenStack block storage service. |
| [gce-docker plugin](https://github.com/mcuadros/gce-docker) | A volume plugin able to attach, format and mount Google Compute [persistent-disks](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/persistent-disks). |
| [GlusterFS plugin](https://github.com/calavera/docker-volume-glusterfs) | A volume plugin that provides multi-host volumes management for Docker using GlusterFS. |
| [Flocker plugin](https://github.com/ScatterHQ/flocker) (archived) | A volume plugin that provides multi-host portable volumes for Docker, enabling you to run databases and other stateful containers and move them around across a cluster of machines. |
| [Fuxi Volume Plugin](https://github.com/openstack-archive/fuxi) (archived) | A volume plugin that is developed as part of the OpenStack Kuryr project and implements the Docker volume plugin API by utilizing Cinder, the OpenStack block storage service. |
| [gce-docker plugin](https://github.com/mcuadros/gce-docker) (archived) | A volume plugin able to attach, format and mount Google Compute [persistent-disks](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/persistent-disks). |
| [GlusterFS plugin](https://github.com/calavera/docker-volume-glusterfs) (archived) | A volume plugin that provides multi-host volumes management for Docker using GlusterFS. |
| [Horcrux Volume Plugin](https://github.com/muthu-r/horcrux) | A volume plugin that allows on-demand, version controlled access to your data. Horcrux is an open-source plugin, written in Go, and supports SCP, [Minio](https://www.minio.io) and Amazon S3. |
| [HPE 3Par Volume Plugin](https://github.com/hpe-storage/python-hpedockerplugin/) | A volume plugin that supports HPE 3Par and StoreVirtual iSCSI storage arrays. |
| [Infinit volume plugin](https://infinit.sh/documentation/docker/volume-plugin) | A volume plugin that makes it easy to mount and manage Infinit volumes using Docker. |
| [IPFS Volume Plugin](https://github.com/vdemeester/docker-volume-ipfs) | An open source volume plugin that allows using an [ipfs](https://ipfs.io/) filesystem as a volume. |
| [Keywhiz plugin](https://github.com/calavera/docker-volume-keywhiz) | A plugin that provides credentials and secret management using Keywhiz as a central repository. |
| [IPFS Volume Plugin](https://github.com/vdemeester/docker-volume-ipfs) (archived) | An open source volume plugin that allows using an [ipfs](https://ipfs.io/) filesystem as a volume. |
| [Keywhiz plugin](https://github.com/calavera/docker-volume-keywhiz) (archived) | A plugin that provides credentials and secret management using Keywhiz as a central repository. |
| [Linode Volume Plugin](https://github.com/linode/docker-volume-linode) | A plugin that adds the ability to manage Linode Block Storage as Docker Volumes from within a Linode. |
| [Local Persist Plugin](https://github.com/CWSpear/local-persist) | A volume plugin that extends the default `local` driver's functionality by allowing you specify a mountpoint anywhere on the host, which enables the files to *always persist*, even if the volume is removed via `docker volume rm`. |
| [NetApp Plugin](https://github.com/NetApp/netappdvp) (nDVP) | A volume plugin that provides direct integration with the Docker ecosystem for the NetApp storage portfolio. The nDVP package supports the provisioning and management of storage resources from the storage platform to Docker hosts, with a robust framework for adding additional platforms in the future. |
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