# How do add a third party plugin to integ test cluster before running tests?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-add-a-third-party-plugin-to-integ-test-cluster-before-running-tests/181094
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-add-a-third-party-plugin-to-integ-test-cluster-before-running-tests/181094 "2019-05-15T04:25:25Z")
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### Author:  [@kuruf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kuruf)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-add-a-third-party-plugin-to-integ-test-cluster-before-running-tests/181094/1 "2019-05-15T04:25:25Z")
I have a plugin I'm developing that relies on another person's plugin. I would like to add their plugin to the list of plugins installed on the integ test cluster in my gradle file. What's the best way to do that?
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### Author:  [@kuruf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kuruf)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-add-a-third-party-plugin-to-integ-test-cluster-before-running-tests/181094/2 "2019-05-15T15:51:32Z")
Also where would I find the most up to date information around using integTestCluster/integTestRunner?
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### Author:  [@rjernst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rjernst)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-add-a-third-party-plugin-to-integ-test-cluster-before-running-tests/181094/3 "2019-05-15T20:37:50Z")
It depends how you consume the other plugin. If it is in maven, you can use `mavenPlugin` like this:
```auto
integTestCluster {
mavenPlugin 'mygroup:myartifact:1.0.0'
}
```
If the plugin is another project within your build, you can specify that project:
```auto
integTestCluster {
plugin ':path:to:plugin'
}
```
Unfortunately those are the only two ways using the legacy ClusterFormationTasks that integ tests were built with, although you might be able to install a plugin from a file using `setupCommand`.
For up to date information, at the moment, you would need to follow the development in the elasticsearch repo, under buildSrc. There is a lot of great stuff happening there, which we intend to document for plugin developers, but there is no specific timeline.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-add-a-third-party-plugin-to-integ-test-cluster-before-running-tests/181094/4 "2019-06-12T20:38:08Z")
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