# How to install custom Kibana plugin 7.9.2 from local directory inside Docker container?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-custom-kibana-plugin-7-9-2-from-local-directory-inside-docker-container/271959>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** docker, kibana-plugin-development\
**Created:** [May 3, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-custom-kibana-plugin-7-9-2-from-local-directory-inside-docker-container/271959 "2021-05-03T09:58:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![theonlycatonice](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theonlycatonice/32/84590_2.png) [@theonlycatonice](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theonlycatonice)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-custom-kibana-plugin-7-9-2-from-local-directory-inside-docker-container/271959/1 "2021-05-03T09:58:49Z")

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Good day, in order to troubleshoot our plugin we wanted to test it via a docker container.

So at the moment I have managed to download a plugin zip from our repository to the Kibana docker container but I cannot figure out the location path for installing it:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/3/d3356afa395a7a3e19c5d28c81840c28255fbb92.png)

Following the command structure from the documentation hasn't helped much: e.g.

```auto
bin/kibana-plugin install file:///local/path/to/custom_plugin.zip

```

The zip file is located in the bin directory of the Kibana docker container right alongside the install command.

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**Author:** ![theonlycatonice](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theonlycatonice/32/84590_2.png) [@theonlycatonice](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theonlycatonice)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-custom-kibana-plugin-7-9-2-from-local-directory-inside-docker-container/271959/2 "2021-05-03T11:05:30Z")

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I figured it out via some reverse engineering, posting answer for others:

```auto
kibana-plugin install file://{container-id}:/usr/share/kibana/bin/postmanPatPlugin-7.9.2.zip

```

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-custom-kibana-plugin-7-9-2-from-local-directory-inside-docker-container/271959/3 "2021-05-03T14:44:23Z")

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Thanks for posting it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-custom-kibana-plugin-7-9-2-from-local-directory-inside-docker-container/271959/4 "2021-05-31T14:45:17Z")

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