# Keeping source outside kibana-extra

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-source-outside-kibana-extra/198828>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 10, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-source-outside-kibana-extra/198828 "2019-09-10T05:52:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![pradeep\_c8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pradeep_c8/32/53010_2.png) [@pradeep\_c8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pradeep_c8)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-source-outside-kibana-extra/198828/1 "2019-09-10T05:52:56Z")

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Hi Team,

It is possible to keep the plugin development source code outside the kibana-extra?

We using a mono repository, We used to have all the projects within the repo for CI/CD. Am trying to keep the plugin development inside modo repo. The plugin development folder structure will be:

`/home/pradeep/workspace/monorepo/../kibna-plugin-development`

And kibana stays in

`/home/pradeep/workspace/kibana`

Am trying to link the KBN, plugin-helpers by using:

`../../../kibana/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers`

Am facing error on doing `yarn start` as well as `yarn build` saying:

 ![Screenshot%20from%202019-09-10%2011-21-22](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/1/8126d108fab242cbcabc350f1046d4d524171b34.png)

I have done `yarn kbn bootstrap` which is successfully done but am facing problem with building and starting the plugin.

Can anyone guide me to solve this problem ?

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**Author:** ![azasypkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/azasypkin/32/42216_2.png) [@azasypkin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azasypkin)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-source-outside-kibana-extra/198828/2 "2019-09-10T09:26:07Z")

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Hi @pradeep_c8,

Unfortunately it's not supported setup and even though you may find some way around that with the current plugin system it definitely won't work with the new plugin system we're gradually rolling out at the moment.

Best,  
Oleg

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**Author:** ![pradeep\_c8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pradeep_c8/32/53010_2.png) [@pradeep\_c8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pradeep_c8)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-source-outside-kibana-extra/198828/3 "2019-09-10T09:27:38Z")

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WOW! Thanks, for the reply 🙂

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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:** [October 8, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keeping-source-outside-kibana-extra/198828/4 "2019-10-08T09:27:44Z")

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