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## Extending Docker Engine

Currently, you can extend Docker Engine by adding a plugin. This section contains the following topics:

* [Understand Docker plugins](plugins.md)
* [Write a volume plugin](plugins_volume.md)
* [Write a network plugin](plugins_network.md)
* [Write an authorization plugin](plugins_authorization.md)
* [Docker plugin API](plugin_api.md)