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title: "Traefik Plugins Documentation"
description: "Learn how to connect Traefik Proxy with Pilot, a SaaS platform that offers features for metrics, alerts, and plugins. Read the technical documentation."
description: "Learn how to use Traefik Plugins. Read the technical documentation."
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# Plugins and Traefik Pilot
# Traefik Plugins and the Plugin Catalog
Traefik Pilot is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that connects to Traefik to extend its capabilities.
It offers a number of features to enhance observability and control of Traefik through a global control plane and dashboard, including:
Plugins are a powerful feature for extending Traefik with custom features and behaviors.
The [Plugin Catalog](https://plugins.traefik.io/) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that provides an exhaustive list of the existing plugins.
* Metrics for network activity of Traefik proxies and groups of proxies
* Alerts for service health issues and security vulnerabilities
* Plugins that extend the functionality of Traefik
??? note "Plugin Catalog Access"
You can reach the [Plugin Catalog](https://plugins.traefik.io/) from the Traefik Dashboard using the `Plugins` menu entry.
!!! important "Learn More About Traefik Pilot"
This section is intended only as a brief overview for Traefik users who are not familiar with Traefik Pilot.
To explore all that Traefik Pilot has to offer, please consult the [Traefik Pilot Documentation](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-pilot/)
To add a new plugin to a Traefik instance, you must change that instance's static configuration.
Each plugin's **Install** section provides a static configuration example.
Many plugins have their own section in the Traefik dynamic configuration.
!!! Note "Prerequisites"
Traefik Pilot is compatible with Traefik Proxy 2.3 or later.
## Connecting to Traefik Pilot
To connect your Traefik proxies to Traefik Pilot, login or create an account at the [Traefik Pilot homepage](https://pilot.traefik.io) and choose **Register New Traefik Instance**.
To complete the connection, Traefik Pilot will issue a token that must be added to your Traefik static configuration, according to the instructions provided by the Traefik Pilot dashboard.
For more information, consult the [Quick Start Guide](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-pilot/connecting/)
Health and security alerts for registered Traefik instances can be enabled from the Preferences in your [Traefik Pilot Profile](https://pilot.traefik.io/profile).
## Plugins
Plugins are available to any Traefik proxies that are connected to Traefik Pilot.
They are a powerful feature for extending Traefik with custom features and behaviors.
You can browse community-contributed plugins from the catalog in the [Traefik Pilot Dashboard](https://pilot.traefik.io/plugins).
To add a new plugin to a Traefik instance, you must modify that instance's static configuration.
The code to be added is provided for you when you choose **Install the Plugin** from the Traefik Pilot dashboard.
To learn more about Traefik plugins, consult the [documentation](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-pilot/plugins/overview/).
To learn more about Traefik plugins, consult the [documentation](https://plugins.traefik.io/install).
!!! danger "Experimental Features"
Plugins can potentially modify the behavior of Traefik in unforeseen ways.
Plugins can change the behavior of Traefik in unforeseen ways.
Exercise caution when adding new plugins to production Traefik instances.
## Build Your Own Plugins
Traefik users can create their own plugins and contribute them to the Traefik Pilot catalog to share them with the community.
Traefik users can create their own plugins and share them with the community using the Plugin Catalog.
Traefik plugins are loaded dynamically.
Traefik will load plugins dynamically.
They need not be compiled, and no complex toolchain is necessary to build them.
The experience of implementing a Traefik plugin is comparable to writing a web browser extension.
To learn more and see code for example Traefik plugins, please see the [developer documentation](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-pilot/plugins/plugin-dev/).
To learn more about Traefik plugin creation, please refer to the [developer documentation](https://plugins.traefik.io/create).

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- 'InFlightConn': 'middlewares/tcp/inflightconn.md'
- 'IpWhitelist': 'middlewares/tcp/ipwhitelist.md'
- 'Traefik Hub': 'traefik-hub/index.md'
- 'Plugins & Traefik Pilot': 'plugins/index.md'
- 'Plugins & Plugin Catalog': 'plugins/index.md'
- 'Operations':
- 'CLI': 'operations/cli.md'
- 'Dashboard' : 'operations/dashboard.md'