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Learn how, why, and when to use plugins

Plugins perform predefined tasks. They are essentially templated scripts that can be written in any programming language. Plugins are also useful for integrating with other tools in your SDLC toolchain.

You can write your own plugins or use pre-built plugins, such as those in the Drone Plugins Marketplace, the Drone Plugins GitHub org, and the Harness Community GitHub org.

This page highlights some useful or interesting pre-built plugins. It is not an exhaustive list of all plugins. Plugins are organized by provider/tool or purpose.

To run plugins in CI pipelines, use Plugin steps.

Plugins for AWS

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Apex Up	Use the apex/up tool to deploy infinitely scalable serverless apps, APIs, and sites to AWS.	drone-apex-up	appleboy/drone-apex-up
AWS CloudFormation	Validate templates or create/update/delete stacks.	drone-cloudformation	robertstettner/drone-cloudformation
AWS ECS	Deploy a Docker images to an ECS environment. You can also use Harness CD for deployments.	drone-ecs	pelotech/drone-ecs
AWS ECS Deploy	Update an ECS service. The plugin is a wrapper for ecs-deploy. It takes the current task definition of a service and changes the image. All configuration stays the same. You can also use Harness CD for deployments.	drone-ecs-deploy	joshdvir/drone-ecs-deploy
AWS Elastic Beanstalk	Deploy an app to a Beanstalk environment.	drone-elastic-beanstalk	pelotech/drone-elastic-beanstalk
AWS Lambda	Deploy a serverless function to AWS Lambda from a zip file located in an S3 bucket. This plugin doesn't create or upload the zip file.	drone-lambda-plugin	omerxx/drone-lambda-plugin
AWS RDS Snapper	Clean up a specific RDS instance's snapshots, keep a specified number of copies, and create new snapshots	rds-snapper	honestbee/rds-snapper
AWS S3 Cache	Cache files and directories to S3 storage to preserve them between builds. You can also use the built-in Save and Restore Cache from S3 steps.	drone-s3-cache	plugins/s3-cache
AWS S3 Sync	Synchronize files and build artifacts in a source directory with a destination directory. Directories can be local or in S3.	drone-s3-sync	plugins/s3-sync
AWS S3 Upload and Publish	Upload artifacts to S3 and publish the artifact URL on the Artifacts tab.	drone-s3-upload-publish	harnesscommunity/drone-s3-upload-publish

Plugins for Azure

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Azure OIDC Token	Generate an Azure access token from your OIDC token	drone-azure-oidc	plugins/azure-oidc

Plugins to build, upload, and deploy

Harness CI has built-in support for building and pushing artifacts and images, in addition to Harness CD for deployments.

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Anynines	Deploy your app to the Anynines platform.	drone-anynines	plugins/anynines
Artifact Metadata Publisher	Publish any URL to the Artifacts tab.	artifact-metadata-publisher	plugins/artifact-metadata-publisher
Backblaze B2	Upload files and build artifacts to a B2 bucket.	drone-b2	techknowlogick/drone-b2
Bluemix Cloud Foundry	Deploy files or services to Bluemix.	drone-bluemix-cloudfoundry	ibmclouddevops/drone-bluemix-cloudfoundry
Buildah	Build and push Docker images to a container registry. Primarily used to build and push with non-root users.	drone-buildah	plugins/buildah-acr, plugins/buildah-docker, plugins/buildah-ecr, plugins/buildah-gcr
Capistrano	Deploy apps via the Capistrano Ruby Gem.	drone-capistrano	glaszig/drone-capistrano
CircleCI	Trigger CircleCI builds automatically.	drone-circleci	wesleimp/drone-circleci
Cloud Foundry	Deploy files or services to Cloud Foundry.	drone-cloudfoundry	cheslip/drone-cloudfoundry
Crowdin	Submit translation files to Crowdin.	drone-crowdin	jonasfranz/crowdin
Deta	Deploy your build to deta.sh.	drone-deta	lizheming/drone-deta
Downstream Build	Trigger builds for a list of downstream repositories.	drone-downstream	plugins/downstream
Fandogh	Deliver Docker images to Fandogh PaaS.	fandogh-drone	amirbagh75/fandogh-drone
FTP(S)	Publish artifacts over FTP(S).	drone-ftps	cschlosser/drone-ftps
GitLab-CI	Trigger GitLab CI jobs.	drone-gitlab-ci	appleboy/drone-gitlab-ci
Git Push	Deploy an application via git push. You must supply a private SSH key or use the same credentials as the cloned repo to being able to push changes.	drone-git-push	appleboy/drone-git-push
Heroku	Build and push images to Heroku container registry.	drone-docker	plugins/heroku
Hugo	Generate static web page files that you can then publish.	drone-hugo	plugins/hugo
Image Migration	Migrate images from one Docker registry to another.	drone-docker-image-migration	plugins/image-migration
Java Maven	Build Java applications using the Apache Maven build tool.	drone-java-maven-plugin	kameshsampath/drone-java-maven-plugin
Jenkins	Trigger Jenkins jobs.	drone-jenkins	appleboy/drone-jenkins
Load and Store	Build and push images to a Docker registry. This is useful when you can't use the built-in Build and Push to Docker step, such as when building Docker images with nix, which produces a Docker image archive.	drone-load-and-store	allgreed/drone-load-and-store
Manifest	Push manifests for multi-architecture Docker images.	drone-manifest	plugins/manifest
Marathon	Deploy apps to a Marathon server.	drone-marathon	e20co/drone-marathon
Netlify	Deploy your build to Netlify.	drone-netlify	https://github.com/lucaperret/drone-netlify
Nexus Publish	Upload Artifacts to Sonatype Nexus.	drone-nexus-publish	harnesscommunity/nexus-publish
Nomad	Deploy services from a Nomad template file.	drone-nomad	loq9/drone-nomad
Now	Deploy your build to now.sh.	drone-now	lucap/drone-now
NPM	Publish libraries to public or private registries.	drone-npm	plugins/npm
OpenFaaS	Build and deploy functions to the OpenFaaS Gateway.	drone-openfaas	knovus/drone-openfaas
Packer	Build automated machine images with Packer.	drone-packer	appleboy/drone-packer
PyPI	Publish Python pypi packages.	drone-pypi	plugins/pypi
Rancher	Deploy a Docker image to a Rancher environment.	drone-rancher	pelotech/drone-rancher
Rancher Stack v1	Deploy/update an entire Rancher stack (instead of a single service) to Rancher v1.6.	drone-rancher-stack-v1	dubc/drone-rancher-stack-v1
UPX	Package executables.	drone-upx	cnbattle/drone-upx
Vercel Deploy	Deploy a site to Vercel.	drone-vercel-deploy	kameshsampath/drone-vercel-deploy
WebDAV	Upload artifacts to any WebDAV server, including Nextcloud or ownCloud.	drone-webdav	vividboarder/drone-webdav

Plugins to cache, store, and transfer

These plugins are offered in addition to Harness CI's built-in support for caching, data sharing, and managing dependencies.

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Cache to Volume	Cache files and folders to a locally mounted volume.	drone-volume-cache	drillster/drone-volume-cache
Doumark	Automatically sync Douban movie/book/music marked data.	drone-doumark	lizheming/drone-doumark
Download	Download archives required for your builds, and integrate a secure way to inject basic authentication credentials checked by md5 or sha256 checksums. For example usage, go to Use Drone plugins.	drone-download	plugins/download
Rsync	Transfer files to remote machines and then run a user-defined script.	drone-rsync	drillster/drone-rsync
SCP	Copy files and artifacts to target host machine via SSH.	drone-scp	appleboy/drone-scp
SFTP Cache	Create and restore caches of any folders.	drone-sftp-cache	appleboy/drone-sftp-cache
SSH	Execute commands on a remote server.	drone-ssh	appleboy/drone-ssh

Plugins for Git and SCM

These plugins are in addition to Harness CI's built-in codebase and SCM integrations.

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Gitea Comment	Update the build status on a Gitea Pull Request.	gitea-comment	tsakidev/giteacomment
Gitea Release	Publish files and artifacts to Gitea Release.	drone-gitea-release	plugins/gitea-release
Gitee Pulls	Update comments, labels, and tests in Gitee PRs.	drone-plugin-gitee-pulls	kit101z/drone-plugin-gitee-pulls
Git Push	Deploy an application via git push. You must supply a private SSH key or use the same credentials as the cloned repo to being able to push changes.	drone-git-push	appleboy/drone-git-push
Mercurial	Clone a Mercurial repository.	drone-hg	plugins/hg

Plugins for GitHub

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
GitHub Actions	How you run GitHub Actions in Harness CI pipelines depends on your build infrastructure. With Harness Cloud build infrastructure, you can run this plugin in the built-in GitHub Action step. With other build infrastructures, use the GitHub Actions Drone plugin in a Plugin step.	github-actions	plugins/github-actions
GitHub Comment	Update the build status on a GitHub Pull Request. This can be an alternative or addition to Harness CI's built-in SCM status updates.	drone-github-comment	codehimanshu/gitdrone
GitHub Pages	Publish static websites to GitHub.	drone-gh-pages	plugins/gh-pages
GitHub Release	Publish files and artifacts to GitHub Release.	drone-github-release	plugins/github-release
GitHub Search Downstream	Trigger builds for a list of downstream repositories fetched from a Github repository search.	drone-github-search-downstream	gboo/github-search-downstream

Plugins for Google

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
GCP OIDC Token	Generate a Google access token from your OIDC token	drone-gcp-oidc	plugins/gcp-oidc
Google Chat	Post build status messages to your organization's Google Chat.	drone-google-chat	pelotech/drone-google-chat
Google Cloud Functions	Deploy, list, and delete Google Cloud Functions.	drone-gcf	oliver006/drone-gcf
Google Cloud Storage Cache	Preserve files and directories between builds. You can also use the built-in Save and Restore Cache from GCS steps.	drone-gcs-cache	homerovalle/drone-gcs-cache
Google Cloud Auth	Create and configure a Google Cloud auth configuration file to use with gcloud CLI. Only GAR is supported. The plugin also configures Docker configuration (~/.docker/config.json) to push and pull container images from GAR.	drone-google-cloud-auth	kameshsampath/drone-gcloud-auth
Google Cloud Run	Build and maintain managed Google Cloud Run services.	drone-gcloud-run	kameshsampath/drone-gcloud-run
GTalk	Post build status messages to your Google account.	drone-gtalk	appleboy/drone-gtalk

Plugins for infrastructure management

These plugins help with infrastructure management. If you're interested in a more built-in solution, consider the Harness Infrastructure as Code Management module.

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Chef Supermarket	Publish Chef Cookbooks to Supermarket (internal or public).	drone-chef-supermarket	jmccann/drone-chef-supermarket
Ansible	Run Ansible plays.	drone-ansible	plugins/ansible
Terraform	Apply a Terraform infrastructure configuration.	drone-terraform	jmccann/drone-terraform

Plugins for Kubernetes

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Dron8s	Use dynamic Server Side Apply to achieve kubectl apply -f multi-configs.yaml parity for CI/CD pipelines	drone8s	bh90210/dron8s
Helm	Run Kubernetes Helm	drone-helm	ipedrazas/drone-helm
Helm3	Interface with Helm3	drone-helm3	pelotech/drone-helm3
Helm Push	Upload Helm charts to Docker registries	drone-helm-chart-container-registry	plugins/helm-push
Kubernetes Deployments (drone-kube)	Does the equivalent of kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml	drone-kube	vallard/drone-kube
Kubernetes Deployments (drone-kubernetes)	Upgrade a Kubernetes deployment with a newer version of an image	drone-kubernetes	honestbee/drone-kubernetes
Kubernetes Deployments (drone-plugin-kube)	Update Kubernetes deployments from templates and configMaps from files	drone-plugin-kube	danielgormly/drone-plugin-kube
Kubernetes Resources and Configmaps	Create and update all Kubernetes resources and creating/updating configmaps from config files	drone-k8s-plugin	zc2638/drone-k8s-plugin
Kubevious	Detect and prevent errors (typos, misconfigurations, conflicts, inconsistencies) and violations of best practices for Kubernetes applications and clusters	cli	kubevious/cli

Plugins for logs and reports

In addition to Harness CI's built-in troubleshooting tools and build logs, these plugins help with logging, reporting, and troubleshooting tasks.

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Codacy	Upload code coverage reports to Codacy.	drone-codacy	plugins/codacy
Codecov	Upload test coverage results to Codecov.	drone-codecov	robertstettner/drone-codecov
Coveralls	Upload coverage reports to Coveralls.	drone-coveralls	lizheming/drone-coveralls
Datadog	Send events and metrics to Datadog.	drone-datadog	masci/drone-datadog
Diagnostics	Use CLI network tools (dig, pin, traceroute) to diagnose issues in a build. This plugin doesn't accept any properties.	drone-diagnostics	plugins/drone-diagnostics
Grafana Annotation	Create an annotation in Grafana.	drone-grafana-annotation	fdeschenes/drone-grafana-annotation
Newrelic Deployment	Report/log deployments to a Newrelic dashboard.	newrelic-deployment	cityfurniture/drone-newrelic-deployment

Plugins for MLOps

For information about MLOps plugins, go to MLOps in Harness.

Plugins for notifications and chat

Harness offers built-in support for notifications, in addition to these plugins.

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Airbrake Deployment	Notify Airbrake when a deployment is finished.	drone-airbrake-deployment	dhoeric/drone-airbrake-deployment
Captains Log	Organize release information in Slack.	captains-log	target/captains-log
DingTalk	Send a message through DingTalk group robot.	drone-dingtalk-message	lddsb/drone-dingtalk-message
Discord	Post build status messages to a Discord channel.	drone-discord	appleboy/drone-discord
Email	Send emails from CI pipelines, such as artifact attachments or build results.	drone-email	drillster/drone-email
Facebook	Post build status messages to a Facebook account.	drone-facebook	appleboy/drone-facebook
Google Chat	Post build status messages to your organization's Google Chat.	drone-google-chat	pelotech/drone-google-chat
GTalk	Post build status messages to your Google account.	drone-gtalk	appleboy/drone-gtalk
InstantAccess(即时达)	Post build status messages to an InstantAccess account.	drone-instant-access	erguotou/drone-instant-access
IRC	Send notifications to an IRC channel.	drone-irc	plugins/irc
Jira	Integrate with Jira.	drone-jira	plugins/jira
Line	Post build status messages to a Line channel.	drone-line	appleboy/drone-line
Matrix	Send build success/failure messages to a Matrix room .	drone-matrix	plugins/matrix
Rocket.Chat	Send messages to a Rocket.Chat channel.	drone-rocket	mike1pol/drone-rocket
ServerChan (Server酱)	Post build status messages to a ServerChan account.	drone-serverchan	yakumioto/drone-serverchan
Slack	Post build status messages to a Slack channel.	drone-slack	plugins/slack
Slack Blame	Send a message to a Slack channel or direct message when a build completes. Requires a Slack API access token.	drone-slack-blame	plugins/slack-blame
Telegram	Post build status messages to a Telegram account.	drone-telegram	appleboy/drone-telegram
Webhook	Provide outgoing webhook URLs to notify services via webhook when a build completes.	drone-webhook	plugins/webhook
WeChat	Post build status messages to a WeChat account.	lizheming/drone-wechat	lizheming/drone-wechat
WeChat for Work	Post build status notifications to WeChat for Work.	clem109/drone-wechat	clem109/drone-wechat

Plugins for security

These plugins are useful for security-related tasks, such as authentication or scanning. For more information about security features available in Harness CI, go to Security hardening for Harness CI.

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Cloudflare Caching	Use Cloudflare's API to purge cache.	drone-cloudflare-caching	jetrails/drone-cloudflare-caching
Cloudflare DNS	Use Cloudflare's API to create/update/delete DNS records.	drone-cloudflare-dns	jetrails/drone-cloudflare-dns
DCO	Enforce Developer Certificate of Origin.	drone-plugin-dco	algernon/drone-plugin-dco
Azure OIDC Token	Generate an Azure access token from your OIDC token	drone-azure-oidc	plugins/azure-oidc
GCP OIDC Token	Generate a Google access token from your OIDC token	drone-gcp-oidc	plugins/gcp-oidc
GPG Sign	Sign your artifacts and build results with GnuPG.	drone-gpgsign	plugins/gpgsign
Maven Auth	Generate settings.xml with server authentication for a Maven repository.	drone-mvn-auth	robertstettner/drone-mvn-auth
NPM Auth	Generate a .npmrc file locally to authenticate against any public/private NPM repository.	drone-npm-auth	robertstettner/drone-npm-auth

Plugins for scanners

The Harness Security Testing Orchestration module provides first-class support for many security scanners. You can also use scanner plugins in Plugin steps. For example, this step uses the SonarScanner plugin.

              - step:
                  type: Plugin
                  name: Plugin_1
                  identifier: Plugin_1
                  spec:
                    connectorRef: YOUR_DOCKER_CONNECTOR_ID
                    image: kytay/sonar-node-plugin ## Sonarscanner plugin image.
                    settings:
                      sonar_host:
                        from_secret: sonar_host
                      sonar_token:
                        from_secret: sonar_token
                      use_node_version: 16.18.1

Some scanner plugins include:

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
Clair	Submit a Docker image to your Clair server to scan the image for security vulnerabilities.	drone-clair	jmccann/drone-clair
Fossa	Run the analyze command per the generic CI documentation for FOSSA.	drone-plugin-fossa	rancher/drone-fossa
Gitleaks	Detect hard-coded secrets and sensitive data in your source code files.	drone-gitleaks	plugins/gitleaks
Snyk	Use Snyk to scan container images for vulnerabilities.	drone-snyk	plugins/drone-snyk
SonarQube	Scan your code quality and post the analysis report to your SonarQube server.	drone-sonar-plugin	aosapps/drone-sonar-plugin
SonarScanner	Run code analysis with different versions of NodeJS (via nvm) and post the analysis report to your SonarQube server.	sonar-node-plugin	kytay/sonar-node-plugin

Plugins used by Harness CI

These plugins are used by built-in Harness CI steps. You don't need to run them in a separate Plugin step if you use the built-in steps. For more information about how Harness manages these plugin images, go to Harness CI images.

Plugin	Use	Source	Image
AWS ECR	Harness uses this plugin to build and push images to ECR.	drone-docker	plugins/ecr
AWS S3	Harness uses this to upload artifacts to S3. You can also use it to download artifacts from S3.	drone-s3	plugins/s3
Azure Container Registry	Harness uses this plugin to build and push images to ACR.	drone-docker	plugins/acr
Artifactory	Harness uses a similar plugin to upload artifacts to JFrog Artifactory.	drone-artifactory	plugins/artifactory
Bitrise	With Harness Cloud build infrastructure, you can run Bitrise Workflow Steps in the built-in Bitrise step.	N/A	N/A
Cache	Harness uses this plugin for caching.	drone-meltwater-cache	plugins/cache
Docker	Harness uses this plugin to build and push images to Docker registries.	drone-docker	plugins/docker
Git	Harness uses this plugin image to clone a pipeline's default codebase. You can also use it to clone a git repository into your stage workspace.	drone-git	drone/drone-git
GitHub Actions	Harness uses this for the built-in GitHub Actions Plugin step.	github-actions. You can also run it separately in a Plugin step.	plugins/github-actions
Google Artifact Registry	Harness uses this plugin to build and push to GAR.	drone-docker	plugins/gar
Google Cloud Storage	Harness uses this to upload artifacts to GCS. You can also use it to download artifacts from GCS.	drone-plugins/drone-gcs	plugins/gcs
Kaniko (Docker, ACR, ECR, GAR, GCR)	Harness uses this plugin to build and push images to container registries when using a Kubernetes cluster build infrastructures.	drone-kaniko	plugins/kaniko, plugins/kaniko-acr, plugins/kaniko-ecr, plugins/kaniko-gar, plugins/kaniko-gcr