---
title: Install Kibana plugins
description: Run Kibana on ECK with additional plugins by using a custom container image that already includes them.
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7959/deploy-manage/plugins-and-bundles/cloud-on-k8s/k8s-kibana-plugins
products:
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes: Generally available
---

# Install Kibana plugins
You can override the Kibana container image to use your own image with the plugins already installed, as described in [Create custom images](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7959/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/create-custom-images). You should run an `optimize` step as part of the build, otherwise it needs to run at startup which requires additional time and resources.
This is a Dockerfile example:
```sh
FROM docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:9.5.1
RUN /usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana-plugin install $PLUGIN_URL
RUN /usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana --optimize
```