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layout: docs
page_title: plugin - Command
description: |-
  The "plugin" command groups subcommands for interacting with
  Vault's plugins and the plugin catalog.
---

# plugin

The `plugin` command groups subcommands for interacting with Vault's plugins and
the plugin catalog

## Examples

List all available secret plugins in the catalog:

```shell-session
$ vault plugin list secret

Name            Version
----            -------
ad              v0.14.0+builtin
alicloud        v0.13.0+builtin
...
```

Register a new secret plugin to the catalog:

```shell-session
$ vault plugin register \
  -sha256=d3f0a8be02f6c074cf38c9c99d4d04c9c6466249 \
  secret my-custom-plugin
Success! Registered plugin: my-custom-plugin
```

Get information about a plugin in the catalog:

```shell-session
$ vault plugin info secret my-custom-plugin
Key                   Value
---                   -----
args                  []
builtin               false
command               my-custom-plugin
deprecation_status    n/a
name                  my-custom-plugin
sha256                33e72f3d30ff2acdbf3cf3c8fa1c8945b60dab876c4226ab25617a63c9f16cc5
version               n/a
```

## Usage

```text
Usage: vault plugin <subcommand> [options] [args]

  # ...

Subcommands:
    deregister       Deregister an existing plugin in the catalog
    info             Read information about a plugin in the catalog
    list             Lists available plugins
    register         Registers a new plugin in the catalog
    reload           Reload mounted plugin backend
    reload-status    Get the status of an active or recently completed global plugin reload
```

For more information, examples, and usage about a subcommand, click on the name
of the subcommand in the sidebar.