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Headlamp: Get up to speed deploying Headlamp with plugins

One of Headlamp's goals is to be an adaptable Kubernetes UI for different users and use-cases, and this can be achieved through its plugin system.

Moreover, Headlamp can be run as a desktop application or as an in-cluster web application, and both ways of running it support plugins. Headlamp’s documentation already covers how to develop and run plugins in the desktop, but there are some additional considerations if you want to deploy Headlamp in a Kubernetes cluster together with plugins.

In fact, running Headlamp with plugins in-cluster is a very compelling use-case for corporate users or vendors: it allows them to offer a Kubernetes UI with a custom user experience for their users with a simple way to distribute it, update, and access it, as that will be a responsibility for the provider/company.

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