Is possible to add plugins with additional dependencies?

[juangon]

From 1.4.x there is a new possibility for creating custom plugins by just adding them to a simple Dockerfile and create some Custom Resources (https://docs.konghq.com/gateway-operator/1.4.x/guides/plugin-distribution/).

My question is, if there are some additional dependencies (maybe some "resty.X") does this method still apply or we would need to create a custom kong-gateway image with that plugin as stated here? https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest/plugin-development/distribution/.

Is there a list with available dependencies when developing custom plugins that we can use out of the box?

Thanks very much!

[programmer04]

Currently KongPluginInstallation is a mechanism for distributing code only. Dependency has to be installed on an image to make it available for plugins to use. The easiest way it's to do it with luarocks which is available on a distributed Kong Gateway image. Presently automated installation of dependency is not available.

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[juangon]

Thanks for the answer