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title: Fast and Easy Sonobuoy Plugins for Custom Testing of Almost Anything
image: /img/sonobuoy.svg
excerpt: It is now possible to easily create a plugin from a Docker image and run it within Sonobuoy without manually editing any YAML files.
author_name: John Schnake
author_url: https://github.com/johnschnake
author_avatar: /img/contributors/john-schnake.png
categories: [kubernetes]
# Tag should match author to drive author pages
tags: ['Sonobuoy Team', 'John Schnake']
date: 2019-04-30
slug: custom-testing
---
_Previously posted on the [VMware Cloud Native Apps blog](https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudnative/)_

Today we are releasing Sonobuoy 0.14.2, which delivers on one of our top roadmap goals: increased support for custom plugins, allowing developers and operators to extend Sonobuoy with additional tests and data gathering. It is now possible to easily create a plugin from a Docker image and run it within Sonobuoy without manually editing any YAML files.

Sonobuoy, an open source diagnostic tool, runs upstream Kubernetes tests to generate reports that help you understand the state of your cluster. Sonobuoy is the underlying technology powering the Certified Kubernetes Conformance Program, which was created by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and is used by every Certified Kubernetes Service Provider.

[Read the full article here.](https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudnative/2019/04/30/sonobuoy-plugins-custom-testing/)
