# Need help with CloudQuery custom plugin documentation for Windows or Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** CloudQuery Plugins\ **Created:** [July 1, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168 "2024-07-01T12:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/1 "2024-07-01T12:35:24Z")
Hi, I’m trying to create a custom plugin in GoLang, but I’m having issues related to the OS type. The documentation provided is only for MacOS, and I couldn’t find any documentation related to Windows or Linux. Can anyone please share the documentation for Linux or Windows, or let me know if it’s even possible? [CloudQuery Documentation](https://docs.cloudquery.io/docs/developers/creating-new-plugin/go-source) ---
**Author:** ![mariano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mariano](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/mariano)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/2 "2024-07-01T12:37:15Z")
Hey 👋 Which part of these docs are you struggling with? Most of the instructions should be OS-agnostic. ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/3 "2024-07-01T13:38:38Z")
Hi, @mariano. The document mentioned above contains macOS commands for creating a custom plugin, but I don’t have access to a macOS. Is it possible to create a custom plugin without using macOS? ---
**Author:** ![mariano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mariano](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/mariano)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/4 "2024-07-01T13:40:49Z")
It is certainly possible to create custom plugins on Linux/Windows. The instructions should be mostly identical. Can you give me an example of a step you couldn’t do in your OS? ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/5 "2024-07-01T13:44:01Z")
I don’t have any documentation or related information to create a custom plugin in Windows/Linux for CloudQuery. I can’t seem to find the related documents. If you have any documents on how to create a custom plugin, could you please share them, like the above documentation for Mac OS? ---
**Author:** ![mariano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mariano](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/mariano)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/6 "2024-07-01T13:44:50Z")
I’m saying you should be able to use the same article. ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/7 "2024-07-01T13:48:10Z")
okay I got it. I will get back to you if I face any further issues. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/8 "2024-07-02T09:03:58Z")
Hi, @mariano, This is for Mac OS: [YouTube Link](https://youtu.be/3Ka_Ob8E6P8?si=iDKsnddx2JHoMHye) Do you have any documentation or video for doing this in Linux or Windows? ---
**Author:** ![mariano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mariano](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/mariano)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/9 "2024-07-02T09:39:56Z")
Hey 👋 I think the only part of that video that is Mac-specific is the installation of the tools (`cloudquery` & `scaffold`). The rest of it is just coding on an IDE and then building, running, and testing in a terminal, which should be roughly the same in Linux or Windows. If you want instructions for installing the tools in a different OS, they are here: [Linux Quickstart](https://docs.cloudquery.io/docs/quickstart/linux) [Windows Quickstart](https://docs.cloudquery.io/docs/quickstart/windows) I reviewed these quickstart instructions, and while they tell you how to install the `cloudquery` CLI, they don’t really spell out where to get `scaffold`. You can download the latest `scaffold` version for your OS here: [Download Scaffold](https://github.com/cloudquery/cloudquery/releases/tag/scaffold-v3.0.20) ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/10 "2024-07-04T04:46:02Z")
```auto [root@ip-10-129-6-17 environment]# cq-scaffold --verbose source CloudAdmin Cloudquery_Custom_Plugin [root@ip-10-129-6-17 environment]# ls -l total 38344 -rw-r--r--. 1 ec2-user ec2-user 569 Jun 25 03:09 README.md -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 35581952 Jul 4 03:44 cloudquery -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3678208 Jun 25 14:33 cq-scaffold [root@ip-10-129-6-17 environment]# cd cq-source-Cloudquery_Custom_Plugin -bash: cd: cq-source-Cloudquery_Custom_Plugin: No such file or directory [root@ip-10-129-6-17 environment]# go mod tidy go: go.mod file not found in current directory or any parent directory; see 'go help modules' [root@ip-10-129-6-17 environment]# ``` I am facing this issue. > **[Creating a New CloudQuery Source Plugin in Go | CloudQuery](https://docs.cloudquery.io/docs/developers/creating-new-plugin/go-source)** > > Learn how to write a new CloudQuery source plugin from scratch in Go. Could you please help me out @mariano? ---
**Author:** ![mariano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mariano](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/mariano)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/11 "2024-07-04T09:19:30Z")
Could you try it without the `--verbose` flag? I tried to reproduce your results. If I try with `verbose`, I get an error, and if I try without it, it works well. I tested with the latest version: ```auto $ cq-scaffold --version ⏱ 10:21:45 scaffold version 3.0.20 ``` But I also originally tested with a slightly older version I had installed (3.0.15), and I get the same results. Just as a sanity check that `cq-scaffold` is not broken. ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/12 "2024-07-10T11:38:32Z")
Hi, @mariano I am using the Kubernetes source plugin and Postgres destination plugin. Now I am trying to sync the `k8s_core_pods` table, but I am getting the following error: ```auto cloudquery sync k8s.yml postgres.yml --log-console --log-level error 2024-07-10T11:36:56Z ERR finished call grpc.code=Internal grpc.component=server grpc.error="rpc error: code = Internal desc = failed to init plugin: failed to initialize client: context \"context\" doesn't exist in kube configuration" grpc.method=Init grpc.method_type=unary grpc.service=cloudquery.plugin.v3.Plugin grpc.start_time=2024-07-10T11:36:56Z grpc.time_ms=3.846 invocation-id=e26bed3c-fa69-4df2-acaf-c801ef8716eb module=cli peer.address=@ protocol=grpc Error: failed to sync v3 source k8s_6169124300 failed to init source k8s_6169124300: rpc error: code = Internal desc = failed to init plugin: failed to initialize client: context "context" doesn't exist in kube configuration 2024-07-10T11:36:57Z ERR exiting with error error="failed to sync v3 source k8s_6169124300: failed to init source k8s_6169124300: rpc error: code = Internal desc = failed to init plugin: failed to initialize client: context \"context\" doesn't exist in kube configuration" invocation-id=e26bed3c-fa69-4df2-acaf-c801ef8716eb module=cli ``` Could you please help me out to resolve this error? **k8s.yml file:** ```yaml kind: source spec: # Source spec section name: k8s_6169124300 path: cloudquery/k8s registry: cloudquery version: "v6.1.4" tables: ["k8s_core_pods"] destinations: ["postgresql"] # # Learn more about the configuration options at https://cql.ink/k8s_source spec: contexts: ["context"] ``` **postgres.yml:** ```yaml kind: destination spec: name: "postgresql" path: "cloudquery/postgresql" registry: "cloudquery" version: "v8.2.5" spec: connection_string: "XXXXXX" ``` ---
**Author:** ![mariano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mariano](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/mariano)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/13 "2024-07-10T13:12:28Z")
Hey @known-yeti 👋 I’m assuming you have some level of access to this K8s deployment. If you can use `kubectl`, this will tell you what the available contexts are: ```auto kubectl config get-contexts ``` If there is no context listed with the name `context`, then that’s the problem. You set this configuration in the spec: ```auto contexts: ["context"] ``` Replace `context` there with the context listed on `kubectl config get-contexts` that you want to sync from. There are other tools available other than `kubectl` to do the same. For example, `k9s`, or [Lens](https://k8slens.dev/). ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/14 "2024-07-10T13:14:35Z")
Hi, @mariano ```auto :~/environment/plugin (feat/kubernetes_images) $ kubectl config get-contexts W0710 13:14:12.732346 22591 loader.go:221] Config not found: /home/ec2-user/.kube/config CURRENT NAME CLUSTER AUTHINFO NAMESPACE ``` This is the output of that command. Could you please help me out here? ---
**Author:** ![mariano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mariano](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/mariano)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/15 "2024-07-10T13:17:36Z")
The output of `kubectl config get-contexts` is saying that `kubectl` cannot answer your question because it hasn’t found any configuration to talk to your K8s cluster. This is outside of the scope of the help I can give you since it’s not related to CloudQuery, so I’d suggest Googling or using ChatGPT for that. If you have further issues with the sync, I’m here to help. ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/16 "2024-07-10T13:19:23Z")
> **[Kubernetes Plugin documentation](https://hub.cloudquery.io/plugins/source/cloudquery/k8s/latest/docs?utm_source=yaml&utm_content=source_k8s)** > > The CloudQuery Kubernetes plugin allows you to pull data from Kubernetes to any supported destination In the Authentication section, it mentioned `KUBECONFIG`. I tried with the default and used `$ echo KUBECONFIG` too. It’s working fine over there, but it is not working when I try the sync command. @mariano ---
**Author:** ![mariano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mariano](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/mariano)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/17 "2024-07-10T13:32:55Z")
From the error when you sync, it looks like you gave `cloudquery` correct access to your `k8s` cluster, because it was able to find out that your context doesn’t exist. When you ran `kubectl config get-contexts` in your EC2 instance, `kubectl` wasn’t configured properly, because it couldn’t answer your question. You need to set up `kubectl` properly first, then query the context names, and from there you can configure the spec as I explained before. ---
**Author:** ![known-yeti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@known-yeti](https://community.cloudquery.io/u/known-yeti)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.cloudquery.io/t/need-help-with-cloudquery-custom-plugin-documentation-for-windows-or-linux/168/18 "2024-07-10T14:04:15Z")
Thank you @mariano