# Unable to find /plugins dir
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-find-plugins-dir/90041
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [17 juni 2018 om 01:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-find-plugins-dir/90041 "2018-06-17T01:05:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@SpaceMonkey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SpaceMonkey)
#### Post date: [17 juni 2018 om 01:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-find-plugins-dir/90041/1 "2018-06-17T01:05:52Z")
I have installed my first copy of Discourse. I am following the instructions for installing my first plugin using [Install a Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-a-plugin/19157) However when I try to change dir using `cd $home/plugins` there is no directory for plugins in `/home`
I can see that [docker\_manager](https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager) is already installed so I have searched for that plugin `find / -name "docker_manager"` that gives me
```
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/786932e9f0bcf492593c0a2c4db1887ea0ebd2c5a96e1cddf24f04ce2da214c5/diff/var/www/discourse/public/plugins/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/786932e9f0bcf492593c0a2c4db1887ea0ebd2c5a96e1cddf24f04ce2da214c5/diff/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/786932e9f0bcf492593c0a2c4db1887ea0ebd2c5a96e1cddf24f04ce2da214c5/diff/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/lib/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/786932e9f0bcf492593c0a2c4db1887ea0ebd2c5a96e1cddf24f04ce2da214c5/diff/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/app/controllers/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/786932e9f0bcf492593c0a2c4db1887ea0ebd2c5a96e1cddf24f04ce2da214c5/diff/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/app/views/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/fce1589efae34e826713addbcfdcfb26a9dcb4fc2693840c2be18fd713fa02d9/diff/var/www/discourse/public/plugins/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/fce1589efae34e826713addbcfdcfb26a9dcb4fc2693840c2be18fd713fa02d9/diff/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/fce1589efae34e826713addbcfdcfb26a9dcb4fc2693840c2be18fd713fa02d9/diff/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/lib/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/fce1589efae34e826713addbcfdcfb26a9dcb4fc2693840c2be18fd713fa02d9/diff/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/app/controllers/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/fce1589efae34e826713addbcfdcfb26a9dcb4fc2693840c2be18fd713fa02d9/diff/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/app/views/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/8557c017b034ecda7949176a532e5de5a0cd7a996f958ffacdb333b8b3772337/merged/var/www/discourse/public/plugins/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/8557c017b034ecda7949176a532e5de5a0cd7a996f958ffacdb333b8b3772337/merged/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/8557c017b034ecda7949176a532e5de5a0cd7a996f958ffacdb333b8b3772337/merged/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/lib/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/8557c017b034ecda7949176a532e5de5a0cd7a996f958ffacdb333b8b3772337/merged/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/app/controllers/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/8557c017b034ecda7949176a532e5de5a0cd7a996f958ffacdb333b8b3772337/merged/var/www/discourse/plugins/docker_manager/app/views/docker_manager
/var/lib/docker/overlay2/8557c017b034ecda7949176a532e5de5a0cd7a996f958ffacdb333b8b3772337/diff/var/www/discourse/public/plugins/docker_manager
```
Should I just create the dir `/home/plugins` ? Or is there something that I am missing in my steps?
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### Author:  [@SpaceMonkey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SpaceMonkey)
#### Post date: [17 juni 2018 om 02:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-find-plugins-dir/90041/2 "2018-06-17T02:32:37Z")
I have found the problem. I missunderstood the process of eddting the app.yml file. There are some replys to the original article that are helpful.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [20 juni 2018 om 00:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-find-plugins-dir/90041/3 "2018-06-20T00:53:09Z")
I use overlay on my blog, but still strongly recommend you use aufs over overlay2 if possible. I tend to run really really high on disk space due to overlay2.