From db08b61616debdbe9727125130e5ee4b6d6a7c0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Burns <bburns@google.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 16:00:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added instructions for adding a new backend.

---
 README.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62a4ce2d47..c76f200d5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,32 @@ docker -H unix://b.sock ps
 This last command should report 1 container: `myapp`.
 
 
+### Creating a new backend
+Create a simple my-backend.go:
+```
+func MyBackend() engine.Installer {
+	return &myBackend{}
+}
+
+func (f *computeEngineForward) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
+	eng.Register("mybackend", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+	job.Eng.Register("containers", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("%#v", *job)
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		return engine.StatusOK
+	})
+	return nil
+}
+```
+
+Then edit backends.go, and add your backend:
+```
+...
+	MyBackend().Install(back)
+...
+```
+
 ## Creators
 
 **Solomon Hykes**