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---
title: Build the extensions for multiple architectures
description: Step three in creating an extension.
keywords: Docker, Extensions, sdk, build, multi-arch
---
It is highly recommended that, at a minimum, your extension is supported for the following architectures:
- `linux/amd64`
- `linux/arm64`
Docker Desktop retrieves the extension image according to the users system architecture. If the extension does not provide an image that matches the users system architecture, Docker Desktop is not able to install the extension. As a result, users cant run the extension in Docker Desktop.
### Build and push for multiple architectures
If you created an extension from the `docker extension init` command, the
`Makefile` at the root of the directory includes a target with name
`push-extension`.
You can do `make push-extension` to build your extension against both
`linux/amd64` and `linux/arm64` platforms, and push them to DockerHub.
For example:
```console
$ make push-extension
```
Alternatively, if you started from an empty directory, use the command below
to build your extension for multiple architectures:
```console
$ docker buildx build --push --platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 --tag=username/my-extension:0.0.1 .
```
You can then check the image manifest to see if the image is available for both
architectures using the [`docker buildx imagetools` command](../../../engine/reference/commandline/buildx_imagetools.md):
```console
$ docker buildx imagetools inspect username/my-extension:0.0.1
Name: docker.io/username/my-extension:0.0.1
MediaType: application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json
Digest: sha256:f3b552e65508d9203b46db507bb121f1b644e53a22f851185d8e53d873417c48
Manifests:
Name: docker.io/username/my-extension:0.0.1@sha256:71d7ecf3cd12d9a99e73ef448bf63ae12751fe3a436a007cb0969f0dc4184c8c
MediaType: application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json
Platform: linux/amd64
Name: docker.io/username/my-extension:0.0.1@sha256:5ba4ceea65579fdd1181dfa103cc437d8e19d87239683cf5040e633211387ccf
MediaType: application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json
Platform: linux/arm64
```
> Having trouble pushing the image?
>
> Ensure you are logged into DockerHub. Otherwise, run `docker login` to authenticate.
{ .tip }
For more information, see [Multi-platform images](../../../build/building/multi-platform.md) page.
### Adding multi-arch binaries
If your extension includes some binaries that deploy to the host, its important that they also have the right architecture when building the extension against multiple architectures.
Currently, Docker does not provide a way to explicitly specify multiple binaries for every architecture in the `metadata.json` file. However, you can add architecture-specific binaries depending on the `TARGETARCH` in the extensions `Dockerfile`.
The example below shows an extension that uses a binary as part of its operations. The extension needs to run both in Docker Desktop for Mac and Windows.
In the `Dockerfile`, we download the binary depending on the target architecture:
```Dockerfile
#syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3-labs
FROM alpine AS dl
WORKDIR /tmp
RUN apk add --no-cache curl tar
ARG TARGETARCH
RUN <<EOT ash
mkdir -p /out/darwin
curl -fSsLo /out/darwin/kubectl "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -Ls https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/${TARGETARCH}/kubectl"
chmod a+x /out/darwin/kubectl
EOT
RUN <<EOT ash
if [ "amd64" = "$TARGETARCH" ]; then
mkdir -p /out/windows
curl -fSsLo /out/windows/kubectl.exe "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -Ls https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe"
fi
EOT
FROM alpine
LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="example-extension" \
org.opencontainers.image.description="My Example Extension" \
org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Docker Inc." \
com.docker.desktop.extension.api.version=">= 0.3.3"
COPY --from=dl /out /
```
In the `metadata.json` file, we specify the path for every binary on every platform:
```json
{
"icon": "docker.svg",
"ui": {
"dashboard-tab": {
"title": "Example Extension",
"src": "index.html",
"root": "ui"
}
},
"host": {
"binaries": [
{
"darwin": [
{
"path": "/darwin/kubectl"
}
],
"windows": [
{
"path": "/windows/kubectl.exe"
}
]
}
]
}
}
```
As a result, when `TARGETARCH` equals:
- `arm64`, the `kubectl` binary fetched corresponds to the `arm64` architecture, and is copied to `/darwin/kubectl` in the final stage.
- `amd64`, two `kubectl` binaries are fetched. One for Darwin and another for Windows. They are copied to `/darwin/kubectl` and `/windows/kubectl.exe` respectively, in the final stage.
> Note
>
> The binary destination path for darwin is darwin/kubectl in both cases. The only change is the architecture-specific binary that is downloaded.
When the extension is installed, the extension framework copies the binaries from the extension image at `/darwin/kubectl` for Darwin, or `/windows/kubectl.exe` for Windows, to a specific location in the users host filesystem.
## Can I develop extensions that run Windows containers?
Although Docker Extensions is supported on Docker Desktop for Windows, Mac, and Linux, the extension framework only supports Linux containers. Therefore, you must target `linux` as the OS when you build your extension image.