# Can't run app plugin created by guide: app provision error

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/cant-run-app-plugin-created-by-guide-app-provision-error/137935>\
**Category:** Grafana Plugin Development\
**Tags:** app, provisioning\
**Created:** [December 7, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/cant-run-app-plugin-created-by-guide-app-provision-error/137935 "2024-12-07T13:08:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ifiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@ifiri](https://community.grafana.com/u/ifiri)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/cant-run-app-plugin-created-by-guide-app-provision-error/137935/1 "2024-12-07T13:08:51Z")

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Hello!  
I’m new in Grafana, so started learning from documentation. I made all by instruction, from development environment setup to create plugins. But, I can’t run my newly created App plugin.

**STR:**

1. Run `npx @grafana/create-plugin@latest`
2. Select `app`, answer `yes` on “add backend?” question
3. `cd test-org-app && npm install`
4. `npm run dev`, in another terminal tab `docker compose up`
5. Error `error: ✗ app provisioning error: plugin not installed: "test-org-app"`

I also read [provision plugin documentation](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/provisioning/#plugins). I see that “The plugins must already be installed on the Grafana instance”, but how I can add that for dockerized Grafana if docker container fails?..

I also tried to select “Panel” plugin, and that version **works fine**. No provisioning errors, as expected.

**Grafana dependency:** \>=10.4.0  
**Node:** 22 LTS  
**OS:** Linux Mint

Please help! What I should do to run app locally? Many thanks to any suggestion

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**Author:** ![academo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@academo](https://community.grafana.com/u/academo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/cant-run-app-plugin-created-by-guide-app-provision-error/137935/2 "2024-12-10T09:24:09Z")

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> [@ifiri](#):
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> Select `app`, answer `yes` on “add backend?” question

Since you selected your app have a backend you need to also build the backend part. `npm run dev` will only build the frontend assets.

to build the backend part of your plugin you need to install [mage](https://magefile.org/) in your system and run `mage build:backend`, then you can start grafana with `docker compose up`

If you don’t need a backend component for your app, don’t select “yes” when create plugin asks about it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/2X/e/ef5308cc58c9e5a13187b5012eb99f406928462f.png) [@system](https://community.grafana.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/cant-run-app-plugin-created-by-guide-app-provision-error/137935/3 "2025-12-10T09:24:45Z")

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