# HiveMQ Cloud and Plugins

**URL:** <https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-cloud-and-plugins/701>\
**Category:** HiveMQ Cloud\
**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-cloud-and-plugins/701 "2021-08-27T02:00:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![LD35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@LD35](https://community.hivemq.com/u/LD35)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-cloud-and-plugins/701/1 "2021-08-27T02:00:59Z")

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I have a plugin (TcMqttPlugin.dll) that needs to reside on the broker. What version of HiveMQ cloud do I need? Is it possible to use 3rd party developed plugins?

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**Author:** ![YannickWeber](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.hivemq.com/yannickweber/32/103_2.png) [@YannickWeber](https://community.hivemq.com/u/YannickWeber)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-cloud-and-plugins/701/2 "2021-09-01T08:18:54Z")

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Hello LD35,

No you can’t run the TcMqttPlugin.dll, because it is a Mosquitto Plugin.

HiveMQ can be extended by user defined HiveMQ Extensions, see: [HiveMQ Extension Development :: HiveMQ Documentation](https://www.hivemq.com/docs/hivemq/4.6/extensions/introduction.html).

But unfortunately, it is not possible right now to use HiveMQ Extensions in HiveMQ Cloud.

Have a nice day.

- Yannick

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**Author:** ![LD35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@LD35](https://community.hivemq.com/u/LD35)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-cloud-and-plugins/701/3 "2021-09-01T14:21:03Z")

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Hi Yannick,

Thanks so much for the response! I’m new to mqtt, but very interested in learning. Our company has a protocol called ADS over MQTT for communicating with our controllers. I can get it to run locally with an eclipse broker, but the ultimate goal is to get it to work on HiveMQ cloud. I think I’m getting stuck on security certificates. Do you know anyone that has gotten ADS over MQTT to work on HiveMQ cloud?

Br,

Lauren

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