# Configure a private marketplace for extensions — Step one: Initialize the private marketplace

> Create a folder locally for the content that will be deployed to your developers’ machines Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ mkdir my-marketplace $ cd my-marketplace ``` Initialize the configuration files for your marketplace Bounded code example (exter

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Create a folder locally for the content that will be deployed to your developers’ machines

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ mkdir my-marketplace
   $ cd my-marketplace
```

Initialize the configuration files for your marketplace

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/extension-admin init
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   # For all-user installations
   $ C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\extension-admin init

   # For per-user installations
   $ %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\DockerDesktop\resources\bin\extension-admin init
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ /opt/docker-desktop/extension-admin init
```

admin-settings.json, which activates the private marketplace feature once it’s applied to Docker Desktop on your developers’ machines. extensions.txt, which determines which extensions to list in your private marketplace.

&gt; [!IMPORTANT] &gt; &gt; If your org is using Settings Management via Docker Home, you will not need the admin-settings.json file. Delete the generated file and keep only the extensions.txt file.

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