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title: Development overview
description: This section covers how developers build custom Docker images for the Ping Identity Platform. It also contains important conceptual material that you need to understand before you start creating Docker images.
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# Development overview

This section covers how developers build custom Docker images for the Ping Identity Platform. It also contains important conceptual material that you need to understand before you start creating Docker images.

## Developer checklist

Setup:

* [icon: square-o, set=fa]*[Perform additional setup](setup.html)*

Concepts:

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Understand custom images](custom-images.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Understand types of configuration](fr-data.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Understand property value substitution](value-substitution.html)

Custom Docker images:

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Customize the AM image](am.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Customize the IDM image](idm.html)