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title: Customization 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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# Customization 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)*

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

DS customization:

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

AM and IDM customization:

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

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

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

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