1.1. Plugin management
The plugin is similar to system modules, but it is much more flexible and configurable. A reference to it can be embedded anywhere in the system. You can easily update, stop and run it.
After entering the Administration -> System configuration -> Pluginstab, the following page will appear:
Figure 7.5.1.shows the management view of plugins.
Installed plugins
When we are in the configuration of plugins, the window shown in Figure 7.5.1. will appear. The right part shows a table ("Installed plugins") with installed plugins. The individual columns mean:
- Name - the name of the installed plugin
- Version - shows the version of the installed plugin
- ID - ?
- Active - green icon means that the plugin is running on the system
- Last update - shows the date of the last update of the plugin.
Plugin management
After selecting the installed plugin in the "Installed plugins" table, information about the plug in the table on the left ("Managing plugins", see Figure 7.5.1) will appear. The details contain information about the name, version, ID, description, author, last update and status of the plugin. In addition, there are the following buttons:
- Run - runs the stopped plugin
- Stop - stops the plugin
- Update - updates the plugin. See section 1.3
- Delete - removes the plugin from the system.
1.2. Installing a new plugin
Figure 7.5.2. shows the view after entering the plugin management tab.
Go to the tab Administration -> System configuration -> Plugins. In the table "Plugins management" (see Figure 7.5.3.), there is a new plugin installation form called "Installing a new plugin". In order to install a new plugin, click on the "Select" button. After clicking, the system window will appear with the file selected. Select the plugin file (extension .JAR) and click on the open button. After installation, the plugin will be automatically launched and the details of the installed plugin will appear (see Figure 7.5.1).
1.3. Update an installed plugin
In the "Plugins" tab, we can also manually update the plugin or downgrade to the older version (currently, we can update and downgrade the version of a given plugin via the Update center ). To do this, we need to have a JAR file of the plugin in a newer or older version.
Updating of the plugin is done by selecting the plugin in the table on the right called "Installed plugins". There will be detailed information about the plugin, as in Figure 7.5.3 below:
Figure 7.5.3 shows the details of the plugin and the buttons for Start/Stop, update and remove the plugin.
Click on the "Update" button. We will see a file selection dialog to update the plugin (see Figure 7.5.4). Select the file and click on the "Update" button.
Figure 7.5.4. shows the update view of the plugin.
1.4. Removing the plugin
In order to remove the plugin from the system, select the appropriate plugin from the table on the right called "Installed plugins". After selecting, a table will appear in which there will be detailed information about the plugin, along with the buttons. Click on the "Delete" button (see Figure 7.5.1.). A window will appear in which we confirm the will to remove the plug from the system.