No , the UI just needs to be refreshed . There is no need to restart management server.
Regards, Pranav -----Original Message----- From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:39 AM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins Does this require reboot of the management server? > -----Original Message----- > From: Pranav Saxena [mailto:pranav.sax...@citrix.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:16 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins > > Animesh , > > We have a config .js file for maintaining the list of plugin ID's . > We use the plugin ID to load the plugin into the cloudstack UI . In > case , a plugin is misbehaving all one needs to do is comment out the > plugin ID in the config.js file .This would not load the plugin on to > the cloudstack dashboard and it would seem as if the plugin does not exist > at all. > > Regards, > Pranav > > -----Original Message----- > From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:52 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins > > Sonny > > How does administrator enable/ disable the plugin if it is misbehaving > because of bug or let's say after upgrade? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fang Wang [mailto:fang.w...@citrix.com] > > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:11 AM > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: RE: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins > > > > I like the idea of the plugin button so users can see all the plugins. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sonny Chhen [mailto:sonny.ch...@citrix.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 4:01 PM > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Cc: Brian Federle; Pranav Saxena > > Subject: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins > > > > Hello All, > > > > I would like to discuss a new feature that is being worked on for > > the next release of CloudStack. It is the ability to add third party > > plugins into CloudStack while still utilizing the current ui. The > > procedure in which this would occur is as follows: > > > > > > 1. The developer will write a plugin that they would like to add into > > CloudStack > > > > 2. Using a predetermined file hierarchy we create, the developer will > > place their plugin within the folder structure and fill out a > > plugin.js file > > > > 3. The admin will then place this folder into the existing CloudStack > > "plugin" > > > > 4. The admin will then add this new listing onto the plugin.js file > > that lies > > within that folder > > > > 5. The user then just has to refresh the browser and the plugin will > > be > > available to use. > > > > We will be toying with the idea of adding a plugin button to the > > navigation so that the user can see what plugins have been installed > > and click on them to access them. > > > > Please see the link below for more information. > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30744936/plug > > in.jpg > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/3rd+Party+Plugi > > n > > > > Thoughts, comments, suggestions? > > > > Thanks You and Best Regards, > > > > Sonny H. Chhen > > Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems - > > CloudPlatform > > 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
