About the Plugin Manager

The Plugin Manager is an extension to the AWI that can be used to install, upgrade and remove Packs in order to extend the functionality of your system.

Note: Similar functionality is covered by the command line interface . See: About Package Manager

What are Packs?

The currently supported Plug-ins are known as Packs. These Plug-ins consist of Automation Engine objects and may include CDA-specific objects.

What are Action Packs?

Action Packs are outbound integrations with third-party products such as Amazon S3, Docker and Tomcat for automation purposes. They group actions that are related to each other (for example, Windows File System Actions) and are always imported and exported as a single unit to an existing CDA/ASO client.

ARA Application Pack

You can create an Application Pack out of an existing Application and export/import the Pack via Plugin Manager/Package Manager or, alternatively, via a code editor integrated with GIT and the REST client. See: Working with CDA Entities as Code.

When you create an Application Pack, the serialized content of the CDA Applications and its related components is stored in the ARA.APPLICATIONS folder of the Process Assembly perspective. The Application Packs are stored under PACKAGES in the same view. The CDA content (Application, Components...) is saved in a storage object of the Application Pack.

For more information, see. Creating Application Packs