Installing and Configuring the Plugin Manager
As a system administrator, you install and configure the Plugin Manager to install, upgrade and remove Packs in order to extend the functionality of the AE system.
This page includes the following:
Prerequisites
You need to have the Automic Web Interface installed to install the Plugin Manager. For more information, see Installing the Automic Web Interface.
Notes:
- You can download the latest version of the AWI from https://downloads.automic.com/.
- The version of the Plugin can be retrieved from the log file or the About dialog of the AWI.
- The AWI log and messages can also provide useful information to identify the problem(s) preventing the Plugin from being installed.
Installing and Uninstalling the Plugin Manager
The Plugin Manager is delivered as a .zip file and contains a .jar file that has to be either copied, replaced or removed to install, update or uninstall the Plugin.
Note: You need to restart your session after copying the .jar file to be able to use the Plugin Manager.
To install the Plugin Manager, unzip the .zip file and copy the .jar file to the autoinstall folder in the webapps/ directory of the Tomcat server running the Automic Web Interface.
If your system was set up by the ONE Installer, this should be: <installer-root>/External.Resources/apache-tomcat-x.x.xx/webapps/<awi-webapp-folder>/WEB-INF/autoinstall.
The Plugin Manager is available in the Packs tab of the Administration perspective.
Optionally, you can enable logging by adding the following parameters to the logback.xml file in the config folder of the webapps/<awi-webapp-folder> directory on your Tomcat server:
<logger name="com.automic.apm"level="WARN"additivity="false">
<appender-ref ref="LOGGER"/>
</logger>
To uninstall the Plugin Manager, remove the corresponding .jar file from the autoinstall folder of your Tomcat installation.
Updating the Plugin Manager
Replace the existing .jar file in the autoinstall folder in the webapps/ directory of the Tomcat server running AWI with the new version. The configuration file will not be overwritten.
Example
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps\AWI\WEB-INF\autoinstall
To connect to the repository containing the release notes of the Packs and show the latest version of the Action Packs in the Packs view of the Administration Perspective, two keys must be defined in the UC_SYSTEM_SETTINGS variable. If the keys are not displayed, add them manually.
To Add the Keys
- Log into client 0.
- Open the UC_SYSTEM_SETTINGS variable.
- Enter the pack release note key as described here: PM_PACK_RELEASENOTE_URL
- Enter the index url key as described here: PM_INDEX_URL
- Save your changes.
Tip: For more information, read the Working with Packs and Plug-ins topic.
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