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Plugins

Install and update plugins

Since version 9.5 of GLPI, the Marketplace to install and update plugins is available.

This feature can be acttiYou will have to create a registration key beforehand. The procedure is available here.

The Marketplace consists of two tabs :

  • Installed allowing to activate/deactivate and update plugins

  • Discover allowing to access the complete catalog of plugins and to install them.

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Manual installation

Download

All GLPI plugins are available on the GLPI catalog

Note that a plugin can have several versions, each version is most of the time specific to a particular version of GLPI. So be sure to select the right file to download!

Once the plugin has been chosen, just follow the following steps:

  • Click on the Download button

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  • Copy the address

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  • Go in ssh on the server then in the glpi/plugins folder

Follow the following steps:

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  1. Download

  2. Unzip

  3. Delete the archive

  4. Apply the correct permissions

Installation

Go to setup > Plugins. If the Marketplace is activated you have to in order to return to the old plugin interface.

  • So now you need to Install and Activate it. The installation will create the possible tables in the database.

  • Click on

  • Activation will make the plugin accessible to users.

  • Click on the which will turn green once the plugin is activated .

Updating a plugin

Updating a pluginis done by physically removing (Caution: not to be confused with Uninstalling a plugin) the previous version and installing the new version. You just have to delete the folder corresponding to the plugin and refer to the installation paragraph of the plugin for the rest of the procedure.

Uninstall a plugin

The uninstallation of a plugin is done from the plugin configuration interface. Simply click on . Then you can even if you want to delete the folder in the plugins directory.

References

GLPI Documentation Install and update plugins

Marketplace

In this article, we'll give you a quick overview of GLPI's Marketplace, integrated since version 9.5.

A new interface for managing plugins

GLPI's Marketplace is an alternative interface to the setup > Plugins menu. The first time you consult it, you'll be asked if you want the Marketplace to become the default interface. But don't worry, you can still access the original plugin interface. You'll find both menus in the breadcrumb trail:

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Independent plugin management

With the Marketplace, you no longer need to access the server hosting GLPI (CLI) to download and install plugins. GLPI now offers a filtered list of available plugins compatible with the GLPI Network Cloud environment.

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The Marketplace offers two tabs :

  • Installed This tab lists the plug-ins installed on your GLPI Network Cloud instance.

  • Discover This tab is the real "marketplace" for plugins. This is where you can search for and download plugins.

References

GLPI Documentation Install and update plugins