Plugin Server Setup Guide
What is a Plugin?
A plug-in is a piece of code that integrates with our main server to perform a specific function. In the context of our product, a plugin is nothing but a .fp bundle (i.e. Kind of app, zip).
What is a Plugin Server?
Plugin server is a server which hosts/runs plugins. It is like our main server with a specialized purpose of running plugins. The main server will call a plugin server to execute specific plugin and get the desired output.
Plugin Server Setup
Enabling plugin capabilities in the server is a two step process:
Step 1: Install plugin server build
Step 2: Setting up a plugin server
- The plugin server can be setup in the main server or separately.
- The ports used are:
- Plugin Server - 5050
- HTTP/HTTPS - 80/443
Install Plugin Server Build
Start your server and install the plugin server build into a directory:
For Ubuntu 22: Download Link
For Redhat: Download Link
Plugin Server Configuration
Open server terminal and go to the directory containing plugin_server_CI. First change permission with the following command.
sudo chmod 777 plugin_server_CI
Initiate installation of the plugin server with the following command:
sudo ./plugin_server_CI
- Wait for the installation to finish. You will get the below screen.
Check the services of the installed Plugin using following command:
systemctl status ft-plugins-server