Server Plugin Management

1. Version

2. Application scenarios

The user project is deployed on the server. If a plugin is required to implement a certain function, the plugin  can be downloaded from the server for use.

3. Function introduction

Plugin management provides a visual interfaceInstall,Delete,Update,Disabled,Enableplugin. As shown below:

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Plugin management supports the following features:

• Support hot deployment, install, delete, update, disable, enable without restarting

• Configure the license without restarting

• Automatically install and update plugin dependencies (including dependencies between plugins)

• Automatically delete files and service dependencies that are no longer used

• Automatically detect whether the plugin matches in the remote environment, and synchronize the running status of the plugin in real time

Note 1: When the designer connects to the server remotely, if the server needs to use a plugin function, the plugin must be installed on both the server side and the designer side before it can be used normally. For download plugins in FineReport Designer, please refer to:  Designer plugin management

Note 2: FineReport Designer switches the working directory to the remote environment. There is no "Plugin Management" option in the "Server" Tab page in the remote environment.

There are three ways to install plugins on the server: download installation, local installation, and manual installation.

1. Download and install

1) Enter the data decision system as an administrator, clickManagement >Plugin , enter in the search boxPlugin nameSearch, select the plugin you want to install, and clickInstall, take the installation of the Real-time plugin as an example, as shown in the following figure:

2) After the plugin is installed successfully, a pop-up window will pop up. As shown below:

2. Local installation

1) Download the Real-time plugin on the  FanRuan market  , and the compressed package obtained is shown in the following figure:

Note: In the Fanruan market, you need to log in with the Fanruan pass before you can download the plugin.

2) Enter the data decision system as an administrator, click Management > Plugin > Local Install , and select the .zip archive, as shown in the following figure:

Note: Do not decompress the compressed package obtained above, just install it directly.

3. Manual installation

Note: When there is no purchase decision system or War pack deployment, the plugin can be installed manually.

The plugins installed by FineReport Designer are stored in%FR_HOME%\webapps\webroot\WEB-INF\plugins path, as shown in the following figure:

Note: The folder under the path must be generated by installing the plugin in the designer, not the folder obtained after decompressing the plugin compressed package downloaded from the official website.

Open a plugin folderplugin.xmlfile to identify specific plugins. As shown below:

will%FR_HOME%\webapps\webroot\WEB-INF\pluginsdownplugin-com.fr.plugin.concurrency.count-1.0 Folder copy paste to%Tomcat_HOME%\webapps\webroot\WEB-INF\plugins under the path. As shown below:

Reboot Tomcat server, enter the data decision system as an administrator, clickManage >Plugin , you can see that the Real-time plugin has been successfully installed. As shown below:

At the server My Plugins,checkeda plugin, clickdisable/enablebutton, prompt:Plugin has been disabled / Plugin has been actived. As shown below:

At the server My Plugins,checkedTo remove the plugin, clickDeletebutton, click on the pop-upOKbutton. As shown below:

On the platform My Plugins, select the plugin to be updated and clickUpdatebutton, click on the pop-upOKbutton. As shown below:

1. Turn off the plugin automatic update function

Plugins such as Downtime processingand Cloud operation and maintenance will automatically detect and update the plugin version when the project is started, after a period of time, and at 23:00 every night.

For report projects of version 10.0.19 and later, super administrators can disable the automatic update of such plugins through fine_conf_entity Visual Configuration Plugin. The settings take effect after restarting the server.

Note: For the method of modifying the field value of the FineDB database table, please refer to the  modification of Common table fields in FineDB  .

2. Enable plugin integrity check

When installing plugins locally/manually, in order to prevent malicious tampering with the code in the plugin package, the 10.0.19 and later versions of the project provide the plugin integrity check function. This feature is disabled by default.

The super administrator can enable the integrity verification function of the uploaded plugin installation package through fine_conf_entity Visual Configuration Plugin. The settings take effect after restarting the server.

Note: For the method of modifying the field value of the FineDB database table, please refer to the  modification of Common table fields in FineDB  .

If the plugin integrity check function is enabled, if the plugin package is decompressed/destroyed, when installing the plugin locally, the installation of the plugin to the system will be prohibited, and an error will be reported to remind The signature of this plugin installation package is damaged, there is a security risk and cannot be installed.

Note 1: If the plugin integrity verification function is enabled, but a plugin whose signature fails to pass the verification (such as a two-open plugin) must be installed, the user can install the plugin manually. For details, please refer to Section II.3 of this document. .

Note 2: The plugin integrity check function is only valid for FanRuan official plugins, and third-party plugns are not valid.