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

Install Plugin Server Build

Start your server and install the plugin server build into a directory:

For Ubuntu 20: Download Link

Plugin Server Configuration

1. 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

2. Initiate installation of the plugin server with the following command:
   sudo ./plugin_server_CI

3. Wait for the installation to finish. You will get the below screen.

4. Check the services of the installed Plugin using following command:
   systemctl status ft-plugin server