Confluence 2.7 Temp Archive : Installing and Configuring Plugins using the Plugin Repository Client
This page last changed on Dec 18, 2007 by smaddox.
The Plugin Repository provides an easy way to install and configure plugins. If you are using Confluence version 2.3 or later, the Plugin Repository is included as part of Confluence. If you are using Confluence 2.0 - 2.2.10, you can use the Plugin Repository after you install the Confluence Repository Client. Confluence versions prior to 2.0 cannot use the Plugin Repository, so you will need to install and configure plugins manually instead.
Using the Plugin RepositoryGo to the 'Administration Console' and click 'Plugin Repository' in the left-hand panel. The following will be displayed: ![]() Along the top of the page, you'll see three items (from left to right):
Under the filter options, the list of plugins matching the current filter settings is shown in a table:
Note: You can click the table headings to sort the table. Click a second time to reverse the sort.
Viewing Plugin Modules and VersionsWhen you click the name of a plugin on the Plugin List, you'll be taken to the detailed view for that plugin. General information and plugin module details are shown at the top of the display and from here you can disable or enable individual modules.
Near the bottom of the display a table clearly outlines all versions and shows which you have installed. Just like the plugins list, you can click the "+" to expand the details shown for a specific version. Configuring a PluginThere are various settings on the "Configure" tab. The most important of these is the "Repository Path URL" setting - without this, you'll see no plugins in the list and will get a fair amount of errors. The "Earliest Development State" allows you to filter the plugin list to versions at or above a specific state: Alpha, Beta, Prerelease, Stable. By default "Prerelease" versions are shown. If you are running in a production environment, you will usually want to set this setting to "Prerelease" or "Stable". The "Only Show Plugins Confimed as Working" setting allows you to restrict the list to only show plugin versions that are specifically known to work with your version of Confluence. It's important to note that in many cases, plugins will work with your version of Confluence but they might be marked as "unknown" compatibility if the plugin author hasn't been able to test with that specific Confluence version. As such, it's extremely useful if you find an "unknown" version of a plugin to work (or not work) with your Confluence that you let us know (by any means possible) so that we can update the repository to reflect this. The "Hide Empty Categories" setting allows you to trim down the categories list by hiding categories that don't contain a plugin yet. The "Automatically Refresh Cached Data" setting allows you select the interval at which the cached repository data will be looked up again. This defaults to 1 hour but is selectable from 5 minutes to Never (the latter which is what versions prior to 1.1 will be fixed to). Uploading a plugin that is not listed in the Plugin RepositoryThere are several plugins that are not currently listed by the Plugin Repository which need to be manually uploaded either as a file or from a remote server URL.
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