Sonny: et al: I see work going on in the ui-plugins feature branch that I assume is where this work is happening for this. What is the current status of this work?
Thanks, --David On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Sonny Chhen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I would like to discuss a new feature that is being worked on for the next > release of CloudStack. It is the ability to add third party plugins into > CloudStack while still utilizing the current ui. The procedure in which this > would occur is as follows: > > > 1. The developer will write a plugin that they would like to add into > CloudStack > > 2. Using a predetermined file hierarchy we create, the developer will > place their plugin within the folder structure and fill out a plugin.js file > > 3. The admin will then place this folder into the existing CloudStack > "plugin" > > 4. The admin will then add this new listing onto the plugin.js file > that lies within that folder > > 5. The user then just has to refresh the browser and the plugin will be > available to use. > > We will be toying with the idea of adding a plugin button to the navigation > so that the user can see what plugins have been installed and click on them > to access them. > > Please see the link below for more information. > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30744936/plugin.jpg > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/3rd+Party+Plugin > > Thoughts, comments, suggestions? > > Thanks You and Best Regards, > > Sonny H. Chhen > Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems - CloudPlatform > 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA >
