Eclipse Community Forums: Orion (Archived) » How to add "pre-installed" plugins?

Home » Archived » Orion (Archived) » How to add "pre-installed" plugins?

How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #877879]

Sun, 27 May 2012 21:21

Eclipse User

I am going to host my own instance of Orion. How do I extend Orion so my own plugins are pre-installed for any user accounts (just like Authentication, File Client, Jslint etc)?

Thanks,

Rafael

Re: How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #877948 is a reply to message #877879]

Mon, 28 May 2012 02:20

Eclipse User

So far, I am suspecting the pre-installed plugins are baked in Orion by virtue of being part of the org.eclipse.orion.client.core bundle web/plugins directory.

If that is correct, I could as a workaround just add my plugin to that location post install as a file system link. But that wouldn't cut it, as my plugin makes HTTP requests and I believe same-origin policy requires me to publish it from the same server it sends requests to.

Re: How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #877952 is a reply to message #877948]

Mon, 28 May 2012 02:37

Eclipse User

Hah, it seems the defaults.pref file determines what plugins are loaded by default, and it does accept any plugin URL, I was wrong about bundled plugins having to be part of the Orion distro.

For now, I will get by with modifying that file (while I am there, I will remove the plugins I don't need). Any more civilized way of modifying the list of installed plugins (that would survive an Orion reinstall, for instance)?

Re: How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #878068 is a reply to message #877952]

Mon, 28 May 2012 09:01

Eclipse User

You've got it. The defaults.pref is the only way we currently configure the default set of installed plugins. I have entered a bug for finding a nicer way to do this on the server:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=380809

Re: How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #880249 is a reply to message #878068]

Fri, 01 June 2012 13:53

Eclipse User

In case you still want to deploy something that would otherwise conflict with the same-origin policy,
this is a description on how to provide a separate bundle that runs in the same domain as Orion does.

(Everything just as far as I understand it. Maybe there is a better way)

For that you need to modify the server.configurator bundle.
Its plugin.xml defines which bundle's folder gets loaded to what url path.
Of course, if you want to load your plugin at startup you would still have to modify the defaults.pref.

Let's say you have the following bundle structure

com.corp.myplugin (bundle id equals project root name)
|_ web 
    |_ html,js files
    |_ myplugindefinition.html

In the server.configurator bundle you need to add some configuration code to its plugin.xml.

First you have to add an addtional httpcontext to the httpcontexts extension:

<extension point="org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.httpcontexts">
      <httpcontext
            id="org.eclipse.orion.server.configurator.httpcontext.myplugin">
         <resource-mapping
               bundle="com.corp.myplugin"
               path="/web">
         </resource-mapping>
      </httpcontext>
      ... other httpcontexts ...
</extension>

And finally you need to define to which path the http context is supposed to be delivered

   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.resources">
      <resource
            alias="/myplugin"
            httpcontextId="org.eclipse.orion.server.configurator.httpcontext.myplugin">
      </resource>
      .....
   </extension>

On the next restart the embedded Jetty Server should deploy the content of your plugin's web folder to

http: //oriondomain/myplugin

[Updated on: Fri, 01 June 2012 13:55] by Moderator

Re: How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #1065100 is a reply to message #880249]

Mon, 24 June 2013 07:32

Eclipse User

Leo,
I followed the process you outlined to pre-install a plugin.
Apparently, the plugin's content is not accessible at "http://{oriondomain}/{myplugin}
Are there any additional changes required?
thanks.

Re: How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #1693488 is a reply to message #878068]

Fri, 24 April 2015 10:01

Eclipse User

Hi,
We have created the Sample Reverse Text Plugin into a bundle and tried to auto-install by updating the defaults.pref file.
However the application launched through the web-ide launch configuration in the Eclipse workspace having Orion GIT Sources,
a. The login was successful,
b. The bundle was in active state
c. The plugin state under Settings->Plugins, i got the following error :
"Plugin could not be loaded".

Am i doing the right thing.
What is the best way to get your development environment for the same ?
Please advise on this and would appreciate the procedure on the auto/pre installation orion plugins.

Regards,
Murali

Re: How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #1693505 is a reply to message #1693488]

Fri, 24 April 2015 11:27

Eclipse User

@Murali: can you successfully install the "reverse text plugin" from this URL? https://orion-plugins.github.io/1.0/plugins/reverse/reversePlugin.html If so, that indicates that there is a problem with the local copy of Sample Reverse Text Plugin on your server.

To find out more, follow these steps for troubleshooting a plugin that fails to install: Troubleshooting plugin installation.

Re: How to add "pre-installed" plugins? [message #1693771 is a reply to message #1693505]

Tue, 28 April 2015 05:40

Eclipse User

Dear Marc,
Thanks a lot for the quick response.
I was able to get the plugin auto-installed by having the right contributions to the org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.resources, org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.httpcontexts extension points.It was done in a different (server)bundle and has a bundle reference to the client bundle having the web resources in it.
Once again appreciate your support in this regard.
Regards,
Murali

Previous Topic:	Starting orion
Next Topic:	Orion Plugin Auto/Pre-Installation in 8.0 version

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

Current Time: Wed Jul 23 03:45:37 EDT 2025

.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Breadcrumbs

Sign up to our Newsletter