Add-ons

Installing an add-on

Starting from iObeya 4.16, all the official standard add-ons for iObeya are integrated in the web application by default.

With iObeya 4.16 and upper versions, if you want to activate any feature that depends on an add-on, you just need to activate the corresponding add-on in the administration interface. Refer to the section Enabling an Add-on of the Administration Guide.

Customer-specific add-ons can be installed and managed from the administration interface. Refer to the section Managing Add-ons of the Administration Guide for procedures and details.

Updating an add-on

The integration of the standard add-ons in the web application simplifies the upgrade process and makes it easier for customers to manage their add-ons and access the features they need.

If you are upgrading to iObeya 4.16 or an upper version, the following procedure only applies to customer-specific add-ons, as the standard add-ons are integrated in each new version of iObeya.

Warning

This procedure is an extra step to the standard upgrade procedure of iObeya. Stop the application server before updating an add-on. Refer to the Upgrade Guide for details.

When you update your iObeya platform, you have to update your customer-specific add-ons to the latest version compatible with the version of iObeya you are installing. Please contact our Support team (support@iobeya.com) to obtain a version of your customer-specific add-ons that corresponds to the version of iObeya you want to install.

Here are the steps required to update your add-ons while updating iObeya:

  1. Delete the following directories to clean the plugin cache:
    • cacheDirectory/bundled-plugins
    • cacheDirectory/plugins-cache
    • cacheDirectory/osgi-cache
    • cacheDirectory/plugins-temp
  2. Remove the old version of your add-ons from the pluginsDirectory directory (by default /var/iobeya/data/plugins).
  3. Add the new version of your add-ons in the pluginsDirectory directory (by default /var/iobeya/data/plugins).