PLT-8289 Added ability to change location of client plugins (#7942)

cmd/platform/server.go

@@ -75,18 +75,14 @@ func runServer(configFileLocation string) {
 		a.LoadLicense()
 	}
 
-	if webappDir, ok := utils.FindDir(model.CLIENT_DIR); ok {
-		a.InitPlugins(*a.Config().PluginSettings.Directory, webappDir+"/plugins")
-		utils.AddConfigListener(func(prevCfg, cfg *model.Config) {
-			if *cfg.PluginSettings.Enable {
-				a.InitPlugins(*cfg.PluginSettings.Directory, webappDir+"/plugins")
-			} else {
-				a.ShutDownPlugins()
-			}
-		})
-	} else {
-		l4g.Error("Unable to find webapp directory, could not initialize plugins")
-	}
+	a.InitPlugins(*a.Config().PluginSettings.Directory, *a.Config().PluginSettings.ClientDirectory)
+	utils.AddConfigListener(func(prevCfg, cfg *model.Config) {
+		if *cfg.PluginSettings.Enable {
+			a.InitPlugins(*cfg.PluginSettings.Directory, *a.Config().PluginSettings.ClientDirectory)
+		} else {
+			a.ShutDownPlugins()
+		}
+	})
 
 	a.StartServer()
 	api4.Init(a, a.Srv.Router, false)

config/default.json

@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@
         "Enable": true,
         "EnableUploads": false,
         "Directory": "./plugins",
+        "ClientDirectory": "./client/plugins",
         "Plugins": {},
         "PluginStates": {}
     }

model/config.go

@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ const (
 	DATA_RETENTION_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_FILE_RETENTION_DAYS     = 365
 	DATA_RETENTION_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_DELETION_JOB_START_TIME = "02:00"
 
-	PLUGIN_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY = "./plugins"
+	PLUGIN_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY        = "./plugins"
+	PLUGIN_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_CLIENT_DIRECTORY = "./client/plugins"
 )
 
 type ServiceSettings struct {
@@ -1476,11 +1477,12 @@ type PluginState struct {
 }
 
 type PluginSettings struct {
-	Enable        *bool
-	EnableUploads *bool
-	Directory     *string
-	Plugins       map[string]interface{}
-	PluginStates  map[string]*PluginState
+	Enable          *bool
+	EnableUploads   *bool
+	Directory       *string
+	ClientDirectory *string
+	Plugins         map[string]interface{}
+	PluginStates    map[string]*PluginState
 }
 
 func (s *PluginSettings) SetDefaults() {
@@ -1500,6 +1502,14 @@ func (s *PluginSettings) SetDefaults() {
 		*s.Directory = PLUGIN_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY
 	}
 
+	if s.ClientDirectory == nil {
+		s.ClientDirectory = NewString(PLUGIN_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_CLIENT_DIRECTORY)
+	}
+
+	if *s.ClientDirectory == "" {
+		*s.ClientDirectory = PLUGIN_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_CLIENT_DIRECTORY
+	}
+
 	if s.Plugins == nil {
 		s.Plugins = make(map[string]interface{})
 	}

web/web.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func Init(api3 *api.API) {
 		l4g.Debug("Using client directory at %v", staticDir)
 
 		staticHandler := staticHandler(http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(staticDir))))
-		pluginHandler := pluginHandler(api3.App.Config, http.StripPrefix("/static/plugins/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(staticDir+"plugins/"))))
+		pluginHandler := pluginHandler(api3.App.Config, http.StripPrefix("/static/plugins/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(*api3.App.Config().PluginSettings.ClientDirectory))))
 
 		if *api3.App.Config().ServiceSettings.WebserverMode == "gzip" {
 			staticHandler = gziphandler.GzipHandler(staticHandler)