Installation

Installation of plugins is simple:

Put the plugin file, such as plugin.jar or some-plugin.zip, into the Rundeck server's libext dir:

cp some-plugin.zip $RDECK_BASE/libext

The plugin is now enabled, and any providers it defines can be used by nodes or projects.

The Rundeck server does not have to be restarted.

Uninstalling or Updating

You can simply remove the plugin files from $RDECK_BASE/libext to uninstall them.

You can overwrite an old plugin with a newer version to update it.

Included Plugins

Several plugin files are included with the default Rundeck installation for your use in testing or development.

• Stub plugin: simply prints the command or script instead of running it.
• Script plugin: executes an external script file to perform the command, useful for developing your own plugin with the Script Plugin Development model.

Plugins for Rundeck contain new Providers for some of the Services used by the Rundeck core.

Rundeck comes with some Built-in plugins for these services, but Plugins let you write your own, or use third-party implementations.