Concept | Plugin management on self-managed instances#

Important

Dataiku Cloud users should reference Plugins on Dataiku Cloud for plugin management.

Most of plugin management happens in the Plugins section of Dataiku. Let’s take a look at what you can do here.

Dataiku screenshot of the Plugins option of the Applications menu.

Plugin store#

The first thing you will see is the plugin store homepage. The plugin store is a repository of extensions created by or for Dataiku. You can use the plugin store to:

  • Browse and search for available plugins.

  • Find plugins by tag or support coverage.

  • View plugin details.

Note

The plugins available to you in the store depend on your version of Dataiku.

The store tab of the plugin store, which is searchable by name, tag, support coverage, or installation status.

Plugin page#

For every plugin in the store, you can click See Details to open the plugin page. This page has three different tabs: Summary, Settings, and Usages.

A Dataiku screenshot highlighting the Summary, Settings, and Usages tabs of a plugin.

Tab

Description

Summary

Find information about an installed plugin, including:

  • Author

  • Version

  • License

  • Link to plugin documentation

  • Components

  • Code environment requirements

Settings

Manage a plugin’s preset parameters.

Usages

View all projects that use the plugin. This information is useful when you are deciding whether or not to update or remove a plugin.

Plugin customization#

If you have plugin installation permissions, you can also customize a plugin by converting it to a development plugin.

A Dataiku screenshot of a summary page of a plugin in the plugin store, showing how it can be converted to a development plugin.

Caution

Customized plugins will not be compatible with future updates from the store. For more information on plugin development, see the Plugin Development course in the Developer learning path.

Adding more plugins#

Plugins that are not in the plugin store can be added with the Add Plugin option. You can choose to:

  • Develop a plugin within Dataiku.

  • Upload a .zip file that packages a plugin.

  • Fetch a plugin from a Git repository.

Dataiku screenshot of the Add Plugin button.

What’s next?#

To further your plugin knowledge, feel free to browse Plugin Usage.