7.2.5 Create Plug-in dialog box
Use the Create Plug-in dialog box to create a plug-in. To display the Create Plug-in dialog box, click the Create button in the Plug-in view (Under Development tab).
The following items are displayed in this dialog box:
- Plug-in
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Use this section to specify definition information of a plug-in.
- ID text box
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Enter the ID of the plug-in. The text box allows a maximum of 64 characters. Specify the ID, however, so that the total number of characters entered in the ID and Vendor ID text boxes is no more than 115.
- Version text box
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Enter the version number of the plug-in as major-version-number.minor-version-number.revision-number. Specify each of the numbers in the range from 00 to 99.
- Vendor ID text box
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Enter the vendor ID of the plug-in. The text box allows a maximum of 64 characters. Specify the vendor ID, however, so that the total number of characters entered in the ID and Vendor ID text boxes is no more than 115.
- Name text box
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Enter the name of the plug-in. The text box allows a maximum of 64 characters.
- Vendor Name text box
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Enter the name of the plug-in's vendor. The text box allows a maximum of 64 characters.
- Description text box
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Enter a brief description of the plug-in. The text box allows a maximum of 256 characters.
- Category text box
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Enter the category name of the plug-in. The text box allows a maximum of 256 characters. If you use a hierarchical category name, delimit individual layers with a slash (/). You can use maximum of 10 layers for a category name. If you want to enter the plug-in in multiple categories, delimit the category names with a comma (,). Make sure that you enter values for all layers of a category name.
- Plug-in Icon
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Displays the icon specified for the plug-in.
- Back to the Default button
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If you click this button, the icon set for the plug-in changes back to the default.
- Change button
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If you click this button, a dialog box used to select a plug-in icon file to be uploaded appears. In this dialog box, you can change the icon for the plug-in. You can select a png file for the plug-in icon.
- Credential Type radio button
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Select one of the following credential types for the plug-in:
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Destination
Select this option if you want to use the credential information set in the Connection Destinations view when the service is executed.
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Property
Select this option if you want to specify the credential information as an input property.
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- Character Set Auto Judgment (SSH) check box
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If you select this check box, character set auto judgment (for SSH) will be enabled. For details about character set auto judgement, see Locale set for operation target devices during plug-in execution in the Job Management Partner 1/Automatic Operation Service Template Developer's Guide.
- Execute with root privileges (SSH) check box
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If you select this check box, commands and scripts executed on the connection-destination host are executed as root.
- Input Properties
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Click this to display a list of input properties.
- Input Properties
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This section displays a list of input properties for the plug-in.
Table 7‒4: Items displayed in Input Properties (Create Plug-in dialog box) Display item
Description
Key
Displays the property key for each input property.
Name
Displays the name of each input property.
Description
Displays a brief description of each input property.
- Add button
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To create an input property, click this button. If you click this button, the Create Input Property for Plug-in dialog box appears.
- Edit button
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To edit the selected input property, click this button. If you click this button, the Edit Input Property for Plug-in dialog box appears.
- Remove button
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To delete the selected input property, click this button. If you click this button, a confirmation dialog box appears. If you click the OK button, the property is deleted.
- Output Properties
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Click this to display a list of output properties.
- Output Properties
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This section lists the output properties of the plug-in.
Table 7‒5: Items displayed in Output Properties (Create Plug-in dialog box) Display item
Description
Key
Displays the property key for each output property.
Name
Displays the name of each output property.
Description
Displays a brief description of each output property.
- Add button
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To create an output property, click this button. If you click this button, the Create Output Property for Plug-in dialog box appears.
- Edit button
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To edit the selected output property, click this button. If you click this button, the Edit Output Property for Plug-in dialog box appears.
- Remove button
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To delete the selected output property, click this button. If you click this button, a confirmation dialog box appears. If you click the OK button, the property is deleted.
- Remote Command
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Use this section to set the execution mode of the remote command for each OS on the target devices.
- Windows, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris
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The execution mode of the remote command is displayed for each OS.
- Edit button
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You can edit the remote command for each OS. Clicking this button displays the Edit Remote Command dialog box.
- Save button
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Click this button to create the plug-in.
- Cancel button
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Click this button to close the Create Plug-in dialog box.