Plugin Manager
The plugin manager shows the plugins installed in your Digital.ai Release SaaS instance and lets you upload your own container-based plugins. To open it, go to 
> Manage Plugins.
The plugin manager has two tabs:
- Plugin Gallery lists the plugins that Digital.ai installs and maintains for your instance. This tab is view-only, and the Install now option is disabled.
- Installed plugins lists every plugin installed in your instance, and is where you upload a custom plugin.
For the plugins that Digital.ai provides, see Available Plugins and Integrations.
Permissions
Two global permissions control access to the plugin manager:
| Permission | Grants |
|---|---|
| Edit security | Access to Manage Plugins and both of its tabs. The Admin permission also grants this access. |
| Upload plugins | The Upload button on the Installed plugins tab. |
Members of the Release Admin user group have both permissions. To grant them to another role, see Assign Global Permissions.
Users without the Upload plugins permission can still open the plugin manager and view the installed plugins, but the Upload button is not shown to them.
Upload a Custom Plugin
Custom plugin uploads are turned off by default. To enable this setting for your instance, submit a request to Digital.ai Support.
A custom plugin is any container-based plugin, including one that you built yourself. You can upload only container-based plugins, which are packaged as .zip files.
- Go to > Manage Plugins.
- Select the Installed plugins tab.
- Select Upload, then choose the plugin
.zipfile from your machine.
If you select a file that is not a container plugin package, Release rejects the upload and shows an error message.
The plugin is ready to use as soon as the upload finishes. Its task types are available in templates right away, and no restart is needed.
To upload a new version of a plugin you uploaded earlier, repeat the same steps with the newer .zip file. You cannot roll back to an earlier version.
Digital.ai does not maintain or support custom plugins that are uploaded by the user.
Verify that a Plugin is Installed
After you upload a plugin, confirm that Release registered its task types:
- Go to > Manage Plugins > Installed plugins and confirm the plugin appears in the list with the expected version.
- Open a template, add a task, and confirm the plugin's task types appear in the task type list.
Container plugin tasks run on a Release Runner. You can use a runner that Digital.ai provides or your own on-premises runner. If a task from your plugin stays queued, check that a runner with the capabilities the task requires is connected. See Release Runner.