Plugins

Installing Plugins

The dashboard’s functionality can easily be extended with blueprints. Copy the blueprint you want to add into `datman-dashboard/dashboard/blueprints and restart uwsgi to complete installation. The blueprint itself should document any new environment variables to set, python packages to install, or databases to create.

Creating a Plugin

To create your own blueprint you should do the following:

1. Define a flask blueprint

2. Define a register_bp function that accepts an app object and, at a minimum, calls app.register_blueprint(your_bp_here). This function is an ideal place to add any configuration your plugin needs to the app.config dictionary. It’s also where you’d want to add any alternate databases to the app.config['SQLALCHEMY_BINDS'] dictionary