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Etherpad no plugins found/not installing propperly
Hi all,
after installing the turnkey etherpad package, etherpad runs well.
But it is not possible to install any plugins. Etherpad doesn't find any plugins via the GUI.
If I try to install via command line (npm install ep_<plugin name>), everything seems to be fine but after restarting node.js seems not to run propperly (nginx throws connection error).
What can I do?
Regards, Holger
Replies (8)
I can confirm that Plugins show up in v13.0
Reply 1Sorry haven't got back to it...
Reply 2Hmmm
Reply 3I wonder if there is something wrong with the DNS resolution that your appliance is getting (i.e. it is unable to resolve the appropriate DNS for etherpad plugins)?
I intend to test this further when I get the time to see if I can also resolve the issue with the header plugin not working... But unfortunately I don't have time ATM...
Hmm that doesn't sound good...
Reply 4Are you running a TKL appliance under VMware or VirtualBox? Or is it installed direct onto Win using WAMP or something similar?
Thanks very much for the additional info
Reply 5I have updated the TKL issue tracker accordingly.
It sounds to me like ideally Node.js and npm should both be running as limited users... (maybe even the same limited user?).
Original GitHub issue appears to have disappeared...
Reply 6So I have set up a new one here: https://github.com/turnkeylinux/tracker/issues/260
We're working on a new release.
Reply 7Any Progress
Reply 8Just downloaded the appliance and the problem still exists.
Tried CLI NPM install and the plugins just dont show up?
I set up admin access as per this. Then restarted Node.js & nginx (for good measure... you probably only need to restart one, but not sure which...)
I then logged in as admin and clicked on the 'Plugin manager' link (http://<appliance-IP-or-FQDN/admin/plugins), I thought it may have been stuck as it took a long time to load, but eventually a huge list of plugins appeared! :)
I am testing installing the headings plugin and currently I'm still waiting... (This seems to be taking a very long time...)
[update] I think something is definitely wrong with the plugin instal... I just tried from the commandline and it seemed to install ok, but is not showing up when I start a new pad... I haven't restarted anything though, so perhaps that is required...