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Turn on a plugin

A plugin adds a page, a tab on components or a dashboard card to Astrolabe. Turn on only the ones your teams use.

You do it as an administrator.

🔌 Turn on a plugin​

  1. In the left sidebar, at the bottom, click Administration.

  2. Under PLATFORM, click Plugins.

  3. Find the plugin in the list. Each card says what the plugin shows.

  4. Click the switch at the top right of its card. The switch turns on and Configure becomes clickable.

A plugin with a page of its own appears at once in the left sidebar. For example, Tech Atlas appears under Documentation.

✅ That's it!

⚙️ Open the settings of a plugin​

  1. On the card of the plugin, click Configure.

  2. The settings of the plugin open. Fill them in, then click Save.

The settings of each plugin are described on its own page.

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Once a plugin is on, its settings are also under Administration, in the left menu of the administration.

🔗 A plugin that needs an integration​

Some plugins read an outside tool: Argo CD, Azure, Codacy, GitHub, GitLab, Grafana, Jira, SonarQube, Terraform. Their switch stays grey, and their card shows Configure the … integration first.

  1. On the card, click Configure the … integration first.

  2. The integration of the tool opens in Company connections. Add it: see the page of the tool under Integrations.

  3. Fill in the connection and click Add. A window Reloading configuration says Please wait while the instance is reloading.... Wait until it closes.

  4. The list of the connection shows the new token. Back in Plugins, the switch of the plugin is on.

You have nothing to turn on: the plugin turns on by itself when you save the integration from the link of its card. An integration added another way leaves the plugin off.

🔑 A plugin that needs a license​

Some plugins need a license: Grafana, Polaris and LaunchDarkly need the Premium license. Without it, their switch stays grey and their card shows Requires the Premium license.

  1. On the card, click Requires the Premium license. Licensing opens.

  2. Add your license.

  3. Back in Plugins, switch the plugin on.

See What a license unlocks.

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