install.sh and HTTP proxy for the plugins

Michael Young m.a.young at durham.ac.uk
Mon Feb 27 14:57:53 UTC 2023


On Mon, 27 Feb 2023, Cantor, Scott wrote:

>> It would also be nice to be able to do an offline plugin install or update
>> from manually downloaded plugins.properties and plugin gzip files.
>
>  --updateURL <URL>      Explicit location to look for update information (overrides the plugin's value)
>
> Whether it allows file:/// I don't know, but it at least allows for alternate locations. And of course already allows for alternative HTTP client beans with proxying, etc.
>
> The limitation is that the installer doesn't create a custom one for it when it's running the plugin checks.

Thanks. I must have missed that option when I was trying to get it to 
work. Using file:/// to give the location of a local copy of 
plugins.properties does indeed work on a quick test to list the available 
plugins.

 	Michael Young


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