Activate plugin via script / automatically

Cem4 · ‎01-21-2019

All,

is it possible to activate a plugin via script, e.g. set the value of com.glide.service-portal.knowledge-base from false to true. If not, is there another way to activate it automatically, so the activated functionality is a available with the next ServiceNow login?

Many thanks

Ashby · ‎03-06-2019

You can use the following to automatically activate plugins:

All you need is the plugin ID..........

//Partial Version

//you can check following URL to see if the work is finished. It is finished when the completion time is set and the percent complete is 100.

//<instance>/sys_execution_tracker_list.do?sysparm_query=name%3DPlugin%20Installer

var plugins = [];

plugins.push('com.snc.pa.change');

plugins.push('com.snc.pa.problem');

plugins.push('com.snc.pa.premium');

plugins.push('com.snc.pa.solution.library');

var main = new GlideMultiPluginManagerWorker();

main.setPluginIds(plugins);

main.setProgressName("Plugin Installer");

main.setBackground(true);

main.start();

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Veer MS · ‎01-21-2019

Hi Cem,

I don't think you can activate a plugin via script.

However here are some best practices for activating the plugins.

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=8de68fa5db1cdbc01dcaf3231f961928

Thanks

Veer

Jeff Currier · ‎01-21-2019

I don't think you can script this. However, I am curious about the use case. Why spend the time to script so you active at login. This is a one time event, so why not just activate manually once and be done?

Ajaykumar1 · ‎01-21-2019

Hi Cem,

Yes, it is possible to activate a plugin using a background script, but can you share the use case where you want to achieve this ?

Regards,
Ajay

Cem4 · ‎01-23-2019

Hi Ajay,

we operate several prod-instances with several sub-prod instances and we want to sychronize them automatically.

Regards,

Cem