feature request: allow CLIPR to be available to everyone about cli-plugin-repo HOT 5 CLOSED

We have created an issue in Pivotal Tracker to manage this:

https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/144884173

The labels on this github issue will be updated when the story is started.

from cli-plugin-repo.

Hi @diegovinas. The plugin information is stored locally in your home directory by default ($HOME/.cf/plugin/). Could it be that the other users are not sharing the same home directory as you? There is an environment variable CF_PLUGIN_HOME that allows you to set the home directory used for plugins. You can share your plugin home directory with others this way.

from cli-plugin-repo.

Hi @nickwei84, I was under the impression that when the custom CLIPR owner pushes it to CF and runs "cf add-plugin-repo", the repo is available to every CLI user accessing from their own computers. I guess every user needs to run "cf add-plugin-repo" to be able to "see/install' to the plugins in the custom CLIPR.

At least that worked for me.

However, typically CLI users may use their own computer to run cf commands (not a shared computer) so ideally "adding" the repo should not have to be done by every user. Just a suggestion.

from cli-plugin-repo.

@diegovinas You are correct that each user on a different machine/user profile will, by default, need to add the plugin repository. You have a good idea, however sharing plugin repos becomes a much more difficult feat when doing so amongst users with different levels of authorization, as well as managing permissions. Currently the cloud controller API does not support sharing plugin repos amongst multiple users. Please feel free to submit a feature request to the cloud controller API here: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cloud_controller_ng.

from cli-plugin-repo.

Since there is a workaround (each user executing "cf add-plugin-repo" in order to see/install a plugin in that repo) and the feature needs to be implemented in the API first, I'm closing this item. Thanks you @nickwei84 for the clarification.

from cli-plugin-repo.