Updating a Plugin

This topic describes how to update a deployed Zend Server plugin. Plugins can be updated either automatically from the Zend Server Plugin Gallery, or manually by uploading a new plugin .zip file.

Automatically Updating a Plugin

When an update for an installed plugin becomes available in the Zend Server Plugin Gallery, the Zend Server notification center will notify you that an update is available.

Tip:

You can also manually check for updates by clicking in the Action bar of the Manage Plugins page. Zend Server will check for available updates for all installed plugins. To check if there is an update for a specific plugin, click the Check for Update button in the Actions column.

To update a Zend Server plugin from the Gallery:

In the Zend Server UI, go to the Plugins | Gallery page, and click the Update button for the plugin you wish to update.
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In the Zend Server UI, go to the Plugins | Manage Plugins page, and click the Update link for the plugin you wish to update.
The Update Plugin wizard is displayed, and Zend Server downloads the plugin from the Zend Server Plugin Gallery.

Complete the Update Plugin wizard. For more information on the different wizard dialogs, see Deploying a Plugin.
Note:
The uploaded plugin package determines which of the wizard dialogs are enabled. Deployment steps that were not defined in the descriptor file will be ignored by the wizard.
After completing the wizard, on the Deployment Summary dialog, click Update.
The plugin update is installed.

Manually Updating a Plugin

Plugins can be manually updated from the Plugins | Manage Plugins page. This means that instead of downloading the update from the online Gallery, you will be manually uploading an update package of your own.

To manually update a Zend Server plugin:

In the Zend Server UI, go to the Plugins | Manage Plugins page.

In the Actions column, click the Manually Update button for the plugin you wish to update.
The Update Plugin wizard is displayed.
Drag and drop your plugin .zip file on the designated spot in the dialog, or click Browse to locate it on your file system.
Zend Server downloads the plugin.

Complete the Update Plugin wizard. For more information on the different wizard dialogs, see Deploying a Plugin.
Note:
The uploaded plugin package determines which of the wizard dialogs are enabled. Deployment steps that were not defined in the descriptor file will be ignored by the wizard.
After completing the wizard, on the Deployment Summary dialog, click Update.
The plugin update is installed.