Getting started with dynamic plugins
- Dynamic plugin development

Getting started with dynamic plugins

To get started using the dynamic plugin, you must set up your environment to write a new OKD dynamic plugin. For an example of how to write a new plugin, see Adding a tab to the pods page.

Dynamic plugin development

You can run the plugin using a local development environment. The OKD web console runs in a container connected to the cluster you have logged into.

Prerequisites

You must have an OpenShift cluster running.
You must have the OpenShift CLI (oc) installed.
You must have yarn installed.
You must have Docker v3.2.0 or newer or Podman installed and running.

Procedure

In your terminal, run the following command to install the dependencies for your plugin using yarn.
```
$ yarn install
```
After installing, run the following command to start yarn.
```
$ yarn run start
```
In another terminal window, login to the OKD through the CLI.
```
$ oc login
```
Run the OKD web console in a container connected to the cluster you have logged into by running the following command:
```
$ yarn run start-console
```

Verification

Visit localhost:9000 to view the running plugin. Inspect the value of window.SERVER_FLAGS.consolePlugins to see the list of plugins which load at runtime.