Plugin

The Plugin Object defines a configuration on the plugin provider. Some plugin providers are singltons, e.g. BIOS Configuration, and others allow for instances, e.g. Callback.

Fields

Field	Definition
Description	Description is a string for providing a simple description
Documentation	Documentation is a string for providing additional in depth information.
Meta	Meta contains the meta data of the object. The type of this field is a key / value map/dictionary. The key type is string. The value type is also string. The general content of the field is undefined and can be an arbritary store. There are some common known keys: color - The color the UX uses when displaying icon - The icon the UX uses when displaying * title - The UX uses this for additional display information. Often the source of the object. Specific Object types use additional meta data fields. These are described at: https://docs.rackn.io/stable/redirect/?ref=rs_object_metadata
Name	The name of the plugin instance. THis must be unique across all plugins. required: true
Params	Params holds the values of parameters on the object. The field is a key / value store of the parameters. The key is the name of a parameter. The key is of type string. The value is the value of the parameter. The type of the value is defined by the parameter object. If the key doesn't reference a parameter, the type of the object can be anything. The system will enforce the named parameter's value's type. Go calls the "anything" parameters as "interface {}". Hence, the type of this field is a map[string]interface{}.
PluginErrors	Error unrelated to the object validity, but the execution of the plugin.
Provider	The plugin provider for this plugin required: true