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Docs: Plugin schema updates (#28232)

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Marcus Olsson
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@@ -15,60 +15,69 @@ The plugin.json file is required for all plugins. When Grafana starts, it scans
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------------|-------------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `dependencies` | [object](#dependencies) | **Yes** | Plugin dependencies. |
| `dependencies` | [object](#dependencies) | **Yes** | Dependencies needed by the plugin. |
| `id` | string | **Yes** | Unique name of the plugin. If the plugin is published on grafana.com, then the plugin id has to follow the naming conventions. |
| `info` | [object](#info) | **Yes** | Metadata for the plugin. Some fields are used on the plugins page in Grafana and others on grafana.com if the plugin is published. |
| `name` | string | **Yes** | Human-readable name of the plugin that is shown to the user in the UI. |
| `type` | string | **Yes** | Plugin type. Possible values are `app`, `datasource`, and `panel`. |
| `type` | string | **Yes** | Plugin type. Possible values are: `app`, `datasource`, `panel`. |
| `$schema` | string | No | Schema definition for the plugin.json file |
| `alerting` | boolean | No | For data source plugins. If the plugin supports alerting. |
| `annotations` | boolean | No | For data source plugins. If the plugin supports annotation queries. |
| `backend` | boolean | No | If the plugin has a backend component. |
| `category` | string | No | Plugin category used on the Add data source page. Possible values are: `tsdb`, `logging`, `cloud`, `tracing`, `sql`, `enterprise` and `other`. |
| `category` | string | No | Plugin category used on the Add data source page. Possible values are: `tsdb`, `logging`, `cloud`, `tracing`, `sql`, `enterprise`, `other`. |
| `executable` | string | No | The first part of the file name of the backend component executable. There can be multiple executables built for different operating system and architecture. Grafana will check for executables named `<executable>_<$GOOS>_<lower case $GOARCH><.exe for Windows>`, e.g. `plugin_linux_amd64`. Combination of $GOOS and $GOARCH can be found here: https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment. |
| `hiddenQueries` | boolean | No | |
| `includes` | [object](#includes)[] | No | |
| `includes` | [object](#includes)[] | No | Resources to include in plugin. |
| `logs` | boolean | No | For data source plugins. If the plugin supports logs. |
| `metrics` | boolean | No | For data source plugins. If the plugin supports metric queries. Used in the Explore feature. |
| `mixed` | boolean | No | Not to be used by external plugins. Special property for the built-in mixed plugin. |
| `module` | string | No | |
| `partials` | [object](#partials) | No | |
| `preload` | boolean | No | Initialize plugin on startup. By default, the plugin initializes on first use. |
| `queryOptions` | [object](#queryoptions) | No | For data source plugins. There is a query options section in the plugin's query editor and these options can be turned on if needed. |
| `routes` | [object](#routes)[] | No | For data source plugins. Proxy routes used for plugin authentication and adding headers to HTTP requests made by the plugin. For more information, refer to [Authentication for data source plugins](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/plugins/authentication/). |
| `skipDataQuery` | boolean | No | For panel plugins. Hides the query editor. |
| `sort` | number | No | Internal property for sorting. Cannot be used as will be overwritten by Grafana. |
| `state` | string | No | Marks a plugin as a pre-release. |
| `staticRoot` | string | No | |
| `state` | string | No | Marks a plugin as a pre-release. Possible values are: `alpha`, `beta`. |
| `streaming` | boolean | No | For data source plugins. If the plugin supports streaming. |
| `tables` | boolean | No | |
| `tracing` | boolean | No | For data source plugins. If the plugin supports tracing. |
## dependencies
Plugin dependencies.
Dependencies needed by the plugin.
### Properties
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---------------------|----------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `grafanaDependency` | string | **Yes** | Required Grafana version for this plugin. Validated using https://github.com/npm/node-semver. |
| `grafanaVersion` | string | No | (Deprecated) Required Grafana version for this plugin, e.g. `6.x.x 7.x.x` to denote plugin requires Grafana v6.x.x or v7.x.x. |
| `plugins` | string[] | No | An array of required plugins on which this plugin depends. |
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---------------------|----------------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `grafanaDependency` | string | **Yes** | Required Grafana version for this plugin. Validated using https://github.com/npm/node-semver. |
| `grafanaVersion` | string | No | (Deprecated) Required Grafana version for this plugin, e.g. `6.x.x 7.x.x` to denote plugin requires Grafana v6.x.x or v7.x.x. |
| `plugins` | [object](#plugins)[] | No | An array of required plugins on which this plugin depends. |
### plugins
Plugin dependency. Used to display information about plugin dependencies in the Grafana UI.
#### Properties
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|--------|----------|----------------------------------------------------|
| `id` | string | **Yes** | |
| `name` | string | **Yes** | |
| `type` | string | **Yes** | Possible values are: `app`, `datasource`, `panel`. |
| `version` | string | **Yes** | |
## includes
### Properties
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|--------------|---------|----------|-------------|
| `addToNav` | boolean | No | |
| `component` | string | No | |
| `defaultNav` | boolean | No | |
| `name` | string | No | |
| `role` | string | No | |
| `type` | string | No | |
| `icon` | string | No | |
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|--------------|---------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `addToNav` | boolean | No | Add the include to the side menu. |
| `component` | string | No | (Legacy) The Angular component to use for a page. |
| `defaultNav` | boolean | No | Page or dashboard when user clicks the icon in the side menu. |
| `icon` | string | No | Icon to use in the side menu. For information on available icon, refer to [Icons Overview](https://developers.grafana.com/ui/latest/index.html?path=/story/docs-overview-icon--icons-overview). |
| `name` | string | No | |
| `path` | string | No | Used for app plugins. |
| `role` | string | No | Possible values are: `Admin`, `Editor`, `Viewer`. |
| `type` | string | No | Possible values are: `dashboard`, `page`, `panel`, `datasource`. |
## info
@@ -83,6 +92,7 @@ Metadata for the plugin. Some fields are used on the plugins page in Grafana and
| `updated` | string | **Yes** | Date when this plugin was built. |
| `version` | string | **Yes** | Project version of this commit, e.g. `6.7.x`. |
| `author` | [object](#author) | No | Information about the plugin author. |
| `build` | [object](#build) | No | Build information |
| `description` | string | No | Description of plugin. Used on the plugins page in Grafana and for search on grafana.com. |
| `links` | [object](#links)[] | No | An array of link objects to be displayed on this plugin's project page in the form `{name: 'foo', url: 'http://example.com'}` |
| `screenshots` | [object](#screenshots)[] | No | An array of screenshot objects in the form `{name: 'bar', path: 'img/screenshot.png'}` |
@@ -99,6 +109,21 @@ Information about the plugin author.
| `name` | string | No | Author's name. |
| `url` | string | No | Link to author's website. |
### build
Build information
#### Properties
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|--------|----------|------------------------------------------------------|
| `branch` | string | No | Git branch the plugin was built from. |
| `hash` | string | No | Git hash of the commit the plugin was built from |
| `number` | number | No | |
| `pr` | number | No | GitHub pull request the plugin was built from |
| `repo` | string | No | |
| `time` | number | No | Time when the plugin was built, as a Unix timestamp. |
### links
#### Properties
@@ -128,14 +153,6 @@ SVG images that are used as plugin icons.
| `name` | string | No | |
| `path` | string | No | |
## partials
### Properties
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|--------|----------|-------------|
| `config` | string | No | |
## queryOptions
For data source plugins. There is a query options section in the plugin's query editor and these options can be turned on if needed.