Redeploying Plug-ins During Development
Last Updated December 16, 2024

When you are developing and testing a plug-in, you can trigger redeployment frequently by using the
Redeploy
button, without the need to make changes to the extension registration record. After the
Redeploy
button is enabled, it is visible in the
Client Plug-Ins
window, where it applies to any selected plug-in. The button causes vCenter Server to undeploy the selected plug-in, and then deploy it again based on the same registration record.
Redeploy feature in Plugin Developer Mode
Screenshot shows the location of the Redeploy feature.
To enable the
Redeploy
button, set
pluginDeveloperMode
by appending the query parameter
pluginDeveloperMode=true
to any URL loaded into the browser window. For example, the URL could be the following:
https://
vcenter-server-fqdn
/ui/?pluginDeveloperMode=true
When you set
pluginDeveloperMode
, it remains in effect until you browse to a URL that contains the query parameter
pluginDeveloperMode=false
, or until you refresh the browser window while the browser addres field does not include
pluginDeveloperMode=true
.