Download the remote plug-in manifest,

plugin.json

, from the location specified in the

ClientInfo

property registered in the ExtensionManager. When you use the extension-registration script provided in the SDK this is the value of the

-pu

or

-pluginUrl

argument. vCenter Server downloads your plug-in manifest into

/etc/vmware/vsphere-ui/vc-packages/vsphere-client-serenity/

your_plugin_name

-

your_plugin_version

.

Parse the plug-in manifest to determine whether its specified version and environment are compatible with deployment on this vCenter Server instance.

Parse the plug-in manifest to determine what views will be shown in the user interface, and add them to an internal extension point table.

Configure the vCenter Server reverse HTTP proxy to route plug-in UI traffic to the remote plug-in server or servers.