Confluence Plugin Install on Linux Host

Dev thadkapalli

Currently We've a Linux Host without browser capabilities. How do I install a plugin in confluence?

I tired using my local machine, but the it hangs forever. Is there any way I can ftp the plugin to the host machine and configure in the DB. I am using HSQL DB and want to install Workflow and Content Expiry Plugin

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

I wouldn't attempt to do this manually.

You could try dropping the plugin .jar file directly into the "installed plugins" directory in the Confluence installation (it's beneath whereever you put "confluence home") and restarting, but that is risky and may not work properly.

You would be better off finding out and fixing why the UPM is failing.

As an aside, you really need to move to another database. HSQL is NOT suitable for production use and the fix I've suggested could easily destroy your system if it breaks. I'd forget about plugins until such a time as you've moved to a proper database, that's a far more urgent thing to do than install plugins.