Install Tab missing in plugins area

[jgriffith]

I am missing the install tab in my ondemand instance of jira and I want to load other plugins. How do I enable this?

[Andrew Frayling]

Hi Justin,

Unfortunately you are not able to install plugins with the OnDemand versions of Atlassian's products. For more details on the restrictions with OnDemand have a look at http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Plugin+Policy and http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand

Not what you wanted to hear, but I hope that answers the question?

Andrew.

[jgriffith]

Thanks Andrew. Why is it I cannot import plugins to ondemand?

[Dieter]

Hi Andrew, my case is opposite: i'd like to disable the Install tab on the installed version of Jira. Do you know which plugin i have to disable?

[Andrew Frayling]

@Justin - my understanding is that it's a security and stability concern. OnDemand is shared hosting and if anyone could install any plugin they wanted there is a risk that a rogue plugin could compromise the OnDemand infrastructure.

I'm in no way saying that the OnDemand infrastructure is not robust, it's just that with any shared service the provider has to retain a certain element of control in order to maintain service levels.

Andrew.

[Andrew Frayling]

@Dieter - I don't think you can disable the install tab via the plugin or plugin module as you'd have to disable the entire UPM plugin and that's likely to break things as disabling system plugins is a bad idea.

What you could do is put the following in the Announcement Banner (Administration -> System -> User Interface -> Announcement Banner):

<script>
AJS.toInit(function() {
	AJS.$("#upm-tab-install").css("display","none");
});
</script>

Tried it on a local JIRA 5 instance and it worked.

Andrew.