Plugin install - error (Error: ✗ failed to convert to plugin DTO: could not find plugin.json or dist/plugin.json for in)

Grafana
1

Dear community,

I am using the Grafana Operator and want to install a plugin without using CRDs, specifically: fifemon-graphql-datasource.

I injected an environment variable into the Grafana CRD:

env:
  - name: GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS
    value: 'https://NEXUSURL.zip;fifemon-graphql-datasource'

The pod restarts (due to the Operator), picks up the config, and attempts to install the plugin. The following appears in the /var/lib/grafana/plugins directory:

/var/lib/grafana/plugins $ ls -la
total 256
drwxrwsr-x    3 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec  9 15:54 .
drwxrwsr-x    7 root     10004500      4096 Dec  9 15:54 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      1368 Dec  9 15:54 CHANGELOG.md
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500       631 Dec  9 15:54 LICENSE
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      1892 Dec  9 15:54 MANIFEST.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      5602 Dec  9 15:54 README.md
drwxr-sr-x    2 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec  9 15:54 fifemon-graphql-datasource
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500       191 Dec  9 15:54 index.html
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500    115023 Dec  9 15:54 module.js
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500    101473 Dec  9 15:54 module.js.map
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      1064 Dec  9 15:54 plugin.json

The plugin directory contains:

/var/lib/grafana/plugins $ ls -la fifemon-graphql-datasource
total 16
drwxr-sr-x    2 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec  9 15:56 .
drwxrwsr-x    3 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec  9 15:56 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      2447 Dec  9 15:56 annotations.editor.html
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      2723 Dec  9 15:56 logo.svg

However, the container fails to start with the following error:

Error: ✗ failed to convert to plugin DTO: could not find plugin.json or dist/plugin.json for in /var/lib/grafana/plugins/fifemon-graphql-datasource

Does anyone have a solution for this?
Information about version: Grafana Operator - 5.15.1 provided by Grafana Labs

Thanks a lot.

2

What is in that zip file https://NEXUSURL.zip?

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4

That doesn’t reflect folder /var/lib/grafana/plugins/fifemon-graphql-datasource. So you have something wrong. You didn’t disclose NEXUSURL or full reproducible example of your deployment, so it is hard to say what you are doing wrong.

5

What do you mean? So the zip should contain the fifemon-graphql-datasource folder? And that folder should contain the files showed in the folder?
Right now, the zip just contain the files listed on the pictures

6

I mean that this:

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is not this:

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They should be identical.

7

Yes but Grafana did this, as I saw it extracted the file from the folder:

var/lib/grafana/plugins $ ls -la
total 256
drwxrwsr-x    3 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec  9 15:54 .
drwxrwsr-x    7 root     10004500      4096 Dec  9 15:54 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      1368 Dec  9 15:54 CHANGELOG.md
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500       631 Dec  9 15:54 LICENSE
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      1892 Dec  9 15:54 MANIFEST.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      5602 Dec  9 15:54 README.md
drwxr-sr-x    2 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec  9 15:54 fifemon-graphql-datasource
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500       191 Dec  9 15:54 index.html
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500    115023 Dec  9 15:54 module.js
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500    101473 Dec  9 15:54 module.js.map
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      1064 Dec  9 15:54 plugin.json
8

Clear that rubbish, so plugin folder is empty.
Upgrade to the latest stable Grafana version.
Maybe your zip file is a problem. Simulate unzip to the folder in cli.
…

9

Grafana Operator - 5.15.1 provided by Grafana Labs
This is the latest available from Openshift marketplace. I did a clear for the plugins folder and same situation happened.

/var/lib/grafana/plugins $ ls -la
total 256
drwxrwsr-x    3 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec 10 07:36 .
drwxrwsr-x    7 root     10004500      4096 Dec 10 07:36 ..
-rw-rw-r--    1 10004500 10004500      1368 Dec 10 07:36 CHANGELOG.md
-rw-rw-r--    1 10004500 10004500       631 Dec 10 07:36 LICENSE
-rw-rw-r--    1 10004500 10004500      1892 Dec 10 07:36 MANIFEST.txt
-rw-rw-r--    1 10004500 10004500      5602 Dec 10 07:36 README.md
drwxr-sr-x    2 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec 10 07:36 fifemon-graphql-datasource
-rw-rw-r--    1 10004500 10004500       191 Dec 10 07:36 index.html
-rw-rw-r--    1 10004500 10004500    115023 Dec 10 07:36 module.js
-rw-rw-r--    1 10004500 10004500    101473 Dec 10 07:36 module.js.map
-rw-rw-r--    1 10004500 10004500      1064 Dec 10 07:36 plugin.json
/var/lib/grafana/plugins $ ls -la fifemon-graphql-datasource/
total 16
drwxr-sr-x    2 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec 10 07:36 .
drwxrwsr-x    3 10004500 10004500      4096 Dec 10 07:36 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      2447 Dec 10 07:36 annotations.editor.html
-rw-r--r--    1 10004500 10004500      2723 Dec 10 07:36 logo.svg
10

Grafana version != Grafana operator version.

11

It works on my machine:

% docker run --name grafana -e GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS='https://github.com/fifemon/graphql-datasource/releases/download/v1.3.0/fifemon-graphql-datasource-1.3.0.zip;fifemon-graphql-datasource' -d grafana/grafana:11.3.2
3c42807ceb19fdf3e8fb18adc0ab739f69dcf61a35c701962bd2273c3ba3f628
% docker exec -ti grafana ls -lah /var/lib/grafana/plugins                           
total 16K    
drwxrwxrwx    1 grafana  root        4.0K Dec 10 10:48 .
drwxrwxrwx    1 grafana  root        4.0K Dec 10 10:48 ..
drwxr-xr-x    4 grafana  root        4.0K Dec 10 10:48 fifemon-graphql-datasource
% docker exec -ti grafana ls -lah /var/lib/grafana/plugins/fifemon-graphql-datasource
total 256K   
drwxr-xr-x    4 grafana  root        4.0K Dec 10 10:48 .
drwxrwxrwx    1 grafana  root        4.0K Dec 10 10:48 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 grafana  root        1.3K Dec 10 10:48 CHANGELOG.md
-rw-r--r--    1 grafana  root         618 Dec 10 10:48 LICENSE
-rw-r--r--    1 grafana  root        1.8K Dec 10 10:48 MANIFEST.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 grafana  root        5.3K Dec 10 10:48 README.md
drwxr-xr-x    2 grafana  root        4.0K Dec 10 10:48 img
-rw-r--r--    1 grafana  root         183 Dec 10 10:48 index.html
-rw-r--r--    1 grafana  root      109.4K Dec 10 10:48 module.js
-rw-r--r--    1 grafana  root       99.1K Dec 10 10:48 module.js.map
drwxr-xr-x    2 grafana  root        4.0K Dec 10 10:48 partials
-rw-r--r--    1 grafana  root        1.0K Dec 10 10:48 plugin.json