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Installing plugins

How to download and configure a plugin on Informer 2025.2.13 and later. For 2025.2.12 and earlier, see Installing plugins (legacy).

Check compatibility first

Before installing any plugin, contact Support at i5support@entrinsik.com to verify compatibility with your target Informer version.

Plugins must be downloaded and configured on the server hosting the Informer deployment. The first time you install a plugin you also log in to Entrinsik's npm repository; contact Support for the repository credentials.

Windows​

Stop the Informer service and any Node.js processes still running. Then open an elevated PowerShell window and change to the Informer installation directory (for example, C:\Entrinsik\Informer5).

The first time you install a plugin, log in to the repository:

npm config set registry https://docker.entrinsik.com/repository/npm/
npm adduser --registry https://docker.entrinsik.com/repository/npm/

When prompted, enter the credentials Support provided.

Then change to the ./i5 folder of the installation directory (for example, C:\Entrinsik\Informer5\i5) and configure and install the plugin:

informer plugin <plugin name>
npm install <plugin name> --save -E

An example plugin name is @entrinsik/salesforce.

To install a specific plugin version, add it to the npm install command, replacing x.y.z with the version:

npm install <plugin name>@x.y.z --save -E

Afterward, there may be additional details to set in config.json, as described in the plugin's own documentation.

Linux (Docker)​

Edit config.json, add the block below, and restart Informer:

"plugins": {
  "<plugin name>": {}
}

For example, to add the Salesforce plugin:

"plugins": {
  "@entrinsik/salesforce": {}
}

There may be additional details to set in config.json, as described in the plugin's documentation.

Pinning a plugin version on Docker

To install a specific plugin version on a Docker deployment, contact Support for the correct config.json configuration for your Informer version.

If your custom plugin requires special repository access that the default Informer user does not have, see Custom NPM user for plugin access.