Installing Import Plugins

Import plugins are installed by configuring the Sentinel-enabled application with the path to the plugin, the name of the import, and any arguments needed to launch the plugin.

Installing Plugins

Sentinel plugins are standalone executables. The Sentinel-enabled application launches these plugins and communicates with them via RPC. To install a plugin, the first step is to download the plugin executable for the platform that the Sentinel-enabled application is running on.

After downloading the plugin, you must configure the Sentinel-enabled application. This may be via a configuration file, an API call, or some other method. Please refer to the application-specific documentation for more details.

Sentinel imports are configured with the following settings:

• name (required) - The name of the import within Sentinel policies. For example, import "foo", where "foo" is the import name. This is often specified as the key to the configuration.

• path (required) - This is the path to the plugin executable.

• args (optional) - This is a list of arguments to pass to the executable when launched. By default, no arguments are given.

• env (optional) - This is a set of environment variables to expose to the plugin. By default, the same environment variables given to the application are inherited by the plugin. This key can be used to add additional variables.

• config (optional) - This is a map of key/value pairs for configuring the plugin. Please refer to the plugin documentation for available configuration options. Some plugins may not require any configuration.

After configuring the plugin, you may have to restart the application for it to become available.

Debugging Plugins

Sentinel logs when it launches, configures, closes a plugin and more.

To debug issues with a plugin, please refer to the logs of the Sentinel-enabled application. You may have to configure the application to show Sentinel logs. Please refer to the application-specific documentation.