Web UI Updater

An Eva plugin that adds a way of updating plugins through the Web UI.

Installation

Can be easily installed through the Web UI by using Web UI Plugins.

Alternatively, add web_ui_updater to your eva.conf file in the enabled_plugins option list and restart Eva.

Usage

Once enabled, you will see a few more buttons on the /plugins page.

Check For Updates button

This button fires a job in the background that will check all plugins for updates. If a plugin requires an update, it will appear in the Plugins table (this could take a few minutes depending on the number of plugins to check and your internet connection).

Undo Last Update button

This button is used when the user wishes to un-do the previous update.

NOTE: As of version 0.1.0, This only works for the last applied update - you can't undo more than one update at a time.

Plugins table

A new column title Status will be added to the Plugins table. This column will contain one of the following:

• Text that says Updated - The plugin is up-to-date.
• A yellow button that says Update - Click on it to update the plugin.
• Text that says Unknown - No repository information could be found for this plugin.

Update All button

This button is used when the user wishes to update all plugins at once.

If something goes wrong, you can try the Undo Last Update button to revert all changes.

Configuration

Default configurations can be changed by adding a web_ui_updater.conf file in your plugin configuration path (can be configured in eva.conf, but usually ~/eva/configs).

To get an idea of what configuration options are available, you can take a look at the web_ui_updater.conf.spec file in this repository, or view them at /plugins/configuration/web_ui_updater.

Here is a breakdown of the available options:

backup_single_update
    Type: Boolean
    Default: True
    Whether or not to save a full backup when updating a single plugin.
    Note that as of `updater` version 0.1.0 saving a new backup means that you won't have access to the previous backup that was available.
backup_all_update
    Type: Boolean
    Default: True
    Whether or not to save a full backup when updating all plugins at once.
    You will most likely want this to stay True.
update_disabled_plugins
    Type: Boolean
    Default: False
    Whether or not to update the disabled plugins when the user hits the `Update All` button.