About Plugins

Scalix Management Plugins allow you to save to, and run from the Management Console many frequently-done tasks such as checking CPU or disk usage, scanning logs, listing public folders, checking the message store and more. They extend the functionality of the Management Console and provide more ease of use by launching simple, one-way scripts from the GUI.

For security reasons, only full administrators (aka Scalix Admins) can run Plugins and even still, those administrators must have special Plugin permissions. For more on how to grant special Plugin access privileges, see the printed Scalix Management Console Guide.

There are several other restrictions on Plugins:

• They cannot download files or executables from the Internet
• They cannot remove or delete anything from the Scalix system’s file system
• They cannot remove or delete bulk users and groups
• They cannot consume large amounts of system resources, run repeatedly or for long periods of time

Scalix provides several template Plugins in the Administration Resource Kit but encourages system administrators to write their own. For more on how to write and deploy Plugins, see the printed Scalix Management Console Guide.

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