Plugins: Support changing plugin IDs (hardcoded) (#67867)

packages/grafana-data/src/types/plugin.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export interface PluginMeta<T extends KeyValue = {}> {
   info: PluginMetaInfo;
   includes?: PluginInclude[];
   state?: PluginState;
+  alias?: string;
 
   // System.load & relative URLS
   module: string;

pkg/api/datasources.go

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) GetDataSources(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) response.Respon
 		if plugin, exists := hs.pluginStore.Plugin(c.Req.Context(), ds.Type); exists {
 			dsItem.TypeLogoUrl = plugin.Info.Logos.Small
 			dsItem.TypeName = plugin.Name
+			dsItem.Type = plugin.ID // may be from an alias
 		} else {
 			dsItem.TypeLogoUrl = "public/img/icn-datasource.svg"
 		}
@@ -730,6 +731,15 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) convertModelToDtos(ctx context.Context, ds *datasources.Da
 		ReadOnly:         ds.ReadOnly,
 	}
 
+	if hs.pluginStore != nil {
+		if plugin, exists := hs.pluginStore.Plugin(ctx, ds.Type); exists {
+			dto.TypeLogoUrl = plugin.Info.Logos.Small
+			dto.Type = plugin.ID // may be from an alias
+		} else {
+			dto.TypeLogoUrl = "public/img/icn-datasource.svg"
+		}
+	}
+
 	secrets, err := hs.DataSourcesService.DecryptedValues(ctx, ds)
 	if err == nil {
 		for k, v := range secrets {

pkg/api/frontendsettings.go

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getFrontendSettings(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) (*dtos.Fro
 		panels[panel.ID] = plugins.PanelDTO{
 			ID:              panel.ID,
 			Name:            panel.Name,
+			Alias:           panel.Alias,
 			Info:            panel.Info,
 			Module:          panel.Module,
 			BaseURL:         panel.BaseURL,
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) getFSDataSources(c *contextmodel.ReqContext, availablePlug
 			continue
 		}
 		plugin := ap.Plugin
+		dsDTO.Type = plugin.ID
 		dsDTO.Preload = plugin.Preload
 		dsDTO.Module = plugin.Module
 		dsDTO.PluginMeta = &plugins.PluginMetaDTO{
@@ -479,10 +481,15 @@ type availablePluginDTO struct {
 type AvailablePlugins map[plugins.Type]map[string]*availablePluginDTO
 
 func (ap AvailablePlugins) Get(pluginType plugins.Type, pluginID string) (*availablePluginDTO, bool) {
-	if _, exists := ap[pluginType][pluginID]; exists {
-		return ap[pluginType][pluginID], true
+	p, exists := ap[pluginType][pluginID]
+	if exists {
+		return p, true
+	}
+	for _, p = range ap[pluginType] {
+		if p.Plugin.ID == pluginID || p.Plugin.Alias == pluginID {
+			return p, true
+		}
 	}
-
 	return nil, false
 }
 

pkg/plugins/manager/loader/loader.go

@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ func (l *Loader) loadPlugins(ctx context.Context, src plugins.PluginSource, foun
 		// clear plugin error if a pre-existing error has since been resolved
 		delete(l.errs, plugin.ID)
 
+		// Hardcoded alias changes
+		switch plugin.ID {
+		case "grafana-pyroscope": // rebranding
+			plugin.Alias = "phlare"
+		case "debug": // panel plugin used for testing
+			plugin.Alias = "debugX"
+		}
+
 		// verify module.js exists for SystemJS to load.
 		// CDN plugins can be loaded with plugin.json only, so do not warn for those.
 		if !plugin.IsRenderer() && !plugin.IsCorePlugin() {

pkg/plugins/manager/registry/in_memory.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 type InMemory struct {
 	store map[string]*plugins.Plugin
+	alias map[string]*plugins.Plugin
 	mu    sync.RWMutex
 }
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ func ProvideService() *InMemory {
 func NewInMemory() *InMemory {
 	return &InMemory{
 		store: make(map[string]*plugins.Plugin),
+		alias: make(map[string]*plugins.Plugin),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -46,18 +48,25 @@ func (i *InMemory) Add(_ context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) error {
 
 	i.mu.Lock()
 	i.store[p.ID] = p
+	if p.Alias != "" {
+		i.alias[p.Alias] = p
+	}
 	i.mu.Unlock()
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (i *InMemory) Remove(_ context.Context, pluginID string) error {
-	if !i.isRegistered(pluginID) {
+	p, ok := i.plugin(pluginID)
+	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("plugin %s is not registered", pluginID)
 	}
 
 	i.mu.Lock()
 	delete(i.store, pluginID)
+	if p != nil && p.Alias != "" {
+		delete(i.alias, p.Alias)
+	}
 	i.mu.Unlock()
 
 	return nil
@@ -69,13 +78,18 @@ func (i *InMemory) plugin(pluginID string) (*plugins.Plugin, bool) {
 	p, exists := i.store[pluginID]
 
 	if !exists {
-		return nil, false
+		p, exists = i.alias[pluginID]
+		if !exists {
+			return nil, false
+		}
 	}
 
 	return p, true
 }
 
 func (i *InMemory) isRegistered(pluginID string) bool {
-	_, exists := i.plugin(pluginID)
-	return exists
+	p, exists := i.plugin(pluginID)
+
+	// This may have matched based on an alias
+	return exists && p.ID == pluginID
 }

pkg/plugins/manager/registry/in_memory_test.go

@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ const pluginID = "test-ds"
 
 func TestInMemory(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Test mix of registry operations", func(t *testing.T) {
-		i := &InMemory{
-			store: map[string]*plugins.Plugin{},
-		}
+		i := NewInMemory()
 		ctx := context.Background()
 
 		p, exists := i.Plugin(ctx, pluginID)
@@ -272,3 +270,45 @@ func TestInMemory_Remove(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAliasSupport(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Test alias operations", func(t *testing.T) {
+		i := NewInMemory()
+		ctx := context.Background()
+
+		pluginIdNew := "plugin-new"
+		pluginIdOld := "plugin-old"
+
+		p, exists := i.Plugin(ctx, pluginIdNew)
+		require.False(t, exists)
+		require.Nil(t, p)
+
+		pluginNew := &plugins.Plugin{
+			JSONData: plugins.JSONData{
+				ID: pluginIdNew,
+			},
+			Alias: pluginIdOld, // TODO: move to JSONData
+		}
+		err := i.Add(ctx, pluginNew)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Can lookup by the new ID
+		found, exists := i.Plugin(ctx, pluginIdNew)
+		require.True(t, exists)
+		require.Equal(t, pluginNew, found)
+
+		// Can lookup by the old ID
+		found, exists = i.Plugin(ctx, pluginIdOld)
+		require.True(t, exists)
+		require.Equal(t, pluginNew, found)
+
+		// Register the old plugin and look it up
+		pluginOld := &plugins.Plugin{JSONData: plugins.JSONData{
+			ID: pluginIdOld,
+		}}
+		require.NoError(t, i.Add(ctx, pluginOld))
+		found, exists = i.Plugin(ctx, pluginIdOld)
+		require.True(t, exists)
+		require.Equal(t, pluginOld, found)
+	})
+}

pkg/plugins/models.go

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ type DataSourceDTO struct {
 type PanelDTO struct {
 	ID              string `json:"id"`
 	Name            string `json:"name"`
+	Alias           string `json:"alias,omitempty"`
 	Info            Info   `json:"info"`
 	HideFromList    bool   `json:"hideFromList"`
 	Sort            int    `json:"sort"`

pkg/plugins/plugins.go

@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ type Plugin struct {
 	SecretsManager secretsmanagerplugin.SecretsManagerPlugin
 	client         backendplugin.Plugin
 	log            log.Logger
+
+	// This will be moved to plugin.json when we have general support in gcom
+	Alias string `json:"alias,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type PluginDTO struct {
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@ type PluginDTO struct {
 	BaseURL string
 
 	AngularDetected bool
+
+	// This will be moved to plugin.json when we have general support in gcom
+	Alias string `json:"alias,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (p PluginDTO) SupportsStreaming() bool {
@@ -155,7 +161,9 @@ func ReadPluginJSON(reader io.Reader) (JSONData, error) {
 		return JSONData{}, err
 	}
 
-	if plugin.ID == "grafana-piechart-panel" {
+	// Hardcoded changes
+	switch plugin.ID {
+	case "grafana-piechart-panel":
 		plugin.Name = "Pie Chart (old)"
 	}
 

public/app/features/plugins/importPanelPlugin.ts

@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ export function importPanelPlugin(id: string): Promise<PanelPlugin> {
     return loaded;
   }
 
-  const meta = config.panels[id];
+  const meta = config.panels[id] || Object.values(config.panels).find((p) => p.alias === id);
 
   if (!meta) {
     throw new Error(`Plugin ${id} not found`);
   }
 
   promiseCache[id] = getPanelPlugin(meta);
+  if (id !== meta.type) {
+    promiseCache[meta.type] = promiseCache[id];
+  }
 
   return promiseCache[id];
 }