Feature: Allow to install plugins through configuration (#91790)

pkg/setting/setting.go

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ type Cfg struct {
 	HideAngularDeprecation           []string
 	PluginInstallToken               string
 	ForwardHostEnvVars               []string
+	InstallPlugins                   []InstallPlugin
 
 	PluginsCDNURLTemplate    string
 	PluginLogBackendRequests bool
@@ -526,6 +527,11 @@ type Cfg struct {
 	UnifiedStorage map[string]grafanarest.DualWriterMode
 }
 
+type InstallPlugin struct {
+	ID      string
+	Version string
+}
+
 // AddChangePasswordLink returns if login form is disabled or not since
 // the same intention can be used to hide both features.
 func (cfg *Cfg) AddChangePasswordLink() bool {

pkg/setting/setting_plugins.go

@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) readPluginSettings(iniFile *ini.File) error {
 	cfg.DisablePlugins = util.SplitString(pluginsSection.Key("disable_plugins").MustString(""))
 	cfg.HideAngularDeprecation = util.SplitString(pluginsSection.Key("hide_angular_deprecation").MustString(""))
 	cfg.ForwardHostEnvVars = util.SplitString(pluginsSection.Key("forward_host_env_vars").MustString(""))
+	rawInstallPlugins := util.SplitString(pluginsSection.Key("install").MustString(""))
+	cfg.InstallPlugins = make([]InstallPlugin, len(rawInstallPlugins))
+	for i, plugin := range rawInstallPlugins {
+		parts := strings.Split(plugin, "@")
+		id := parts[0]
+		v := ""
+		if len(parts) == 2 {
+			v = parts[1]
+		}
+		cfg.InstallPlugins[i] = InstallPlugin{id, v}
+	}
 
 	cfg.PluginCatalogURL = pluginsSection.Key("plugin_catalog_url").MustString("https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/")
 	cfg.PluginAdminEnabled = pluginsSection.Key("plugin_admin_enabled").MustBool(true)