PluginExtensions: Made it possible to enable extensions admin page in non-development environments (#95820)

* Added feature flag for toggling extensions admin page.

* fixed typo.

* require restart

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Co-authored-by: Erik Sundell <erik.sundell87@gmail.com>

docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/feature-toggles/index.md

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ Experimental features might be changed or removed without prior notice.
 | `prometheusUsesCombobox`                      | Use new combobox component for Prometheus query editor                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `dashboardSchemaV2`                           | Enables the new dashboard schema version 2, implementing changes necessary for dynamic dashboards and dashboards as code.                                                                                                                                                         |
 | `playlistsWatcher`                            | Enables experimental watcher for playlists                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `enableExtensionsAdminPage`                   | Enables the extension admin page regardless of development mode                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 
 ## Development feature toggles
 

packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts

@@ -228,4 +228,5 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   azureMonitorDisableLogLimit?: boolean;
   dashboardSchemaV2?: boolean;
   playlistsWatcher?: boolean;
+  enableExtensionsAdminPage?: boolean;
 }

pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go

@@ -1570,6 +1570,13 @@ var (
 			Owner:           grafanaAppPlatformSquad,
 			RequiresRestart: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:            "enableExtensionsAdminPage",
+			Description:     "Enables the extension admin page regardless of development mode",
+			Stage:           FeatureStageExperimental,
+			Owner:           grafanaPluginsPlatformSquad,
+			RequiresRestart: true,
+		},
 	}
 )
 

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv

@@ -209,3 +209,4 @@ prometheusUsesCombobox,experimental,@grafana/observability-metrics,false,false,f
 azureMonitorDisableLogLimit,GA,@grafana/partner-datasources,false,false,false
 dashboardSchemaV2,experimental,@grafana/dashboards-squad,false,false,true
 playlistsWatcher,experimental,@grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad,false,true,false
+enableExtensionsAdminPage,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,true,false

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go

@@ -846,4 +846,8 @@ const (
 	// FlagPlaylistsWatcher
 	// Enables experimental watcher for playlists
 	FlagPlaylistsWatcher = "playlistsWatcher"
+
+	// FlagEnableExtensionsAdminPage
+	// Enables the extension admin page regardless of development mode
+	FlagEnableExtensionsAdminPage = "enableExtensionsAdminPage"
 )

pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json

@@ -1201,6 +1201,22 @@
         "frontend": true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "enableExtensionsAdminPage",
+        "resourceVersion": "1730819353237",
+        "creationTimestamp": "2024-11-05T09:18:42Z",
+        "annotations": {
+          "grafana.app/updatedTimestamp": "2024-11-05 15:09:13.237578 +0000 UTC"
+        }
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "description": "Enables the extension admin page regardless of development mode",
+        "stage": "experimental",
+        "codeowner": "@grafana/plugins-platform-backend",
+        "requiresRestart": true
+      }
+    },
     {
       "metadata": {
         "name": "enableNativeHTTPHistogram",

pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/admin.go

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) getAdminNode(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) (*navtree.NavLink
 		})
 	}
 
-	if s.cfg.Env == setting.Dev {
+	if (s.cfg.Env == setting.Dev) || s.features.IsEnabled(ctx, featuremgmt.FlagEnableExtensionsAdminPage) && hasAccess(pluginaccesscontrol.AdminAccessEvaluator) {
 		pluginsNodeLinks = append(pluginsNodeLinks, &navtree.NavLink{
 			Text:     "Extensions",
 			Icon:     "plug",

public/app/routes/routes.tsx

@@ -203,9 +203,13 @@ export function getAppRoutes(): RouteDescriptor[] {
     {
       path: '/admin/extensions',
       navId: 'extensions',
-      component: isDevEnv
+      roles: () =>
+        contextSrv.evaluatePermission([AccessControlAction.PluginsInstall, AccessControlAction.PluginsWrite]),
+      component:
+        isDevEnv || config.featureToggles.enableExtensionsAdminPage
           ? SafeDynamicImport(
-            () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "PluginExtensionsLog" */ 'app/features/plugins/extensions/logs/LogViewer')
+              () =>
+                import(/* webpackChunkName: "PluginExtensionsLog" */ 'app/features/plugins/extensions/logs/LogViewer')
             )
           : () => <Navigate replace to="/admin" />,
     },