package plugins import ( "os/exec" "golang.org/x/net/context" "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/log" "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/plugins/proto" "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/plugins/shared" plugin "github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin" ) func Init() (*plugin.Client, error) { /* setup protoc using https://gist.github.com/bergquist/5df1f201bb605e42538ef40f6ccf82a9 run "protoc --go_out=plugins=grpc:. *.proto" to update proto files */ logger := log.New("grafana.plugins") client := plugin.NewClient(&plugin.ClientConfig{ HandshakeConfig: plugin.HandshakeConfig{ ProtocolVersion: 1, MagicCookieKey: "BASIC_PLUGIN", MagicCookieValue: "hello", }, Plugins: shared.PluginMap, Cmd: exec.Command("sh", "-c", "/home/carl/go/src/github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/plugins/mock_tsdb_plugin/simple-plugin"), AllowedProtocols: []plugin.Protocol{plugin.ProtocolGRPC}, Logger: logWrapper{logger: logger}, }) // Connect via RPC rpcClient, err := client.Client() if err != nil { return nil, err } // Request the plugin raw, err := rpcClient.Dispense("tsdb_mock") if err != nil { return nil, err } plugin := raw.(shared.TsdbPlugin) response, err := plugin.Get(context.Background(), &proto.TsdbRequest{}) if err != nil { logger.Error("Response from plugin. ", "response", response) } else { logger.Info("Response from plugin. ", "response", response) } return client, nil }