Install plugins
NOTE: The Approach A sections referred to below do not apply to Bitnami native installers. Users of Bitnami native installers should refer only to the Approach B sections.
You might want to extend the functionality of Discourse by installing a plugin. If you want to do this, you must get the repository URL for the plugin (where PLUGIN_REPO_URL is the URL to the repository of the plugin you want to install, like: https://github.com/discourse/discourse-akismet):
Follow these steps below to install a new plugin:
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Navigate to the Discourse installation directory. Depending on your installation type, run the commands below:
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Approach A (Bitnami installations using system packages):
$ cd installdir/discourse
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Approach B (Self-contained Bitnami installations):
$ cd installdir/apps/discourse/htdocs/
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Next, install the plugin:
$ sudo RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake plugin:install repo=PLUGIN_REPO_URL
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Finally, precompile new assets to be used by the plugin:
$ sudo RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:precompile