I am following the Hello, World plugin tutorial here: https://developers.mattermost.com/integrate/plugins/components/server/hello-world/ . I have mattermost installed on my local machine by following: Redirect Here is my mattermost and db version: Mattermost Version: 5.1.0 Database Schema Version:…

Could you try to change “backend” in .yaml file to be “server”?

@karim Oh wow! Thanks so much! That actually fixed it. Could you tell me why that was relevant? Also, on the same note, the tutorial suggests: Once you’ve installed the plugin in one of the ways above, browse to https://<your-mattermost-server>/plugins/com.mattermost.server-hello-world, and you’l…

You are welcome bro :slight_smile: i am new to mattermost as well :smiley: https://developers.mattermost.com/extend/plugins/manifest-reference/ in the previous link you will find all the properties that you can use in config file but, i noticed the following statement in “backend” section: “Bac…

Ah ha. Hmm… Maybe the “404 not found” is because the server is looking for the plugin on a certain path on the filesystem and it can’t find it? Dunno, let me do some exploration and will report back if I find anything. And again, thanks for the mainfest-reference explanation as well.

Tutorial Server plugin fails to start. -> "err":"unable to start plugin: com.mattermost.server-hello-world: timed out waiting for plugin"

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haris August 5, 2018, 11:48am 6

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Tutorial Server plugin fails to start. -> "err":"unable to start plugin: com.mattermost.server-hello-world: timed out waiting for plugin"

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