Updating a plugin
Now that you have learned how to add and remove a plugin in Cacti, what about the update of a plugin? The update of a plugin heavily depends on the plugin developer. In most cases, the update process simply involves extracting the new plugin and overwriting the existing files from the old plugin installation.
The plugin architecture provides some functionality to the plugin developer for checking for the existence of an older version and updating the old version accordingly.
The gexport plugin is one such plugin, where the update process only involves overwriting the existing files.
Before updating a plugin, make sure to read the readme files or ask within the specific plugin topics on the forum for help on the update process.
