Remote Plug-in Terminology

The following terms are useful to understand the concepts in this chapter.

• Plug-in - A product that extends the vSphere user interface with additional functionality.
• Plug-in Version - The version of the plug-in specified at the time of registration.
• Plug-in Instance - A plug-in server registered with a vCenter Server instance. The plug-in instance is defined by the plug-in product, version, and plug-in manifest URL.
• Plug-in UI - The part of the plug-in loaded inside an IFrame within the vSphere Client UI in the browser.
• Plug-in Server - A back-end process to which the plug-in UI talks.
• Plug-in Manifest Server - The plug-in process that serves the plug-in manifest file.
• Plug-in Auxiliary Server - A plug-in process that serves some plug-in resources, but not the manifest file.