# Configuration in pandora **Console installation** To register the plugin, from the console, go to the "register plugin" section. [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/ipMimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/ipMimage.png) Click on select file. [![plugin registration.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/dvVplugin-registration.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/dvVplugin-registration.png) The .pspz2 file to be uploaded will be selected. [![register2_ldap.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2022-04/scaled-1680-/register2-ldap.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2022-04/register2-ldap.png) A message will appear informing that you have successfully registered. [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/pC0image.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/pC0image.png) Once the plugin is registered, we will see it in the plugins section. [![ver plugin.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/ver-plugin.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/ver-plugin.png) The plugin menu can be accessed by clicking on the plugin title [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/i4iimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/i4iimage.png) In parameters we will see the macro used by the plugin, this is not necessary to touch it [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/9y4image.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/9y4image.png) In the Default value field, we must enter the path to our .conf file. [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/Scnimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/Scnimage.png) **Manual installation** The best way to manage server plugins in Pandora is from "/usr/share/pandora\_server/util/plugin" so we will send it by pscp to that path:
[![image-1628163722703.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/scaled-1680-/image-1628163722703.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/image-1628163722703.png) Then we will move to the folder where we have put it ("/usr/share/pandora\_server/util/plugin" is the recommended one"). **Remember: You have to install the dependencies that the python ldap module needs in your system, it is explained in the configuration section.** We move from home with : ``` cd /usr/share/pandora_server/util/plugin/ ``` We run the plugin to see that it works: ``` python3 pandora_ldap.py -s -b -p -a [--as_agent_plugin] [ -g ] [ --data_dir ] ``` [![image-1628163800459.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/scaled-1680-/image-1628163800459.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/image-1628163800459.png) With as\_agent\_plugin 1 we will be able to see an XML with the data that will be shown in the console: [![image-1628163832028.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/scaled-1680-/image-1628163832028.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/image-1628163832028.png) If we execute it in the first way, without "as\_agent\_plugin 1", we will have created an agent with the name we have given it in the -a parameter with all the modules. Anyway, if you prefer to install it manually from the console, the process would be as follows: **As a server plugin**
We will go to servers > plugins:
[![ver plugin.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/ver-plugin.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/ver-plugin.png) click in "add": [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/T1cimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/T1cimage.png) We put in the name and description of your choice: [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/Z6Bimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/Z6Bimage.png) We enter as command the path to the plugin, and as parameters the ones we have entered by executing the plugin, the "\_field\_" fields are macros defined below. [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/cyYimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/cyYimage.png) We put for each macro the description of your choice and as value the data of your ldap server. [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/hHAimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/hHAimage.png) then click on the “create” button. **As agent plugin** We should enable the remote configuration, to enable it we have to open the pandora\_agent.conf file: ``` vim /etc/pandora/pandora_agent.conf ``` Inside we look for the remote\_config line, to enable it we set it to 1. [![image-1628164126735.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/scaled-1680-/image-1628164126735.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/image-1628164126735.png) And after that we restart the agent : ``` /etc/init.d/pandora_agent_daemon restart ``` The remote configuration will have been activated, go to the agents menu and click on the remote configuration icon, which is as follows: [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/zXPimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/zXPimage.png) Then we go to plugin menu : [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/3aEimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/3aEimage.png) We enter the command, click in add: [![image.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/bDdimage.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/bDdimage.png) Example: ``` python3 /usr/share/pandora_server/util/plugin/pandoraversion_ldap.py -s ldap://localhost.localdomain:389 -b cn=ldapadm,dc=sanchez,dc=com -p redhat -a ldapserver --as_agent_plugin 1 ``` A new plugin will have been created: [![image-1628164348935.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/scaled-1680-/image-1628164348935.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/image-1628164348935.png) Once this is done, we restart the agent: ``` /etc/init.d/pandora_agent_daemon restart ``` And if we go to the agent with the remote configuration, the ldap modules will have been created.