Plugins

The architecture of FIR is very modular and can be extended using plugins.

Some functionalities are considered "core" and therefore are always enabled. Others can can be enabled or disabled at will.

Example of optional available plugins are:

• fir_todos: this plugin allow to set task lists per incident and attribute them to business lines.
• fir_nuggets: If this plugin is enabled, users will be able to record technical findings (golden nuggets) and automatically sort them according to their timestamps, creating an investigation timeline.
• fir_alerting: This plugin allow users to send email alerts directly through FIR's web-interface.

We recommend enabling them all for a better FIR experience!

If you are a developer, you can also develop your own private plugins for extending FIR functionalities.

Each plugin is located in a folder, which always starts by fir_ and is located in FIR's root directory.

Installing a plugin

In order to install a plugin, you just need to add the plugin name in fir/config/installed_apps.txt, then restart FIR. That's it.

Then, follow the installation steps specified in the plugin's README file (if there is one). Some plugins require configuration to be added to fir/config/production.py in order to work properly.