Introduces a config pluginsManifests to bigbluebutton.properties.

e.g pluginsManifests=[{url: "https://plugin_manifest.json"}]
it will be merged with the parameters received through /create?pluginsManifests=

bbb-common-web/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/api/ParamsProcessorUtil.java

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ public class ParamsProcessorUtil {
     private boolean defaultAllowModsToUnmuteUsers = false;
     private boolean defaultAllowModsToEjectCameras = false;
     private String defaultDisabledFeatures;
+    private String defaultPluginsManifests;
     private boolean defaultNotifyRecordingIsOn = false;
     private boolean defaultKeepEvents = false;
     private Boolean useDefaultLogo;
@@ -430,11 +431,10 @@ public class ParamsProcessorUtil {
         return groups;
     }
 
-    private ArrayList<PluginsManifest> processPluginsManifestsParams(Map<String, String> params) {
+    private ArrayList<PluginsManifest> processPluginsManifests(String pluginsManifestsParam) {
         ArrayList<PluginsManifest> pluginsManifests = new ArrayList<PluginsManifest>();
-        String pluginsManifestParams = params.get(ApiParams.PLUGINS_MANIFESTS);
+
-        if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(pluginsManifestParams)) {
+        JsonElement pluginsManifestsJsonElement = new Gson().fromJson(pluginsManifestsParam, JsonElement.class);
-            JsonElement pluginsManifestsJsonElement = new Gson().fromJson(pluginsManifestParams, JsonElement.class);
 
         if(pluginsManifestsJsonElement != null && pluginsManifestsJsonElement.isJsonArray()) {
             JsonArray pluginsManifestsJson = pluginsManifestsJsonElement.getAsJsonArray();
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ public class ParamsProcessorUtil {
                 }
             }
         }
-        }
 
         return pluginsManifests;
     }
@@ -565,9 +564,6 @@ public class ParamsProcessorUtil {
         listOfDisabledFeatures.replaceAll(String::trim);
         listOfDisabledFeatures = new ArrayList<>(new HashSet<>(listOfDisabledFeatures));
 
-        // Process Plugin Manifest Urls
-        ArrayList<PluginsManifest> listOfPluginsManifests = processPluginsManifestsParams(params);
-
         // Check Disabled Features Exclude list -- passed as a CREATE parameter to cancel the disabling (typically from bbb-web's properties file)
         ArrayList<String> listOfDisabledFeaturesExclude = new ArrayList<>();
         if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(params.get(ApiParams.DISABLED_FEATURES_EXCLUDE))) {
@@ -578,6 +574,20 @@ public class ParamsProcessorUtil {
             listOfDisabledFeatures.removeAll(Arrays.asList(disabledFeaturesExcludeParam.split(",")));
         }
 
+        // Parse Plugins Manifests from config and param
+        ArrayList<PluginsManifest> listOfPluginsManifests = new ArrayList<PluginsManifest>();
+        //Process plugins from config
+        if(defaultPluginsManifests != null && !defaultPluginsManifests.isEmpty()) {
+            ArrayList<PluginsManifest> pluginsManifestsFromConfig = processPluginsManifests(defaultPluginsManifests);
+            listOfPluginsManifests.addAll(pluginsManifestsFromConfig);
+        }
+        //Process plugins from /create param
+        String pluginsManifestsParam = params.get(ApiParams.PLUGINS_MANIFESTS);
+        if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(pluginsManifestsParam)) {
+            ArrayList<PluginsManifest> pluginsManifestsFromParam = processPluginsManifests(pluginsManifestsParam);
+            listOfPluginsManifests.addAll(pluginsManifestsFromParam);
+        }
+
         // Check if VirtualBackgrounds is disabled
         if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(params.get(ApiParams.VIRTUAL_BACKGROUNDS_DISABLED))) {
             boolean virtualBackgroundsDisabled = Boolean.valueOf(params.get(ApiParams.VIRTUAL_BACKGROUNDS_DISABLED));
@@ -1611,6 +1621,10 @@ public class ParamsProcessorUtil {
 		this.defaultDisabledFeatures = disabledFeatures;
 	}
 
+	public void setPluginsManifests(String pluginsManifests) {
+		this.defaultPluginsManifests = pluginsManifests;
+	}
+
 	public void setNotifyRecordingIsOn(Boolean notifyRecordingIsOn) {
 		this.defaultNotifyRecordingIsOn = notifyRecordingIsOn;
 	}

bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties

@@ -474,3 +474,7 @@ breakoutRoomsEnabled=true
 
 # legacy, please use maxUserConcurrentAccesses instead
 allowDuplicateExtUserid=true
+
+# list of plugins manifests (json array)
+# e.g: [{url: "https://plugin_manifest.json"}]
+pluginsManifests=

bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.xml

@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ with BigBlueButton; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
         <property name="defaultKeepEvents" value="${defaultKeepEvents}"/>
         <property name="allowRevealOfBBBVersion" value="${allowRevealOfBBBVersion}"/>
         <property name="allowOverrideClientSettingsOnCreateCall" value="${allowOverrideClientSettingsOnCreateCall}"/>
+        <property name="pluginsManifests" value="${pluginsManifests}"/>
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="presentationService" class="org.bigbluebutton.web.services.PresentationService">