mattermost-plugin-disable-dm

A mattermost plugin to disable direct messages and group chats.

Installation and setup

Platform & tools

• Make sure you have following components installed:

  • Go - v1.12 - https://golang.org/doc/install

    Note: If you have installed Go to a custom location, make sure the $GOROOT variable is set properly. Refer Installing to a custom location.

  • NodeJS - v10.11 and NPM - v6.4.1 - https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node

  • Make

Building the plugins

• Run the following commands to prepare a compiled, distributable plugin zip:

$ mkdir -p ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/Brightscout
$ cd ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/Brightscout
$ git clone git@github.com:Brightscout/mattermost-plugin-disable-dm.git
$ cd mattermost-plugin-disable-dm
$ make dist

• This will produce three tar.gz files in /dist directory corresponding to various platforms:

Flavor	Distribution
Linux	mattermost-plugin-disable-dm-v<X.Y.Z>-linux-amd64.tar.gz
MacOS	mattermost-plugin-disable-dm-v<X.Y.Z>-darwin-amd64.tar.gz
Windows	mattermost-plugin-disable-dm-v<X.Y.Z>-windows-amd64.tar.gz

This will also install, Glide - the Go package manager.

Install the plugin to Mattermost

• Make sure that the plugin uploads are enabled in PluginSettings.EnableUploads in your config.json file.
• Go to System Console > Plugins (Beta) > Management and set Enable Plugins to true.
• From System Console > Plugins (Beta) > Management, upload the plugin generated above based on the OS of your Mattermost server.
• Once installed, open System Console > Plugins (Beta) > Team Membership in left-hand sidebar and configure the plugin settings.
• Enable the plugin from System Console > Plugins (Beta) > Management.

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