Plugins
ApiHttp
This plugin provides an HTTP (and optional HTTPS) server and is used by subsequent API plugins to provide HTTP services. The HTTP server is on port tcp/6868. If you provide a conf/ovms_server.pem file, it will also use that to launch a HTTPS server on port tcp/6869.
ApiHttpCore
This plugin provides support for the HTTP API in OVMS Server v3. It supports the /api HTTP endpoint.
If you want to use this plugin, you need to also include ‘ApiHttp’ before loading this.
ApiHttpFile
This plugin provides support serving static files from the httpfiles directory. It supports the /file HTTP endpoint.
If you want to use this plugin, you need to also include ‘ApiHttp’ before loading this.
ApiHttpMqapi
This plugin provides support for Mosquitto API functions for authentication and ACL access control. It supports the /mqapi HTTP endpoint.
If you want to use this plugin, you need to also include ‘ApiHttp’ before loading this.
You will also need to configure your mosquitto.conf to include:
auth_opt_superusers <your-superuser-username>
auth_opt_acl_cacheseconds 300
auth_opt_auth_cacheseconds 300
auth_opt_backends http
auth_opt_http_ip 127.0.0.1
auth_opt_http_port 6868
auth_opt_http_getuser_uri /mqapi/auth
auth_opt_http_superuser_uri /mqapi/superuser
auth_opt_http_aclcheck_uri /mqapi/acl
ApiV2
This plugin provides support for the v2 OVMS protocol, including crypto protocols 0x30 and 0x31. It provides a raw v2 protocol server on tcp/6867. If you provide a conf/ovms_server.pem file, it will also launch an SSL enabled v2 protocol server on tcp/6870.
AuthDrupal
This plugin provides support for authentication via the Drupal database. It also provides a facility to periodically synchronise drupal users to OVMS owner table records.
Note that only one Auth* plugin should be enabled.
AuthNone
This is a stub authentication plugin. It will always fail authentication, and is only provided as an example (or for use in systems where user authentication is not required).
Note that only one Auth* plugin should be enabled.
DbDBI
This is the core database plugin for perl DBI style SQL databases. It is used, for example, to provide access to MySQL databases.
Push
This provides the core support for Push Notifications. The actual notifications themselves are issued by sub-plugins which register with this.
PushAPNS
This plugin supports the ‘apns’ notification type, for push notifications to Apple devices (iPhones, iPads, etc). It requires apple certificates, in PEM format, to be placed in conf/ovms_apns_sandbox.pem and conf/ovms_apns_production.pem.
PushGCM
This plugin supports the ‘gcm’ notification type, for push notifications to Android devices. It requires a google API key to be placed in the conf/ovms_server.conf file under [gcm] section, parameter ‘apikey’. You can obtain that key by:
# Log in to your Google account # Open https://developers.google.com/mobile/add # Select platform “Android” # Enter an arbitrary project name, e.g. “MyOvmsServer” # Package name should be “com.openvehicles.OVMS” # Activate “Cloud Messaging” and generate the key # Note the API key and project number (= GCM sender ID)
PushMAIL
This plugin supports the ‘mail’ notification type, for push notifications by eMail. It simply requires a sendmail style mailer installed on the server.
You can configure conf/ovms_server.conf [mail] section parameter ‘sender’ as the sender address to be used (otherwise defaulting to ‘notifications@openvehicles.com’.
VECE
This plugin extends the notification system to translate error codes into textual error messgaes. It uses files in the vece directory, named <vehicletype>.vece (for example, tr.vece, va.vece, etc).
The vece files themselves are ini style files.