Understanding Custom Configuration Plug-ins and Templates

In addition to the plug-ins and templates delivered by PeopleTools, PeopleTools allows you to create custom configuration plug-ins required for your specific environment and create templates.

A plug-in is an application class that corresponds to a configuration. For example, to configure IB Gateway nodes, the application class, PTIBConfigureGatewayNodes, in the application package PTEM_CONFIG is used. Similar plug-ins can be grouped together, which is called a group. A template is used to organize a group of plug-ins or multiple groups of plug-ins. A template also allows you to edit property values of plug-ins, and run the configuration program through PIA or command line.