CRM 2011 Training Series – How to use Secure and Non-Secure configuration in Plugin?

When you register a plugin step, there is a field where you can specify some configuration parameters for the plugin execution:

Then in the Constructor of your plugin class you will get the configuration value which you can use later in the Execute method:

 

public abstract class BasePlugin : IPlugin
{
private string _secureConfig = null;
private string _unsecureConfig = null;

public BasePlugin(string unsecureConfig, string secureConfig)
{
_secureConfig = secureConfig;
_unsecureConfig = unsecureConfig;
}

public void Execute()
{
// Use the configuration here
}
}

 

There are two different kinds of Configurations.

 

Secure Configuration:
PROS:

• The step configuration is solution-aware so it will be automatically transported with the plugin step.

CONS:

• You need to use the plugin registration tool or another application to update the step configuration.
• The configuration is step-specific so you have to provide it and/or update it for every step even if the value is the same for all the steps (the configuration is on each step instead of the assembly or plugin type).
• the configuration is just an attribute of the plugin step so you cannot control privileges on the configuration independently from privileges on plugin step entity.

Non- Secure Configuration:
PROS:

• The configuration data can be secured as any other entity using the CRM security model. This is useful when the configuration contains sensitive information such as passwords.

CONS:

• Secure configuration is not solution aware so you will need to configure it for each environment.
• You need to use the plugin registration tool or another application to update the step configuration.

The configuration is step-specific so you have to provide it and/or update it for every step even if the value is the same for all the steps (the configuration is on each step instead of the assembly or plugin type).

 

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