Plugins

ZMS uses HashiCorp’s go-plugin framework for a robust plugin system. Plugins are standalone executables that run as separate processes, providing process isolation, crash resilience, and version independence.

Plugin Documentation

• Built-in Plugins - Documentation for all included observer plugins (PostgreSQL, Azure, Prometheus, GCP, etc.)
• Plugin Development - Guide to creating custom observer plugins

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Using Built-in Plugins

ZMS includes several production-ready plugins:

• PostgreSQL - Relational database storage
• Azure Table Storage - Cloud-native Azure integration
• Prometheus Remote Write - Prometheus monitoring integration
• GCP Cloud Monitor - Google Cloud Platform metrics
• Prometheus Pushgateway - Push-based Prometheus metrics
• Print - Debug output to stdout/stderr

See Built-in Plugins for detailed configuration and usage.

Creating Custom Plugins

Learn how to build your own observer plugins using the plugin development guide. All plugins implement the same gRPC-based interface using Protocol Buffers for type-safe communication.

See Plugin Development for implementation details and examples.