<h2>Activate a plugin on a personal developer instance</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Activate a plugin on a personal developer instance" /><meta name="abstract" content="You can test a plugin on your personal developer instance (PDI) before launching it in a production instance." /><meta name="description" content="You can test a plugin on your personal developer instance (PDI) before launching it in a production instance." /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2022-08-04" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2022-08-04" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="activate-plugin-pdi" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Activate a plugin on a personal developer instance</title></head><body id="activate-plugin-pdi"> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Activate a plugin on a personal developer instance</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc"><span class="ph">You can test a plugin on your personal developer instance (PDI) before launching it in a production instance.</span></p> <div class="section prereq p" id="activate-plugin-pdi__prereq_r3c_gwh_5kb">Request a PDI on the <a class="xref" href="https://developer.servicenow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="keyword">ServiceNow® Developer Site</span></a>.</div> <div class="section context" id="activate-plugin-pdi__context_sn4_ywl_tkb"> <p class="p"><span class="ph">If a plugin isn't active by default on a PDI, you can activate the plugin without requesting or purchasing it.</span></p> <p class="p"><span class="ph">To activate a plugin on a PDI, use the All Applications page on your instance. If the plugin isn't available on the All Applications page, activate it from the <a class="xref" href="https://developer.servicenow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="keyword">ServiceNow® Developer Site</span></a>.</span></p> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <span class="ph">Some plugins aren't available for activation on PDIs.</span></div> </div> <div class="li step p"> <span class="ph cmd">Activate the plugin from the All Applications page or the <span class="ph">Developer Site</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="activate-plugin-pdi__table_tbm_1pl_tkb" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><colgroup><col style="width:25%" /><col style="width:75%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d213936e93">Activation method</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d213936e96">Procedure</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d213936e93 ">All Applications page</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d213936e96 "><p class="p">In your PDI, navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">System Applications</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">All Available Applications</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">All</span></span>. Find the plugin and then activate it.</p> <p class="p">For more information on using the All Applications page, see <a class="xref" href="t_ActivateAPlugin.html" title="You can activate most plugins to expand features and functionalities in the Now Platform.">Activate a plugin</a>.</p> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d213936e93 "><span class="ph">Developer Site</span></td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d213936e96 "><ol class="ol" type="a" id="activate-plugin-pdi__ol_axm_tpl_tkb"><li class="li">Sign in to the <a class="xref" href="https://developer.servicenow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="keyword">ServiceNow® Developer Site</span></a>.</li><li class="li">On the home page, go to the Instance Management widget and select <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Manage</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Activate plugin</span></span>.<p class="p">The Instance Management widget is titled <span class="ph uicontrol">Your Instance</span>. It contains information such as the status, URL, and release version of your PDI.</p> <div class="p"><div class="fig fignone" id="activate-plugin-pdi__fig_bl2_1vh_5kb"> <img class="image" id="activate-plugin-pdi__image_m21_mn2_vkb" src="../image/activate-plugin-pdi.png" alt="Selecting to activate a plugin in the Instance Management widget" /> </div> </div> </li><li class="li">On the window, locate the plugin to activate.</li><li class="li">Next to the plugin listing, select <span class="ph uicontrol">Activate</span>.<p class="p">If available, you can further select to activate the plugin only or include demo data.</p> <div class="p"><div class="fig fignone" id="activate-plugin-pdi__fig_nxy_l23_5kb"> <img class="image" id="activate-plugin-pdi__image_h1w_4n2_vkb" src="../image/activate-plugin-dev-portal.png" alt="Activating a plugin from the window titled "Your instance actions"" /> </div> </div> </li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body></html></div>