Server Side Plugins Fail to Load

[alydewji]

Hi everyone,

I recenetly installed a fresh copy of FM Server 18 on a new isolated VPS and tried to copy over the most basic setup which included installation of 2 Server Plugins:

• ExcelInjector made by Linear Blue
• BaseElements

I simply copied them from my production deployment over the the extension folder as depicted below.

However, when I flick the switches as below:

They simply fail to load.

I am getting an error as below:

MServer Error 474 Plug-in failed to load: BaseElements.fmx64

The plugins work perfectly fine on the production server running FM 17.  I have moved the same plugins several times from dev server to production servers in fm17 and faced no issues in the past.

I have tried rebooting the server, copying again but the same issue seems to persist.

Any other users facing the same problem?

Or is it best practice to deploy plugins within the Filemaker Pro Advances Client first, run them and then copy them over?

Any help would be appreciated.

Server specs are as per below:

[bcooney]

Have you confirmed that you have the latest versions installed and that they’re 18 compatible?

[Wim Decorte]

FM18 enforces that plugins be signed by the vendor.  If you don't have an 18-compatible version then FMS can't verify that it is signed and won't load it.