jekyll-plantuml-url-interactive

A plugin for Jekyll that provides integration of PlantUML diagrams inside Jekyll for deployment in your website.

This plugin makes use of an external resource, defined by the configurable plantulm:url, to build the PlantUML diagram.

Once the diagram has been created, it is stored in the uml/ directory. So, using this plugin provides a simple way to integrate PlantUML diagrams without needing the Gaphviz libraries, Java, or PlantUML jar file.

Install Jekyll plugin

Install it first:

gem install jekyll-plantuml-url-interactive

With Jekyll 2, simply add the gem to your _config.yml gems list:

gems:
  - 'jekyll-plantuml-url-interactive'
  - ...

Or for previous versions, create a plugin file within your Jekyll project's _plugins directory:

# _plugins/plantuml-plugin.rb

require "jekyll-plantuml-url-interactive"

Highly recommend to use Bundler. If you're using it, add this line to your Gemfile:

gem "jekyll-plantuml-url-interactive"

choose a PlantUML-Server

Checkout PlantUML-Server to install your own plantUML server or use http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml.

and setup the _config.yml

plantuml:
  url:          'http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml' 
  type:         'svg'
  ssl_noverify: '0'
  http_debug:   '0'

If above settings are not defined, the above values are the default settings.

Test

Now, it's time to create a diagram, in your Jekyll blog page:

{% plantuml %}
[First] - [Second]
{% endplantuml %}