From 0f36db188e6daa4719260a87c6ec6d8d36086775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjarke Berg <mail@bergmania.dk>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 09:03:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure folder app_plugins exists

---
 .../BackOfficeApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs   | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Extensions/BackOfficeApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Extensions/BackOfficeApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
index 84383b1d40..dd7c1b12fc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Extensions/BackOfficeApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Extensions/BackOfficeApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
@@ -65,11 +66,21 @@ namespace Umbraco.Extensions
 
         public static IApplicationBuilder UseUmbracoPlugins(this IApplicationBuilder app)
         {
+            var hostingEnvironment = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IHostingEnvironment>();
+            var umbracoPluginSettings = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IOptions<UmbracoPluginSettings>>();
+
+            var pluginFolder = hostingEnvironment.MapPathContentRoot(Constants.SystemDirectories.AppPlugins);
+
+            // Ensure the plugin folder exists
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(pluginFolder);
+
+            var fileProvider = new UmbracoPluginPhysicalFileProvider(
+                pluginFolder,
+                umbracoPluginSettings);
+
             app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
             {
-                FileProvider = new UmbracoPluginPhysicalFileProvider(
-                    app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IHostingEnvironment>().MapPathContentRoot(Constants.SystemDirectories.AppPlugins),
-                    app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IOptions<UmbracoPluginSettings>>()),
+                FileProvider = fileProvider,
                 RequestPath = Constants.SystemDirectories.AppPlugins
             });