def activate(self, plugins=[]):
        self._log.debug("Plugins Activation started")
        if not isinstance(plugins, list):
            raise AttributeError("plugins must be a list, not %s" % type(plugins))
        self._log.debug("Plugins to activate: %s" % ", ".join(plugins))
        plugins_activated = []
        for plugin_name in plugins:
            if not isinstance(plugin_name, str):
                raise AttributeError("plugin name must be a str, not %s" % type(plugin_name))
            if plugin_name not in self._plugins.keys() and plugin_name in self.classes._classes.keys():
                self._log.debug("Initialisation needed before activation.")
                try:
                    self.initialise_by_names([plugin_name])
                except Exception as e:
                    self._log.error("Couldn't initialise plugin %s. Reason %s" % (plugin_name, e))
                    if self._app.strict:
                        error = "Couldn't initialise plugin %s" % plugin_name
                        if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
                            error += "Reason: %s" % e
                        raise_from(Exception(error), e)
                    else:
                        continue
            if plugin_name in self._plugins.keys():
                self._log.debug("Activating plugin %s" % plugin_name)
                if not self._plugins[plugin_name].active:
                    try:
                        self._plugins[plugin_name].activate()
                    except Exception as e:
                        raise_from(
                            PluginNotActivatableException("Plugin %s could not be activated: %s" % (plugin_name,
                                                                                                    e)), e)
                    else:
                        self._log.debug("Plugin %s activated" % plugin_name)
                        plugins_activated.append(plugin_name)
                else:
                    self._log.warning("Plugin %s got already activated." % plugin_name)
                    if self._app.strict:
                        raise PluginNotInitialisableException()
        self._log.info("Plugins activated: %s" % ", ".join(plugins_activated))