[et-mgmt-tools] New Cobbler Web UI about done ... testers/comments?

[Michael DeHaan]

Peter Wright wrote:
> this is great!  couple comments inline....
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> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>
>> Al Tobey and I have been working on a Web UI for Cobbler.
>> https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/cobbler/wiki/CobblerWebUi
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> in the wiki page the URL to access the webui is reported as:
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> https://bootserver.example.com/cgi-bin/cobbler/webui.cgi
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> although on my system the correct URL seems to be:
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> https://bootserver.example.com/cgi-bin/cobbler_webui.cgi

It depends when you did the pull.   I moved the directories around to 
namespace them yesterday I believe.


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>> You'll see you are able to add cobbler objects (Distros, Profiles,
>> Repos, and Systems) through the WebUI, edit existing ones, as well as
>> run a "cobbler sync".   There's the equivalent of a "cobbler list" in
>> there also -- to see all that you have configured.  Each field has
>> comments below it saying what the field is for, frequently with
>> examples.  Where it a field has limited valid values, we're using radio
>> boxes, selects, and so forth.  So, we hope you find it easy to use.  
>> Suggestions are welcome, as I can see
>> that we'll probably be adding to it some over time.
>>
>> A few known issues:
>>     -- If your login times out (30 minutes of no activity), and  you
>> can't log back in, try deleting your cookies from the boot server.  
>> Should be resolved soon.     -- Kickstart template editing through 
>> the Web UI isn't there yet.  We're working on that.
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> Everything looks excellent so far.  So much so I feel that I can start 
> handing this off to other admins in my group to assist with 
> provisioning systems in our lab.
> after a quick checkout the only request i have would be if one could 
> sort by Hostname in the system_list UI.  We name our systems based on 
> MAC address as well, so having the MAC field is redundant in our 
> environment.  Not sure about other folks though.
I think Al mentioned having some slick dynamic sorting code.  I'll check 
up with him on that.

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> once i had this off if i get any comments/suggests i'll be sure to let 
> you all know.  we'll be adding new systems and modifying existing 
> systems so hopefully we can help out with the debugging.
>
> Other than that this looks awesome, thanks Al and Michael!!  I'll owe 
> both of you at least a beer if we ever meet up :)

Will have to take you up on that :)

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> -pete
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