[Ovirt-devel] oVirt server wui console integration

[Mohammed Morsi]

Currently the idea for the console interface in the wui is that a user
can navigate the the 'virtual machines' tab under a vm pool, click on a
specific vm, click on 'console' in the details pane and will be
presented with a console to that vm. There were a few ideas as to where
the console should appear,

  * in a minimally themed popup window, most likely the first
implementation as it is simplest, but may result in many popups when
connected to several vms
  * in the dialog / popup box interface we have now, we will want to
introduce a tabbing mechanism for access to multiple vm consoles
  * in another tab in the main content area, same vm-tab concept needed here
  * a rollover, eg the user rolls over 'console' in the vm details pane
and the console appears so long as the user holds his mouse over it /
the link
 
Its currently looking like the console frontend and apache-proxied
backend daemon will be driven by anyterm http://anyterm.org/ . We will
use anyterm to launch ovirt-viewer or the virsh console to connect to
the vm and then present the anyterm html / js / css ui to the user. A
rough layout of the setup can be found here
http://ovirt.org/page/Image:Anyterm.png

Looking for thoughts / feedback / suggestions as to the interface
placement of the console or the backend.  Thanks alot,

   -Mo