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Hi all,<br>
<br>
Kimchi provides an feature called federation to discover other Wok
servers running in the same network.<br>
This feature is not enabled by default. To enable it, the user needs
to follow the instructions in
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/blob/master/docs/README-federation.md">https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/blob/master/docs/README-federation.md</a><br>
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The problem is: this feature is exposed by the user as a drop down
menu with a list of servers found. But it is displayed in the top
header, ie, on Wok header.<br>
That way, we have some code on Wok related to a Kimchi feature.<br>
To fix it, we should change the way we expose that feature on UI
moving it as a content tab.<br>
As it is not strictly related to virtualization I don't see it fits
in any current Kimchi tabs and I don't think it justifies a new tab.<br>
But from the other hand, there is a plan to integrate the federation
feature with guest migration, so user don't need to input the server
details to do the migration - he/she only needs to select one from
the list. Said that, the federation feature is still required for
Kimchi.<br>
<br>
So I have 3 proposals:<br>
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1. Move federation feature to WOK<br>
The peers will continue to be displayed as part of the top header
but all code (backend/API) will be moved to Wok.<br>
<br>
2. Move federation feature to Ginger Base<br>
The Dashboard tab will display a new section with the peers
information when federation is enabled.<br>
<br>
3. Keep federation feature on Kimchi and make Kimchi extend the
Ginger Base UI (the same way Ginger s390x does with Ginger tabs)<br>
The Dashboard tab will be extended by Kimchi to display a new
section with the peers information when federation is enabled.<br>
<br>
<b>I prefer the option 3</b> as it solves the original issue (having
UI code related to a Kimchi feature on Wok) and do not affect any
other plugin or Wok behavior.<br>
<br>
Once we get an agreement on it, I will proper involve Ginger
community if needed.<br>
<br>
What are you thoughts on it?<br>
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Regards,<br>
Aline Manera<br>
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