[ovirt-devel] Cockpit-oVirt plugin

[Marek Libra]

The rpm is not yet ready. As soon as some WIP is done, I'll focus on that.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fabian Deutsch" <fdeutsch at redhat.com>
> To: "Marek Libra" <mlibra at redhat.com>
> Cc: "devel" <devel at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 4:46:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] Cockpit-oVirt plugin
> 
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Marek Libra <mlibra at redhat.com> wrote:
> > I'm pleased to announce initial version of new oVirt plugin for Cockpit,
> > which is recently a proposed feature for oVirt 4.0.
> >
> > The oVirt Wiki Feature can be found at [3].
> >
> > Sources and README file can be found on the github [1].
> > Up-to-date issue list is at [2] (includes planed enhancements)
> >
> > Please refer the README file for install instructions, so far tested on
> > Centos 7 (minimal).
> >
> > The plugin will be distributed as an rpm in the future and is meant as an
> > optional add-on to oVirt.
> >
> > Main focus is on
> > - troubleshooting when accessibility/functionality of webadmin is limited
> > - easy-to-use tool for VM-centric host monitoring/administration
> > - potential integration point with oVirt on UI level
> > - easy to use, so for small setups the preferred choice with an option to
> > "upgrade" to full oVirt later
> >
> > The plugin or its parts can be used as standalone same as embedded into
> > other UIs, like drill-down from webadmin or ManageIQ for more details or
> > fine-tuning.
> >
> > The plugin has dependency on VDSM.
> > Please note, since there was a VDSM patch needed, recent master is required
> > (see README in the source).
> >
> > Dependency on oVirt's engine is optional - when accessible then additional
> > plugin functionality is available.
> > Please note, the plugin is in early development phase showing basic
> > concept.
> 
> Hey Marek,
> 
> this work looks pretty promising!
> 
> Do you already have rpm build which we could include in our nightly
> oVirt Node Next builds?
> 
> Greetnigs
> fabian
>