[ovirt-devel] Cockpit-oVirt plugin

[Marek Libra]

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.

Marek

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Links:
[1] Sources: https://github.com/mareklibra/cockpit-ovirt/
[2] Issue tracker: https://github.com/mareklibra/cockpit-ovirt/issues
[3] Wiki Proposed Feature page is in review, recent unmerged version:                     
     https://github.com/mareklibra/ovirt-site/blob/cockpit-ovirt-plugin/source/develop/release-management/features/cockpit.html.md
     Once merged, screenshots will be available.