Re: webui sidebar with operations

[Michael DeHaan]

Vreman, Peter - Acision wrote:
> Below is a new proposal for operations tasks in the webui.
>
> Change sidebar from a static list and add menu to a nested menu 
> structure. Only for the current selected target distro/system the 
> operations will be shown. The menu structure will be like the CLI:
>
> Distros
>         Add
>
>         Delete
>
>         Import
>
> Systems
>         Add
>
>         Delete
>
>         Poweron
>
>         Poweroff
>
>         Reboot
>
>         Enable PXE
>
>         Change profile
>
> Kickstarts
>         Add
>
>         Rename
>
>         Delete
>
>         Copy
>
> Profiles
>         Add
>
>         Delete
>
>         Rename
>
>         Copy
>
> Repos
>         Add
>
>         Synchronize
>
> Image
>         Add
>
>
>
> In the list a check box will be added to mark the systems that need 
> operation. This allows actions on multiple systems.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter

Grouping  the "list" and "add" things together is ok, though I like your 
original "dashboard" idea for surfacing some commonly used functions 
better than this proposal.   I also see "edit" missing.

For instance, on the "systems list" page, we can add something like the 
following:

SYSTEM  |   (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) |  | (No 
Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot)   
SYSTEM  |   (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | (Netboot 
Enabled | Disabled) | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot)   
SYSTEM  |   (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | (Netboot 
Enabled | Disabled) | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot)   
SYSTEM  |   (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | (Netboot 
Enabled | Disabled) | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot)   
SYSTEM  |   (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | (Netboot 
Enabled | Disabled) | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot)

[ Apply changes button at the bottom ]

One roadblock with adding import is that it can be /very/ slow, so 
that's why it's not present now.  The same goes for reposync.
To solve this adequately, we need to build a task engine that can log 
the output of background processes.   In the future, this is something
I want to enable, as it will also enable folks to run reposync and 
import from the XMLRPC API's.
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