Feature request: web gui console

[andrew goh]

hi all,

I've been using firewalld for a while. firewall-config (GTK) and 
firewall-cmd are cool clients to configure firewalld.

However, can an additional web based interface be provided for it?

The reason for this request is that :

1 partly I run it in a gateway box, it may not literally have a display 
attached. Much like a plastic router box if you'd like.

2 (Many?) distributions are 'migrating' to wayland 
https://wayland.freedesktop.org/ https://wayland.freedesktop.org/.
   This is a big bummer as setting -display in the old X11 may way no 
longer works and it requires RDP (remote desktop), just to get onto the 
graphical screen.

For (2) I may be 'confused', unsure. The thing is if the distribution 
runs on a Wayland server rather than a conventional X Org / X11 based 
server.
firewall-config (GTK) would still remain as a X11 app and -display would 
still work normally?

Either way, I'd think providing a web based interface / console for the 
configs is a good thing. And it'd seem the effort is modest?
This would also cater to the 'headless' boxes that use firewalld.
I'd think HTTP digest (preferably not basic - this requires https to be 
safe) authentication, https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7616 
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7616 
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2617 
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2617 ,would likely be adequate for it.

Note that in addition, the web interface will need to have configs to 
run on IP address and accessible on the 'internal' side of the firewall 
only. Probably that it is deactivated by default in configs as well.

Thanks,
   Andrew