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Posted to dev@cloudstack.apache.org by David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> on 2013/02/08 22:21:00 UTC
Re: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins
Sonny: et al:
I see work going on in the ui-plugins feature branch that I assume is
where this work is happening for this. What is the current status of
this work?
Thanks,
--David
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Sonny Chhen <So...@citrix.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I would like to discuss a new feature that is being worked on for the next release of CloudStack. It is the ability to add third party plugins into CloudStack while still utilizing the current ui. The procedure in which this would occur is as follows:
>
>
> 1. The developer will write a plugin that they would like to add into CloudStack
>
> 2. Using a predetermined file hierarchy we create, the developer will place their plugin within the folder structure and fill out a plugin.js file
>
> 3. The admin will then place this folder into the existing CloudStack "plugin"
>
> 4. The admin will then add this new listing onto the plugin.js file that lies within that folder
>
> 5. The user then just has to refresh the browser and the plugin will be available to use.
>
> We will be toying with the idea of adding a plugin button to the navigation so that the user can see what plugins have been installed and click on them to access them.
>
> Please see the link below for more information.
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30744936/plugin.jpg
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/3rd+Party+Plugin
>
> Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
>
> Thanks You and Best Regards,
>
> Sonny H. Chhen
> Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems - CloudPlatform
> 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
>
Re: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins
Posted by Chip Childers <ch...@sungard.com>.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 01:02:57PM +0530, Pranav Saxena wrote:
> Moved both of them to 4.2.
Thanks, Pranav!
-chip
RE: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins
Posted by Pranav Saxena <pr...@citrix.com>.
Moved both of them to 4.2.
Thanks,
Pranav
-----Original Message-----
From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.childers@sungard.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 3:13 AM
To: Brian Federle
Cc: David Nalley; cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; Sonny Chhen
Subject: Re: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins
On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 01:31:36PM -0800, Brian Federle wrote:
> The code is pretty much ready, I am just doing preliminary testing of it before I merge down. I should have it complete and in master by beginning of next week, including a basic tutorial on how to implement/install UI plugins.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
Hi Brian. I see that both the jira record and the design wiki page are listing 4.1 as the release. Can you move them to 4.2 please?
>
> On Feb 8, 2013, at 1:21 PM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote:
>
> > Sonny: et al:
> >
> > I see work going on in the ui-plugins feature branch that I assume
> > is where this work is happening for this. What is the current status
> > of this work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --David
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Sonny Chhen <So...@citrix.com> wrote:
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> I would like to discuss a new feature that is being worked on for the next release of CloudStack. It is the ability to add third party plugins into CloudStack while still utilizing the current ui. The procedure in which this would occur is as follows:
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. The developer will write a plugin that they would like to add into CloudStack
> >>
> >> 2. Using a predetermined file hierarchy we create, the developer will place their plugin within the folder structure and fill out a plugin.js file
> >>
> >> 3. The admin will then place this folder into the existing CloudStack "plugin"
> >>
> >> 4. The admin will then add this new listing onto the plugin.js file that lies within that folder
> >>
> >> 5. The user then just has to refresh the browser and the plugin will be available to use.
> >>
> >> We will be toying with the idea of adding a plugin button to the navigation so that the user can see what plugins have been installed and click on them to access them.
> >>
> >> Please see the link below for more information.
> >>
> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30744936/p
> >> lugin.jpg
> >>
> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/3rd+Party+Pl
> >> ugin
> >>
> >> Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks You and Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Sonny H. Chhen
> >> Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems -
> >> CloudPlatform
> >> 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
> >>
>
>
Re: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins
Posted by Chip Childers <ch...@sungard.com>.
On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 01:31:36PM -0800, Brian Federle wrote:
> The code is pretty much ready, I am just doing preliminary testing of it before I merge down. I should have it complete and in master by beginning of next week, including a basic tutorial on how to implement/install UI plugins.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
Hi Brian. I see that both the jira record and the design wiki page are
listing 4.1 as the release. Can you move them to 4.2 please?
>
> On Feb 8, 2013, at 1:21 PM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote:
>
> > Sonny: et al:
> >
> > I see work going on in the ui-plugins feature branch that I assume is
> > where this work is happening for this. What is the current status of
> > this work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --David
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Sonny Chhen <So...@citrix.com> wrote:
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> I would like to discuss a new feature that is being worked on for the next release of CloudStack. It is the ability to add third party plugins into CloudStack while still utilizing the current ui. The procedure in which this would occur is as follows:
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. The developer will write a plugin that they would like to add into CloudStack
> >>
> >> 2. Using a predetermined file hierarchy we create, the developer will place their plugin within the folder structure and fill out a plugin.js file
> >>
> >> 3. The admin will then place this folder into the existing CloudStack "plugin"
> >>
> >> 4. The admin will then add this new listing onto the plugin.js file that lies within that folder
> >>
> >> 5. The user then just has to refresh the browser and the plugin will be available to use.
> >>
> >> We will be toying with the idea of adding a plugin button to the navigation so that the user can see what plugins have been installed and click on them to access them.
> >>
> >> Please see the link below for more information.
> >>
> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30744936/plugin.jpg
> >>
> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/3rd+Party+Plugin
> >>
> >> Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks You and Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Sonny H. Chhen
> >> Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems - CloudPlatform
> >> 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
> >>
>
>
Re: '[PROPOSAL]' Third party plugins
Posted by Brian Federle <Br...@citrix.com>.
The code is pretty much ready, I am just doing preliminary testing of it before I merge down. I should have it complete and in master by beginning of next week, including a basic tutorial on how to implement/install UI plugins.
Thanks,
Brian
On Feb 8, 2013, at 1:21 PM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote:
> Sonny: et al:
>
> I see work going on in the ui-plugins feature branch that I assume is
> where this work is happening for this. What is the current status of
> this work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --David
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Sonny Chhen <So...@citrix.com> wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I would like to discuss a new feature that is being worked on for the next release of CloudStack. It is the ability to add third party plugins into CloudStack while still utilizing the current ui. The procedure in which this would occur is as follows:
>>
>>
>> 1. The developer will write a plugin that they would like to add into CloudStack
>>
>> 2. Using a predetermined file hierarchy we create, the developer will place their plugin within the folder structure and fill out a plugin.js file
>>
>> 3. The admin will then place this folder into the existing CloudStack "plugin"
>>
>> 4. The admin will then add this new listing onto the plugin.js file that lies within that folder
>>
>> 5. The user then just has to refresh the browser and the plugin will be available to use.
>>
>> We will be toying with the idea of adding a plugin button to the navigation so that the user can see what plugins have been installed and click on them to access them.
>>
>> Please see the link below for more information.
>>
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30744936/plugin.jpg
>>
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/3rd+Party+Plugin
>>
>> Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks You and Best Regards,
>>
>> Sonny H. Chhen
>> Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems - CloudPlatform
>> 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
>>