Admin interface configuration changes?

[Ryan McKinley <ry...@gmail.com>]

As we move to arbitrary path based configuration, the JSP admin pages 
don't really know where things are and what to link to.

In looking into how to replace get-file.jsp and how to have an upload 
page for /update and /update/csv, I stumbled on the idea that we could 
have the list of options for what is displayed in the admin interface 
configured in solrconfig.xml.

Perhaps something like:

<admin>
     <defaultQuery>solr</defaultQuery>
     <header>
       <links name="solr">
         <link name="Schema"   path="/admin/file?file=schema.xml" />
         <link name="Config"   path="/admin/file?file=solrconfig.xml" />
         <link name="Analysis" path="/admin/analysis.jsp" />
         <br/>
         <link name="Statistics"   path="/admin/stats.jsp" />
         <link name="Info"         path="/admin/registry.jsp" />
         <link name="Distribution" path="/admin/distributiondump.jsp" />
         <link name="Ping"         path="/admin/ping" />
         <link name="Logging"      path="/admin/logging.jsp" />
       </links>
       <links name="update">
         <link name="Update" path="/admin/?show=update.html" />
         <link name="CSV"    path="/admin/?show=updatecsv.html" />
       </links>
       <links name="App server">
         <link name="Properties"   path="/admin/properties" />
         <link name="Thread Dump"  path="/admin/threaddump.jsp" />
       </links>
     </header>
    ...

Thoughts?

Re: Admin interface configuration changes?

[Chris Hostetter <ho...@fucit.org>]

: In looking into how to replace get-file.jsp and how to have an upload
: page for /update and /update/csv, I stumbled on the idea that we could
: have the list of options for what is displayed in the admin interface
: configured in solrconfig.xml.

blast from the past ... this is reminding me of a brainstorming session i
had with some CNET folks back before Solar became Apache Solar ... notes
from that meeting eventually made there way here...

	http://wiki.apache.org/solr/MakeSolrMoreSelfService

...in general, i think you're on the right track.  the one big adition i
would make is to ensure that external links are supported as well, and
that some arbitrary text can be included verbatim on the admin screen.

(and of course: if none of this info is in the <admin> block, we need the
old defaults still in index.jsp for backwards compatibility)



-Hoss