Topic: A web panel to enable server configuration

[dayhat]

Is there a web panel that will allow server configuration, like Lan IP, Wan IP etc instead of using the Admin Console?

[Boris]

There were add-ons for it it made by eneo
eneo-extinterface-eth-0.1-04_en.noarch.rpm
eneo-intinterface-0.1-06_en.noarch.rpm
eneo-extinterface-modem-0.2-01_en.noarch.rpm
etc..
I don't know if they still available anywhere and not sure if they work with recent versions of SME, but its worth checking it out.
My personal opinion is that since those settings don't changed often (mostly never) panel to configure them is not really necessary.

[dayhat]

You have a point there Boris but if that is the case then why Linksys and others have a web interface to configure the settings? Maybe because you do not have to plug in a monitor and a keyboard to do the initial configuration. Please remember that the beauty of the SME server is it's simplicity.

Thank you for the rpm's i will check them

[Boris]

Linksys and others don't have any other means for configuration and they are end user oriented gateways. Some of them (more advanced) have serial console for recovery or configuration.
With SME you need monitor anyway to configure it initially. After its done, you can use ssh as admin to change IP if needed. SME is not user oriented by design, but geared for admin to enforce security and you can’t compare those products.

[RonM]

Those old contribs are at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/e-smith/contrib/eneo/RPMS/noarch/

[PC]

How about a contrib panel in the configuration section, listing only the contribs available for the version of SME running?

With the following links for each contrib(or batched at the top of the page for all contribs selected in the list):

How to, Download, Check, Delete, Install, Uninstall

"How to" - Linked to the How to Page for the contrib

"Download" - Downloads the contrib to the folder \contrib\[contribution]

"Check" - Enabled or autorun after download to run a checksum on the downloaded contribution

"Delete" - Enabled after download completes to delete downloaded contribution if check sum is bad or if the contribution is not needed or wanted

"Install" - Enabled only after check has completed, to prevent a bad download from contaminating the server

"Uninstall" - To remove a contribution that doesn't do what you thought it would, it happens.

If someone would create this dream panel at/for contribs.org as a contrib or integrated into the next revision/update I know at least 1 person who would be very happy, maybe more.

If there is already such a panel in existence.....where is it??

[Boris]

There were some discussions on the mail lists about creating “version compatibility matrix” and update mechanism similar to Mitel's "blades", but it looks like nobody volunteered to start working on it and idea quietly died.