Example of how to extend the hostgroups action menu

Daniel_Kuffner · December 21, 2016, 9:37pm

Hi All,

Do we have somewhere an example of how to extend the hostgroups action menu
item via foreman plugin? Is that possible?

thank you,
Daniel

Marek_Hulan · December 22, 2016, 8:06am

Hello,

I can't find any example for extending menu actions, but it should be possible
using deface. See notes in [1] our wiki. It should not differ too much from
other overrides that can be found in plugins like remote execution [2] or
openscap [3].

[1] About - Foreman
How_to_Create_a_Plugin#Modify-Existing-Foreman-View-using-Deface
[2] https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_remote_execution/tree/master/app/
overrides
[3] https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_openscap/tree/master/app/overrides

Hope this helps

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On středa 21. prosince 2016 13:37:12 CET Daniel Kuffner wrote: > Hi All, > > Do we have somewhere an example of how to extend the hostgroups action menu > item via foreman plugin? Is that possible? > > thank you, > Daniel

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Marek

Shimon_Shtein · December 25, 2016, 9:58am

What about
http://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/How_to_Create_a_Plugin#Altering-the-menu
?
It discusses menu alteration quite extensively. Also many plugins are
altering the menu, Katello for example. Although Katello is pretty
complicated for a first glance.
We have an example even in our plugin template:

github.com

theforeman/foreman_plugin_template/blob/master/lib/foreman_plugin_template/engine.rb#L32


    security_block :foreman_plugin_template do
      permission :view_foreman_plugin_template, :'foreman_plugin_template/hosts' => [:new_action]
    end


    # Add a new role called 'Discovery' if it doesn't exist
    role 'ForemanPluginTemplate', [:view_foreman_plugin_template]


    # add menu entry
    menu :top_menu, :template,
         url_hash: { controller: :'foreman_plugin_template/hosts', action: :new_action },
         caption: 'ForemanPluginTemplate',
         parent: :hosts_menu,
         after: :hosts


    # add dashboard widget
    widget 'foreman_plugin_template_widget', name: N_('Foreman plugin template widget'), sizex: 4, sizey: 1
  end
end


# Precompile any JS or CSS files under app/assets/
# If requiring files from each other, list them explicitly here to avoid precompiling the same

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On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 10:06:42 AM UTC+2, Marek Hulán wrote: > > On středa 21. prosince 2016 13:37:12 CET Daniel Kuffner wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Do we have somewhere an example of how to extend the hostgroups action > menu > > item via foreman plugin? Is that possible? > > > > thank you, > > Daniel > > Hello, > > I can't find any example for extending menu actions, but it should be > possible > using deface. See notes in [1] our wiki. It should not differ too much > from > other overrides that can be found in plugins like remote execution [2] or > openscap [3]. > > [1] http://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/ > How_to_Create_a_Plugin#Modify-Existing-Foreman-View-using-Deface > > [2] > https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_remote_execution/tree/master/app/ > overrides > [3] > https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_openscap/tree/master/app/overrides > > Hope this helps > > -- > Marek > > >