Extending Foreman By Adding a Button

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Hi All,

Getting on well with foreman and puppet but for somethings its just not a
good fit for some of the tasks, so my fix to this is to add a button next
to the edit button on the hosts page that will bring up an iFrame of a web
site running on the provisioned host which i can use to do some application
specific functions. The problem I have is… I am not a ruby/rails
programmer, (it is on my TODO list). Had a quick nose around last night
and none of it looked instantly legible could any one help with this ? So
just want some information of which file to edit and where would be really
good :slight_smile:

Richie

2

I'd suggest writing a plugin rather than hacking on core, then you get
separation of code. That way you'll be able to upgrade more easily without
losing your changes.

As for adding a button, well, that's just a hyperlink with some CSS
styling. you'll find the Edit button in app/helpers/hosts_helper.rb in the
title_actions method.

HTH
Greg

··· On 20 September 2013 09:56, Richie Rees wrote:

Hi All,

Getting on well with foreman and puppet but for somethings its just not a
good fit for some of the tasks, so my fix to this is to add a button next
to the edit button on the hosts page that will bring up an iFrame of a web
site running on the provisioned host which i can use to do some application
specific functions. The problem I have is… I am not a ruby/rails
programmer, (it is on my TODO list). Had a quick nose around last night
and none of it looked instantly legible could any one help with this ? So
just want some information of which file to edit and where would be really
good :slight_smile:

3

Thanks Greg, will look at writing a plugin but for now will insert a
button, for expediency.

Richie,

··· On Friday, 20 September 2013 10:55:51 UTC+1, Greg Sutcliffe wrote: > > On 20 September 2013 09:56, Richie Rees <richard...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Getting on well with foreman and puppet but for somethings its just not a >> good fit for some of the tasks, so my fix to this is to add a button next >> to the edit button on the hosts page that will bring up an iFrame of a web >> site running on the provisioned host which i can use to do some application >> specific functions. The problem I have is... I am not a ruby/rails >> programmer, (it is on my TODO list). Had a quick nose around last night >> and none of it looked instantly legible could any one help with this ? So >> just want some information of which file to edit and where would be really >> good :) >> > > I'd suggest writing a plugin rather than hacking on core, then you get > separation of code. That way you'll be able to upgrade more easily without > losing your changes. > > As for adding a button, well, that's just a hyperlink with some CSS > styling. you'll find the Edit button in app/helpers/hosts_helper.rb in the > title_actions method. > > HTH > Greg >
4

When you come to start writing a plugin, have a look at this, as I did
something very similar (adds a dropdown to the left of "Edit"):

https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_bootdisk/blob/master/app/helpers/concerns/bootdisk/hosts_helper_ext.rb

··· -- Dominic Cleal Red Hat Engineering

On 20/09/13 11:34, Richie Rees wrote:

Thanks Greg, will look at writing a plugin but for now will insert a
button, for expediency.

Richie,

On Friday, 20 September 2013 10:55:51 UTC+1, Greg Sutcliffe wrote:

On 20 September 2013 09:56, Richie Rees <richard...@gmail.com >     <javascript:>> wrote:

    Hi All, 

    Getting on well with foreman and puppet but for somethings its
    just not a good fit for some of the tasks, so my fix to this is
    to add a button next to the edit button on the hosts page that
    will bring up an iFrame of a web site running on the provisioned
    host which i can use to do some application specific functions.
    The problem I have is... I am not a ruby/rails programmer, (it
    is on my TODO list).  Had a quick nose around last night and
    none of it looked instantly legible could any one help with this
    ?  So just want some information of which file to edit and where
    would be really good :) 


I'd suggest writing a plugin rather than hacking on core, then you
get separation of code. That way you'll be able to upgrade more
easily without losing your changes.

As for adding a button, well, that's just a hyperlink with some CSS
styling. you'll find the Edit button in app/helpers/hosts_helper.rb
in the title_actions method.

HTH
Greg

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