Link in foreman_column_view column_view

Neeloj · July 21, 2021, 1:06pm

Problem:
I want to have link_to method in :


:column_view:
  :uptime:
    :title: Uptime
    :after: 6
    :content: facts_hash['uptime']
    :view: :hosts_properties

is that possible ? I use this plugin: foreman_column_view

thanks in advance

jeremylenz · July 21, 2021, 1:36pm

Taking a look at the code in that plugin, it seems it always runs a method on the host:

github.com

theforeman/foreman_column_view/blob/c1f0073007ad0310908bb764d2d59eb1ea3fc455/app/helpers/foreman_column_view/hosts_helper.rb#L14

    
      
              def fcv_title(column)
                title = SETTINGS[:column_view][column.to_sym][:title]
                return title
              end 
          
          
    def fcv_content(host, column)
                content = SETTINGS[:column_view][column.to_sym][:content]
                if content =~ /(.*)\[(.*)\]/
                  return host.send($1)[$2.gsub(/['"]/,'')]
                else
                  return host.send(content)
                end
              end 
          
          
  end
          end

Therefore (based on my basic reading at least) it looks like arbitrary content in the table cell (such as link_to) won’t be possible using this plugin, unfortunately.

Neeloj · July 22, 2021, 6:44am

thank you for your answer @jeremylenz,

that’s so pity that we can not use it.

So I cannot use html either right ?

Marek_Hulan · July 22, 2021, 10:44am

Only by writing your own plugin and using deface - How to Create a Plugin - Foreman

You could in theory use some browser extension, like SeaMonkey / Greasemonkey to convert the value to the link, but that would do it only for you broswer, if more people use this Foreman instance, it’s not a great idea.

Neeloj · July 26, 2021, 5:49am

thank you for your answer @Marek_Hulan.
I’ll start here:

You are right its not great idea!