Subject: Re: [vserver] webfrontend (was Re: [vserver] Roadmap and Future ...)
From: randall <randall@songshu.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:44:00 +0100

Jon Bendtsen wrote:
> I think the webfrontend deserves it's own thread, and then the money 
> could be another thread.
>
>
> Host managers are capable people, systemadministrators who can surely 
> use SSH and the console. The console is much more powerfull.
true, it would become to complicate to include all possible functions 
and features that can be done much more easier on the command line
>
> The guest managers may be more or less capable, they may be 
> systemadministrators, and they may be somewhat technical interrested.
>
> The guest managers buy a guest from someone, and this someone is a 
> Value Added Reseller (host manager). I think a common vserver web 
> interface would make very little difference between VARs.
i could imagine that a "guest manager" is not allowed to have access to 
the host and would have to rely on the reseller for basic functions like 
"stop" "start" "restart" "backup??" and maybe some others. Being able to 
sell a basic control panel along with a Vserver guest may be an added value.

>
>
> I think it would be a waste of time if you, Herbert, did this 
> webfrontend. I think your time is much more valueable used for kernel 
> programming.
>
It might be worth looking into a sort of API so resellers could 
implement the control functions in already existing control panels, this 
shouldn't be extremely hard to accomplish and would leave room for other 
creatives to build an "application" around this.

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