[osiris-devel] removing features

[Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold]

Brian Wotring wrote:

>
> I am seriously considering removing all of the http code from the 
> management console.  This includes md_http.h, md_http.c, as well as 
> the relavent code to handle the settings for http_host and http_port.
>
> The impact would be that it will not be possible to update the trusted 
> database via a web browser.  The suggested alternative is to turn on 
> the auto-accept feature.

Well, I don't think I will ever turn on auto-accept...  I'd rather have 
osiris bother me with emails than to possibly miss an ultra-important 
email...

> I have a couple of reasons for removing this.  First, it's problematic 
> to support.  Many people get hung up by firewalls, and email clients 
> munging the URL.  Second, it is a lot of code to handle the parsing of 
> HTTP requests from the management daemon itself.  The role of the 
> management console is to manage streams of agent data, not act as a 
> web server.

Agreed.  Having a webserver can be problematic at best.  How about some 
sort of PHP script that can be installed on the managment machine?  Let 
the user deal with the webserver bits, and the php script can do 
everything else.  In fact, it might even be possible to put more 
functionality into the script, allowing a user to add new hosts, edit 
configs, etc. via the web..  ?

> Please speak up if there any major objections to this?

Not *really* ...  It's definitely convenient, but if it's that much of a 
problem, I can stay with 4.0.6 ....

> -brian 



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