Is there a dedicated page where these notifications are displayed? For example, if I mark one as "read" and it disappears, where do I go to see it in a history view?
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Lukas Zapletal <l...@redhat.com> wrote: > When ERROR message appears in Smart Proxy log buffer, we could make a > notification. > > Maybe when a host is discovered, not sure. > > LZ > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Daniel Lobato Garcia > <elobat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Foreman devs, > > > > Thanks to Gail Steiger and Ohad Levy - > > https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4170 > > https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3902 > > > > https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/ > 598891/21989268/91469e06-dc0a-11e6-828f-44d37183c572.png > > https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/ > 598891/21989267/91440f06-dc0a-11e6-8940-d1f1a100e79b.png > > > > we have now a fancy-looking notifications drawer in Foreman! It works > > and looks nice, and I'd recommend taking a look at both the React > > implementation and the Rails part as neither are complicated to > > understand in my opinion. > > > > Now, what's this notifications drawer useful for if we don't have any > > notifications? That's where you come into play: > > > > Notifications in Foreman are stored in what we call a > > "NotificationBlueprint", which stores the information about the > > notification (e.g, level, message, subject..). The blueprint should > > contain information about what happened and ideally how to diagnose or > > resolve the problem (if it's a problem) > > > > The idea is that plugins or Foreman itself will define these blueprints > > somwhere (via the engine, or a db seed, for example). > > > > In order to trigger them, you need to instantiate a Notification object > > that uses the NotificationBlueprint you defined. This Notification will > > store information related to the recipients (e.g: when will the > > notification expire, who is it meant for, etcetera). This will > > automatically setup the notification for consumption by users. > > > > > > > > Here's some example code: > > > > a = NotificationBlueprint.new( > > :group => 'Hi There', > > :message => "Hello, I'm back", > > :level => 'info', > > :subject => SmartProxy.first, > > :name => 'example', > > :expires_in => 1.hour > > ) > > b = Notification.new( > > :notification_blueprint => a, > > :initiator => User.find_by_login('dlobatog'), > > :audience => Notification::AUDIENCE_GLOBAL, > > ) > > > > -- > > > > What actions would you like to see as notifications in Foreman? We want > > the drawer to only contain important information, as to not overwhelm > > the user with notifications. > > > > So things like: 'host failed a puppetrun' is probably too common an event > > to have notifications for, but things like 'this TFTP proxy went down' > > or 'your RH subscription is about to expire' is a much more important > > notification that should show up. A cronjob could check out the health > > of your infrastructure to add these notifications, or ... do you have > > any ideas? Please reply in this thread as I'd love to see the drawer > > getting some use ASAP for 1.15 :) > > > > Best, > > > > -- > > Daniel Lobato Garcia > > > > @dLobatog > > blog.daniellobato.me > > daniellobato.me > > > > GPG: http://keys.gnupg.net/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7A92D6DD38D6DE30 > > Keybase: https://keybase.io/elobato > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "foreman-dev" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Later, > Lukas @lzap Zapletal > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "foreman-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foreman-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
