On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Willem D'Haese <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello > > Thanks for the answers. > > "The admin UI is difficult to maintain because of browser compatibility > issues. Use the CLI, which is much more predictable and receives regular > updates." and "the CLI is generally a better user experience for most > other tasks." > > This also suddenly means we have to give cli access to users who > previously didn't have cli access. Users who aren't confident in using > command line interfaces... My personal feeling is that removing the admin > ui is a step back. Even if it didn't have all the possibilities of the cli, > at least it presented extra options to superusers. > Use Grafana or Chronograf, which are better at visualization and are actively maintained. > > I'll give Chronograf a try when I find some time, but my guess is that > Chronograf is not able to create databases and users, grant permissions, > make continuous queries or retention policies..? > Those are done with simple queries, like data retrieval. Anything that can submit properly formatted queries can do all of the above. > I can understand the issue of feature attention for query creation and > visualization, but maybe it might be an idea to make the admin ui a > separate GitHub project or so? That way admin ui feature requests etc > wouldn't interfere with InfluxDB development.. And about the browser > compatibility issues => I never had any user complaining about browser > issues with the admin ui. > > I do have several users who are happy with the admin ui. > > Willem D'Haese > https://outsideit.net > > -- > Remember to include the version number! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxData" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/influxdb/CAJhCumNCCgsUWcSW7BO9up2JLm3vse2zG8PXrVVJLOPnfU-PNg%40mail. > gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CAJhCumNCCgsUWcSW7BO9up2JLm3vse2zG8PXrVVJLOPnfU-PNg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sean Beckett Director of Support and Professional Services InfluxDB -- Remember to include the version number! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxData" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvMJLMVw7dx8hCxrg5Y%2BC%3DWcmKXAm0XzR1LCkicXK3u3vA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
