Replace all cli editing of basic xml configuration files for polling,
discovery, capsd, etc to a simple UI will make a huge jump. But after a
first pass it will seem very much like a feature missing NMS since it will
be half baked. I think replacing cli editing of xml files with the UI needs
to be done so in one clean sweep as much as possible.
Then again who am I...I don't program I only script.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Steve Hillier <keyh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm not sure what traction this might get, but one of the things I
> think might drive adoption is a GUI to configure custom service
> discovery and data collection.
>
> For example:
>
> Browsing the available mib tree on a device and selecting oids of
> interest for collection, or browsing an mbean server for a jvm and
> selecting mbean attributes for collection.
>
> I see a lot of oppertunities to engage usage of the product if users
> don't have to edit XML files. I appreciate that many users can, but in
> my experience such a requirement causes many other potential users to
> shy away.
>
> Just a thought I'm throwing out there for feedback.
>
> I doubt I'll be able to attend devjam myself, but I will be devoting
> time to development as I can over the next 18 months (day job
> permitting).
>
> If this idea doesn't get traction I may focus on the rrd jrdatasouce
> which, IMHO would be a big win for onms reporting.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 28-Jun-10, at 12:07 PM, David Hustace <da...@opennms.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Jun 28, 2010, at 12:02 PM, David Hustace wrote:
> >
> >> We don't anticiapte
> >
> > clicked send from my drafts folder too soon ;)
> >
> >
> > We don't anticipate completion of these projects during Dev-Jam... we
> > simply want to get traction on the 2.0 RoadMap.
> >
> >
> > -D
> >
> >
> > David Hustace
> > The OpenNMS Group, Inc.
> >
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