Hi I think the old web console should be moved into a sub-project of ActiveMQ. Other ASF projects like Felix [1], Karaf [2], etc does this with their web-consoles.
That may also make it easier for people to contribute to the web-console as a sub-project if there codebase is smaller, and not contains the entire ActiveMQ source code. That may spark a little more life into the old web-console so people can help maintain it. For the standalone ActiveMQ distribution, then installing the old web console should be an easy step, such as unzipping a .zip file, or copying a .war / .jar or something to a directory, and allowing to editing a configuration file to configure the console (port / context path / or other configurations). Then other 3rd party consoles could have the *same* installation procedure, so there is even playing-field. For the embedded ActiveMQ distribution for SMX/Karaf users, its already easy to install the console, as its just like any other installation using a feature. This is the same for other 3rd party consoles, and thus there is already an even playing field. [1] - http://felix.apache.org/documentation/subprojects/apache-felix-web-console.html [2] - http://karaf.apache.org/index/subprojects/webconsole.html On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Robert Davies <rajdav...@gmail.com> wrote: > The old/original console is no longer fit for purpose, it is hard to > maintain, the source of a lot of security issues [1] over the last few years. > > There is another thread about using hawtio as the console going forward, and > without going into all the gory details it is probably likely that there may > be no web console shipped at all in future releases of ActiveMQ. The JMX > naming hierarchy was improved for ActiveMQ 5.8, such that its easy to view > the running status of an ActiveMQ broker from 3rd party tools such as > jconsole, visualvm or hawtio. Regardless of the outcome of the other > discussion [2] - It doesn’t help the ActiveMQ project to try and maintain a > static web console any more. > > I propose we remove the old web console from the ActiveMQ 5.10 release - > thoughts ? > > > > [1] > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-2714?jql=project%20%3D%20AMQ%20AND%20text%20~%20%22XSS%22 > [2] http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/Default-Web-Console-td4675705.html > > Rob Davies > ———————— > Red Hat, Inc > http://hawt.io - #dontcha > Twitter: rajdavies > Blog: http://rajdavies.blogspot.com > ActiveMQ in Action: http://www.manning.com/snyder/ > -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- Red Hat, Inc. Email: cib...@redhat.com Twitter: davsclaus Blog: http://davsclaus.com Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen Make your Camel applications look hawt, try: http://hawt.io
