Yeah, it may be worth gutting the helix-ui module and just adding the same functionality via a lightweight http server. I can take a look at doing this. It would be nice to just get this functionality out of the box.
-Greg On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 9:53 AM, kishore g <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I would love to see a UI component within the controller. > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Greg Brandt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > That does sound promising, and we are using drop wizard 0.8.x in > helix-ui, > > so it should be compatible. Would need to play around with it a little > more > > to know for sure. > > > > FWIW, the helix-ui module is in a fairly rough beginning state, so if > > there's interest in it maybe we could turn this thread into a discussion > > about features / improvements. > > > > We are currently evaluating Helix for use in several projects, and having > > a good community supported UI would be a big selling point. > > > > -Greg > > > > > On Jan 31, 2016, at 9:39 AM, kishore g <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Will this work in this scenario. > > > https://github.com/rvs-fluid-it/wizard-in-a-box > > > > > >> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Greg Brandt <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Hey Shaofeng, > > >> > > >> You can try using this helper class if you want to deploy the helix-ui > > in > > >> a war: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > https://github.com/apache/helix/blob/master/helix-ui/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/ui/util/DropWizardApplicationRunner.java > > >> > > >> Since the helix-ui module is intended to be packaged and run as a > shaded > > >> jar from command line, you might have to be a little careful of > > dependency > > >> versions if your tomcat server has a complicated classpath. > > >> > > >> Also here is a link to the latest drop wizard configuration docs > > >> > > > https://dropwizard.github.io/dropwizard/0.7.1/docs/manual/configuration.html > > >> > > >> -Greg > > >> > > >>>> On Jan 31, 2016, at 6:08 AM, ShaoFeng Shi <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hello, > > >>> > > >>> Just want to get some advice on how to run helix-ui in a Tomcat > > instance, > > >>> is there any doc or guidance? Our app already runs in a tomcat, if > > >> helix-ui > > >>> can be packaged as a standard war, that would be very easy for ship > and > > >>> deploy. I checked this page: > > >>> https://github.com/apache/helix/tree/master/helix-ui , but the > > >> “Dropwizard > > >>> Configuration Reference” link is reporting 404 error now. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for any suggestion! > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Best regards, > > >>> > > >>> Shaofeng Shi > > >> > > >
