I thought I had found these in another box earlier that I was testing out using NS8, but I can not find it in the current install I am working with, So I have the following questions…
I has a couple of items I was curious on-
Shutdown / Restart
Where do I shutdown or restart NS8 in dashboard. Is there a place on the dashboard that I am not seeing?
The following is for NS8 Core IP, subnet mask, and gateway. (migrating to another network)
DHCP or STATIC
2. Location to change IP from DHCP to STATIC in dashboard.
IP Address
3. Location to change IP address to a specific IP address in dashboard.
Subnet mask
4. Location to change subnet mask in dashboard.
Gateway
5. Location to change gateway in dashboard.
Seems this would be a useful feature for ease of Admin administration purposes. Is there a reason like security that they didn’t include it in the NS8 core? or is it because the underlying OS could be different - such as rocky or debain?
One reason:
Debian uses apt, All RHEL clones (Rocky, Alma, usw) use dmf (yum).
but this reason can be circumvented by a simple OS query.
Different repos
But same solution as above could be implemented.
Other reasons I’m not aware of…
It’s possible it will come in a future release.
For the moment, Cockpit can be installed, as Marc suggests above.
This is the suggested workaround for the moment.
On the other hand, maintaining base OS updates via script is a viable option when maintaining several installations / sites - when all are running the same basis OS.
Still, I do agree with you, especially for single site users, having a simple view, eg on Cluster Status (or nodes) would simplify administration a lot.
Something along the lines of:
Base OS updates available:
and a button linking to “Do Base OS update now”.
And for any contemplating a migration of a multi node cluster to a paid subscription, this would require (at the moment) migrating all nodes to Rocky. The used OS is AFAIK, not visible in NS8 at the moment. This should be visible on the nodes page. This way, a node per node migration, becomes a bit more streamlined and visible.
Yes, I appreciate the feedback on this. I guess I was hoping that the Dashboard for NS8 would allow for this as its one less location to administrate. One less user and password to deal with outside of NS8.
Base off a standalone install and multi-node I think they both could include a page that listed each node. That listing would allow buttons or the capacity to allow you to power on (WOL) / restart, power off, change ip, subnet, gateway, and base OS updates.
This could once again save time for the administrator with network topology changes, network migration, adjustments, upgrades and update.
You just might need to add custom command under that node in NS8 page setup to do so. (just speculating of course) But I would be surprised if it wasn’t possible if all the cards are there.
and make it possible.