Issues/things to improve with NS8b1

[giacomo (Giacomo Sanchietti)]

@NLS

Erm… No migration tool mentioned in documentation exists yet.

See my other post: Can I safely move my simple setup to NS8 b1? - #11 by giacomo

@NLS

• Documentation fix: No mention of default password in the section of install using a pre-built image.
• Documentation fix: Several other things that are in “install from scratch” possibly need to be copied to pre-built image section OR make a common section for what is… common.

I agree, we will try to make it better.

@NLS

There is no clear explanation of why someone would need to install Cockpit or not and how it differs (what it manages) differently than cluster admin pages.

I thought it wasn’t necessary. Do you have a suggestion for it?

@NLS

Again a documentation thing, it needs to be made clear where is which user used. For example NS8 cluster has a default “admin” user, where for Cockpit, you need the root user (or some other user you add). Actually after “installation” section in documentation, there is no step that actually logs you in the cluster admin, it just expects you know how to do it.

Same as for 4

@NLS

• NS7 System Dashboard (I mean the main info page) has way more functionality and information than any details in Cluster Admin.

Be patient!

@NLS

Cluster config backup to a local provider? (NFS etc.)

This could be an idea.

@NLS

• Not sure why smarthost deserves such a central setting spot (which was my question also in NS7… why was it not part of the mail configuration?).

See my answer on the post linked above.

@NLS

In migration from NS7, there should be cleaner notes on the state the migration leaves the existing NS7 server. Also for failed migration. It is a very sensitive and important matter and no details should be considered “implied” or “understood from context”.

How would you improve the inline doc inside the tool?
We are really happy to add more info and to refactor current labels!

@NLS

That’s it for now. Keep up the great work.

Thanks!

@Andy_Wismer

The migration tool has been installed in your NethServer 7x in the last updates…

The tool is not automatically installed.
You need to install it from the Software Center or command line (if you prefer: yum install nethserver-ns8-migration)