Dashboard Widgets

yoda715 · May 25, 2007, 12:58 AM

The dashboard package for 1.2 has been released. The package is named 'Dashboard' and You must be running the 1.2 beta 5-24 snapshot or greater. Go to the package page on your pfsense and try them out! Let me know of improvements or bugs that you find. I've also thrown together a rough document for creating widgets of your own. Go to http://www.pfsense.org/~sdale/creating%20widgets.pdf to view the pdf for creating widgets.

If you create a widget please post it here so others may enjoy the goods and for possible inclusion into the main package.

Enjoy!

dotdash · May 25, 2007, 2:08 AM

I actually noticed this a few hours ago when loading a package on a new box. When I saw it there I had to update my production box to the latest snap so I could play with it. When I first loaded it, it stopped working after I added the traffic graphs. It said something about starting a service after install, but I didn't see anything in status, services. I did a re-install of the package and it came up again (page had reverted to default system overview). My first impression is that having all this info on one page is amazing. Thanks for giving us a chance to try this out.

yoda715 · May 25, 2007, 2:17 AM

It's not actually a service. All the package does is copy the necessary files over and make a backup of your current ones.

Thanks for the feedback.

ben.suffolk · May 25, 2007, 5:20 PM

Hi,

Thanks for this, I just tested it out. I'm using Mac OS/X and firefox.

What I noticed was the the default widget (system info box) is bigger (taller) than the page background box, so it hangs off the bottom.

Also the + button brigs up a little menu, but clicking on the items to add does nothing but hide the menu. Oddly if I click system info in the menu I get an apply changes button.

I also noticed in the main packages menu you state it needs version xxx or older. Did you mean or newer?

[EDIT] Just noticed I was using an earlier snapshot that required. I upgraded and reinstalled the package, the only difference I noticed was that the background box is now big enough (but the footer is now not centered, but left aligned). The + button still does not allow me to additional widgets.

Regards

Ben

hoba · May 25, 2007, 10:40 PM

Must be some kind of updateglitch. It works just fine here on my OSX with FF 2.0.0.3.

blackwalls81 · May 26, 2007, 11:24 AM

im also having the same issue with FF no prob with IE

ben.suffolk · May 26, 2007, 3:38 PM

@hoba:

Must be some kind of updateglitch. It works just fine here on my OSX with FF 2.0.0.3.

Thats the same version I am running. I removed the package and reinstalled it. Now it looks a little different. The footer is centered as it should be, and the System information box has a header with a - and x box, and I can move it around now and save its new position. I could not do that before,so things are looking up. :)

I can add the interfaces box as well, but not the logs or traffic graphs, neither of those do anything when I click on them in the add menu.

Regards

Ben

heiko · May 26, 2007, 4:12 PM

@ben.suffolk:

I can add the interfaces box as well, but not the logs or traffic graphs, neither of those do anything when I click on them in the add menu.

I have the same problems here too….

jahonix · May 26, 2007, 8:03 PM

Well, when I try to save changes I get on an otherwise blank screen:

XML error: USE_RRD_GATEWAY at line 53 cannot occur more than once

Actually, I don't have this field defined any more since it doesn't work at all on my machines…

Chris

sullrich · May 26, 2007, 10:05 PM

@jahonix:

Well, when I try to save changes I get on an otherwise blank screen:
XML error: USE_RRD_GATEWAY at line 53 cannot occur more than once
Actually, I don't have this field defined any more since it doesn't work at all on my machines…

Chris

The field is still defined. Remove it then remove /tmp/config.cache.

jahonix · May 26, 2007, 10:59 PM

@sullrich:

The field is still defined. Remove it then remove /tmp/config.cache.

I deleted the line in config.xml and restored the configuration. I never got anything else but a blank graph and decided I just don't care anymore.
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,3470.msg26751.html#msg26751
This is on both my machines with a full install and the same provider.

Which XML file is the message refering to? I could dig in there…

jahonix · May 26, 2007, 11:25 PM

@sdale:

http://www.pfsense.org/~sdale/creating%20widgets.pdf to view the pdf for creating widgets.

Are you sure about the widget's path you specify in the .PDF?
I saw mine at: /usr/local/**www/**widgets/…

yoda715 · May 27, 2007, 1:25 AM

@jahonix:

@sdale:

http://www.pfsense.org/~sdale/creating%20widgets.pdf to view the pdf for creating widgets.

Are you sure about the widget's path you specify in the .PDF?
I saw mine at: /usr/local/**www/**widgets/…

Oops. Corrected now. Thanks!

omegadraconis · May 28, 2007, 5:09 AM

So after a few hours of running the package I check the first page and found the below image. I'm using snapshot 1.2-BETA-1-TESTING-05-27-2007. Nothing in the system log or package log. Shows the same way in ie and in firefox. A reboot did not clear it up.

I also can't remove that package and re-installing didn't work. Just hangs and gives me:
"Removing package…
Loading package configuration dashboard.xml...
Loading package instructions..."

yoda715 · May 28, 2007, 6:59 PM

Try using the nervecenter theme.

omegadraconis · May 29, 2007, 6:15 AM

@sdale:

Try using the nervecenter theme.

Did that didn't change anything. I did get it to work again after trying a few things. I did a backup and restore of my config file, then I reinstalled all packages, it still wasn't working but, then I was able to delete dashboard and re-install it. It may have been a problem with my other packages, a few seemed to be messed up.

ben.suffolk · May 29, 2007, 6:23 AM

@omegadraconis:

So after a few hours of running the package I check the first page and found the below image. I'm using snapshot 1.2-BETA-1-TESTING-05-27-2007. Nothing in the system log or package log. Shows the same way in ie and in firefox. A reboot did not clear it up.

I also can't remove that package and re-installing didn't work. Just hangs and gives me:
"Removing package…
Loading package configuration dashboard.xml...
Loading package instructions..."

I had this when I upgraded to the latest snapshot, well actually I had the default home page, and the package installed, so I tried to delete the package so that I could reinstall it, but got the same as you.

What I did was download the XML config, remove the package entry from it, upload it again. Then I could reinstall the package again. When I reinstalled it still did not change the home page from the default, but I delete it (which worked fine this time) then installed it again, and its all back (but still can't get logs or graphs to work).

Ben

luma · May 30, 2007, 4:04 PM

Hi,

pFSense rocks :)

Is there a way to install this package on embedded snapshot?

Thanks

yoda715 · May 31, 2007, 2:23 AM

In the upcoming 1.3 Release all versions, including embedded, will have the dashboard installed by default. Once 1.2 is out the door the beta for 1.3 will follow shortly after that.

luma · May 31, 2007, 5:53 AM

Excellent news!

Thanks