fgribreau/forever-webui

[unmaintained] :satellite: A simple web UI for efficient NodeJS processes administration

[unmaintained] Forever Web UI

Console, for an efficient NodeJS administration.

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Installation

Via npm (node package manager)

    npm install forever-webui && sudo node node_modules/forever-webui/app.js

and browse http://127.0.0.1:8085

Via Git + NPM

    git clone https://github.com/FGRibreau/forever-webui.git
    cd forever-webui/
    npm install
    sudo npm start

and browse http://127.0.0.1:8085

Usage

Start NodeJS processes with forever cli and manage them via a web interface.

** Please note that you need to start Forever Console via sudo, because if you are planning to run node processes thru sudo, they will be visible to forever, via sudo only. [1]

Add a users.json file

    node add_user

this will create a users.json file if it doesn't exist yet and adds a new user via prompt.

Run Tests

    npm install && npm test

Clean

    npm clean

To Do

• Starting process directly from the web interface: In-Progress
• Save the last X processes stopped via the web for later restart: In-Progress

Donate

I maintain this project in my free time, if it helped you please support my work via paypal, thanks a lot!

Licence

Copyright (c) 2011, Francois-Guillaume Ribreau [email protected] All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

• Neither the name of forever-webui nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Author: Francois-Guillaume Ribreau

forever-webui's Issues

[Forever] Integrate forever.tail (target, [length,] callback)

interpret ANSI color codes in logs

It would be great if ANSI color codes found in logs (such as when using log4js-node) could be converted to colored text in the HTML.

Authentication for Web UI

Login Authentication is necessary, so that the Console is restricted for authorised personnel usage, and not abused.

Create a build process from the makefile

Right now, the build is not automatic. We need to enable this from the makefile.

1. Uglify & Minify JS & CSS assets.
2. JS to CoffeScript updates.
3. Enable Gzip compression at the App Level (this doesn't fall under this category, but I dont want to add one more issue just for this)

undefined is not a function

node.js:202
        throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
              ^
TypeError: undefined is not a function
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever-webui/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:45:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:432:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:450:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:351:31)
    at Function._load (module.js:310:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:357:17)
    at require (module.js:368:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever-webui/app.js:6:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever-webui/app.js:197:4)
    at Module._compile (module.js:432:26)

Restructure app.js code

Right now, the entire app server is in one single file: app.js. We need to restructure it, so that possible enhancements become much more easy & modular to do.

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Erreur quand je me log (après avoir créer un user)

close/delete please :)

Error on run using node v0.4.12

Error log:

/var/apps/foreverui  $ node node_modules/forever-webui/app.js 

node.js:134
        throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
        ^
TypeError: undefined is not a function
    at CALL_NON_FUNCTION_AS_CONSTRUCTOR (native)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/apps/foreverui/node_modules/forever-webui/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:45:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:411:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:31)
    at Function._load (module.js:302:12)
    at require (module.js:355:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/apps/foreverui/node_modules/forever-webui/app.js:6:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/apps/foreverui/node_modules/forever-webui/app.js:197:4)
    at Module._compile (module.js:411:26)

Any thoughts?

Functional Tests

Create Functional Test Suite, so that Tests can be integrated with CI, and Build status will be known before something is broken.

TypeError: Object function (req, res, next)

Caught exception: TypeError: Object function (req, res, next) {
app.handle(req, res, next);
} has no method 'configure'

I have this error when I launch : "sudo npm start"

I don't understand how to fix my problem.

Save a process that is stopped, for a later restart

Once a process is stopped from the UI, it needs to be saved on the UI, for a probable restart option later.

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Heads up for upcoming changes to forever

Some big and interesting refactors in the pipeline checkout: https://github.com/nodejitsu/forever/branches

Add logger support etc

1. Logger, to log some essential things at the App server
2. Favicon: some cool favicon to represent Forever webui

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Not able to start forever-webui

Hi, I'm getting the following error when trying to start the app.

$ node app.js

node.js:201
throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
^
TypeError: undefined is not a function
at Object. (/Volumes/Projects/forever-webui/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:45:23)
at Module._compile (module.js:432:26)
at Object..js (module.js:450:10)
at Module.load (module.js:351:31)
at Function._load (module.js:310:12)
at Module.require (module.js:357:17)
at require (module.js:368:17)
at Object. (/Volumes/Projects/forever-webui/app.js:6:13)
at Object. (/Volumes/Projects/forever-webui/app.js:197:4)
at Module._compile (module.js:432:26)

Kind Regards

Add gh-pages

Add gh-pages, with corresponding content to represent Forever web ui Home Page

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How to create my own user/password?

Hi,
how can i create my own user/password?
Is there any configuration file to do this or i need to change the code?

Thanks

Start a process from the UI

We need to be able to start a Process from the UI, with basic parameters like App Log, Out Log, Err Log, and custom parameters for the Process.

At a minimum, the custom parameters are necessary for the Process.

Deprecated ?

Hi devs,

this tools looks awesome, but before installing it a wanna make sure it's working.
It's looks like forever-webui has not been updated since few years.

This is currently in a functionnal state ?

Thank you !

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Neat!

This isn't really an issue, but I wanted to say this is cool :)

Can't install via npm

npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "forever-webui"
npm ERR! cwd /data/taskServerDevel/toba-testbed/forever-webui
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.12
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.36
npm ERR! type non_object_property_call
npm ERR! message Cannot call method 'filter' of undefined
npm ERR! addLocalDirectory Could not pack "/home/taskserver/tmp/npm-1557/1343392112451-0.7930171098560095/package" to "/home/taskserver/.npm/socket.io/0.6.18/package.tgz"
npm ERR! SyntaxError: Unexpected token }
npm ERR! at Object.parse (native)
npm ERR! at Packer.readRules (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream-npm/fstream-npm.js:185:33)
npm ERR! at Packer. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream-npm/node_modules/fstream-ignore/ignore.js:132:22)
npm ERR! at [object Object]. (fs.js:115:5)
npm ERR! at [object Object].emit (events.js:64:17)
npm ERR! at afterRead (fs.js:1117:12)
npm ERR! at Object.wrapper as oncomplete
npm ERR! { [SyntaxError: Unexpected token }]
npm ERR! file: '/home/taskserver/tmp/npm-1557/1343392112451-0.7930171098560095/package/support/socket.io-client/lib/vendor/uglifyjs/package.json',
npm ERR! code: undefined,
npm ERR! path: '/home/taskserver/tmp/npm-1557/1343392112451-0.7930171098560095/package/support/socket.io-client/lib/vendor/uglifyjs',
npm ERR! fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR! fstream_path: '/home/taskserver/tmp/npm-1557/1343392112451-0.7930171098560095/package/support/socket.io-client/lib/vendor/uglifyjs',
npm ERR! fstream_class: 'Packer',
npm ERR! fstream_stack:
npm ERR! [ 'Packer.readRules (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream-npm/fstream-npm.js:188:10)',
npm ERR! 'Packer. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream-npm/node_modules/fstream-ignore/ignore.js:132:22)',
npm ERR! '[object Object]. (fs.js:115:5)',
npm ERR! '[object Object].emit (events.js:64:17)',
npm ERR! 'afterRead (fs.js:1117:12)',
npm ERR! 'Object.wrapper as oncomplete' ] }

Can not use forever-webui on forever module

This is the forever module log :

error: Forever detected script exited with code: 0
error: Script restart attempt #12
[Sun May 10 2015 17:30:07]  WARN: Run: node add_user.js to add a user.
[Sun May 10 2015 17:30:07]  ERRR: Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'users.json'
error: Forever detected script exited with code: 0

However, I have added the users.json.
I think maybe the users.json is on my ~/dev/forever-webui,
and I run forever module on ~/

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Improve the Forever processes listing layout to accomodate Fluid Layout

This is necessary, so that we can save the recently stopped processes, and hold them in the sidebar and can launch them again (restart) whenever we need.

Essentially, this needs a fluid layout.

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npm clean not working

I tried npm clean but it is not being recognised. I got the following output:

Usage: npm <command>

where <command> is one of:
    add-user, adduser, apihelp, author, bin, bugs, c, cache,
    completion, config, ddp, dedupe, deprecate, docs, edit,
    explore, faq, find, find-dupes, get, help, help-search,
    home, i, info, init, install, isntall, issues, la, link,
    list, ll, ln, login, ls, outdated, owner, pack, prefix,
    prune, publish, r, rb, rebuild, remove, repo, restart, rm,
    root, run-script, s, se, search, set, show, shrinkwrap,
    star, stars, start, stop, submodule, tag, test, tst, un,
    uninstall, unlink, unpublish, unstar, up, update, v,
    version, view, whoami