Allow users to get an isolated web terminal that allows them to perform actions as the tool. This should be accessible from within striker.
This has several advantages, particularly for windows users. This also simplifies the task of getting setup for other users too.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T332480 Make it possible to maintain Toolforge tools via an easy-to-use web interface instead of a command-line one | |||
| Open | None | T144713 Add a web shell allowing people to perform actions as their tool from striker |
from irc chat:
[22:34] <yuvipanda> so in striker [22:34] <yuvipanda> we'll have a 'launch web console' thing [22:34] <yuvipanda> click that [22:34] <yuvipanda> we launch a k8s container [22:34] <yuvipanda> set to the appropriate user (striker will need a privileged user that can launch containers as other users) [22:34] <yuvipanda> said container will just run terminado and we can easily connect that to the terminal
This is something I've spend a lot of time thinking about in the context of offering a web interface to scap.
Hahahah, this ring a lot of bells xd
One quick-and-dirty test I did is to create a jupyter notebook container, that allows you to run a terminal where you can install the toolforge clis (it needs polishing, but it works, see https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/toolforge-repos/jupytest).
This also ties a bit with T383146: Toolforge UI: Investigate integration of Striker functionality, where the integration might be having the operational console as a separated service than current striker (here, started inside the tool namespace on-demand), and linking from one to the other. Linking so we can reference/gather the ideas whenever we start preparing to work on it.
I think this is the terminado software that is mentioned there (very interesting) https://github.com/yuvipanda/jupyterhub-ssh