Cockpit Plugin for BlueChi

This is a Cockpit module for Eclipse BlueChi.

Development dependencies

On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install gettext nodejs npm make

On Fedora:

sudo dnf install gettext nodejs npm make

Getting and building the source

These commands check out the source and build it into the dist/ directory:

git clone https://github.com/engelmi/cockpit-bluechi.git
cd cockpit-bluechi
make

Installing

make install compiles and installs the package in /usr/local/share/cockpit/. The convenience targets srpm and rpm build the source and binary rpms, respectively. Both of these make use of the dist target, which is used to generate the distribution tarball. In production mode, source files are automatically minified and compressed. Set NODE_ENV=production if you want to duplicate this behavior.

For development, you usually want to run your module straight out of the git tree. To do that, run make devel-install, which links your checkout to the location were cockpit-bridge looks for packages. If you prefer to do this manually:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/cockpit
ln -s `pwd`/dist ~/.local/share/cockpit/cockpit-bluechi

After changing the code and running make again, reload the Cockpit page in your browser.

You can also use watch mode to automatically update the bundle on every code change with

./build.js -w

or

make watch

When developing against a virtual machine, watch mode can also automatically upload the code changes by setting the RSYNC environment variable to the remote hostname.

RSYNC=c make watch

When developing against a remote host as a normal user, RSYNC_DEVEL can be set to upload code changes to ~/.local/share/cockpit/ instead of /usr/local.

RSYNC_DEVEL=example.com make watch

To "uninstall" the locally installed version, run make devel-uninstall, or remove manually the symlink:

rm ~/.local/share/cockpit/cockpit-bluechi

Further reading

• Cockpit Deployment and Developer documentation
• Make your project easily discoverable