Posted by: Ben Chambers
on Jan 26, 2012
With the release of ClearOS 6 drawing closer, we'd like to update the community on the continued evolution and direction of ClearOS.
ClearOS 6 marks a significant step forward on two fronts to engage developers and ISV's currently outside the ClearOS community to develop on the ClearOS 6 platform:
- the new webconfig framework
- ClearCenter's Marketplace.
Webconfig Framework
The re-factoring of the ClearOS 5 webconfig code to utilize a more modern, secure and extensible PHP/UI framework (CodeIgniter and Jquery/JqueryUI was chosen) will assuredly make new developers to ClearOS feel more 'at home' and be productive faster than learning a completely custom API. In addition, significant resources
Posted by: Ben Chambers
on Jun 29, 2011
With the ClearOS Enterprise Alpha (and shortly thereafter, Beta) image nearing release, there are bound to be questions on one of the major features making its debut in the upcoming release - ClearCenter's Marketplace.
Simply put, ClearCenter's Marketplace is an online store featuring apps and services (both free and paid) for ClearOS Enterprise. For those using or familiar with Android smartphones, there is a good analogy that will help clarify the direction we are taking. Let's start with the following two premises:
1. ClearOS is to Server, Network & Gateway what Android OS is to Smartphones.
2. ClearCenter's new Marketplace is to ClearOS Enterprise (the platform) what Google's Android Marketplace is to Android OS.
Posted by: Ben Chambers
on May 12, 2010
Apologies for the delay in bringing you Part 4! Too much to do...too little time.
For those joining late or who have troubles (like me) remembering what they did yesterday, let's do a quick recap.
In Part 1, our focus was to find a solution to the problem "Where has all my disk space gone". We settled on some code written by a software-engineer in the Netherlands who wrote Philesight - a web-based graphical chart of disk usage on a Linux server.
The goal in Part 2 was to get Philesight installed in our environment (ClearOS's webconfig), with a bit of an introduction to packages and RPM dependencies.
We then graduated to embedding the output Philesight provides (i.e. the graph) right into webconfig. Also in Part 3, we created the necessary localization files and took a quick peek into cron jobs and scripts.
In Part 4, we're going to package our work. Ugh....packaging. Gotta do it though, otherwise, we'll have everyone becoming experts in the command line environment and see hourly wages for Linux admins/developers plummet...can't have that on my conscience! Grab a Red Bull...we could be in for a long haul.
Posted by: Ben Chambers
on Apr 22, 2010
In Part 2 of "Princess and the ClearOS", we managed to drink our way into oblivion after getting Philesight installed and displaying the disk usage graph for our ClearOS server.
Before we move on, let's make sure we give credit where credit is due and extend the customary "I'll buy you a beer if I'm ever in..." traditions.
Zevv...thank you for your contribution to ClearOS and OSS in general!
Today's goal is relatively straightforward...we're going to create all the necessary files to have Philesight update the summary database once per day and display as a menu item in ClearOS's webconfig interface.
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