Dashboard Configuration

[NicolasToussaint]

The point of this issue is to add the possibility to configure various elements around the Fossology dashboard.

Cron execution

The Python script that pushes metrics is triggered with cron.

For the moment, that Cron configuration is hardcoded, or cumbersome to configure

• the frequency is hard coded in the source code
• the path to the DB.conf file is forced to the Docker specific path, but it is different when installed from source

Grafana URL

1. The remote Grafana database URL is configured in the docker-compose file
2. It is then written to a conf file, from Envronment variable, in the docker-entrypoint script
3. and then read from the file in the script (because env variable are not passed to the Cron script)

How to configure

In the branch, there is already a customize entry to configure the Fossdash URL, that is not used.

The need is to be able to:

• easily change the Fossdash URL / Cron frequency from the web interface
• store the values to the database
• read the data directly from the shell / Python scripts
• make sure the solution works when Fossology is deployed both from Docker and from Sources (because installation paths differ)

[NicolasToussaint]

As discussed, it is now expected to enter the full URL to InfluxDB, including the database name. The change in the UI is correctly taken into account for following pushes.

Could we add a hint to a proper configuration to the user ? For ex. indicate a possible conf for source code and Docker setup:

• Source Code: http://localhost:8086/write?db=fossology_db
• Docker setup: http://influxdb:8086/write?db=fossology_db

[darshank15]

Done

[NicolasToussaint]

URL configuration works well, closing