Ginger S390x Plugin

Ginger S390x is an open source IBM z Systems IO management plugin for Wok (Webserver Originated from Kimchi), that provides an intuitive web panel with common tools for configuring and managing the Linux systems.

Wok is a cherrypy-based web framework with HTML5 support that is extended by plugins which expose functionality through REST APIs.

The current features include: IBM z Systems IO Management

Browser Support

Desktop Browser Support:

• Internet Explorer: Current version
• Chrome: Current version
• Firefox: Current version
• Safari: Current version
• Opera: Current version

Mobile Browser Support:

• Safari iOS: Current-1 version
• Android Browser Current-1 version

Hypervisor Distro Support

Ginger S390x and Wok might run on any GNU/Linux distribution that meets the conditions described on the 'Getting Started' section below.

The Ginger community makes an effort to test it with the latest version of KVM for IBM z Systems.

Getting Started

Install Dependencies

KVM for IBM z Systems

$ sudo yum install wok

# These dependencies are only required if you want to run the tests:
$ sudo yum install python-mock

Build and Install

Wok:
$ ./autogen.sh --system

$ make
$ sudo make install   # Optional if running from the source tree

Ginger S390x:
$ cd src/wok/plugins/gingers390x
$ ./autogen.sh --system

$ make
$ sudo make install   # Optional if running from the source tree

Run

$ systemctl start wokd

Test

$ cd src/wok/plugins/gingers390x

$ make check-local # check for i18n and formatting errors
$ sudo make check

After all tests are executed, a summary will be displayed containing any errors/failures which might have occurred.