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JUCI JavaScript Webgui for embedded devices running OpenWRT
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Any interest in hosting built packages? #20

Closed max-b closed 8 years ago

max-b commented 9 years ago

Some folks were just mentioning that they wanted to check out your UI, but didn't want to build an entire kernel to test it out. They seemed like they were on the early adopter side of things, but maybe not the kind of folks who have a buildroot sitting around somewhere.

I know that a lot of your development workflow includes people customizing their own builds, but do you think it would be possible to host built packages for maybe just a handful of the most popular architectures?

mkschreder commented 9 years ago

User Mode Linux could be an option.. On 10 Nov 2015 20:26, "max-b" notifications@github.com wrote:

Some folks were just mentioning that they wanted to check out your UI, but didn't to build an entire kernel to test it out.

I know that a lot of your development workflow includes people customizing their own builds, but do you think it would be possible to host built packages for maybe just a handful of the most popular architectures?

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mkschreder commented 9 years ago

Ok, so I've successfully built a uml image. Please try it out from here https://github.com/mkschreder/juci/blob/uml/juci-1.15.11rc3-uml-x86_64.tar.gz?raw=true

You will need to install uml-utilities and then do this on host:

create a tap interface

tuntap -u (eg. tuntap -u 1000)

configure it to have ip 192.168.10.1

ifconfig tap0 192.168.10.1 up

run the startup script

./run.sh

Then go to 192.168.10.10 and login with admin/admin to the gui.

If you have a chance to test this it would be great. Let me know how it works for you. I have also included my .config for openwrt (build from my juciwrt repo) as well as the files directory for this image. You should be able to build your own if you want.

roger- commented 9 years ago

Can this be added to the OpenWrt packages feed?

mkschreder commented 9 years ago

It has it's own feed. Currently juci is in https://github.com/mkschreder/mks-openwrt-feed.git. Use ;v1.15.11 after feed url to use current version of juci.. On 12 Nov 2015 18:24, "Roger" notifications@github.com wrote:

Can this be added to the OpenWrt packages feed https://github.com/openwrt/packages?

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roger- commented 9 years ago

Why not add all those packages to the official feed?

That way there'd be binaries available for everyone (in the trunk daily builds) and people could install and use juci without having to compile everything from scratch (which probably puts a lot of people off from testing it).

mkschreder commented 9 years ago

It is also now possible to build iopsys uml images with juci from https://github.com/mkschreder/iopsys-open-cc.git. You can find instructions on main page.

I can probably host prebuilt images, but in that case, which platforms are you most interested in? On 12 Nov 2015 18:26, "Martin Schroeder" mkschreder.uk@googlemail.com wrote:

It has it's own feed. Currently juci is in https://github.com/mkschreder/mks-openwrt-feed.git. Use ;v1.15.11 after feed url to use current version of juci.. On 12 Nov 2015 18:24, "Roger" notifications@github.com wrote:

Can this be added to the OpenWrt packages feed https://github.com/openwrt/packages?

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mkschreder commented 9 years ago

Roger, because currently juci needs extra functionality from openwrt which is available in forks of core openwrt packages and it also takes a while to get juci to surpass luci in terms of functionality. I would say we are now 85% there. So pretty soon juci can become official interface for openwrt. On 12 Nov 2015 18:30, "Roger" notifications@github.com wrote:

Why not add all those packages to the official feed?

That way there'd be binaries available for everyone (in the trunk daily builds) and people could install and use juci without having to compile everything from scratch (which probably puts a lot of people off from testing it).

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roger- commented 9 years ago

Ah okay. For my own curiosity though: what core packages have been modified? Also, much flash does OpenWrt + juci require to install?

I'm not familiar with iopsys but one day I'll play around with it, thanks.

mkschreder commented 9 years ago

Mostly minor bugfixes. Easiest if you check the diffs. Some of them are probably even obsolete now that juci has become much more standalone and independent of distro you use..

I did a test at getting it into a hootoo box with 4M flash and I managed to make it fit. You can strip out quite a few things if size is an issue and still have a working gui. I am however not currently actively trying to make it fit into 4M so I haven't really been putting much time into it.. On 12 Nov 2015 19:22, "Roger" notifications@github.com wrote:

Ah okay. For my own curiosity though: what core packages have been modified? Also, much flash does OpenWrt + juci require to install?

I'm not familiar with iopsys but one day I'll play around with it, thanks.

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mkschreder commented 9 years ago

Roger, I have in fact now condensed all the changes and put it in the feed. But to make openwrt install overrides for core packages from the feed you need to use -f option to ./scripts/feeds.. In CC it is supported.

So juci will work now on stock openwrt CC by doing just this: git clone git://git.openwrt.org/15.05/openwrt.git openwrt cd openwrt cp feeds.conf.default feeds.conf echo "src-git-full juci https://github.com/mkschreder/mks-openwrt-feed.git;v1.15.11" >> feeds.conf ./scripts/feeds update -a ./scripts/feeds install -a

use -f to override uhttpd, rpcd and ubus

./scripts/feeds install -f -p juci -a

You will still need to have a working juci uci config though. For this there is juci.example.config..

One more step towards making it supersimple..

When I have time I can add a few preconfigured targets to the feed..

roger- commented 9 years ago

That's great! Does this mean that a binary package can be made for stock that overwrites the necessary core packages?

mkschreder commented 9 years ago

No, you add my feed and make it override stock source packages and then juci will work as expected. So if you install the juci feed with -f option (force overrides - see above) then you will now see in console "Overriding package..." and then when you configure your image with juci + juci-theme-inteno + juci-ubus-core + any other plugins you need (which do not conflict with eachother), you will get a working image even with stock CC now.

I will add an example openwrt config soon with all necessary options selected...

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That's great! Does this mean that a binary package can be made for stock that overwrites the necessary core packages?

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mkschreder commented 8 years ago

Closing this. Reopen if any questions persist.