[BUG] UI doesn't show version of distribution

[stockholmux]

Describe the bug

The help menu displays v1.0.0 - this is the version of OpenSearch Dashboards. In the upcoming distribution 1.0.1 release, only patch versions of the plugins will change and Dashboards is slated to not change. So, after upgrade Dashboards will still show 1.0.0, which will be confusing.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open OpenSearch Dashboards
2. Click on the life preserver
3. (see screenshot)

Expected behaviour This area should should the correct distribution and dashboards version.

OpenSearch Version 1.0.0

Dashboards Version 1.0.0

Plugins All OpenSearch

Screenshots

[kavilla]

The help menu is linked to package.json version value [here]. So we will need to make a change but for the bundle we should be able to mimic what we did for the rc1 version where we modified the package.json and bundled it.

[jcgraybill]

Hey, if we make a change to the UI here, let's be sure to use the right terminology: the collection of OpenSearch, OpenSearch Dashboards, and some number of plugins that are tested and distributed together is a "distribution".

[stockholmux]

@jcgraybill Edited to reflect the correct terminology.

[tmarkley]

@kavilla was this addressed?

[tmarkley]

Confirmed that this was addressed in a previous change. The reason this didn't show as v1.0.1 was because Dashboards didn't bump our package version for the patch release.

@ahopp Follow-up: we may need to be specific about what version this represents. We may need to specify the version of Dashboards, OpenSearch, and plugins? Or remove this altogether. If versions diverge this will be very important.

[stockholmux]

@tmarkley So if there is a 1.1.1 with only a change in a plugin, will the correct version show?

[tmarkley]

So if there is a 1.1.1 with only a change in a plugin, will the correct version show?

It will just as long as Dashboards bumps the package version number.

[elfisher]

@ahopp let's take a look at this. I see an opportunity to be more explicit about the versions we report here. For example, this could be updated to show the Dashboards version and the OpenSearch version since they aren't always the same.

[tmarkley]

I'm going through some old issues to try to take care of some low hanging fruit. @ahopp @seanneumann @kgcreative can we land on a path forward here? Should we show both the Dashboards version and the OpenSearch version? How should we label them in the help menu?

[seanneumann]

Since we now support multiple data sources and are working on decoupling Dashboards to run independently, I think we should only show the Dashboards version. And in the Stack Management / Data Sources we should list the endpoint versions.

https://playground.opensearch.org/app/management/opensearch-dashboards/dataSources

@seraphjiang Thoughts?

[seraphjiang]

Since we now support multiple data sources and are working on decoupling Dashboards to run independently, I think we should only show the Dashboards version. And in the Stack Management / Data Sources we should list the endpoint versions.

https://playground.opensearch.org/app/management/opensearch-dashboards/dataSources

@seraphjiang Thoughts?

Agree only show dashboards version, not the distribution version of all product.

btw, dashboards has status page to see all plugins versions

https://playground.opensearch.org/status

the information is retrieved from https://playground.opensearch.org/api/status

{
    "name": "dashboards-opensearch-dashboards-78fc478b4c-fmwh8",
    "uuid": "950cadef-8927-47a5-b9e7-d50112079f3a",
    "version": {
        "number": "2.4.0",
        "build_hash": "6e38e1c6f71e56b70f9b89a0452c19f3667995e8",
        "build_number": 4304,
        "build_snapshot": false
    },
    "status": {
        "overall": {
            "since": "2022-12-06T02:02:26.707Z",
            "state": "green",
            "title": "Green",
            "nickname": "Looking good",
            "icon": "success",
            "uiColor": "secondary"
        },
        "statuses": [
            {
                "id": "core:opensearch@2.4.0",
                "message": "OpenSearch is available",
                "since": "2022-12-06T02:02:26.707Z",
                "state": "green",
                "icon": "success",
                "uiColor": "secondary"
            },
            {
                "id": "core:savedObjects@2.4.0",
                "message": "SavedObjects service has completed migrations and is available",
                "since": "2022-12-06T02:02:26.707Z",
                "state": "green",
                "icon": "success",
                "uiColor": "secondary"
            },
            {
                "id": "plugin:advancedSettings@2.4.0",
                "message": "All dependencies are available",
                "since": "2022-12-06T02:02:26.707Z",
                "state": "green",
                "icon": "success",
                "uiColor": "secondary"
            },

show engine version of data source is a great idea if feasible. It should be a runtime version instead of static, retrieve when connect to endpoint. that way if customer upgrade their domain to new version, it got reflect without update datasource.

[kgcreative]

Would it make sense to add a Connection type column? This would allow for additional information (e.g. OpenSearch 1.2, Prometheus 1.2.3, Spark 1.2.1, S3, etc

cc: @KrooshalUX

[kgcreative]

This also leads me to think we need Source and Destination columns to account for things like Federated data sources, where a data source might exist in a remote cluster.

[seraphjiang]

close per https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/6178