Install issues.....

[mikemast01]

I follow the install and config page, but when i go to the webcommander page on my server I get "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.".... and then it shows me the index.xsl text on the screen. I fell like I missed something, and went thru the document a few times and cant figure out what.. Thanks for any help in pointing me in the right direction.

Mike

[9whirls]

Please open http://your_server_address/webcmd.php in your browser and post a screenshot and source code (right click on the page and select "view source") here.

[mikemast01]

[mikemast01]

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="index.xsl" ?>

This command generates _def.xml. It parses all powershell scripts to get information from comment based help and parameter attributes. This is an example python command Python This is an example ruby command Ruby This is an example perl command Perl

[mikemast01]

It does not look like I can copy and paste the source... So I attached it....

source.txt

[9whirls]

It works well. webcmd.php is the entry point. If you download from walnut branch, entry point is index.html

[mikemast01]

OK.. the site defaults to index.xsl when it is installed.. does that need to change to webcmd.php ?

[mikemast01]

so i Hve the webcommander-master.. should I use the walnut branch? what is the difference?

[9whirls]

Yes, it's better to change webcmd.php to be the default. If setup.ps1 works for you, this is configured automatically. https://github.com/vmware/webcommander/blob/master/powershell/Install/setup.ps1#L167

[mikemast01]

it worked, but index.xsl was set as default.

PS C:\Users\admmmasters> C:\WebCommander\powershell\Install\setup.ps1 Downloading WPI ... WPI downloaded successfully. Downloading WebCommander package... WebCommander package downloaded successfully IIS is already installed. Web Platform Installer is already installed. PHP is already installed. Extracting WebCommander package... WebCommander package extracted successfully. Stopped all existing websites. Creating WebCommander website... WebCommander website created successfully. Configuring website authentication... Windows authentication is enabled. Changing x86 Powershell profile... Powershell profile changed successfully. Changing WSMAN settings... WSMAN settings changed successfully. PS WSMan:\localhost\Client> C:\WebCommander\powershell\Install\setup.ps1

[9whirls]

If you never used webcommander before, I recommend walnut because it contains all latest features.

[mikemast01]

Ok I will look into installing walnut and see... Thanks for the quick responses .

[9whirls]

You are welcome. Please note that master and walnut could co-exist on the same server. Considering you already have master setup, you could just download walnut zip and extract it in the folder where you install master.

https://github.com/vmware/webcommander/archive/walnut.zip

[mikemast01]

I got walnut working on another port another site, so I can look at both, while I get used to working with webcommander.

[9whirls]

That's smart.

[9whirls]

I forgot to mention yesterday. If you run walnut at any other port than 80, you need to modify sources.json to make local scripts show in the command list https://github.com/vmware/webcommander/blob/walnut/sources.json#L2

[mikemast01]

in what file? That is where I am a little confused, on this and I am trying to figure out. is how the scripts show up in the list, and how to make it so only certain ones show up in the list.?

[9whirls]

In webcommander\sources.json, you could add multiple URLs to command definition files. A command definition file, also in JSON format, includes mulitple script definitions. The definition file could be generated automatially from powershell scripts by running genDefJson.ps1

[mikemast01]

Thanks, I am figuring this out as I go. Is there a way to get rid of the "example perl/Pyton/ruby command" from showing up? I modified the def file to get only the scripts I want to show, but those are still listed.

Thanks

[9whirls]

Sorry, I was ralking about walnut. For master, just remove perl, python and ruby folders.

[mikemast01]

Thanks so much, you are awesome. I have been writing scripts for customers to use, and they run them thru citrix after I compile to a exe... I have been looking for a web interface that would be better for users to use to create snaps, delete snaps and console access, and this looks great.

[9whirls]

Cool. Once you feel comfortable to use webcommander, please think about contributing your scripts. Your valuable work could also benefit others! BTW, do you mind let me know which company you work for?

[mikemast01]

Thanks , will do.. I work for Emerson.

http://www.emerson.com/en-us

[9whirls]

Nice. Got 1 more fortune 500 user :)

[mikemast01]

LOL…

Web Commander will be a good starting point for me to develop something internally for us to use.

Mike Masters | VMware Administrator | Emerson | 8000 W. Florissant Ave. | St. Louis | MO | 63136 | USA T +1 314.553.2542 | F + 1 314.553.1491 | M +1 314.502.8914 CompTIA | A+ , Net + , Sec. + VMWare | VCP 3,4,5 VCAP5-DCA MCITP | 2008 SA/VA

From: Jerry Liu [mailto:notifications@github.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 3:25 PM To: vmware/webcommander Cc: Masters, Mike [CORP/US] Subject: Re: [webcommander] Install issues..... (#119)

Nice. Got 1 more fortune 500 user :)

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/vmware/webcommander/issues/119#issuecomment-178829010.

[9whirls]

That sounds a great plan! Looking forward to getting your pull requests.

[virtmann]

Any plans for updating the installation wiki page to cover walnut?

[9whirls]

It is the same. Once you setup by following the wiki, copy walnut code to c:\webcommander.