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What does Solus lack for you?
TinyTunnel_Tom
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Hello,
Just curious as I'm building a new control panel which I intend to be open source and in python (yes not seen one yet). I was wondering is there and client features missing from solus that you want to see?
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Reseller features.
Reseller branding. (We had to develop our own extension to enable reseller branding)
Template documentation
Other than that. I don't think any other panel could match with their support. One of the best support from a company we have got. (+1 Solusvm)
open source and in python (yes not seen one yet).
WebVirtMgr - libvirt/KVM, could be a starting point
OpenVZ, Xen and KVM. Like solus but in python.
Hourly daily weekly billing
Have a nice year :P
Perso. Good management of migration (even on customer side). More detailled stats for nodes.
This was coming into part 2. Billing. Quite looking into it
Haha got most of it built now. I can agree to on that.
Security.
A reseller API.
Solus has been lacking that for years.
It lacks being free
Own ISO is the most pressing issue.
Own templates, snapshots, better node management and alarms, etc.
Hmm, I have a few up my sleeve:
modifywrite a extension for SolusVM a bit so I would get a nice email notification when a node hit 90% capacity)For the reseller CP, it needs much more work (I mean like a complete revamp of the entire thing). Some suggestions:
So, if your panel had these features @TinyTunnel_Tom, I'd be glad to use it if it doesn't look like an unthemed version of Solid (just make sure to make it WHMCS compatible)
How did you exactly do that?
I wrote an extension, @techhelper1
(and no, it won't be up for download)
@techhelper1
I mean, it wouldn't be too hard if you used a cron job and a small bash script.
#!/bin/bash generalinfo=$(uptime) mempercent=$(free | awk 'FNR == 3 {print $3/($3+$4)*100}') if (( $(echo "$mempercent > 70" | bc -l) )); then #do something after memory usage gets too high (in this case, over 70% memory ) echo "Warning: The node xxxxxx has reached $mempercent percent in memory usage." echo "CPU/Uptime: " echo "$generalinfo" else echo "Notice: The node is running normally, with the memory usage sitting at $mempercent." echo "CPU/Uptime: " echo "$generalinfo" fiSave that as memcheck on the filesystem's root.
Add the cron job (crontab -e):
Every hour, you'll receive an email based on the server's resource usage.
It may not be great, but it may help in certain situations to know this.
Support for other Operating Systems other then RHEL
Thanks guys these are a few things I've spotted. However the reseller thing I've been looking into and yea I can agree. There will be support for other OSes I intend for it to be quite universal.
Own templates and ISO will be added. We plan to have a template desk where you can make templates out of your own VMs and upload existing ones.
Any hoo. Thanks guys keep them coming
branded/unbranded owned licenses
Will be free and open source. No license small banner on bottom and nothing a little HTML can't edit. That's all we will add in.
SolusVM lacks good support, which would be difficult to have at an open source project. Why not charge a smaller fee like $7/m (just the price of a single Low end container) and be able to budget for proper support channels and the help of other developers? Also, developing a control panel like this is closely intertwined with system administration, so what happens if you need the help of a security expert (with it being open source, they could see the code, but that doesn't mean it will get a free audit)?
Just some questions to get you thinking.
Many things are open source on a no support basis. However we are considering a support package like proxmox. Security audit will be done at my expense.
Nice dream kid.
ah, almost forget, a good auto backup, either as snapshot or .gz
supports all disk image file formats
It was 3 months ago.
Any ETA + screenshots?
Not long. And not yet. Design it the one I want to change
Will the design be responsive and will it be made with a framework or all homemade?
Snapshot feature.
Been on the list from day 1.
I hope to contact a few old mates and call in some favours.
For me, SolusVM lacks a cloning machine, because jackhackett has a twin: alexvolt.
And your name is better why?