Ginger Base is an open source base host 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 of Base Host Management of Linux system include: + Shutdown, Restart, Connect + Basic Information + System Statistics + Software Updates + Repository Management + Debug Reports (SoS Reports)
- Internet Explorer: Current version
- Chrome: Current version
- Firefox: Current version
- Safari: Current version
- Opera: Current version
- Safari iOS: Current-1 version
- Android Browser Current-1 version
Ginger Base 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 versions of Fedora, RHEL, OpenSuSe, and Ubuntu.
For fedora and RHEL:
$ sudo yum install wok gettext-devel git \
python-psutil sos python-lxml \
libxslt pyparted \
python-websockify python-configobj
# If using Fedora, install the following additional packages:
$ sudo yum install python2-dnf
# If using RHEL, install the following additional packages:
$ sudo yum install python-unittest2 python-ordereddict
# These dependencies are only required if you want to run the tests:
$ sudo yum install pyflakes python-pep8 python-requests
Note for RHEL users: Some of the above packages are located in the Red Hat EPEL repositories. See this FAQ for more information on how to configure your system to access this repository.
And for RHEL7 systems, you also need to subscribe to the "RHEL Server Optional" channel at RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite.
For debian:
$ sudo apt-get install wok gettext python-apt \
python-configobj \
python-psutil sosreport \
python-lxml xsltproc \
python-parted websockify
Packages version requirement:
python-jsonschema >= 1.3.0
python-psutil >= 0.6.0
# These dependencies are only required if you want to run the tests:
$ sudo apt-get install pep8 pyflakes python-requests
For openSUSE:
$ sudo zypper install wok gettext-tools \
python-psutil python-lxml \
libxslt-tools python-xml python-parted \
python-configobj python-websockify
Packages version requirement:
python-psutil >= 0.6.0
# These dependencies are only required if you want to run the tests:
$ sudo zypper install python-pyflakes python-pep8 python-requests
Note for openSUSE users: Some of the above packages are located in different openSUSE repositories. See this FAQ for python-parted; And this FAQ for more information on how configure your system to access this repository.
Wok:
$ ./autogen.sh --system
$ make
$ sudo make install # Optional if running from the source tree
Ginger Base:
$ cd plugins/gingerbasae
$ ./autogen.sh --system
$ make
$ sudo make install # Optional if running from the source tree
$ systemctl start wokd
$ cd plugins/gingerbase
$ 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.
Connect your browser to https://localhost:8001. Once logged in you could see host tab which provides the gingerbase functionality.
Wok uses PAM to authenticate users so you can log in with the same username and password that you would use to log in to the machine itself.
Ginger Base Host tab provides the base host functionality like system information, system statistics, software updates, repositories and debug reports functionality.
Also Ginger Base provides shutdown, re-start and connect options.
All patches are sent through our mailing list. More information can be found at:
https://github.com/kimchi-project/ginger/wiki/Communications
Patches should be sent using git-send-email to ginger-dev-list@googlegroups.com