Shutdown btn functionality?

[0verbyte]

I would suppose this should be able to shutdown the machine and reboot it? It would not make sense to just hard shutdown the machine without it rebooting.

Thoughts?

[gbb]

I think it's an enormously bad idea to put a shutdown button on a monitoring page!

[gbb]

I'd also recommend changing the 'power/shutdown button' into a 'refresh all' button at the top. That would be useful and in line with a monitoring dashboard.

[joseph-norman]

Agreed with what gbb said about it being fully functional! What was the original design idea for the power button?

[gbb]

I suppose a key question is: is this a monitoring panel or a control panel?

[0verbyte]

I will put this on hold until we decide further what the functionality should be. But here are some ideas for functionality:

• display a modal dialog confirming you wish to restart the server
• refresh all modules
• nothing at all(remove the button)

[tariqbuilds]

The power button was naively intended to be a page refresh, nothing more. Adding a server shut-down or restart button to a monitoring panel seems out of place. Everything else is a consumption of data whereas shutdown/restart is an actionable option.

Personally speaking, I certainly would not want it on a monitoring panel for any of my servers.

However, I welcome icon alternatives.

[lacivert]

@afaqurk very good idea for page refresh but I think 'refresh' button would be more understandable. Otherwise it looks confusing really. I was afraid to touch the button if my host go to restart state.

[tariqbuilds]

@lacivert - Fair enough. I have changed it to a refresh icon for now.