This also adds some stand-alone CLI options to the sysadm-binary utility: "bridge_list": List any bridge connections in the settings file. Output Format: "name (url)" "bridge_add <name> <url>": Add a bridge connection to the settings with the given name. (if websocket server is running, this change will take effect within 5 minutes). "bridge_remove <name>": Remove a bridge connection from the settings. If a websocket server is running, this change will take effect within 5 minutes (closing the connection to the removed bridge as needed). There is also a new option in the global server config file: BRIDGE_CONNECTIONS_ONLY=[true/false] If true, this will allow the websocket server to run without listening on any ports, and instead force all traffic through the existing bridge connections.
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SysAdm
Official repo for PC-BSD's sysadm middleware WebSocket & REST server
This middleware acts as the core for controlling a PC-BSD or FreeBSD
system either locally or remotely via WebSockets or REST. It is also the
server component to PC-BSD's SysAdm GUI client.
Required Qt Modules
Qt5 Core (pkg install qt5-core)
Qt5 Concurrent (pkg install qt5-concurrent)
Qt5 Websockets (pkg install qt5-websockets)
Building SysAdm
% git clone https://github.com/pcbsd/sysadm.git
% cd sysadm/src
% /usr/local/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -recursive
% make && sudo make install
Starting SysAdm
(For WebSockets - Required for SysAdm Client)
% sudo sysrc -f /etc/rc.conf sysadm_enable="YES"
% sudo service sysadm start
(Optional for REST)
% sudo sysrc -f /etc/rc.conf sysadm_rest_enable="YES"
% sudo service sysadm-rest start
API Documentation
Contributing new API calls
SysAdm is written using the Qt toolkit, which has excellent reference documentation.
All Qt Core classes (I.E. non-gui) can be used in SysAdm server.
Adding new API calls to the middleware is very straight-forward, simply
add a new function which accepts JSON in, and returns JSON, then connect
it to the backend.
Example:
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Adding new Classes for API calls
Adding a new API class requires tweaking a few more files than a new API call only.
Example:
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Testing new API calls / classes
Before committing or sending a pull request, you'll need to run our
"api-test.sh" script and confirm it works properly. To do so, first add
your new call and restart the websocket server. Next do the following:
% cd sysadm/tests
% ./api-test.sh
The api-test script will prompt you to enter username, password, and some
information about which class / API call to run. When that is done, and you
have verified the functionality of your new call you should add the output
of the test script (either from copy-n-paste, or from the file /tmp/api-response)
to your commit. (This will allow us to document the new call / class)