[RFE] menu plugins for external site

[tjyang]

The instruction in R1 doesn't work for current version of ManageIQ anymore.

I am hoping "External" plugin support can be part of ManagIQ default feature.
This will provide users a quick way to link existing internal websites and make ManageIQ as one central portal site.

R1: http://www.tigeriq.co/menu-plugins-for-external-sites-on-cfme-4-1/

[dclarizio]

@miq-bot assign @martinpovolny

[tjyang]

Hi All, Thanks for working on this request.

[tjyang]

Hi @martinpovolny, Did you get a chance to look at this RFE issue ?

[martinpovolny]

Sorry I have not :-(

However the mechanism should work and on CFME appliances this mechanism is used to integrate Insights -- it is even visible on your screenshow.

I think your problem might be the file vmdb/config/permission.yml. It was added to limit the top level sections available on the appliance and if you are adding a top level section, you need to add to that file too.

I am currently working on a more complex and capable plugin mechanism here: https://github.com/martinpovolny/miq_plugin_example if you want to take a look.

[tjyang]

Thanks @martinpovolny. I will certainly check out miq_plugin_example.

[miq-bot]

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[JPrause]

@tjyang is this still a valid issue. If not can you close.
If there's no update by next week, I'll be closing this issue.

[tjyang]

Hi @martinpovolny
Is https://github.com/martinpovolny/miq_plugin_example updated with Hammer-1 release ?

[JPrause]

@miq-bot remove_label stale

[martinpovolny]

This should hopefully satisfy the requirement: ManageIQ/manageiq-ui-classic#5617