[UI Epic] Integration with Rancher Manager

[richard-cox]

Background

• This used to work when built with dashboard and the default local admin user credentials
• There were changes that broke this (the approach was only for 'dev' anyway)

Process - Dates TBD

• Alpha
• Demo
• MVP

Alpha

Authentication

• local user, username + password entered once per cluster per dashboard session

Packaging

• UI should live in epinio/ui repo
  • [UI] Epinio version for embedded mode  #174
  • remove EXCLUDES_NUXT_PLUGINS, replace with EXCLUDE_OPERATOR_PKGS (to avoid loading operator plugins)
  • [UI] Merge master in to epinio-dev #203
    • find usages of EXCLUDES_NUXT_PLUGINS, update with EXCLUDE_OPERATOR_PKGS=true
  • Merge epinio-dev in to master #204
  • publish new dashboard shell
  • Move the Epinio dashboard to its own repo #178
    • [ui] Update standalone build process #248
• [ui] Build/Package the Epinio extension fit for consumption by Rancher  #247

Loading

• extension will be installed to dashboard ui via https://epinio.github.io/ui
  • [ui] Build/Package the Epinio extension fit for consumption by Rancher  #247

Embedded Value Add

• kube metrics - [ui] Embedded - Show charts based on Kube metric server resources #270
• link from kube deployment to epinio app - [ui] add link from dashboard deployment to epinio app #271

Other issues

• [UI] Move /epinio/about to /:product/c/:cluster/about #241
• [ui] Embedded - add link to about page #242

MVP

Authentication

• [UI] Embedded - Fix Authentication #129
• We need to support both local and dex auth providers
• Can the credentials be stored in secrets / cloud creds?
  • User can add / select a credential before visiting cluster

Handle epinio installed to any namespace

• [ui] Ensure embedded UI works when Epinio is installed in namespaces other than epinio #322

Enhancements

Installation (Epinio Extension)

• Add Epinio extension to rancher/ui-plugin-charts #284

Installation (Epinio)

• Guide users through install process for a specific cluster
  • MVP - instructions. Nice to have - functional
  • Improve landing experience when using ui extension #367

Location of Epinio

• TBD - Location of Epinio in the Dashboard should be within the cluster, rather than a top level 'App'
• Need input from UX
  • Given this re-evaluate
    • Make epinio cluster name more prominent #44
    • Link from Cluster Explorer view to Epinio #37

How Epinio extension is loaded to the Dashboard

• The epinio instance serves the plugin specific to the epinio version

Embedded Value Add

• Cross-linkage between dashboard and epinio pages

Other issues

• Improve handling of CORS #48