I can't see storing this kind of thing in standalone.xml or host.xml, so this means some other form of persistent store. The use cases around managing that store would have to be gone through carefully.
The content repository can be used for that kind of thing, but it's not meant to be directly managed. So no supported copying of your content from one instance to another, etc, at least not without specific tooling we'd have to provide.
People would also expect to be able to migrate this content when upgrading. Which is just a variant of copying your content from one instance to another.
For a domain the content repository is a domain-wide store (which is actually a pro, since it means any host that is in sync with the domain can become master and know it will have the needed data.)
How would this relate to possible uses of HAL in cloud environments?
The management console uses various settings which need to survive a browser
restart. Currently these settings are stored client side only either as cookie or
in the browser local storage:
# Cookie
- Google Analytics on/off
- Page size
- Poll on/off
- Poll time
# Local Storage
- Management endpoints (for HAL standalone mode)
- Pinned items in the finder
- JavaScript extensions
- Macros
Using the browser to store settings has the advantage of being very flexible.
The settings are also not bound to a specific WildFly instance. For some
settings like the management endpoints this is a requirement and won't change.
However other settings make more sense if they are stored on the server side.
That's why I'd like to propose a dedicated subsystem for HAL. It should hold
the current settings (except the management endpoints). It should be extendable
to store additional settings (currently there's an RFE to customize the
visibility of notifications in HAL).
Another advantage is that settings and data like macros could be properly
secured using RBAC.
How so?
I assume content would be per user so access to parts of the content would be restricted based on userid.
Perhaps some kind of administrative operations that give access to other users content, use of which would be limited based on the WildFly RBAC roles?
I would like to hear your opinion about a dedicated subsystem for HAL.
Does it makes sense? How should it look like? Any feedback and comments are
welcome!
// Harald
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