[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-21376) Application wizard: should allow to create an app from an image (currently only from template)

[Andre Dietisheim (JIRA)]

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Andre Dietisheim edited comment on JBIDE-21376 at 1/6/16 1:40 PM:
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We discussed how to provide this given the timely constraint we currently have. We currently also cannot provide a way for the user to create an app based on wildfly given we dont support app creation via images currently.
We saw 5 different options:

{quote}
1) Use server side template
    Pros: 
        * Works today

    Cons:
         * requires server side setup of templates
           ** (e.g. pushing builder image up, possibly pushing template up)
           * We (jbossteam?) need to write and maintain template
           
2) Use server side image (conceptually create a template based on builder image + github info)
    (mimicking webconsole)
    Pros: 
              * Will not require custom template setup on server side

    Cons: 
             * needs new UI/workflow in New App to mimic webconsole

3) Use eclipse side template
     Pros:
             * will work without server side setup
             * faster to implement

     Cons: 
             * fragile (requires specific  builder images we rely on)
             * add custom logic for UI/workflow in "create from source" 
             * Won't be (immediatly) visibile in eclipse

4) Create eclipse side templates based on server side builder images
    Pros: 
            * will not require custom additional UX flow (or will it?)

    Cons: 
             * will have to hardcode services/routes 

5) rely on serverside new-app feature
     Pros: 
     * no custom logic (we think)

    Cons: 
    * don't know when
{quote}

We decided to go for now for eclipse side templates in a 1st step (*3*) since this is the option with the least effort.


was (Author: adietish):
We discussed how to provide this given the timely constraint we currently have. We currently also cannot provide a way for the user to create an app based on wildfly given we dont support app creation via images currently.
We saw 5 different options:

{quote}
1) Use server side template
    Pros: 
        * Works today
    Cons:
         * requires server side setup of templates
           ** (e.g. pushing builder image up, possibly pushing template up)
           * We (jbossteam?) need to write and maintain template
           
2) Use server side image (conceptually create a template based on builder image + github info)
    (mimicking webconsole)
    Pros: 
              * Will not require custom template setup on server side
    Cons: 
             * needs new UI/workflow in New App to mimic webconsole

3) Use eclipse side template
     Pros:
             * will work without server side setup
             * faster to implement
     Cons: 
             * fragile (requires specific  builder images we rely on)
             * add custom logic for UI/workflow in "create from source" 
             * Won't be (immediatly) visibile in eclipse

4) Create eclipse side templates based on server side builder images
    Pros: 
            * will not require custom additional UX flow (or will it?)
    Cons: 
             * will have to hardcode services/routes 

5) rely on serverside new-app feature
     Pros: 
     * no custom logic (we think)
    Cons: 
    * don't know when
{quote}

We decided to go for now for eclipse side templates in a 1st step (*3*) since this is the option with the least effort.

> Application wizard: should allow to create an app from an image (currently only from template)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-21376
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-21376
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: openshift
>    Affects Versions: 4.3.1.Beta1
>            Reporter: Xavier Coulon
>              Labels: application_wizard, openshift_v3
>             Fix For: 4.4.0.Alpha1
>
>         Attachments: Screenshot 2015-12-21 16.44.02.png, Screenshot 2015-12-21 16.44.24.png, Screenshot 2015-12-21 18.06.40.png
>
>
> The application wizard in the Eclipse tooling currently only allows to create application from templates. The web console additionally allows creating from images and git source.
> One can see the difference when comparing the listing of options in Eclipse vs the listing in the web console (which also includes images):
> {quote}
> Running OpenShift using our openshift-vagrant box, I can see different proposals between the web console and the Eclipse tooling when adding an application in a project. For example, {{jboss-eap64-openshift:1.1}} is not proposed in the Eclipse tooling. 
> See attached screenshots.
> {quote}



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