Last summer we announced the Jidoteki Admin API, a simple REST API which can be installed in a virtual appliance to help with remote management.
That was fun, but it still wasn’t enough.
Today we’re announcing the Jidoteki Admin UI, a purely client-side and simple web interface for interacting with the REST API.
The UI
We’ve designed the UI to implement all the features of the REST API.
This means you can easily update the appliance, change network settings, upload custom TLS certificates, and download logs/debug information, all from a simple web interface. This is a huge improvement over the previous update methods, which consisted of curl and ssh commands.
Moreover, there are no breaking changes with the existing REST API. There is no additional software to install, and the UI code only adds about 1MB to the appliance.
The UI is designed with free themes from Bootswatch, so you can easily customize the look based on your preferences.
Open Source
As with the API, it is entirely open sourced under the MPL-2.0 license. It uses a few additional open source libraries, which have been properly attributed in the NOTICE file.
Jidoteki
Of course, we’ll be integrating the Jidoteki Admin UI in all future appliance installations.
As usual, feel free to contact us for advice and consulting, and for help building your on-premises virtual appliances.