[BlueOnyx:15284] Re: demo.blueonyx.it updated

[Don Teague]

Michael,

The demo looks very good. Can't wait to test it out.

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Don Teague
donteague.com


Michael Stauber wrote, On 04/26/2014 18:23:
> Hi all,
> 
> Here is another progress report about the development of BlueOnyx
> 5207R/5208R with the new GUI.
> 
> The BlueOnyx 5207R demo server has just been updated with the latest
> development snapshot.
> 
> Last night I finished the work on the last two pages of "Virtual Site
> Management". With that step the new GUI now has the same functionality
> as the existing BlueOnyx 5106R/5107R/5108R GUI's. It goes even slightly
> further than that, as certain DNS records can now start with an
> underscore and certain DNS records can have a '*' wildcard in the
> hostname. Likewise, web server aliases may now have a '*' wildcard in
> the hostname, too.
> 
> The only thing left to finish is the web based setup wizard, which will
> be completed within the next 2-3 days.
> 
> After that there are plans for some additional functions. Some of which
> will make it into the first BETA release of BlueOnyx 5207R/5208R. Others
> will be added during the BETA-testing.
> 
> If you want to take a look at the current state of things, then here are
> the login details:
> 
> http://demo.blueonyx.it:444/login
> https://demo.blueonyx.it:81/login
> 
> Various accounts with different rights are available in the demo:
> 
> Server Administrator:
> Username: admin
> Password: demo123.
> 
> Reseller:
> Username: blueonyx
> Password: demo123.
> 
> SiteAdmin:
> Username: siteadmin
> Password: demo123.
> 
> Unprivileged Vsite User:
> Username: user
> Password: demo123.
> 
> So far the development has taken one year and seven months and there
> were times when I was up to my ears in code-spaghetti, having the knife
> sticking in a dozen libraries and classes and nothing worked right.
> There have been times when a small and sensible change or other
> unleashed the hell of having to go back and fix things that were now broken.
> 
> But that time is long over and in the last couple of months the
> development has progressed at good speed with very few setbacks or
> surprises.
> 
> There are still things that I want to add to BlueOnyx 5207R/5208R before
> we leave it out of the BETA-test:
> 
> - More refined reseller management: Ability to dissalow things like
>   AnonFTP and Shell access, PHP and so on.
> 
> - Some fixes and changes in how FTP support is handled.
> 
> - Support module: Generation of troubleshooting report and the
>   ability to request support from within the GUI.
> 
> - SSH key and certificate management from within the GUI.
> 
> - Import of users and emails from third party servers via IMAP-Sync.
> 
> - API improvements to allow provisioning of 'reseller' accounts.
> 
> But that's just the short list of things that's in the cooker. There
> will be more sometime down the road.
> 
> So please check out the demo and if you like to contribute to the
> development, then please consider donating to the project and/or making
> time available for BETA-testing once we have the BETA ready.
> 
>