Bug 866884

Summary:	RFE: Add inst.httpd option which start http server on / in anaconda
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Pavel Holica <pholica>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	18	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Pavel Holica 2012-10-16 09:01:09 UTC

Description of problem:
There could be running http server on / (something like python -m SimpleHTTPServer) providing easy access to all logs and other files during installation. This would be great improvement for debugging during installation.

There is already inst.sshd which provides similar functionality but I believe that http is way easier and is worth it.

Comment 1 Martin Sivák 2012-10-16 13:49:35 UTC

It should be possible to add a systemd target to initrd overlay. Not 100% user friendly, but already there.

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2012-10-16 14:11:51 UTC

We also already provide syslogging capabilities to log to a remote system, too.  Honestly I don't want to add another mechanism, because that's just going to be another thing we'll have to debug and maintain.  We've already got similar enough functionality.