Bug 866884 - RFE: Add inst.httpd option which start http server on / in anaconda
Summary: RFE: Add inst.httpd option which start http server on / in anaconda
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 18
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-10-16 09:01 UTC by Pavel Holica
Modified: 2012-10-16 14:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-10-16 14:11:51 UTC
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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.


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