The need to restart the management server for any global configuration change is a problem. I spent at least a few hours trying to debug an issue only to realise that its not an issue but, I have to restart the management server.
~Rajani On 05-Mar-2014, at 3:01 pm, Donal Lafferty <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> wrote: > In fairness, the biggest problem is having to reboot. > > WRT to b), there is a search option that avoids the need to scroll. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Kinsella [mailto:j...@stratosec.co] >> Sent: 05 March 2014 08:22 >> To: <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> >> Subject: The global settings beast... >> >> One thing that's been gnawing on me - we keep shoving more and more >> stuff into the global settings shortcut instead of creating a proper >> settings UI. >> Then some new user comes along all shiny-eyed at the awesomeness of >> ACS, but wonders why something isn't working, only to be told that >> combination of a) it's in the docs and b) you have to scroll down through 30 >> items in global settings, then change something, then restart mgmt, then re- >> login...then it'll work. >> >> I know the UI is supposed to be a proof of concept, but I'm thinking we need >> to shed that label and empty out some closeted skeletons such as this. >> >> Am I the only one this bothers, or should we maybe set it as a goal for 4.5 >> (maybe this is on a feature list and I've missed it...)? >> >> John
