From 3d02be1be0d314617ab2c73700a05f9084b36736 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Picciano Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:30:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Year-end roadmap review --- docs/roadmap.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md index 50318fe..71971a5 100644 --- a/docs/roadmap.md +++ b/docs/roadmap.md @@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ order they will be implemented. These items are listed more or less in the order they need to be completed, as they generally depend on the items previous to them. -### Cross Compilation +### Window Support + GUI -Currently the only supported OS/CPU is Linux/amd64. This can be expanded -_theoretically_ quite easily, using nix's cross compilation tools. First target -should be OSX/arm64, but windows would also be quite the get. +Support for Windows is a must. This requirement also includes a simple GUI, +which would essentially act as a thin layer on top of `daemon.yml` to start +with. + +Depending on difficulty level, OSX support might be added at this stage as well. ### NATS @@ -35,14 +37,6 @@ requiring a passphrase. Most likely this integration will require NATS as well, to coordinate cache invalidation and cert refreshing. -### Web server + interface - -Have every `isle daemon` run a webserver as one of its sub-processes. Status and -connectivity information for the local host could be provided via a simple web -interface, which the user can open in their browser. This saves us the effort of -needing to develop UIs for individual OSs. This could also make remotely -debugging hosts easier for admins. - ### Invitation code bootstrapping Once an HTTP gateway/load-balancer is set up it should be possible to do host @@ -99,15 +93,14 @@ It should theoretically be possible for the internal network IP range to be on IPv6 rather than IPv4. This may be a simple matter of just testing it to confirm it works. -### DNS resolver settings - -The daemon should update the resolver settings of the host, so that it -automatically serves DNS queries, unless set to not do so in `daemon.yml`. +### Proper Linux Packages -### Install sub-command - -It would be great to have a `isle install` sub-command which would -auto-detect the installed operating system and install the daemon automatically. +Rather than distributing raw binaries for Linux we should instead be +distributing actual packages, e.g. deb files for debian/ubuntu, PKGBUILD for +arch, rpm for fedora (if we care), etc... This will allow for properly setting +capabilities for the binary at install time, so that it can be run as non-root, +and installing any necessary `.desktop` files so that it can be run as a GUI +application. ### Mobile app @@ -130,6 +123,12 @@ necessary ambient capabilities up-front, and then drop down to a specified user. This is how the tests work. Doing this with other OS's will depend on how they work. +### DNS/Firewall Configuration + +Ideally Isle could detect the DNS/firewall subsystems being used on a per-OS +basis and configure them as needed. This would be simplify necessary +documentation and setup steps for operators. + ### Plugins It would not be difficult to spec out a plugin system using nix commands.