Admin Screen to Manage Rules Collections

[epugh]

Today, we have to use a API call to create a Solr Index in SMUI:

SOLR_INDEX_ID=`curl -S -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"ecommerce", "description":"Ecommerce Demo"}' http://localhost:9000/api/v1/solr-index | jq -r .returnId`

I am working with a client that, if we are successful, will have many collections. They could use this API call, however it would be nice if SMUI had an admin interface that let you via clicking create and update new "Solr Index". Bonus points on if you could edit the deployment scripts via the web interface ;-)

[renekrie]

It sounds great, but let's keep in mind that it should also work for ES some day, and Solr access is not always as simple as an HTTP call --> we'll need good abstractions

[pbartusch]

The internal concept SolrIndex is deprecated. We already started to refactor it to the concept of a Deployment Channel in the documentation. The corresponding code refactoring should be part of that issue, when establishing an admin interface for the channels. The concept is decoupled from a specific search engine as it will only be used to organise rules.

Note: when refactoring the SolrIndex also the database structure needs to be touched.

[pbartusch]

Reminder: When establishing an admin interface to manage the Deployment Channels, it should also be considered to establish an admin interface for managing the Rule Tags (currently configured via an explicit file referred by the application.conf).

[pbartusch]

linked also to #65

[epugh]

I have finished PR #80 and I believe that it goes a long way to solving this. In conversation with @renekrie he suggested that the term "Rules Collection" be used, since it's a grouping of Rules. I'd love some review of the PR.