Hidden Feature Configuration

Introduction

Cloudpods has been developed since 2017 and has accumulated for a long time. However, the codebase is large, the functionality is complex, and some of the code has not been iterated and maintained for some time. Therefore, we selectively hide some of the features with the following characteristics in the community edition's frontend:

1. Immature;
2. Lacks maintenance;
3. Few people use it;
4. Function components with high complexity and difficult to understand and use;

This can reduce maintenance and support costs while improving the user experience.

The code for hidden features is still maintained in the open-source project code repository.

For these reasons, starting from v3.8.7, we have gradually hidden some features. If users need these features, they can choose to turn them on in the following ways:

1. Submit an issue request to open the feature;
2. Some features can be opened using the climc tool;
3. Fork your own frontend version and turn on this feature.

Use climc to Enable Hidden Features

For example, in version 3.9, we hide the k8s container cluster management and JD Cloud management functions by default; we have opened commonly used public cloud management functions such as Alibaba Cloud and AWS by default. Users can use the climc command-line tool to open or close the corresponding features according to their needs.

Example

# View all supported feature configurations 
$ climc --help | grep feature-config

The format and parameters of the subcommand are as follows:

$ climc feature-config-$feature --switch {on|off}
# $feature: Represents the specific feature name, such as k8s, s3, jdcloud, etc.
# on: Indicates turn on
# off: Indicates turn off

For example, the command to enable/disable the k8s container cluster management feature is:

# Turn on
$ climc feature-config-k8s --switch on

# Turn off
$ climc feature-config-k8s --switch off

For example, the command to enable/disable the JD Cloud management feature is:

# Turn on
$ climc feature-config-jdcloud --switch on

# Turn off
$ climc feature-config-jdcloud --switch off

Function Reference Table

Name	Function	climc subcommand
onestack	KVM virtualization management	feature-config-onestack
baremetal	Bare metal management	feature-config-baremetal
lb	Load balancing management	feature-config-lb
aliyun	Alibaba Cloud management	feature-config-aliyun
aws	AWS Amazon Cloud management	feature-config-aws
azure	Microsoft Azure Cloud management	feature-config-azure
google	Google Cloud management	feature-config-google
qcloud	Tencent Cloud management	feature-config-qcloud
ctyun	China Telecom Cloud management	feature-config-ctyun
huawei	Huawei Cloud management	feature-config-huawei
ucloud	UCloud management	feature-config-ucloud
ecloud	China Mobile Cloud management	feature-config-ecloud
jdcloud	JD Cloud management	feature-config-jdcloud
vmware	VMWare management	feature-config-vmware
openstack	OpenStack private cloud management	feature-config-openstack
zstack	ZStack private cloud management	feature-config-zstack
cloudpods	Cloudpods private cloud management	feature-config-cloudpods
hcso	Huawei HCSO private cloud management	feature-config-hcso
nutanix	Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure management	feature-config-nutanix
s3	General S3 object storage management	feature-config-s3
ceph	Ceph rados object storage management	feature-config-ceph
xsky	Xsky storage management	feature-config-xsky
k8s	K8S container cluster management	feature-config-k8s
proxmox	PVE virtualization management	feature-config-proxmox