Adding a second machine

Objectives

• Allow to add other machines in order to monitor and interact with them from the same IP and quickly switch between them.

Tentative Design

• First step would be using OpenSLP or similar to find systems on the network, but also allow for searching or input of ip-address or hostname.

• The behavior differs if your current machine is part of a domain already or not. If you are part of a domain (see https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/wiki/Initial-setup), we make the assumption that the machine you want to add is also part of a domain.

*** In the Domain case:**

• Allows to set hostname, but default to the existing
• Allows to select OA using autocomplete

*** In non-domain-case:**

• Tries with local username+pass and uses that for credentials
• If that fails, pops up a login box and offers to sync user+pass
• If authentication can not be determined, show a warning.

Relevant Art

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831453.aspx#BKMK_add

Comments

See Also

https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/wiki/Initial-setup