Re: [Puppet Users] puppet dashboard not working for node group

hai wu
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:14:56 -0000

Thanks Igal! This is the exact root cause. It is working for me now, now
that I know the workaround.

Thanks,
Hai

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Igal Koshevoy
<igal@pragmaticraft.com>wrote:

> On 08/11/2010 07:37 AM, hai wu wrote:
> > I am using puppet-dashboard 1.0.3 for Ubuntu 10.04. It is not working
> > for node group. I can add a node group via "Add Group".
After this,
> > from Edit node page, after trying to add this group to a node, the
> > group field would still be empty, and if looking at the log, it shows
> > for this "update" _method:
> > "node_group_names"=>["   "]
> >
> > I put group value to the group editing page, why it is still empty
> > when the NodesController receiving the request?
>
> The Puppet Dashboard currently uses a quirky AJAX autocomplete system.
> You need to type the first few characters of the group field, then click
> the desired group name in the popup selector list, which will then add
> it as text within a rounded box to the groups text input field, and then
> you can click the create/save button for the form to save it. Simply
> typing the name in is not enough, you must click the name of the group
> in that popup selector list.
>
> There''s a strong desire to either fix or replace the
autocompletion
> system with something that''s more user friendly. Here''s
the related
> ticket: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3427
>
> Can you please confirm that what I just described is the issue you were
> having?
>
> -igal