Set network parameter

[mrabus]

Hi Tobias,

to make BCinaB work for my use cases it would be great if I could specify the network that is used (via the AdditionalParameters (DevDomain=X --network mynetwork)).

It would be even greater if I (as admin) could set a default value and the users would get that network without doing anything.

[tfenster]

Network selection is on my list. I was thinking about presenting the user with "advanced options" where he gets a dropdown of available networks and choses the one he wants.

For the admin idea: I currently don't have any authentication and at the moment don't plan to implement it (maybe long term, but not in the next iterations), so differentiating between "admin" and "non-admin" currently is not possible in the GUI. I however have the bare bones of a configuration system and will probably implement a json-based config system where you could do something like

{
    ...
    "defaultNetwork": "MyTransparentNetwork",
    ....
}

That would then determine which network in the dropdown mentioned above would be preselected. Would that make sense for you? Not a foolproof, enduser-friendly way to do it but at least an option to do what you want.

As you are talking about "my use cases": Where would you want to use BCinaB? I see mainly two scenarios:

1. A developer/consultant needs containers on a local machine or his own VM somewhere and uses BCinaB to easily handle them
2. An administrators provides access to containers for developers/consultants and gives them a "self-service" frontend to do that

Do you imagine something else? Currently BCinaB is mainly geared toward 1 but I try to keep 2 in mind and have an easy extension path open for that. It actually is the main reason why I've split it into two containers, so that you could have 1 gui container connected to N api containers running on multiple hosts where the BC containers would run. But again, let me know where you would want to use it

[tfenster]

@mrabus any feedback on this?

[mrabus]

Hi Tobias,

i like your ideas regarding advanced options and the JSON based preselections. That would fulfill my needs perfectly.

The use case I have in mind is no. 2 from your list. I envision to use BCinaB to provide my colleagues (having no deeper knowledge regarding Docker and Powershell) with an easy to use interface to setup an environment quickly and easily.

[tfenster]

fixes with alpha7