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http://www.radiusdesk.com/developers_corner/index#paypal_hookup
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After many months of coding and collaboration with the community we are very exited about this release of RADIUSdesk which includes a feature complete MESHdesk!
The time since the release of the previous VM (the first on Ubuntu 14.01) has been very busy in terms of new developments and bug fixes on RADIUSdesk.
Thanks to a vibrant community the project is maturing at a fast pace and becoming more solid in terms of scalability and usability.
There was also a few reports of people using RADIUSdesk as a foundation platform while developing enhancements along with type specific implementations to serve their businesses.
This is very encouraging and a few of the goals of RADIUSdesk is definitely achieved when this happens.... read more
With the release of the new Ubuntu 14.04 LTS behind us it is now indeed also time to get a new VM out.
The version convention of the VM also changed a bit giving the year as the base.
Subsequent releases during this year will increase in number.
In future we may also start charging a small fee for the pre-build VM images in order to contribute some funding to the further development of RADIUSdesk. The code still remains Open Source and downloadable.... read more
The initial tests with MESHdesk showed a product with huge potential.
As a prove of concept we created five entry points (VAPs) connected over the Batman-adv mesh to five captive portals each with their own login page and realms assigned to the captive portal.
We now have the building blocks available to create mesh networks for many scenarios.
A quick list of things to tackle next:... read more
For those who are eagerly waiting on the first usable version of MESHdesdesk the time of waiting has come to an end.
Check out this URL to if you want to test the application:
http://www.radiusdesk.com/user_guide/md_alpha_testing
Please remember it is still under active development and should only be considered in an Alpha stage.
It is however useful already in this stage. This blog entry was done through a mesh network from MESHdesk.... read more
After I enjoyed an interesting read on these two links, I'm convinced to start the migration from ExtJs 4.1 to ExtJs 4.2 with the Neptune theme using glyphs instead of icons:
http://sporcic.org/2012/10/state-of-extjs/
http://blog.credera.com/technology-insights/open-source-technology-insights/state-sencha-extjs-2013/
Suppose you have a large store for which you have to deploy a WiFi network with the following requirements:
... read more
This Beta includes support for central and dynamic Mikrotik Login pages as described here:
It also includes more easy lookup graphs.
Enjoy ... and don't forget to report any issues!
A picture can tell a thousand words:
Usage graphs are available for the following:
The Beta2 VM is out. This includes the following additional applets and improvements
The documentation on RADIUSdesk has also been increasing and maturing at a steady pace. Thanks to the RADIUSdesk community for all your help!
http://www.radiusdesk.com/
http://www.maomuffy.com/introduction-to-radiusdesk-with-rhelcentos-6-x-mini-course/
There are still a few features outstanding on RADIUSdesk which may prevent you from deploying it now.
The following items are taking priority in my coding:
Vouchers
Dynamic login pages
RADIUSdesk now has a dedicated project website.
It makes use of DocuWiki and is there to encourage the community to contribute documentation back.
DocuWiki has nice multi-language capabilities especially support for RTL languages.
After many hours of coding, there is now a Beta VM available in the Files section. This VM runs the following out of the box.
All these components together with RADIUSdesk offer you an easy way to manage:
Usually when you need to troubleshoot on FreeRADIUS it is essential to run the server in debug mode.
Fortunately with the Control Socket virtual server it is now possible to tell FreeRADIUS to drop into debug mode and then when you are done to go back to normal logging all without the need to stop the existing running process of FreeRADIUS.
The Control Socket even offers you the opportunity to zoom in on a certain NAS or a certain user while in debug mode.... read more
I plan to have the first release ready soon (hopefully still within April 2013).
This release should be usable by early adopters.
The following applets will be included
This will be a brainstorming post on the next steps that need to be completed on RADIUSdesk.
.... Still coding away on the 20%.....
Some work that has been completed / explored:
I'll continue to work on the previous TODO list, trying to complete the items as time permits and update the Blog entry accordingly.
The final 20% of things take 80% time to complete....
Here follows a list of outstanding items that has to be completed still / Applet:
Item | Comment | Completed |
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Change password | User can change password | no |
Item | Comment | Completed |
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Phrases Javascript side | Missed a few stray ones | yes |
Phrases PHP side | Not much on the PHP side of things | yes |
Fix bug on first item PHP side | does not edit | yes |
Clean up code | Remove other languages | yes |
Detect rtl languages | Added a flag to Languages table to specify rtl | yes |
Document | Create documentation | yes |
Code | Require easy export and import of translations | no... read more |
Last week I've made some good progress on the NAS applet. I actually also realised a need for each applet window to have the following functionality where possible.
Although not all the data sets will ever become large; it will be best practice to keep a standard way to interact between the EXT Js grid and the back-end
This will include the following:... read more
How do you eat an elephant?
One byte at a time....
A list of what needs to be completed the week starting 1/7/2012 ending 1/12/2013.
Item | Comment | Complete |
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Create | Prevent them from NOT selecting a realm | yes |
Create | Add selected realms (CakePHP) | yes |
View | Display assigned realms | yes |
Tags | Applet with CRUD included under NAS devices menu | yes |
View | Add and remove tags to NAS devices | yes |
Create | Do the available connection type detection (OpenVPN, PPTP, Dynamic clients) | yes |
Create | * Add OpenVPN functionality | yes |
Create | Add pptp functionality | no |
Create | Add dynamic clients functionality | yes |
Monitor | * Heartbeat system for dynamic clients | no |
Monitor | Monitor functionality including notification | no |
Maps | * Google maps integration * leave until later | no |
Filter | Advanced and quick filtering | yes |
i18n | Make sure all the phrases are covered | no |
Rights | Make sure the AP rights work as intended | no |
Sorting | Allow for sorting on columns that allows for it | yes |
Large data | Allow for large data sets by doing infinite scrolling | yes... read more |
This is the first blog entry for Radius Desk
It will make use of CakePHP 2.X as a RESTfull interface
It will also make use of Extjs4 to create a Webtop (Desktop running in the browser)
We will start with a device and conquer approach. The following sections will discuss how to do this approach.
RESTfull services are suppose to be stateless.
In order to do this in CakePHP while maintaining a secure API we will assign a token to each user and use this token as the username with basic authentication when doing RESTfull requests to CakePHP... read more