Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module

[BKeyport]

@sdetweil Yeah. playing with it now making sure it works with my module and modules I’ve taken up support for.

[sdetweil]

@bkeyport cool… there are SO many variations… and guesses to make…

the upcoming multi-module version, will add on a new capability…

generate a new file that can be used to REALLY describe the parms, and take away any abiguity on my part.

I generate it ANYHOW to make the form work… so, its a nit to save it… I’m working thru USING the file, instead of recreating every time…

and then the author can tune it, to make selection lists, instead of text fields, etc…
optional sets of fields, depending on selection

the author packages that file with the module and voila, if its there my module uses it…

described here
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config/issues/11

[BKeyport]

@sdetweil OK, it seems to be horribly broken on my side. From save to save, it’s not keeping the modules in config.js - example, my MMM-Multimonth won’t stay configured.

I can’t disable default modules. (Calendar, which I don’t use due to incompatibility with my agenda provider)

You want the config files to look though and see what’s happening?

[sdetweil]

@bkeyport yes please…

[sdetweil]

I have updated the module now to support multiple instances of the same module,
a little config (adding name to a file) … altho the module will auto detect if multiples are being used NOW, regardless of the file

ALSO, one lacking feature of this solution is being able to get the form exactly right… as the info is missing in the module data…

BUT i am creating the form info ANYHOW, so it can be saved and manually edited to improve the module experience, and I will use THAT instead of constructing the info every time…

this means u can add selection lists, and other features (very easily)
see the two issues for instructions

multi-module
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config/issues/2

and save and use schema file
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config/issues/11

[Mykle1]

@sdetweil said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

I have updated the module now to support multiple instances of the same module,

Oh, this is quite a feature, and much appreciated. :thumbsup:

[sdetweil]

if u downloaded to test out multi-module, do another git pull…

I had turned off rename of config.js while I tested save… oops… forgot to turn it back on
corrected now

[sdetweil]

I have promoted the multi-module version to be the only version…

no need for any git checkout now

[Mykle1]

@sdetweil

65 emails from your repo. Come on man!

:laughing:

[sdetweil]

@mykle1 nah… you got a pool… I am jealous!!

[BKeyport]

@mykle1 We’re working hard. wanna help? 🤣🤣🤣

[Mykle1]

@bkeyport said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

We’re working hard. wanna help?

Where were you at the very beginning of development of this module? I don’t remember seeing you anywhere. You were probably off policing the forum. :-)

[BKeyport]

@mykle1 When it was under early development I was in the very VERY busy part of my job.

I’m a tax guy.

[BKeyport]

I’ve now added support for MMM-Config to the modules I’m working with actively.

Was rather easy, all things considered - if you write a module, I would strongly recommend working with MMM-Config, who knows where this will go!

[anima]

hello i have a question, i am running MagiMirror ² in Docker on my Unraid Server, i have installed the module but cant open the config form site. do i need to make some special configurations because it runs in docker ?

[sdetweil]

@anima what is your config.js setting for address:

you would have to use the container IP address and port on the form url. because it it not mapped to the docker host port

[anima]

@sdetweil do you mean this https://imgur.com/a/jzi0Idj ?

[sdetweil]

@anima only needed the line with address:“0.0.0.0”

ok, so we need to find out the ip address of the MM container

docker ps 

will give u a line like this

11e836525b8d   xxxyyyzzz   "/usr/bin/supervisord"   4 months ago   Up 3 weeks   0.0.0.0:82->81/tcp, :::82->81/tcp, 0.0.0.0:5901->5900/tcp, :::5901->5900/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8280->8080/tcp, :::8280->8080/tcp

the 1st token is the container id

then do this

docker inspect 11e836525b8d

and in the stream of info is

            "IPAddress": "172.17.0.2",

then use that from the system running the docker container

http://172.17.0.2:8300

to get that as one line of output, u can create this one line bash script

docker inspect $(docker ps -q | awk '{print $1}') | grep -m 1 '"IPAddress"' | awk -F\" '{print $4}'

you can’t use it from another system as there is no path to the container from outside

now, you could fix the startup of the MM container by adding

-p 8300:8300

to the docker run command
this map the container port 8300 to the host port 8300

then from your pc or non-docker-host machine

http://docker_host_ip:8300 

should bring up the form

[anima]

@sdetweil ok thx, but then it should be better to run it from a pi (i have a spare one) because the container port is used by another service which i need.

[sdetweil]

@anima well, each container has its own set…

the code looks for a free port from 8300 - 8500… but in a container it will be fresh, so 8300

the code hard codes 8300, so you can’t map it to anything else