Kiali: Be able to upload or Drag-n-drop a service.yaml file to Kiali

[lucasponce]

As a user I would like to be able to upload my service.yaml file to kiali and have it load the service. Selecting the file to upload could be done either via Drag-n-drop or an upload button that allows one to find a file. Once the file is uploaded it could be presented in an yaml editor for further customization before submission.

JIRA:
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KIALI-2834

[israel-hdez]

@jshaughn @mtho11 I'm wondering if this is in-scope of Kiali.
To me it sounds a little out of scope and I'm tempted to close this :)

[mtho11]

@israel-hdez I would say to not close this yet. It needs more discussion.

[lucasponce]

I have a half-experiment in the context of #1380 that probably may cover something related.
In #1380 the scope is to create resources that are not bound to a service but to a namespace(s).
So, it's a more generic form approach and today I was researching/poc that for some scenarios (i.e. I have a bookinfo.yaml ready) a drag-n-drop could fit.

The PoC is in an early stage https://github.com/lucasponce/kiali-ui/tree/namespace-actions I haven't prepared the PR draft, but you can get an idea about what I mean.

[abonas]

@lucasponce I'm not sure I understand if this is in Kiali's scope, or what use case it should cover. can you please elaborate

[jshaughn]

This is not in any near-term scope. Maybe it would be a convenience for moving an existing yaml into an editor in Kiali but it does not have enough priority. I'll close as a Future and Help Wanted in case a community member would like to contribute.