iRODS file system setup UX

[ll4strw]

Hello RSpace team,
I propose the following changes to the page/routines where a sysadmin sets up a remote iRODS file system integration.

• The label URL should be substituted by iRODS Host and a tooltip should hint that an iRODS host can be either a hostname or an IP address without protocol.
• Set a default iRODS port equal to 1247 if none specified. Currently if no port is specified, any user trying to add an iRODS disk gets an error like Something went wrong: For input string: "".
• Currently, this integration supports only the iRODS native authentication method. It would be nice if the auth method defaulted to native if a sysadmin sets up an iRODS integration, just to avoid confusion and to make it more specific to iRODS.
• The label Home Directory does not seem to be appropriate in the form to set up a remote iRODS file system by a systemadmin. Instead, I propose iRODS Search Path because that is the root path to search for users collections within iRODS.

[mKowalski256]

@tilorspace @rs-nicof could you evaluate these suggestions?

Part of them was already implemented by @ll4strw in suggested PR#40. I've started test AWS server for previewing these changes.

[rs-nicof]

@tilorspace @rs-nicof could you evaluate these suggestions?

Part of them was already implemented by @ll4strw in suggested PR#40. I've started test AWS server for previewing these changes.

Hi all, to me I thibnk they are all sensible and good improvements.
My doubt is on the bullet point 3 (the native method). I do not fullyt understand what is being asked, can we possibly have an use case?

[ll4strw]

@rs-nicof Bullet point 3 is just a minor aesthetic modification/suggestion. The default authentication method in iRODS is called native, but it is essentially a username/password method. By using the label native in the setup form, we could just make that form more iRODS specific (centric).

[ll4strw]

I just noticed some minor changes that I need to add to #40 to make sure that the custom iRODS labels do not affect the labels for other storage types.

[mKowalski256]

@tilorspace @rs-nicof I've restarted test instance with latest changes, check: https://irods-ui-changes-4.researchspace.com.

[rs-nicof]

@tilorspace @rs-nicof I've restarted test instance with latest changes, check: https://irods-ui-changes-4.researchspace.com.

@mKowalski256
It looks like sysadmin user does not login for some reason, plus If you connect with the user1 the fielstore is not enabled