Hyperion user interfaces extension

What is Hyperion

Hyperion is an engine designed to launch and monitor user defined components using YAML configuration files.
Inspired by vdemo and TMuLE (see vdemo and TMuLE assessment)

How does it work

Hyperion (like TMuLE) is written in Python and utilizes the tmux library for python to start components in detached sessions. For each host defined in the components a master session is created, in which each component will be started in a window. Components are managed by a main server that delegates commands to slave server instances on remote machines and forwards information to subscribed user interfaces.

Installation

Run pip install . in the main directory to install the ui extension. To start the PyQt gui, you also need to install python-qt4, since it is not automatically managed by pip.

Quick reference

This library unlocks the ui mode for the hyperion application:

UI mode (WORK IN PROGRESS)

usage: hyperion ui [-h] [-p PORT] [-H HOST | --no-socket] [-x]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -p PORT, --port PORT  Specify port to connect to. Defaults to 23081
  -H HOST, --host HOST  Specify host to connect to. Defaults to localhost
  --no-socket           Start in standalone mode without connecting to a
                        running backend
  -x                    Use PyQt gui (requires X server and python-qt4
                        package)

UI mode starts a user interface (PyQt or interactive cli) which either connects to a running hyperion backend or if started in standalone mode runs its own backend. Note that the backend created by standalone mode will terminate when the ui is exited and unlike a backend started by server mode, it will not accept connections from other uis.

Visit Control GUI for detailed information about the GUI.
Visit Interactive CLI for detailed information about the interactive cli.