Front end to manage configs

[almadireddy]

Since the deployer app is a simple Express app, we can easily extend it to add an admin panel that lets us see the current config.

Making the config editable directly from the front-end would be really good too. This would involve:

• Making the config into a .json or .yaml
• Authentication so that ArtSciLab members can sign in
  • Maybe github can be used for auth, so that permissions can be managed through github.
• Forms would be validated, and the values saved back into the config file.
• The config file would need to be read in every time a request comes through
• Build logs can be output and saved.

Some things to consider:

• Since the deployer is hosted on heroku, there is the issue of non-persistent file storage on heroku. Each new deploy would wipe the config file to the latest version in git.
  • This could mean that configs need to be stored in a database, which adds some extra complexity to the service, perhaps that can be a future enhancement.