Eliminate Caldera Core Dependencies on Plugins: magma

[jlklos]

What problem are you trying to solve? Please describe.

Currently, in order to use Caldera certain plugins are required for Caldera to function. Ideally, Caldera should not have any dependencies on plugins for basic functionality. For the magma plugin, Caldera's app/api/rest_api.py breaks when the magma plugin's magma/dist/assets/ directory is not present. This directory holds images, CSS, and JavaScript files.

The ideal solution: What should the feature should do?

Move magma's dist directory out of the magma plugin, and into the main Caldera repository. Change all references/dependencies to the new location.

What category of feature is this?

• UI/UX

• API

• Other

• Willing to submit a pull request to implement this feature?

[github-actions]

Looks like your first issue -- we aim to respond to issues as quickly as possible. In the meantime, check out our documentation here: http://caldera.readthedocs.io/

[jlklos]

The magma plugin's dist/assets/ directory is generated during the npm build process. The references to the original location could be placed in a try/catch block to allow the application to still start without the magma plugin. The two current references are located in tox.ini (line 28) and rest_api.py (line 32).

[deacon-mp]

Closed by corresponding PR fix. The fix has been submitted and is pending review.