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Hi!

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:34 AM, James E. Blair <corvus at inaugust.com> wrote:

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> * Add finger gateway
>
> The fact that the executor must be started as root in order to listen on
> port 79 is awkward for new users.  It can be avoided by configuring it
> to listen on a different port, but that's also awkward.  In either case,
> it's a significant hurdle, and it's one of the most frequently asked
> questions in IRC.  The plan to deal with this is to create a new service
> solely to multiplex the finger streams.  This is very similar to the
> zuul-web service for multiplexing the console streams, so all the
> infrastructure is in place.  And of course, running this service will be
> optional, so it means that new users don't even have to deal with it to
> get up and running, like they do now.  Adding a new service to the 3.0
> list should not be done lightly, but the improvement in experience for
> new users will be significant.
>
> David Shrewsbury has started on this.  I don't think it is out of reach.
>


Indeed, it is not out of reach:

   https://review.openstack.org/525276



-- 
David Shrewsbury (Shrews)
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