LinkIt

A simple portal, that allows you to dynamically define links to go to. It serves like a collection page for various kinds of links. The idea was to provide a interface for common used links among a certain group of people. Via the Portal, all commonly used links can be gathered and accessed at a central place.

This project is a continuation of another one I did in 2019, Technik Portal

Dev

For local development, you can use following ENV properties to start:

DDL_AUTO=create-drop
INITIAL_ADMIN_PASS=admin
STORAGE_TYPE=system

TODOs

• Containerize with Micronaut / Quarkus when API / Frontend separated
• Enable CSRF for view based flows
• Split API / View Controllers (also, do API versioned)
• Upgrade Spring Framework
• Bootstrap Upgrade from 4 to 5
• Add Pass Encryption Migrator (for pass encryption key rotation)
• Add basic ChatBot integration
• Add notifications system (f.ex. if another user adds a new link)
  • Backed by a Background Job system, Spring Batch?
• Daily "Link" suggestions
• Link Voting System
• Add monitoring
  • Track used API endpoints
  • App performance
• Add Migration Flow
  • Liquibase or similar
• Refactor Front-End JS Code
  • Split into more files
  • [ ] Implement smarter script loading
    • Will be done with VueJS Frontend
  • Remove jQuery dependency
  • Adjust visibility of functions / encapsulate properly
• [ ] Refactor Backend Controller Code - [ ] Split into REST and Content Endpoints
  • Will be REST only Backend after swtich to VueJS Frontend, dropped
• Implement Authentication / Authorization / Login / Security
  • Entity EOs
  • UI and Controllers - [x] Spring Security Settings - [x] Password Security Level(Bcrypt or SHA? Or other?) - Bcrypt
• Feature: Dynamic System Settings (Footer Text, Main Title)
• Feature: Grouped Display for PortalLinks
  • Alphabetically grouping
• Feature: PortalLink Ordering (define display order)
  • Dropped due to alphabetically ordering providing overview
• Feature: My Links
• Feautre: Shared Links
• Feature: Link visibility based on assigned Profile
  • Profile (Access) Concept dropped
• Feature: Save Login / Pass for PortalLink
• Feature: Autofill Login / Pass for PortalLink
  • Alternativ implemented
• Feature: Import / Export PortalLinks to/from File
• Test: Write more Tests, 300 at the minimum (50/300)
• Feature: Share Links globally
  • Dropped concept due to other alternative
• Remove Roles Tab frontend, only fix USER/Admin
• Simple Install Procedure for when new features implemented
  • Provided via Github and Heroku Combo, for local instalaltions, see Jenkins
• Auto-Deploy Mechanism
• Portability of DB (SQLite)
• Services cleanup: Ops that do specific tasks
  • f.ex. which fields consist an update for a User? If a field was not changed, do we still write it to the DB?
  • Optimize these kinds of Ops
• Current User Info indicator in Header / Dropdown with Logout Button
• Enable / Disable User, 3 Login Tries, Reset Password, Forgot Password etc.
  • Reset and Forgot not implemented, Admin responsibility
• Implement App Logger to File /log
• Switch Frontend to Vue.js / Make Backend fully REST (post-ZIVI)
• Introduce Simple Category system on PortalLink, Filter like Search (Dropdown of all available categories) on front
• Portal Link Password Encryption with User Password for retrievability
  • Alternative implemented, Portal based key
• Show dialog with pass login information on clicking a link if link has password
  • Implemented via Modal Preview
• Add login information to RDP/Teamviewer variants
  • Dropped due to "Show password" Alternative
• Introduce *Form classes for Validation and DataTransfer Controller - View (ie. don't use EO's directly)
  • Implemented via Facade and Dto's
  • Define Validation on *Form Objects
• Show Passwords on Credentials page when button "show" clicked, modal (could be the same modal for links)
• Bulk Operations
• Add auto thumbnail retrieval on web urls
• Replace sout calls with logger, define logging strategy
• Add Auditing to critical processes
• Add Apache Guacamole for Remote Access Links (RDP, VNC etc.)
• Add 3rd Party Login Handlers (i.e. Login with Google etc.)
• Add Chat to communicate with other users
• Add Filters based on Link-Type

Bugs

• New user login redirect broken behavior