Please add a startup flag to select an alternate web server static file path #2612

README.rst

@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ or
 *Note*: This is only supported on some GNU/Linux distributions and Mac OS X.
 If you want to support other distributions, please contribute to `glancesautoinstall`_.
 
-Docker: the fun way
--------------------
+Docker: the cloudy way
+----------------------
 
 Glances Docker images are availables. You can use it to monitor your
 server and all your containers !
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ may not be the latest version and only basics plugins are enabled.
 Note: The Debian package (and all other Debian-based distributions) do
 not include anymore the JS statics files used by the Web interface
 (see ``issue2021``). If you want to add it to your Glances installation,
-follow the instructions: ``issue2021comment``.
+follow the instructions: ``issue2021comment``. In Glances version 4 and
+higher, the path to the statics file is configurable (see ``issue2612``).
 
 FreeBSD
 -------
@@ -490,6 +491,7 @@ Glances is distributed under the LGPL version 3 license. See ``COPYING`` for mor
 .. _package: https://repology.org/project/glances/versions
 .. _sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/nicolargo
 .. _wishlist: https://www.amazon.fr/hz/wishlist/ls/BWAAQKWFR3FI?ref_=wl_share
-.. _issue2021: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2021#issuecomment-1197831157
+.. _issue2021: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2021
 .. _issue2021comment: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2021#issuecomment-1197831157
+.. _issue2612: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2612
 .. _Docker: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/blob/develop/docs/docker.rst

conf/glances.conf

@@ -29,11 +29,18 @@ separator=True
 #left_menu=network,wifi,connections,ports,diskio,fs,irq,folders,raid,smart,sensors,now
 # Limit the number of processes to display (for the WebUI)
 max_processes_display=25
-# Set the URL prefix (for the WebUI and the API)
+# Set URL prefix for the WebUI and the API
 # Example: url_prefix=/glances/ => http://localhost/glances/
-# The final / is mandatory
+# Note: The final / is mandatory
 # Default is no prefix (/)
 #url_prefix=/glances/
+# Set root path for WebUI statics files
+# Why ? On Debian system, WebUI statics files are not provided.
+# You can download it in a specific folder
+# thanks to https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2021
+# then configure this folder with the webui_root_path key
+# Default is folder where glances_restfull_api.py is hosted
+#webui_root_path=
 
 ##############################################################################
 # plugins

docker-compose/glances.conf

@@ -29,11 +29,18 @@ separator=True
 #left_menu=network,wifi,connections,ports,diskio,fs,irq,folders,raid,smart,sensors,now
 # Limit the number of processes to display (for the WebUI)
 max_processes_display=25
-# Set the URL prefix (for the WebUI and the API)
+# Set URL prefix for the WebUI and the API
 # Example: url_prefix=/glances/ => http://localhost/glances/
-# The final / is mandatory
+# Note: The final / is mandatory
 # Default is no prefix (/)
 #url_prefix=/glances/
+# Set root path for WebUI statics files
+# Why ? On Debian system, WebUI statics files are not provided.
+# You can download it in a specific folder
+# thanks to https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2021
+# then configure this folder with the webui_root_path key
+# Default is folder where glances_restfull_api.py is hosted
+#webui_root_path=
 
 ##############################################################################
 # plugins

glances/outputs/glances_restful_api.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # This file is part of Glances.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Nicolas Hennion <nicolas@nicolargo.com>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nicolas Hennion <nicolas@nicolargo.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
 #
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 from io import open
 import webbrowser
-import socket
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 # Replace typing_extensions by typing when Python 3.8 support will be dropped
@@ -115,8 +114,13 @@ class GlancesRestfulApi(object):
             self._app.include_router(APIRouter(prefix=self.url_prefix.rstrip('/')))
 
         # Set path for WebUI
-        self.STATIC_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'static/public')
-        self.TEMPLATE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'static/templates')
+        webui_root_path = config.get_value('outputs',
+                                           'webui_root_path',
+                                           default=os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+        if webui_root_path == '':
+            webui_root_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+        self.STATIC_PATH = os.path.join(webui_root_path, 'static/public')
+        self.TEMPLATE_PATH = os.path.join(webui_root_path, 'static/templates')
         self._templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=self.TEMPLATE_PATH)
 
         # FastAPI Enable CORS