[feature] add port option to `ix view`

[stefanfaur]

Problem

ix view opens up the visualiser on port 8080, where I already have an application running. I see no failure, but it is not accessible as it cannot bind the port. I cannot change this port.

Even after shutting down my existing service on the port, I cannot find the visualiser after running the command again, I have no service running on that port.

Proposed solution

Add a -p option to ix view to allow the user to specify another port.

Why it matters

This would bring more usability for developers, as most of us have services already running on certain ports. There might be some way to configure this already that I'm not aware of, but I feel a command line option to the command is most intuitive.

[TannerTorrey3]

Thanks for the issue. I believe your solution proposal is the correct implementation. We will add support for -p & --port in the next update to system-compass

[stefanfaur]

@TannerTorrey3 thanks for the quick response.

On a separate note, I suppose the view feature itself is a work in progress? Visibility and layout of nodes is awful for me, but not sure if something's ingested wrong or just feature isn't complete yet.

[riley0227]

@stefanfaur Hi stefanfaur,

Yes, it is a work in progress. Send us screenshots in the discord or anything you would like to see improved and we will focus our efforts to continue improving ix view.

Thanks for submitting and pointing out what needs improvement

[TannerTorrey3]

@stefanfaur Thanks for the feedback! Just curious on what browser are you using. Also have you ran ix upgrade to pull the new version of the system-compass (visualizer)? Like @riley0227 mentioned, this is a work and progress and somewhat of a side feature for us. Screenshots and more direct feedback would be extremely helpful. Currently we have it in a private repo, would you want to contribute to this? If so, I can make it public.