Restrict AppStore apps

[potemkin_ai]

Hi! Is there a way to restrict apps available for installation from CloudRon AppStore?

Setting private registry / repository is fine.

[robi]

@potemkin_ai Free version allows two apps, not sure if it allows enabling the private registry for more.

[BrutalBirdie]

@potemkin_ai are you thinking about a managed cloudron re-sale type businesses?
aka. With this package you can install the apps XYZ and with this package JKL and XYZ.
and / or as a managed provider to restrict a customers choice to minimize load and size?

AFAIK, right now there is no out of the box way to do this

[micmc]

@potemkin_ai said in Restrict AppStore apps:

Hi! Is there a way to restrict apps available for installation from CloudRon AppStore?

Setting private registry / repository is fine.

Yeah, this is something I've been proposing for a while now.

I've previously posted a thread with extended explanation of how it could work here:
https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7038/create-app-packages-for-managed-cloudrons/23

And that kind of feature would definitely fit the whitelabeling features I've been discussing for a while also and posted details a few days back about this as well here:
https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7478/more-on-whitelabelling-cloudron-for-providing-managed-cloudron-instances/7

[potemkin_ai]

@micmc , @BrutalBirdie , @robi , yes, it's for managed/commercial services on top of Cloudron.

Cloudron is easy for technical people, but non-tech guys would still benefit from some human touch and support in here.

@nebulon , @girish , is there, possibly, some workarounds possible?

[girish]

@potemkin_ai Currently, there is no way to restrict. As @micmc said, we have to implement this feature.

[robi]

@girish what's the behavior of the private registry in free mode?

[girish]

The private registry feature is meant for installing custom apps and not related to appstore. All the app store apps are public in docker registry (intentionally to reduce lock-in).

[potemkin_ai]

@girish can I somehow disable AppStore and re-publish the apps I want via private repository, hence implementing a restricted AppStore apps as of now, before it's implemented on your side?

[girish]

@potemkin_ai App Store cannot be disabled, it's central to Cloudron. Hard to imagine disabling it tbh Currently, there is no way to filter out apps unfortunately.

[potemkin_ai]

@girish not insisting, what I would be thinking of to start with - it's to disable appstore page to be displayed for some users
Or, some other way of users' rights separation, like RocketChat does, for example - I guess there are some things under the hood already.

If you wouldn't mind, could you possibly share some link / screenshots, showing how custom repository would be displayed and work on Cloudron?

[girish]

@potemkin_ai said in Restrict AppStore apps:

If you wouldn't mind, could you possibly share some link / screenshots, showing how custom repository would be displayed and work on Cloudron?

Private Docker Registry is https://docs.cloudron.io/settings/#private-docker-registry. This can only be used to build custom apps. As in https://docs.cloudron.io/packaging/tutorial/ . The use case here is for you to develop custom apps and install it on your server. There's no UI as such for displaying custom apps.

@girish not insisting, what I would be thinking of to start with - it's to disable appstore page to be displayed for some users

For normal users, app store is hidden. As in the roles in https://docs.cloudron.io/user-management/#user . Only admins and owner can see app store.

[potemkin_ai]

@girish thank you!

The use case here is for you to develop custom apps and install it on your server. There's no UI as such for displaying custom apps.

I would guess I miss something here - how does an application is to be installed from private repository, if it's invisible from the dashboard UI?

[micmc]

@potemkin_ai That would be from cloudron CLI with a specific custom app address.

Check the docs for the cloudron CLI package.

[potemkin_ai]

@micmc thanks, that's what I was looking for

[micmc]

@potemkin_ai said in Restrict AppStore apps:

@micmc thanks, that's what I was looking for

Your welcome pal.