How to launch Jekyll Admin as a seperate service about jekyll-admin

[oDinZu]

Hi @ashmaroli 👋

It seems I must create my own basic auth with nginx, create a simple back-end dashboard and point to api location for basic CRUD like operation using javascript.

I don't want to use react or other javascript pancake framework. All I need is Jekyll with Liquid super powers.

All I need is HTML, CSS and JS to create for mobile and web.

I use my own GIT server with automation and also serves the static site like GitHub pages.

In short, I want Jekyll to have a Jekyll authenticated dashboard that can be used for individual and multiple sites.

• As of now, to do basic tasks like updating a post, the user would have to setup dependencies on their machine or login to git server to update the repository...most non-technical peoples don't even know git or a command line exits.

Currently, the Jekyll Admin plugin isn't used because devs edit the source code with a text editor like vs or atom.
I want to hand-off the finalized website or app to a community or business without them having to be on the "dev" team.

[ashmaroli]

Hello @csharpee Jekyll Admin was not built to be used as a SAAS. In fact, it was designed for layman editors and non-technical folks.

I'm sorry, but your expectation is exactly opposite of what Jekyll Admin is..:

• We expect our users to invoke jekyll serve to initialize the API server which is then utilized to render the admin frontend.
• We expect the API (JSON) to be a reflection of the Jekyll build process. i.e. expose both unbuilt raw source contents and the built static content.
• We expect the API to be used only to render the admin frontend unlike being used to render the user's headless site itself.

[derek-adair]

I don't want to use react or other javascript pancake framework. All I need is Jekyll with Liquid super powers.

Me too buddy... me too. However, its clear thats not what this project is for! Therefor... WE FORK!

I'll be meditating on this and how it can be forked to provide the functionality you've described. Currently i intend on setting up a series of dependent docker containers that will do this; but it will likely not have any use outside of my specific designs. Reach out to me directly if you would like to collaborate on this.

[derek-adair]

Also for what its worth this project is react/redux