Always group rules by their priority/type in the filter grid and reuse the same rule type metadata for both bucket labels and icons. When tree view is enabled, categorized non-automatic rules are grouped one level deeper by category, while automatic and uncategorized rules remain directly below their rule type bucket. This keeps the default view structured without relying on a mixed flat/tree array and makes the tree toggle an additive category grouping layer. The front end doesn't need any fake category for the automatic rules anymore, since it's decided by priority group now in the response handler logic Render icons for the top tree level groups, remove counts behind them to reduce visual noise Remove the count labels from interfaces, as they imply something has to be done as they resemble event badges Rework the buttons, only use icons with tooltips, always show the expand tree button Match terminology with legacy page Change title of the category grouping button Higher default rowCount because all rules is the default view and we always show automatic rules now which inflates count here, also offer 20 as option for small screen devices Adjust widths feedback @swhite2 Selectable false for enabled and category Inspect button only reveals statistics now, all other filtering decisions have been removed from the Inspect button (show_all in FilterController) Re-add show_all to the advanced search functionality, with comment that it might have to be changed later
OPNsense GUI and system management
The OPNsense project invites developers to start contributing to the code base. For your own purposes or – even better – to join us in creating the best open source firewall available.
The build process has been designed to make it easy for anyone to build and write code. The main outline of the new codebase is available at:
https://docs.opnsense.org/development/architecture.html
Our aim is to gradually evolve to a new codebase instead of using a big bang approach into something new.
Build tools
To create working software like OPNsense you need the sources and the tools to build it. The build tools for OPNsense are freely available.
Notes on how to build OPNsense can be found in the tools repository:
https://github.com/opnsense/tools
Contribute
You can contribute to the project in many ways, e.g. testing functionality, sending in bug reports or creating pull requests directly via GitHub. Any help is always very welcome!
You can learn more about contributing on CONTRIBUTING.md.
License
OPNsense is and will always be available under the 2-Clause BSD license:
https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
Every contribution made to the project must be licensed under the same conditions in order to keep OPNsense truly free and accessible for everybody.
Makefile targets
The repository offers a couple of targets that either tie into tools.git build processes or are aimed at fast development.
make package
A package of the current state of the repository can be created using this target. It may require several packages to be installed. The target will try to assist in case of failure, e.g. when a missing file needs to be fetched from an external location.
Several OPTIONS exist to customise the package, e.g.:
- CORE_DEPENDS: a list of required dependencies for the package
- CORE_DEPENDS_ARCH: a list of special -required packages
- CORE_ORIGIN: sets a FreeBSD compatible package/ports origin
- CORE_COMMENT: a short description of the package
- CORE_MAINTAINER: email of the package maintainer
- CORE_WWW: web url of the package
- CORE_NAME: sets a package name
Options are passed in the following form:
# make package CORE_NAME=my_new_name
In general, options are either set to sane defaults or automatically detected at runtime.
make update
Update will pull the latest commits from the current branch from the upstream repository.
make upgrade
Upgrade will run the package build and replace the currently installed package in the system.
make collect
Fetch changes from the running system for all known files.
make lint
Run several syntax checks on the repository. This is recommended before issuing a pull request on GitHub.
make style
Run the PSR12 and PEP8 style checks on MVC PHP code and Python, respectively.
For easier development you may want to use an OPNsense VM and install
the os-debug plugin that will offer the necessary tools.
make sweep
Run several automatic sanitizers on the code base.