HI all,
         I m newbie to openwrt firmware customization. I can create the firmware image with default configuration that are provided by kamikaze trunk. Now I am creating the web-interface for the firmware image, but I don't know how to add these files to firmware image.

        I think I need to create my own package, if it is correct I am not so good at writing my own packages( 'Writing own packages & not so familiar with the syntax of the Makefile). If I m wrong, I don't know how to  write the web-interface files to firmware image. Please anyone help.
       Note - I don't want to go with x-wrt.

Thanks in ADV.

Do you want "create" or "include"?

if you want include luci or webif web-interfaces you must do:
from trunk dir "make package/symlinks"
and after
"make menuconfig" and select packages
and finally
"make"

No. Wrong.

Right way is:

$ ./scripts/feeds update packages luci
$ ./scripts/feeds install -a -p luci
$ make menuconfig                        # Select at least Administration -> LuCI Components -> luci-admin-full: Y
$ make world

(Last edited by Yanira on 26 May 2009, 13:24)

HI all,
        Thanks for the instant  replies.

         Suppose If i write my own pages that will act as a web-interface - means suppose I create or write my own  .php or .sh pages to do the configuration settings, how should i include these written .php or .sh files into the firmware image.

        I don't want to just include the existing packages - like webif etc.

       Thanks again..

http://luci.freifunk-halle.net/

HI yanira,
        Thanks for the instant reply again.   

                  You might be thinking I don't know about uci & all. I know how to do the configuration settings using uci. Even I wrote some pages (.sh pages referring webif package )  to configure my own added package. But I don't know how to add those pages into the firmware image.
                  I will explain -  what i what in detail. I know how to write the web - interface pages. How to do the configurations ( not in details). So i can write a page that will use uci utility & do the configuration settings.  Suppose I wrote my own web - interface for my firmware image, how should i include it into firmware image. I think I need to create a package, that will include my all files into proper directory under cgi- bin.

                   In short how to package these pages into firmware image.

Thanks again.

(Last edited by ps_sach on 26 May 2009, 14:10)

thanks for your correction

luck

You can put your files inside base-files package and it will be included in firmware

Thanks t3l3m4k0,
                    Much appreciated  alternative.

            Another alternative is to create a package & write the Makefile that will do copying of the files from the package directory. I just referred Webif package given by X-wrt & how they have done it. Still it is hard to get, because I am not getting the makefile syntaxes ( Not getting the Makefile syntax of the openwrt packages)

Thanks.

(Last edited by ps_sach on 26 May 2009, 15:00)

Another option: you can create a "files" directory in the toplevel dir of the OpenWrt buildroot and put your files in a corresponding subfolder.

Hello All,

I followed the instructions as described below:-

$ ./scripts/feeds update packages luci
$ ./scripts/feeds install -a -p luci
$ make menuconfig                        # Select at least Administration -> LuCI Components -> luci-admin-full: Y
$ make

But still i am unable to run web interface page on openwrt... I am using Kamikaze r20348 + madwifi.
When i enter IP address of the harware in browser i.e. "192.168.1.1" a black screen opens which says - "Redirecting to Main Page" and after that "Page can not be dispalyed" with following address in browser "res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\shdoclc.dll/dnserror.htm#http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/webif/info.sh"

Please suggest what i am missing or is there any settings require in make menuconfig???/

Please note that i have enabled "luci-admin-full" option in LuCI -> Components... Please suggest

Thanks in Advance!!!

Regards,
WirelessUser