Restore empty webui/static to use traefik as library

.github/workflows/test-conformance.yaml

@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: K8s Gateway API conformance test and report
         run: |
           make test-gateway-api-conformance

.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml

@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: Build binary
         run: make binary-linux-amd64
 
@@ -74,11 +69,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: Download traefik binary
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:

.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml

@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: Tests
         run: |
           go test -v -parallel 8 ${{ matrix.package.group }}

.github/workflows/validate.yaml

@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v7
         with:
@@ -55,11 +50,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install misspell ${{ env.MISSPELL_VERSION }}
         run: curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/misspell/HEAD/install-misspell.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin ${MISSPELL_VERSION}
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: Validate
         run: make validate-files
 

Makefile

@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@ build-webui-image:
 .PHONY: clean-webui
 #? clean-webui: Clean WebUI static generated assets
 clean-webui:
-	rm -rf webui/static
+	rm -r webui/static
+	mkdir -p webui/static
+	printf 'For more information see `webui/readme.md`' > webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md
 
 webui/static/index.html:
 	$(MAKE) build-webui-image
 	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui yarn build:prod
 	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui chown -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) ./static
+	printf 'For more information see `webui/readme.md`' > webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md
 
 .PHONY: generate-webui
 #? generate-webui: Generate WebUI

webui/.gitignore

@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # static assets
 static/*
+!static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md

webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+For more information see `webui/readme.md`