[feature request] Read-only access

[Rooster212]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

It is not a problem just a suggestion.

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd like to share the dashboard/screen with a friend but there is no concept of "read only" access - all settings are accessible within the dashboard. I understand that this is exactly as designed and is not a criticism by any means 😄

I have 2 potential suggestions:

1. provide a secondary "read only" endpoint/port that only provides the UI and API endpoints for the dashboard, no settings available.
2. add an environment variable that prevents changing any settings - the idea being that someone could deploy it, configure the system then disable any changes with an environment variable. Not sure I like this as much.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I've been looking at getting the same metrics surfaced here and showing them in Grafana which i can provide read only access for, but I haven't had time to do that.

Additional context

If I get time I will raise a PR if I can but if there is any preference on approach then that'd be helpful.

[frederikemmer]

I didn't even think about sharing our nerdy metrics with others, great idea!

One way to tackle this would be a login-system i want to implement in the future.
In that way you can expose MediaLyze to the internet and only access it with a login OR show a Dashboard/Libraries with read only statistics.

It will take a little bit of time to get that ready but it would be a logical next step.
If you have any ideas/comments about that feel free to add them here :D