The "Refreshing backup data..." step on every WebUI update fired one
`restic stats` (restore-size mode — the slowest restic op) plus ~4
identical unfiltered `restic snapshots --json` pulls per enabled
location (dashboard, snapshots, app-status, migrate each pulled their
own), all over a fresh SSH connection for remote repos, on every pass
with no throttle — the slow, "frozen"-looking line users hit on poor
links.
Two fixes:
1. Dedupe. engineSnapshotsJson transparently memoises the first
unfiltered whole-repo pull per location to a shared cache dir
(LP_SNAP_CACHE_DIR, set by webui_updater around the chain), so the
four generators reuse one restic call instead of four. Filtered and
failed/empty pulls always fall through to a live call.
2. Throttle. Backups and location changes already regenerate this data
live when they happen, so the routine pass is only a drift catch-up.
Split the cheap local-only generators (engines/schema/passwords —
no remote I/O) out to always run, and gate the remote pull behind
CFG_BACKUP_DASHBOARD_REFRESH_INTERVAL (minutes, default 30, 0 =
every update). A completed backup touches a dirty marker that forces
the next pass to pull; WEBUI_UPDATER_FORCE still forces a full
refresh.
Net: N locations x 5 remote restic calls every update -> 1 call per
location, only when something actually changed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
After 'Generated apps-tools.json...' the next step reaches remote backup
locations (restic over SSH) with its output captured in $(...), so on a
slow connection the updater looked stalled with no message. Print an
in-progress notice before it, mirroring the per-app refresh hook loop.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
webuiLibrePortalUpdate runs the per-app refresh hooks on every update (the
task processor fires it repeatedly), and gluetun's hook silently pulls a
~7MB servers.json from GitHub each time. The hook's stdout is captured by
`result=$($_hook)`, so on a slow link the update just sits with no output
right after "Generated apps-tools.json..." — it reads as a freeze.
- Throttle the fetch to once per CFG_GLUETUN_PROVIDERS_REFRESH_HOURS (24h
default; 0 = manual-only). Direct callers (Tools refresh, install hook)
pass GLUETUN_PROVIDERS_FORCE=1 to still get a guaranteed pull.
- curl --compressed (this JSON gzips ~7x) + --connect-timeout 15 so a slow
or dead link shrinks/fails fast instead of stalling every update.
- Print "Refreshing <app> WebUI data..." from the updater loop (outside the
output capture) so the step is visible instead of looking hung.
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
'local result=$(cmd)' resets $? to 0 (the local builtin's own exit), so the
following checkSuccess always saw success regardless of cmd's real exit — the
mechanism that masked the de-sudo write failures. Split declaration from
assignment ('local result; result=$(cmd)') across all 235 active-code sites
(84 files) so the command's exit reaches checkSuccess. No behaviour change
beyond $? now being accurate (no set -e in runtime code; multi-line
assignments transform safely).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
A peer is a named reference to another LibrePortal instance. Phase 2 only
implements kind=backup-channel (friendly label over a hostname that shows
up in a shared backup repo); direct-ssh-direct and direct-ssh-via-relay
(Connect's blind-relay) are reserved enum values for Phase 3.
DB schema (db_create_tables.sh):
CREATE TABLE peers (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
name TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
kind TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backup-channel',
config_json TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',
status TEXT DEFAULT 'unknown',
last_seen TEXT,
created_at TEXT DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
+ indexes on name and kind.
config_json is kind-specific so new transports don't need a schema
migration. For backup-channel it carries {"hostname":"","loc_idx":N}.
Bash module (scripts/peer/):
peer_helpers.sh _peerDb, peerSqlEscape, peerValidateName/Kind.
peer_add.sh peerAdd <name> <kind> [k=v ...] → INSERT, refresh
generator. Rejects unimplemented kinds early so users
don't create dead-end peer records.
peer_remove.sh peerRemove <name> → DELETE.
peer_list.sh peerList → JSON array; peerGet, peerNameForHostname
(reverse-lookup for the migrate-tab overlay).
peer_check.sh peerCheckReachable, peerCheckAll. For backup-channel
'reachable' = at least one snapshot from that hostname
visible in (preferred|any enabled) location. Updates
status + last_seen so UI dots render without re-probing.
CLI (scripts/cli/commands/peer/):
libreportal peer list
libreportal peer get <name>
libreportal peer add <name> backup-channel hostname=<host> [loc_idx=<n>]
libreportal peer remove <name>
libreportal peer check [name]
Auto-routed by cli_initialize.sh's category-discovery.
WebUI data generator (scripts/webui/data/generators/peers/webui_peers.sh):
Emits data/peers/generated/peers.json with the peerList output and a
generated_at envelope. Hooked into webuiLibrePortalUpdate alongside the
backup generators.
Frontend:
- New top-level /peers route in spa.js (PeersPage class, peers-content.html).
- 'Peers' nav item in the topbar between Backups and the right-side controls.
- Add-peer modal with friendly-name + kind + hostname + preferred-location
selector (populated from the existing backup-locations data).
- Per-peer card with status dot, last-checked time, Check + Remove buttons.
- Phase 3 kinds appear in the kind dropdown as disabled options so users
can see what's coming.
Source-array wiring:
- generate_arrays.sh auto-created files_peer.sh from the new peer/ dir.
- cli_files.sh + app_files.sh include ${peer_scripts[@]} alphabetically.
- files_webui.sh auto-picked-up the new peers/ generator subfolder.
The migrate-tab friendly-name overlay (use peer names in /backup/migrate
when a peer record exists for a hostname) is intentionally deferred — it's
a 5-line frontend lookup once peers.json is loaded; cleaner to add after
Phase 3 ships its peer-detail view.
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
Phase 1 of the migration-system refresh. Surfaces Phase 0's kernel
(libreportal restore migrate ...) as a WebUI flow so users don't have
to drop to the CLI to pull an app from a peer's backups.
backend / data generator:
scripts/webui/data/generators/backup/webui_backup_migrate.sh
Walks every enabled backup location, lists every (other_host, app)
pair with snapshot count + latest id/date, and emits a single
destination summary block (installed apps, running apps, disk free)
so the frontend can compute collisions and warnings without per-row
API round-trips. Filters out our own hostname — we don't migrate to
ourselves. Output: data/backup/generated/migrate.json.
Hooked into the standard webuiLibrePortalUpdate refresh pipeline,
so 'libreportal regen webui' (and the periodic task-processor poll)
keep it fresh on their own.
frontend:
- New 'Migrate' sidebar tab on /backup, sits between Locations and
Configuration. Path-based URL: /backup/migrate.
- Per-source-host cards listing every available app, with snapshot
count + relative-time hint, collision dot when the app is already
installed here, and per-app + per-host migrate buttons.
- Confirm modal with two checkboxes matching the kernel's defaults:
[✓] Back up the destination's existing copy first (pre-migrate
backup; auto-disabled when there's nothing to back up)
[✓] Rewrite host-bound URLs to this host (URL rewrite
— uncheck only to keep source hostnames)
On confirm, runs 'libreportal restore migrate app/system …' via the
task system; opt-out checkboxes append --no-pre-backup / --keep-urls
only when the user un-ticks, matching the kernel's default-on flags.
- Empty state when no other hosts have visible backups, explaining
the shared-backup-location prerequisite.
The CLI dispatcher hooks (Phase 0) wire restore migrate app/system to
migrateApplyApp/migrateApplySystem, so the WebUI gets pre-backup safety,
URL rewrite, and structured progress (when --json-progress is set; not
needed here yet — the task system's log tail is enough for v1).
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
Move scripts/webui/data/generators/apps/webui_gluetun_providers.sh ->
containers/gluetun/scripts/gluetun_providers.sh and replace the gluetun-specific
gated call in webui_updater.sh with a generic per-app loop: an installed app may
define appWebuiRefresh_<app> (in its scripts/) for data it wants refreshed on
every WebUI update. gluetun provides appWebuiRefresh_gluetun (a thin wrapper over
webuiGenerateGluetunProviders).
- No gluetun-specific code remains in central WebUI code — it's a true drop-in.
- Install gate preserved + generalized: the loop iterates the manager-owned
install templates (listable) and tests each app's live compose directly (works
without list perm on the container-user data dir), so non-users never pay for it.
- webuiGenerateGluetunProviders keeps its name (still called by the installer and
the gluetun_refresh_providers tool); now sourced via the container scan.
- Regenerate arrays (generator drops out of files_webui).
Loop verified with stubs: only installed apps with a defined hook fire; apps
without a hook are skipped; nothing fires when nothing's installed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
Fresh, on-demand inbound SSH-access management for the host (replaces the old
maze). scripts/ssh/host_access.sh manages the install user's authorized_keys —
add a pasted public key (validated), list, remove — and toggles sshd password
login behind a lockout guard (won't disable passwords with no key; won't drop
the last key while passwords are off; sshd -t before reload, with backup).
New 'ssh' CLI category (status/key-add/key-remove/password-auth/generate) and
a webuiGenerateSshAccess snapshot (data/ssh/access.json: user, password_auth,
authorized keys as type+fingerprint+comment — public only) wired into the
regen chain. Nothing runs automatically; only explicit admin actions change
anything. WebUI page next.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
The per-type field map lived hardcoded in backup-page.js. Add a
webuiGenerateBackupSchema generator that emits the type -> ordered field list
to data/backup/generated/schema.json (wired into the backup regen chain and
the CLI 'webui generate backup'). The editor fetches it into this.locSchema
and reads it via locFieldsForType; BACKUP_LOC_FIELDS_BY_TYPE stays only as a
fallback if the fetch fails.
Keeps the data-in-generators pattern consistent — the schema now has one
backend source of truth. The dynamic show/hide behaviors (SSH auth, path
mode, engine filtering) remain frontend logic by nature.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>
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