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Ties the ladder and the verifiers together behind a new verb: libreportal updater upgrade <app> [version] [--dry-run] Per rung, and every part is load-bearing: snapshot (fail-closed) -> set version -> pull -> up -> VERIFY -> next On failure anywhere: restore THIS rung's snapshot, put the version back, stop, and leave the app on the last version it actually verified at. The ladder never continues past a doubt. A snapshot PER RUNG rather than one at the start, because upstream migrations are usually one-way — Nextcloud 32's schema cannot be undone by putting the 31 image back. The recovery guarantee is "restore the snapshot from sixty seconds ago", which only holds if every rung has one. Two gates before anything moves. An app with no <app>_upgrade_verify is refused outright: the generic health check cannot see a half-finished migration, so laddering on it would be a guess wearing a safety label. And a ladder that cannot be computed end to end refuses rather than attempting a partial climb. `updater upgrade` is a separate verb from `apply` on purpose: apply moves you WITHIN a release line (and may be automatic), upgrade moves you BETWEEN lines and is always a deliberate act. Dry runs execute inline so the plan is instant to read. updaterSetAnchorVersion rewrites the image tag AND its version sentinel together — updating only the image would leave the sentinel advertising the old version, and the next config regeneration would silently revert the app. Tested with stubs against the real code paths: the no-verifier gate holds and changes nothing; a dry run has zero side effects; the happy path snapshots at each current version before moving; a verify failure on rung 2 of 3 stops with the app on rung 1, restored, and never touches rung 3; a failed snapshot moves no version and pulls nothing; a container that will not start is rolled back. NOT yet exercised on a live install — no app here needs a ladder. The first real run should be a dry run. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
LibrePortal
Your own private corner of the internet — free, open, and yours.
LibrePortal is a self-hosted platform for running the apps you rely on, on your own server: one-click installs, a reverse proxy with automatic SSL, rootless Docker, optional VPN routing, and a clean web dashboard to manage it all.
⚠️ v0.1.0 — early days. Expect rough edges while things settle.
Why LibrePortal
Too many services today treat your data as theirs to take — quietly overstepping boundaries that should never have been crossed. LibrePortal grew out of frustration with that: it's a way to run the apps you depend on on your own server, where your data stays yours. Privacy here isn't a feature to toggle — it's the whole point.
Free & open — forever
The entire platform is free software under the GNU AGPLv3. Self-host it and you get everything — every feature, no paywalls, no telemetry. See our Promise for exactly what that means.
What you get
- 📦 One-click self-hosted apps (Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, Jellyfin, Gitea, …)
- 🔀 Traefik reverse proxy + automatic Let's Encrypt SSL
- 🔒 Rootless Docker, CrowdSec, sane security defaults
- 🛡️ Optional VPN routing (gluetun) for any app
- 🖥️ A web dashboard to install, configure, back up, and monitor everything
Quick start
curl -fsSL https://get.libreportal.org/install.sh | sudo bash
This installs a versioned, checksum-verified release (Debian/Ubuntu, root). Put
data on separate disks with --system-dir= / --containers-dir= / --backups-dir=.
The
get.libreportal.orghost is still being set up — until it's live, build a release and install from it locally (see the docs below).
Documentation
- docs/guide/install-and-use.md — install, place data on separate disks/drives, update, back up, uninstall.
- docs/contributing/development.md — run a dev copy, cut stable/edge releases, and test them before publishing.
LibrePortal Connect (optional)
Self-hosting is free and complete. If you'd rather not fiddle with the tricky parts — like reaching your server from your phone, or keeping off-site backups — LibrePortal Connect will handle them for you. Here's the catch that makes us different: we work like a courier carrying a sealed box. We move your data between your devices and store backup copies, but it stays locked and you hold the only key — we can't open it, and we never run your apps for you. Everything we offer, you can also set up yourself for free. Our Promise spells out exactly where that line sits.
Contributing
PRs welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md. We use a lightweight
DCO sign-off (git commit -s), no CLA.
Acknowledgments
LibrePortal has been built from scratch since 2023. Its spark of inspiration
was a small installer script from Brian McGonagill (OpenSourceIsAwesome):
gitlab.com/bmcgonag/docker_installs.
From that seed it grew start to finish — refined, extended, and refactored
into the platform it is today.
License
GNU AGPLv3. What's open stays open.