c9779d6581
`restore system` reported
✓ Success System config restored to: /libreportal-system/restore/system-config
for a directory that did not exist. Nothing had been written — on the step the
whole restore ordering depends on, since the system config carries every other
backup location's credentials.
Restore stages through $SYSTEM_DIR, which the manager owns, but the thing that
writes into the staging tree is restic, and runBackupOp runs it as the container
user. Both call sites created the directory as the wrong principal, in opposite
directions:
backupRestoreSystemConfig runFileOp mkdir -> container user; denied on the
0751 manager-owned restore_dir, and unchecked
storageRestoreAppTo runInstallOp mkdir -> manager; restic could then
not create anything beneath it
Restic reports a permission denial as "ignoring error ..." and still exits 0, so
the callers' success checks were satisfied either way.
libreportal-ownership gains restore-stage (creates it cowner:MANAGER 0750 —
owner writes, manager traverses to confirm and review) and restore-unstage
(removes it; neither principal can, so staging trees simply accumulated). Both
confine the path to one component directly under the restore/migrate area.
footprint_version 8 -> 9.
backupRestoreSystemConfig now verifies the tree landed as the user that wrote
it, because the manager cannot read inside its own staging directory.
Verified on a live install: system config stages 57 real files, and the
relocation branch of storageRestoreAppTo ran for the first time — speedtest
restored from a snapshot taken at /libreportal-containers/speedtest into
/libreportal-alt/speedtest via stage-and-move, staging cleaned up afterwards.
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.