Extend the runtime self check with native install diagnostics for the
environment file, service user, backup root ownership, and SQLite database
path. Export install metadata from the systemd units and pobsync-manage wrapper
so custom env files and service users are visible to Django checks.
Document restart, journal log inspection, and rollback steps in the README so
production updates have a clear recovery path.
Add check_pobsync_install so native deployments can run the same runtime
diagnostics from the terminal that are available in the Django Self Check view.
The command prints every check with status, returns a failing exit code when
install-critical checks fail, supports fail-on-warning for stricter automation,
and is documented in the installer output and README update flow.
Delete the old scripts/deploy path that installed pobsync into /opt/pobsync/lib
with a standalone /opt/pobsync/bin wrapper.
Production deployment is now owned by the native systemd installer and updater,
so keeping the legacy deploy script would make the supported install story less
clear and easier to misuse.
Add scripts/update-systemd as a safer routine deploy entrypoint for native
systemd installations. The wrapper keeps updates non-interactive, preserves the
existing environment file, skips OS package installation, and avoids superuser
creation prompts while still reusing the installer refresh flow.
Document the update path in the README and capture the maintenance expectation
in the development notes.
Add a pobsync-manage wrapper that loads the native environment file before
running Django management commands, so production commands use the same
database and runtime settings as the systemd services.
Install the wrapper from the systemd installer, use it for migrations,
static collection, SSH key setup, and superuser creation, and document it
in the README for operational commands.
Prompt for the scheduler timezone during interactive installs and support
a --time-zone flag for scripted installs.
Detect a sensible default from POBSYNC_TIME_ZONE, timedatectl, or
/etc/timezone before falling back to UTC, and validate the value with
Python zoneinfo before writing it to pobsync.env.
Document that schedules are evaluated in POBSYNC_TIME_ZONE so production
installs can avoid UTC/local-time ambiguity.
Add filesystem-backed SSH credentials for the native systemd deployment
path. Generated keys are stored below POBSYNC_HOME with 0600
permissions, while Django keeps the public key, fingerprint, path, and
selection metadata.
Add a Django SSH key generation view, delete action for unused generated
keys, and a management command used by the installer to ensure a default
backup key exists.
Update runtime config to use generated key paths directly as IdentityFile,
extend host checks to verify key readability, and keep legacy uploaded
keys available for compatibility.
Update the native installer so the pobsync service user gets journal
read access when the host exposes systemd-journal or adm groups.
Apply ownership and private directory modes to the configured backup
root, and reuse the existing environment backup root on reinstall so
production updates do not fall back to /backups.
Add a self-check for journal access and a host detail action that can
prepare missing backup directories for existing host configurations.
Add host-level checks for address, enabled state, SSH credential
selection, and backup directory readiness, and show them on the host
detail page.
Create host backup directories during host creation and prefill new
hosts from the default global config.
Add a staff-only logs view backed by journalctl with filtering by
pobsync unit, priority, and message text.
Improve runtime checks for gunicorn in virtualenv installs and ensure
the native installer grants the service user access to the backup root.
Change the native installer to enable services and then explicitly
restart web, worker, and scheduler so updated Django code is loaded
after each install or update.
Document that the installer refreshes app files and restarts systemd
services as part of the normal update flow.
Add step-based installer logging that reports pobsync actions as OK,
FAILED, or SKIPPED while suppressing noisy apt, pip, Django, and
systemd output during successful runs.
Show the captured output for the failed step when something breaks,
and add a --verbose flag to restore full command output for debugging.
Document the quieter installer behavior and verbose mode in the README
and development notes.
Add an interactive setup flow to the systemd installer with defaults
for install paths, service identity, backup storage, bind address,
allowed hosts, CSRF origins, OS package installation, MariaDB support,
nginx setup, and first superuser creation.
Keep scripted installs supported through non-interactive mode, existing
overrides, environment variables, and explicit superuser flags.
Print a user-facing completion summary with the control panel URL,
Self Check reminder, first setup steps, and useful service log commands.
Teach the systemd installer to install required Debian/Ubuntu
packages by default, with an opt-out for users who manage system
dependencies themselves.
Add explicit MariaDB install-extra handling so native installs can
pull in both the Python extra and required client build packages.
Slim down the README to production setup and operations, and move
development, Docker, migration helper, and architecture notes into
docs/development.md.
Expand the systemd installer so it can perform a complete native
installation with sensible defaults: copy the checkout into the target
app directory, create runtime directories, write the environment file,
install dependencies, configure systemd units, and optionally configure
nginx.
Add a staff-only Django self-check page that verifies runtime settings,
required binaries, writable paths, database connectivity, global config
state, and systemd service status when available.
Document installer overrides and expose the self-check from the main
navigation.
Make native systemd services the recommended production path for
pobsync while keeping Docker Compose available for development and
optional test installs.
Add web, worker, and scheduler systemd unit templates, a native
environment example, an optional nginx reverse proxy template, and an
installer that creates the venv, service user, env file, units, and
runs migrations/static collection.
Allow native deployments to configure POBSYNC_BACKUP_ROOT directly and
document the new production layout and update flow.
Run the Django control panel with Gunicorn instead of the development
runserver and serve static files through WhiteNoise.
Add restart policies, healthchecks, .env-driven production settings, and
a sample .env file for single-server deployments. Update the Docker
entrypoint to collect static assets and document the remote server
deployment and update flow in the README.
Add a Django admin-backed management layer for pobsync configs, runs,
snapshots, and schedules. Keep the existing CLI engine as the execution
source of truth, add import/run management commands, and provide SQLite
default plus optional MariaDB Docker Compose support.
