When DashCaddy is installed without `${DASHBOARD_DIR}:/app/dashboard` bind
mounted into the container (e.g. legacy DNS2 setup where Caddy serves from
/var/www/dashcaddy-status/), the self-updater's in-container copy to
/app/dashboard was a silent no-op — leaving the dashboard stale across
self-updates, which led to CSP-hash mismatches and a broken UI.
- self-updater: new hostFrontendDir option (default `/var/www/dashcaddy-status`
on Linux, overridable via DASHCADDY_HOST_FRONTEND_DIR). When set, defer the
frontend copy to the host-side updater by passing frontendStagingDir +
frontendTargetDir in trigger.json. Now also includes `js/` in the copy list.
- dashcaddy-update.sh: read those new trigger fields and sync the dashboard
files on the host. Auto-detect fallback for older self-updaters (no fields
in trigger.json) so a single release upgrade self-heals.
- self-updater: per-instance notify secret (auto-generated), notifyAndApply()
triggers an immediate check+apply for the publishing host
- routes: POST /api/system/update-notify (X-DashCaddy-Notify-Secret gated,
added to public-routes allowlist so TOTP doesn't block machine-to-machine)
- dashcaddy-update.sh: include VERSION in backup/deploy/rollback copy lists;
belt-and-suspenders write trigger.json commit to VERSION post-deploy.
Fixes drift where /app/VERSION stayed at the old commit after self-update.
- release.sh: mirror failures are non-fatal+loud; HTTP-verify get2 after
rsync; auto-notify co-located instance via /opt/dashcaddy/updates/notify-secret
(or honour DASHCADDY_NOTIFY_TARGETS for multi-instance setups).
When the in-container self-updater downloads a new version, it writes
trigger.json. The new systemd path unit watches for this file and runs
dashcaddy-update.sh, which backs up current API files, copies the new
ones, rebuilds the container, verifies health, and writes result.json.
Automatic rollback on build or health check failure.
Also fixes undefined `isWindows` variable in self-updater.js and adds
DASHCADDY_HOST_UPDATES_DIR env var to the installer's docker-compose
template for correct container-to-host path translation.
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- Added automatic volume path translation in deployment (deploy.js)
- Updated FileBrowser template to use /opt/ instead of hard-coded E:/
- Migrated self-updater.js to use centralized platformPaths module
- Updated UI placeholders to use platform-neutral paths (/media/)
- All paths now automatically adapt to Windows or Linux at runtime via process.platform detection
- Fix container-to-host path mapping in trigger.json (stagingDir
was using container path /app/updates/ instead of host path
/opt/dashcaddy/updates/)
- Fix download race condition: primary download's async unlink
could delete mirror download's file — use unlinkSync before retry
- Fix DASHCADDY_COMMIT build arg not passed to docker compose build
(was set as env var, now uses --build-arg)
- Remove MakeDirectory=yes from systemd path unit (was creating
trigger.json as directory instead of file)
- Remove unused 'tar' npm module import
- Add mirror fallback for tarball downloads (not just version checks)
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- self-updater.js: polls for new versions, downloads/verifies tarballs,
triggers host-side rebuild via systemd path unit
- dashcaddy-update.sh + systemd units: host-side container rebuild with
automatic rollback on health check failure
- 7 new /api/v1/system/* endpoints for version info, update check/apply,
rollback, and update history
- Frontend: DashCaddy tab in Updates modal with version display,
changelog, update button, rollback, and notification dot
- install.sh: updater service installation, volume mounts, env vars
- build-release.sh + webhook-handler.js: release server pipeline
(Gitea webhook → build tarball → deploy to get.dashcaddy.net)
- Dockerfile: DASHCADDY_COMMIT build arg → VERSION file
- Version bump to 1.1.0
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