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- The privileged service will stop by itself if left idle for 5 minutes. However, if someone is viewing a reloading page such as during manual software update, the privileged service is never idle. - When freedombox package is updated to a newer version, the old version of privileged daemon could run for a long time but newer version of freedombox service might be running by then. This would cause protocol mismatch problems (unless backwards compatibility is provided which is unnecessarily hard). - Adding PartOf=.socket in .service file means that if .socket unit is stopped or restarted, the .service unit will be stopped or restarted too. We still don't want the dh_installsystemd script to be starting the .service unit, so this is ideal. Tests: - During fresh install of freedombox package, freedombox-privilged.socket is started but freedombox-privileged.service is not. It is started due to socket activation (as seen in journal logs of privileged daemon). - During removal of freedombox package, .service is stopped when .socket unit is stopped. - During reinstall of freedombox package, .service is restarted when .socket unit is restarted. Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org> Reviewed-by: Veiko Aasa <veiko17@disroot.org>
FreedomBox Service (Plinth)
The core functionality and web front-end of FreedomBox.
Description
FreedomBox is a community project to develop, design and promote personal servers running free software for private, personal communications. It is a networking appliance designed to allow interfacing with the rest of the Internet under conditions of protected privacy and data security. It hosts applications such as blog, wiki, website, social network, email, web proxy and a Tor relay, on a device that can replace your Wi-Fi router, so that your data stays with you.
This module, called FreedomBox Service and also know as Plinth, is the core functionality and web interface to the functions of the FreedomBox. It is extensible and provides various applications of FreedomBox as modules. Each module or application provides simplified user interface to control the underlying functionality. As FreedomBox can act as a wireless router, it is possible to configure networking. It also allows configuration of basic system parameters such as time zone, hostname and automatic upgrades.
You can find more information about FreedomBox Service (Plinth) on the Plinth Wiki page, the FreedomBox Wiki and the FreedomBox Manual.
Getting Started
To have a running FreedomBox, first install Debian (Buster or higher) on a clean machine. Then run:
$ sudo apt install freedombox
Full instructions are available on FreedomBox Manual's QuickStart page.
For instructions on running the service on a local machine from source code, see INSTALL.md. For instructions on setting up for development purposes, see HACKING.md.
Contributing
See the HACKING.md file for contributing to FreedomBox Service (Plinth).
Localization
License
FreedomBox is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3 or later. A copy of AGPLv3 is available from the Free Software Foundation.