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Currently, sessions are created as files in /var/lib/plinth/sessions. If a user does not logout, the sessions remains there ever after expiry. Cleanup these accumulating files by running a cleanup job every week. Adding django.contrib.sessions to apps list necessary to ensure that 'clearsessions' management command is available. This creates an empty database table for session storage but is harmless. Tests performed: - When run with the change for first time, migration is run for django.contrib.sessions app. - Change the scheduled interval to 30 seconds in the code. Login as a user. A new session file is created in data/var/lib/plinth/sessions. Forward the system clock by at least 2 weeks. The session expires. Within 30 seconds the file is also removed. - Login, then remove the django-secret.key. In 30 seconds we see a message that the session data is corrupt. Advance the clock by at least 2 weeks. The session file is removed and the message about session data is no longer printed. - Repeat for system level plinth after `./setup.py install` and `sudo -u plinth plinth`. Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org> Reviewed-by: James Valleroy <jvalleroy@mailbox.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
