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- This will allow us to remove the code needed for force upgrading. Upgrade code can be dropped after a while. - This will ensure that all our users have a single configuration format which will make future testing easier. - We can notify the users of a single overwrite now and be assured that in future, the overwrites of configuration will not happen. - We don't have to monitor for changes to configuration files in future version of the package. - Keep old configuration as a backup file and restore a pristine copy with --reinstall and --force-confmiss. Tests: - Install the app freshly. Configuration file is unchanged, new config snippets are created. App is running. - Install the app with code before new configuration changes. Notice that old configuration format is used. Then switch the code to a branch with current changes. Setup is automatically executed. The package is reinstalled. After re-installation, the main config file is restored. Configuration snippets exist. value of public registration and domain is preserved. Backup file exists with previous configuration contents. Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org> Tested-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
