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There are configuration items that users of syncthing can accidentally set, resulting in the UI becoming unavailable. Previously, if such a thing happened, the FreedomBox admin would have to ssh into the server and edit the xml manually or reinstall/restore the app. With this patch, it is enough to re-run the setup to make the UI accesible again. - Remove http basic authentication from the settings (gui/user and gui/password. This is unnecessary as FreedomBox already provides authentication. - Make sure these options are properly set: - 'Use HTTPS for GUI' is off - 'GUI Listen Address' is 127.0.0.1:8384 - GUI is enabled There is a forum discussion that inspired these changes: https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/solved-cant-access-syncthing-administration-panel/2137 Tests done: - Fresh install: after the setup, confirm the UI is working properly and the xml is configured with the expected values. - Make the changes to break the Syncthing UI, then re-run setup. Confirm the UI is back online. Signed-off-by: Benedek Nagy <contact@nbenedek.me> [sunil: Initialize conf_changed variable to prevent failures accessing it] Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org> Reviewed-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.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.