cmdeploy: run SSH commands locally if ssh_host is localhost

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ jobs:
           rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
           ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
 
+      - name: run formatting checks 
+        run: cmdeploy fmt -v 
+
       - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
         run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
 

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ jobs:
           rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging2.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
           ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
 
+      - name: run formatting checks 
+        run: cmdeploy fmt -v 
+
       - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
         run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
 

ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-This diagram shows components of the chatmail server; this is a draft
-overview as of mid-August 2025:
-
-```mermaid
-graph LR;
-    cmdeploy --- sshd;
-    letsencrypt --- |80|acmetool-redirector;
-    acmetool-redirector --- |443|nginx-right(["`nginx
-    (external)`"]);
-    nginx-external --- |465|postfix;
-    nginx-external(["`nginx
-    (external)`"]) --- |8443|nginx-internal["`nginx
-    (internal)`"];
-    nginx-internal --- website["`Website
-    /var/www/html`"];
-    nginx-internal --- newemail.py;
-    nginx-internal --- autoconfig.xml;
-    certs-nginx[("`TLS certs
-    /var/lib/acme`")] --> nginx-internal;
-    cron --- chatmail-metrics;
-    cron --- acmetool;
-    cron --- expunge;
-    chatmail-metrics --- website;
-    acmetool --> certs[("`TLS certs
-    /var/lib/acme`")];
-    nginx-external --- |993|dovecot;
-    autoconfig.xml --- postfix;
-    autoconfig.xml --- dovecot;
-    postfix --- echobot;
-    postfix --- |10080,10081|filtermail;
-    postfix --- users["`User data
-    home/vmail/mail`"];
-    postfix --- |doveauth.socket|doveauth;
-    dovecot --- |doveauth.socket|doveauth;
-    dovecot --- users;
-    dovecot --- |metadata.socket|chatmail-metadata;
-    doveauth --- users;
-    expunge --- users;
-    chatmail-metadata --- iroh-relay;
-    certs-nginx --> postfix;
-    certs-nginx --> dovecot;
-    style certs fill:#ff6;
-    style certs-nginx fill:#ff6;
-    style nginx-external fill:#fc9;
-    style nginx-right fill:#fc9;
-```
-
-The edges in this graph should not be taken too literally; they
-reflect some sort of communication path or dependency relationship
-between components of the chatmail server.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 ## untagged
 
-- Make www upload path configurable
-  ([#618](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/618))
-
 - Check whether GCC is installed in initenv.sh
   ([#608](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/608))
 
@@ -32,9 +29,6 @@
 - filtermail: respect config message size limit
   ([#572](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/572))
 
-- Don't deploy if one of the ports used for chatmail relay services is occupied by an unexpected process
-  ([#568](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/568))
-
 - Add config value after how many days large files are deleted
   ([#555](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/555))
 

README.md

@@ -255,18 +255,6 @@ This starts a local live development cycle for chatmail web pages:
 
 - Starts a browser window automatically where you can "refresh" as needed.
 
-#### Custom web pages
-
-You can skip uploading a web page
-by setting `www_folder=disabled` in `chatmail.ini`.
-
-If you want to manage your web pages outside this git repository,
-you can set `www_folder` in `chatmail.ini` to a custom directory on your computer.
-`cmdeploy run` will upload it as the server's home page,
-and if it contains a `src/index.md` file,
-will build it with hugo.
-
-
 ## Mailbox directory layout
 
 Fresh chatmail addresses have a mailbox directory that contains: 

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class Config:
         self.password_min_length = int(params["password_min_length"])
         self.passthrough_senders = params["passthrough_senders"].split()
         self.passthrough_recipients = params["passthrough_recipients"].split()
-        self.www_folder = params.get("www_folder", "")
         self.filtermail_smtp_port = int(params["filtermail_smtp_port"])
         self.filtermail_smtp_port_incoming = int(
             params["filtermail_smtp_port_incoming"]

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from io import StringIO
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from chatmaild.config import Config, read_config
-from pyinfra import facts, host, logger
+from pyinfra import facts, host
 from pyinfra.api import FactBase
 from pyinfra.facts.files import File
 from pyinfra.facts.server import Sysctl
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool) -> None:
     check_config(config)
     mail_domain = config.mail_domain
 
-    from .www import build_webpages, get_paths
+    from .www import build_webpages
 
     server.group(name="Create vmail group", group="vmail", system=True)
     server.user(name="Create vmail user", user="vmail", group="vmail", system=True)
@@ -675,30 +675,10 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool) -> None:
     # to use 127.0.0.1 as the resolver.
     from cmdeploy.cmdeploy import Out
 
-    port_services = [
+    process_on_53 = host.get_fact(Port, port=53)
-        (["master", "smtpd"], 25),
+    if process_on_53 not in (None, "unbound"):
-        ("unbound", 53),
+        Out().red(f"Can't install unbound: port 53 is occupied by: {process_on_53}")
-        ("acmetool", 80),
+        exit(1)
-        ("imap-login", 143),
-        ("nginx", 443),
-        (["master", "smtpd"], 465),
-        (["master", "smtpd"], 587),
-        ("imap-login", 993),
-        ("iroh-relay", 3340),
-        ("nginx", 8443),
-        (["master", "smtpd"], config.postfix_reinject_port),
-        (["master", "smtpd"], config.postfix_reinject_port_incoming),
-        ("filtermail", config.filtermail_smtp_port),
-        ("filtermail", config.filtermail_smtp_port_incoming),
-    ]
-    for service, port in port_services:
-        print(f"Checking if port {port} is available for {service}...")
-        running_service = host.get_fact(Port, port=port)
-        if running_service:
-            if running_service not in service:
-                Out().red(f"Deploy failed: port {port} is occupied by: {running_service}")
-                exit(1)
-
     apt.packages(
         name="Install unbound",
         packages=["unbound", "unbound-anchor", "dnsutils"],
@@ -751,16 +731,12 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path, disable_mail: bool) -> None:
         packages=["fcgiwrap"],
     )
 
-    www_path, src_dir, build_dir = get_paths(config)
+    www_path = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("../../../www").resolve()
-    # if www_folder was set to a non-existing folder, skip upload
+
-    if not www_path.is_dir():
+    build_dir = www_path.joinpath("build")
-        logger.warning("Building web pages is disabled in chatmail.ini, skipping")
+    src_dir = www_path.joinpath("src")
-    else:
+    build_webpages(src_dir, build_dir, config)
-        # if www_folder is a hugo page, build it
+    files.rsync(f"{build_dir}/", "/var/www/html", flags=["-avz"])
-        if build_dir:
-            www_path = build_webpages(src_dir, build_dir, config)
-        # if it is not a hugo page, upload it as is
-        files.rsync(f"{www_path}/", "/var/www/html", flags=["-avz"])
 
     _install_remote_venv_with_chatmaild(config)
     debug = False

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/acmetool/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import importlib.resources
 
+from pyinfra import host
+from pyinfra.facts.systemd import SystemdStatus
 from pyinfra.operations import apt, files, server, systemd
 
 
@@ -52,6 +54,12 @@ def deploy_acmetool(email="", domains=[]):
         group="root",
         mode="644",
     )
+    if host.get_fact(SystemdStatus).get("nginx.service"):
+        systemd.service(
+            name="Stop nginx service to free port 80",
+            service="nginx",
+            running=False,
+        )
 
     systemd.service(
         name="Setup acmetool-redirector service",

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from packaging import version
 from termcolor import colored
 
 from . import dns, remote
-from .sshexec import SSHExec
+from .sshexec import SSHExec, Local
 
 #
 # cmdeploy sub commands and options
@@ -62,13 +62,18 @@ def run_cmd_options(parser):
         "--ssh-host",
         dest="ssh_host",
         help="specify an SSH host to deploy to; uses mail_domain from chatmail.ini by default",
+        default=None,
     )
 
 
 def run_cmd(args, out):
     """Deploy chatmail services on the remote server."""
 
-    sshexec = args.get_sshexec()
+    ssh_host = args.ssh_host if args.ssh_host else args.config.mail_domain
+    if ssh_host == "localhost":
+        sshexec = Local(ssh_host)
+    else:
+        sshexec = args.get_sshexec(ssh_host)
     require_iroh = args.config.enable_iroh_relay
     remote_data = dns.get_initial_remote_data(sshexec, args.config.mail_domain)
     if not dns.check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, print=out.red):
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
     env["CHATMAIL_REQUIRE_IROH"] = "True" if require_iroh else ""
     deploy_path = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("deploy.py").resolve()
     pyinf = "pyinfra --dry" if args.dry_run else "pyinfra"
-    ssh_host = args.config.mail_domain if not args.ssh_host else args.ssh_host
+    ssh_host = "@local" if ssh_host == "localhost" else f"--ssh-host {ssh_host}"
     cmd = f"{pyinf} --ssh-user root {ssh_host} {deploy_path} -y"
     if version.parse(pyinfra.__version__) < version.parse("3"):
         out.red("Please re-run scripts/initenv.sh to update pyinfra to version 3.")
@@ -89,14 +94,6 @@ def run_cmd(args, out):
     try:
         retcode = out.check_call(cmd, env=env)
         if retcode == 0:
-            print("\nYou can try out the relay by talking to this echo bot: ")
-            sshexec = SSHExec(args.config.mail_domain, verbose=args.verbose)
-            print(
-                sshexec(
-                    call=remote.rshell.shell,
-                    kwargs=dict(command="cat /var/lib/echobot/invite-link.txt"),
-                )
-            )
             out.green("Deploy completed, call `cmdeploy dns` next.")
         elif not remote_data["acme_account_url"]:
             out.red("Deploy completed but letsencrypt not configured")
@@ -338,9 +335,9 @@ def main(args=None):
     if not hasattr(args, "func"):
         return parser.parse_args(["-h"])
 
-    def get_sshexec():
+    def get_sshexec(host):
-        print(f"[ssh] login to {args.config.mail_domain}")
+        print(f"[ssh] login to {host}")
-        return SSHExec(args.config.mail_domain, verbose=args.verbose)
+        return SSHExec(host, verbose=args.verbose)
 
     args.get_sshexec = get_sshexec
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/sshexec.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import inspect
 import os
+import subprocess
 import sys
 from queue import Queue
 
@@ -44,30 +45,16 @@ def print_stderr(item="", end="\n"):
     print(item, file=sys.stderr, end=end)
 
 
-class SSHExec:
+class Exec:
-    RemoteError = execnet.RemoteError
     FuncError = FuncError
 
-    def __init__(self, host, verbose=False, python="python3", timeout=60):
+    def __init__(self, host, verbose, timeout):
-        self.gateway = execnet.makegateway(f"ssh=root@{host}//python={python}")
+        self.host = host
-        self._remote_cmdloop_channel = bootstrap_remote(self.gateway, remote)
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.verbose = verbose
 
     def __call__(self, call, kwargs=None, log_callback=None):
-        if kwargs is None:
+        return subprocess.check_output(call)
-            kwargs = {}
-        assert call.__module__.startswith("cmdeploy.remote")
-        modname = call.__module__.replace("cmdeploy.", "")
-        self._remote_cmdloop_channel.send((modname, call.__name__, kwargs))
-        while 1:
-            code, data = self._remote_cmdloop_channel.receive(timeout=self.timeout)
-            if log_callback is not None and code == "log":
-                log_callback(data)
-            elif code == "finish":
-                return data
-            elif code == "error":
-                raise self.FuncError(data)
 
     def logged(self, call, kwargs):
         def log_progress(data):
@@ -85,3 +72,33 @@ class SSHExec:
             res = self(call, kwargs, log_callback=log_progress)
             print_stderr()
             return res
+
+
+class Local(Exec):
+
+    def __init__(self, host, verbose=False, timeout=60):
+        super().__init__(host, verbose, timeout)
+
+
+class SSHExec(Exec):
+    RemoteError = execnet.RemoteError
+
+    def __init__(self, host, verbose=False, timeout=60):
+        super().__init__(host, verbose, timeout)
+        self.gateway = execnet.makegateway(f"ssh=root@{host}//python=python3")
+        self._remote_cmdloop_channel = bootstrap_remote(self.gateway, remote)
+
+    def __call__(self, call, kwargs=None, log_callback=None):
+        if kwargs is None:
+            kwargs = {}
+        assert call.__module__.startswith("cmdeploy.remote")
+        modname = call.__module__.replace("cmdeploy.", "")
+        self._remote_cmdloop_channel.send((modname, call.__name__, kwargs))
+        while 1:
+            code, data = self._remote_cmdloop_channel.receive(timeout=self.timeout)
+            if log_callback is not None and code == "log":
+                log_callback(data)
+            elif code == "finish":
+                return data
+            elif code == "error":
+                raise self.FuncError(data)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/test_cmdeploy.py

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import importlib
 import os
 
 import pytest
 
 from cmdeploy.cmdeploy import get_parser, main
-from cmdeploy.www import get_paths
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
@@ -29,28 +27,3 @@ class TestCmdline:
         assert main(["init", "chat.example.org"]) == 1
         out, err = capsys.readouterr()
         assert "path exists" in out.lower()
-
-
-def test_www_folder(example_config, tmp_path):
-    reporoot = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("../../../../").resolve()
-    assert not example_config.www_folder
-    www_path, src_dir, build_dir = get_paths(example_config)
-    assert www_path.absolute() == reporoot.joinpath("www").absolute()
-    assert src_dir == reporoot.joinpath("www").joinpath("src")
-    assert build_dir == reporoot.joinpath("www").joinpath("build")
-    example_config.www_folder = "disabled"
-    www_path, _, _ = get_paths(example_config)
-    assert not www_path.is_dir()
-    example_config.www_folder = str(tmp_path)
-    www_path, src_dir, build_dir = get_paths(example_config)
-    assert www_path == tmp_path
-    assert not src_dir.exists()
-    assert not build_dir
-    src_path = tmp_path.joinpath("src")
-    os.mkdir(src_path)
-    with open(src_path / "index.md", "w") as f:
-        f.write("# Test")
-    www_path, src_dir, build_dir = get_paths(example_config)
-    assert www_path == tmp_path
-    assert src_dir == src_path
-    assert build_dir == tmp_path.joinpath("build")

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/www.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import importlib.resources
 import time
 import traceback
 import webbrowser
-from pathlib import Path
 
 import markdown
 from chatmaild.config import read_config
@@ -31,25 +30,9 @@ def prepare_template(source):
     return render_vars, page_layout
 
 
-def get_paths(config) -> (Path, Path, Path):
+def build_webpages(src_dir, build_dir, config):
-    reporoot = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("../../../").resolve()
-    www_path = Path(config.www_folder)
-    # if www_folder was not set, use default directory
-    if config.www_folder == "":
-        www_path = reporoot.joinpath("www")
-    src_dir = www_path.joinpath("src")
-    # if www_folder is a hugo page, build it
-    if src_dir.joinpath("index.md").is_file():
-        build_dir = www_path.joinpath("build")
-    # if it is not a hugo page, upload it as is
-    else:
-        build_dir = None
-    return www_path, src_dir, build_dir
-
-
-def build_webpages(src_dir, build_dir, config) -> Path:
     try:
-        return _build_webpages(src_dir, build_dir, config)
+        _build_webpages(src_dir, build_dir, config)
     except Exception:
         print(traceback.format_exc())
 
@@ -123,11 +106,15 @@ def main():
     config = read_config(inipath)
     config.webdev = True
     assert config.mail_domain
+    www_path = reporoot.joinpath("www")
+    src_path = www_path.joinpath("src")
+    stats = None
+    build_dir = www_path.joinpath("build")
+    src_dir = www_path.joinpath("src")
+    index_path = build_dir.joinpath("index.html")
 
     # start web page generation, open a browser and wait for changes
-    www_path, src_path, build_dir = get_paths(config)
+    build_webpages(src_dir, build_dir, config)
-    build_dir = build_webpages(src_path, build_dir, config)
-    index_path = build_dir.joinpath("index.html")
     webbrowser.open(str(index_path))
     stats = snapshot_dir_stats(src_path)
     print(f"\nOpened URL: file://{index_path.resolve()}\n")
@@ -148,7 +135,7 @@ def main():
                 changenum += 1
 
         stats = newstats
-        build_webpages(src_path, build_dir, config)
+        build_webpages(src_dir, build_dir, config)
         print(f"[{changenum}] regenerated web pages at: {index_path}")
         print(f"URL: file://{index_path.resolve()}\n\n")
         count = 0