v6.2.4

v6.2.4 — User-defined password, seed phrase recovery, and Moss Groups

This release overhauls Node Manager authentication and updates how operators join always-on hApp groups on EdgeNode. Setup no longer auto-generates a one-time password on startup; operators choose their own password and receive a 12-word BIP39 recovery seed phrase. The management panel also replaces the old hApp manifest hosting UI with Moss Groups, including invite-link join.

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Highlights

Authentication & recovery

• User-defined password during onboarding — operators set a password (minimum 8 characters) as part of first-time setup
• 12-word BIP39 recovery seed phrase — generated at onboarding, shown once in the UI, and stored on disk only as a hash (seed_hash in state)
• Password recovery — “Forgot Password?” on the login page lets operators reset their password using their seed phrase
• Legacy node migration — upgraded nodes without a seed phrase see an Upgrade Security banner on /manage to generate one while logged in

Moss Groups

• Join via invite link — paste a Moss Group Invite Link from your group administrator directly in /manage
• Optional join metadata — Node Profile Name and Node Description fields when joining a group
• Moss dashboard — Start Node, View Groups, View Node Info, and View Installed Apps from the management panel
• Replaces hApp manifest hosting — the previous Hosted hApps UI (manifest paste, validate, deploy) has been removed in favor of Moss group management

Infrastructure

• Port 80 — the management UI now binds to 0.0.0.0:80 instead of 8080 (aligns with http://holo.local in holo-node-iso)

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New & changed API endpoints

Method	Path	Auth	Description
POST	/manage/auth/recover	Public	Reset password using seed_phrase + new_password
POST	/manage/auth/generate_seed	Session	One-time seed generation for legacy nodes
POST	/manage/moss/join	Session	Join a Moss group via invite link
POST	/manage/moss/start	Session	Start the EdgeNode Moss node
GET	/manage/moss/list	Session	List Moss groups
GET	/manage/moss/info	Session	Moss node info
GET	/manage/moss/apps	Session	List installed Moss apps

Changed: GET /manage/status now includes has_seed_phrase: boolean.

Removed: /manage/happs/* routes (validate, deploy, enable, disable, uninstall, logs).

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Onboarding changes

• New Create password field in the setup wizard
• On successful initialization, the UI displays the 12-word seed phrase with a prominent warning
• Operators must click “I have saved my seed phrase” before continuing to the dashboard

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Upgrade notes for existing nodes

• No ISO reinstall required — running nodes pick this up via the normal self-update mechanism (within ~60 minutes, or immediately via Check for Updates Now in /manage)
• Your existing password still works after upgrade
• Seed recovery is not available until you generate a seed phrase — log in to /manage and use the Upgrade Security: Generate Recovery Seed Phrase banner
• Update bookmarks/URLs — use http://holo.local or http://<node-ip> (port 80), not :8080
• The auto-generated setup password is no longer printed to the console or HDMI screen on startup
• hApp manifest hosting is no longer available — use Moss group invite links to join always-on groups instead

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Technical changes

• Added bip39 crate for seed phrase generation and validation
• Removed startup auto-password generation (no more random password on first boot)
• Password hash remains at /etc/node-manager/auth; seed hash stored in /etc/node-manager/state as seed_hash
• Moss group operations run via wdocker inside the EdgeNode container

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Assets

• node-manager-x86_64
• node-manager-aarch64

v6.2.3

What's Changed

• Passing Unyt_agent_id to wind tunnel via client-meta.json + Add ability to bind to custom wind tunnel entrypoint.sh by @SIR-R0B in #6

New Contributors

• @SIR-R0B made their first contribution in #6

Full Changelog: v6.2.2...v6.2.3