v0.4.11-beta

Beacon v0.4.11-beta

A Network page for live traffic, plus history that records how much data the
host actually moved.

Network

• New Network page in the sidebar. Remote sockets are drawn on a world map
  at the peer’s city. Click a destination, or this host, to open the matching
  connections.
• The map overlay shows live receive/send on physical adapters and the process
  with the most remote sockets.
• The connection list shows process, inferred service (HTTPS, SSH, and other
  well-known ports), direction (in / out), reverse DNS, and traffic. Open a row
  for local and peer addresses, ports, and byte totals.
• Per-socket byte counters depend on the OS. On Windows, Beacon needs to be
  running elevated. On Linux they come from ss. Service and direction are
  inferred from ports either way.
• Public peer locations use the same cached ip-api lookup as the activity log.
  Private and local addresses stay on-host and are not sent out.

Usage over time

• The history recorder now stores byte deltas for physical adapters, not only
  the instantaneous rate. Existing databases gain the new columns on startup.
• Network includes a usage timeline for 24 hours (hourly), 7 days, or 30
  days (daily). Switch the unit between Auto, KB, MB, and GB.
• History and the dashboard chart catalog include a Data transferred
  panel for the same totals. Hourly bars are used for ranges up to 48 hours;
  longer ranges use daily bars.
• Bars stay empty until the recorder has sampled after this upgrade. Rates on
  the existing Network history chart are unchanged.

Disk history

• Disk charts split read and write per physical disk, with a live rate on each
  row. The Live range follows the system stream the same way CPU and memory do.

Install

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.11-beta.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/home/vadmin/systemdash
bash /home/vadmin/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.11-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.4.10-beta...v0.4.11-beta

v0.4.10-beta

Beacon v0.4.10-beta

Package updates

• Hide Ubuntu phased packages from the pending list. Apt lists them as
  upgradable, then skips them until the rollout includes this machine.
• Show a short note with an Install anyway action when updates are waiting
  on phasing.

Suspended websites

• When a website project is turned off, Beacon serves a temporary “Service
  suspended” page on its port instead of leaving the hostname empty.
• Turning the project back on releases that port before starting the real
  service.

Projects

• Edit a project’s git remote and branch in project details. Saving updates
  origin in the checkout so pull/fetch use the new URL.
• Worker remotes are optional. Changing the remote picks a matching git
  account when one is configured.
• Block deployment actions while a project is suspended.

Install

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.10-beta.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/home/vadmin/systemdash
bash /home/vadmin/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.10-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.4.9-beta...v0.4.10-beta

v0.4.9-beta

Beacon v0.4.9-beta

Project controls and startup settings

• Turn on or suspend projects from cards and project details. Controls reflect the reported runtime state.
• Keep card controls in a footer outside the scrollable content. Give project details priority over previews.
• Read configured systemd and Docker startup settings when loading projects, including terminal changes, and apply changes made in Beacon to the runtime.
• Respect the startup preference when applying systemd services and Docker containers.
• Read named systemd status properties reliably.

Suspending stops the runtime for the current session; it leaves the startup preference unchanged. Projects must have the correct runtime and service/container configured. Install this backend update to use the new controls with a remote development UI.

Install

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/home/vadmin/systemdash
bash /home/vadmin/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.9-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Validation

Server and web production builds and 64 automated tests passed on Windows. Live Linux service controls require host verification.

Full Changelog: v0.4.8-beta...v0.4.9-beta

v0.4.8-beta

Beacon v0.4.8-beta

Experimental patch on v0.4.7-beta. Stop a bad project or tunnel from
taking Beacon down, and stop systemd from crash-looping a unit that was never
built.

Resilience

• Unexpected exceptions and rejected promises are logged; the dashboard process
  stays up. Request failures become HTTP 500 instead of a dead Node process.
• Live stats: send a stream ping and prime a snapshot at boot so Cloudflare does
  not hold an empty pipe. If /api/health still answers, the UI shows a banner
  instead of “the host isn’t responding.”

Projects / systemd

• Refuse to enable a systemd unit when the working directory or start file does
  not exist (the /opt/hook miss).
• EnvironmentFile=-… so a missing env file cannot make systemd fail spawn.
• If the unit does not stay active, Beacon disables it so it cannot restart
  every few seconds.
• Unlink or delete a systemd project runs disable --now; purge also removes
  the system unit file.
• New git clones default under /home/vadmin (or the saved clone folder), not
  /opt.

Cloudflare

• Refuse to write config.yml if the patch would drop an existing hostname
  such as dash.ill4.life.

Upgrade from v0.4.7-beta

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.8-beta.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/home/vadmin/systemdash
bash /home/vadmin/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.8-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.4.7-beta...v0.4.8-beta

v0.4.7-beta

Beacon v0.4.7-beta

Experimental patch on v0.4.6-beta. In-app file preview: images, video,
audio, and PDFs open in the editor instead of as text. Binary files get a
download card. The Edit action is hidden for non-text files.

Adds GET /api/fs/preview so range requests (video) are not logged as
downloads.

Upgrade from v0.4.6-beta

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.7-beta.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/opt/systemdash
bash /opt/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.7-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.4.6-beta...v0.4.7-beta

v0.4.6-beta

Beacon v0.4.6-beta

Experimental patch on v0.4.5-beta. Two follow-ups to the SSE telemetry
change.

Live charts

The History Live range now draws ~1s samples from the system stream. The
save interval is still only how often metrics are written to disk. Longer
ranges (15m, 1h, …) are unchanged.

Process-count charts still follow the recorder; that metric is not in the
system snapshot.

Favicon

The tab icon no longer rebuilds on every telemetry tick. It updates when the
connection state actually changes (live / disconnected / connecting).

Upgrade from v0.4.5-beta

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.6-beta.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/opt/systemdash
bash /opt/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.6-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.4.5-beta...v0.4.6-beta

v0.4.5-beta

Beacon v0.4.5-beta

Experimental patch on v0.4.4-beta. Live system telemetry (Overview gauges
and the sidebar live/disconnected meter) now uses Server-Sent Events instead of
polling /api/system once a second.

GET /api/system is still there for one-shot reads and debugging.

This is a behaviour change on the hot path. If Overview stalls, reconnects
loop, or a signed-out session still shows live stats, roll back to v0.4.4-beta.

What to check

• Overview CPU / memory / disks / GPUs still update about once a second.
• Disconnect the host or stop the service: reconnect overlay and favicon should
  still flip, then recover on their own.
• Sign out or revoke the session: the stream should drop and the UI should
  return to login.

Upgrade from v0.4.4-beta

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.5-beta.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/opt/systemdash
bash /opt/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.5-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.4.4-beta...v0.4.5-beta

v0.4.4-beta

Beacon v0.4.4-beta

Small experiment on v0.4.3. Docker workers can run without a Dockerfile: a
plain image mounts the project folder at /app. Published images still need no
files on the host. Worker containers show on the Containers page with a link
back to the project.

Upgrade from v0.4.3

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.4-beta.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/opt/systemdash
bash /opt/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.4-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.4.3...v0.4.4-beta

v0.4.3

Beacon v0.4.3

Recommended patch (not a beta experiment). Tighten login, sockets, files, and
worker env so a session or viewer cannot reach more than they should.

• Login and recovery are rate-limited per IP and username (delay, then lockout).
• X-Forwarded-For is only trusted from loopback or SYSTEMDASH_TRUSTED_PROXIES.
• WebSockets re-check the session; logout, demotion, or user delete drops the socket.
• Viewers cannot read Beacon data dirs or .ssh.
• Worker and compose processes inherit a small host env, not the full service env.
• Admins can reset a user’s password from Users.

Workers without an image now pick a Dockerfile or a language image from the
project folder.

Upgrade from v0.4.2-beta

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.3.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/opt/systemdash
bash /opt/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.3
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.1.9...v0.4.3

v0.4.2-beta

Beacon v0.4.2-beta

Workers are no longer an empty “attach a container” label. A worker is a spec Beacon
runs: start command, env vars, Docker image or Dockerfile, CPU/memory, replicas,
restart policy, optional cron, autoscale, autodeploy, and live logs. Native
processes work on Windows without systemd.

Every project page now uses one layout — health, then live logs or preview, then
configuration, then actions. Configuration is grouped into titled bands inside a
single panel (service, how it runs, public address, preview, environment,
resources, scaling, restarts, deploys, notes); each kind shows only the bands that
apply to it, and a worker's advanced bands stay collapsed until you ask for them.

Remove a project with Remove from dashboard (unlink, files stay) or Delete
Beacon files too (stop and destroy what Beacon created).

Upgrade from v0.4.1-beta

In the app: Updates → Beacon → install v0.4.2-beta.

Or on the server:

export SYSTEMDASH_HOME=/opt/systemdash
bash /opt/systemdash/current/scripts/install-release.sh VikPraet/systemDash v0.4.2-beta
sudo systemctl restart systemdash

Full Changelog: v0.4.1-beta...v0.4.2-beta