Config Manager Core

Core service for managing headless Debian-based nodes. Provides a plugin system, TUI interface (raspi-config style), REST API, and job scheduler — all in a single binary.

Features

• Plugin architecture — modular, separate repos compiled into one binary
• TUI interface — interactive menus via Bubble Tea (raspi-config style)
• Headless mode — --headless for systemd/daemon use (API server only)
• REST API — embedded HTTP server for remote access and future web UI
• Job scheduler — cron-based recurring tasks defined by plugins
• Job history — execution history persisted to disk, survives restarts
• Single binary — cross-compile for ARM, no runtime dependencies
• .deb packaging — install with dpkg, systemd service included

Installation

Quick install (recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msutara/config-manager-core/main/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash

Or with a specific version/architecture:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msutara/config-manager-core/main/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- --version 0.2.0 --arch armhf

From .deb package

Download the latest release for your architecture from GitHub Releases:

# Raspberry Pi 2 / UCK Gen1 (ARMv7)
sudo dpkg -i cm_<version>_armhf.deb

# Raspberry Pi 4+ (ARM64)
sudo dpkg -i cm_<version>_arm64.deb

# x86_64
sudo dpkg -i cm_<version>_amd64.deb

The package installs a systemd service and sets up directories. Start with:

sudo systemctl start cm

From source

# Native build
make build

# Cross-compile all targets (amd64, arm64, armhf)
make build-all

# Build .deb packages for all architectures
make deb-all

Quick Start

./cm                              # run with defaults
./cm --config /path/to/config.yaml  # custom config
./cm --version                    # show version

Configuration

CM Core reads configuration from /etc/cm/config.yaml (or the path given via --config). All settings can be overridden with environment variables.

Setting	Env Var	Default	Description
listen_host	CM_LISTEN_HOST	localhost	API server bind address
listen_port	CM_LISTEN_PORT	7788	API server port
log_level	CM_LOG_LEVEL	info	Log verbosity (debug, info, warn, error)
data_dir	CM_DATA_DIR	/var/lib/cm	Persistent data directory
storage_backend	CM_STORAGE_BACKEND	json	Job history backend (json)
job_history_max_runs	CM_JOB_HISTORY_MAX_RUNS	50	Max run records per job (0 = unlimited)
enabled_plugins	CM_ENABLED_PLUGINS	(all)	Comma-separated plugin allowlist
theme	CM_THEME	(default)	TUI theme name or absolute path

Documentation

• Usage Guide — CLI options, configuration, and deployment
• How It Works — architecture and plugin model

Specifications

• SPEC.md — core specification
• ARCHITECTURE.md — internal structure
• PLUGIN-INTERFACE.md — plugin contract
• API.md — REST API specification

Development

See DEVELOPMENT.md for the multi-repo development workflow, including Go workspace setup, integration testing, plugin creation, and release procedures.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Security

See SECURITY.md for vulnerability reporting.

License

See LICENSE for details.