v1.15.0

changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2026-03-16 - 1.15.0 - feat(systemd)
+replace smartdaemon-based service management with native systemd commands
+
+- adds a dedicated OneboxSystemd manager for enabling, disabling, starting, stopping, checking status, and following logs
+- introduces a new `onebox systemd` CLI command set and updates install and help output to use it
+- removes the smartdaemon dependency and related service management code
+
 ## 2026-03-16 - 1.14.10 - fix(services)
 stop auto-update monitoring during shutdown
 

deno.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@serve.zone/onebox",
-  "version": "1.14.10",
+  "version": "1.15.0",
   "exports": "./mod.ts",
   "tasks": {
     "test": "deno test --allow-all test/",
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "@std/assert": "jsr:@std/assert@^1.0.15",
     "@std/encoding": "jsr:@std/encoding@^1.0.10",
     "@db/sqlite": "jsr:@db/sqlite@0.12.0",
-    "@push.rocks/smartdaemon": "npm:@push.rocks/smartdaemon@^2.1.0",
     "@apiclient.xyz/docker": "npm:@apiclient.xyz/docker@^5.1.1",
     "@apiclient.xyz/cloudflare": "npm:@apiclient.xyz/cloudflare@6.4.3",
     "@push.rocks/smartacme": "npm:@push.rocks/smartacme@^8.0.0",

install.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SPECIFIED_VERSION=""
 INSTALL_DIR="/opt/onebox"
 GITEA_BASE_URL="https://code.foss.global"
 GITEA_REPO="serve.zone/onebox"
-SERVICE_NAME="smartdaemon_onebox"
+SERVICE_NAME="onebox"
 
 # Parse command line arguments
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ if [ -f "/var/lib/onebox/onebox.db" ]; then
   if [ $SERVICE_WAS_RUNNING -eq 1 ]; then
     echo "The service has been restarted with your current settings."
   else
-    echo "Start the service with: onebox daemon start"
+    echo "Start the service with: onebox systemd start"
   fi
 else
   echo "Get started:"
@@ -293,11 +293,11 @@ else
   echo "  2. Configure ACME email:"
   echo "     onebox config set acmeEmail <your@email.com>"
   echo ""
-  echo "  3. Install daemon:"
+  echo "  3. Enable systemd service:"
-  echo "     onebox daemon install"
+  echo "     onebox systemd enable"
   echo ""
-  echo "  4. Start daemon:"
+  echo "  4. Start service:"
-  echo "     onebox daemon start"
+  echo "     onebox systemd start"
   echo ""
   echo "  5. Deploy your first service:"
   echo "     onebox service add myapp --image nginx:latest --domain app.example.com"

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@serve.zone/onebox",
-  "version": "1.14.10",
+  "version": "1.15.0",
   "description": "Self-hosted container platform with automatic SSL and DNS - a mini Heroku for single servers",
   "main": "mod.ts",
   "type": "module",

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@serve.zone/onebox',
-  version: '1.14.10',
+  version: '1.15.0',
   description: 'Self-hosted container platform with automatic SSL and DNS - a mini Heroku for single servers'
 }

ts/classes/daemon.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
  * Handles background monitoring, metrics collection, and automatic tasks
  */
 
-import * as plugins from '../plugins.ts';
 import { logger } from '../logging.ts';
-import { projectInfo } from '../info.ts';
 import { getErrorMessage } from '../utils/error.ts';
 import type { Onebox } from './onebox.ts';
 
@@ -18,7 +16,6 @@ const FALLBACK_PID_FILE = `${FALLBACK_PID_DIR}/onebox.pid`;
 
 export class OneboxDaemon {
   private oneboxRef: Onebox;
-  private smartdaemon: plugins.smartdaemon.SmartDaemon | null = null;
   private running = false;
   private monitoringInterval: number | null = null;
   private statsInterval: number | null = null;
@@ -46,68 +43,6 @@ export class OneboxDaemon {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Install systemd service
-   */
-  async installService(): Promise<void> {
-    try {
-      logger.info('Installing Onebox daemon service...');
-
-      // Initialize smartdaemon if needed
-      if (!this.smartdaemon) {
-        this.smartdaemon = new plugins.smartdaemon.SmartDaemon();
-      }
-
-      // Get installation directory
-      const execPath = Deno.execPath();
-
-      const service = await this.smartdaemon.addService({
-        name: 'onebox',
-        version: projectInfo.version,
-        command: `${execPath} run --allow-all ${Deno.cwd()}/mod.ts daemon start`,
-        description: 'Onebox - Self-hosted container platform',
-        workingDir: Deno.cwd(),
-      });
-
-      await service.save();
-      await service.enable();
-
-      logger.success('Onebox daemon service installed');
-      logger.info('Start with: sudo systemctl start smartdaemon_onebox');
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.error(`Failed to install daemon service: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`);
-      throw error;
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Uninstall systemd service
-   */
-  async uninstallService(): Promise<void> {
-    try {
-      logger.info('Uninstalling Onebox daemon service...');
-
-      // Initialize smartdaemon if needed
-      if (!this.smartdaemon) {
-        this.smartdaemon = new plugins.smartdaemon.SmartDaemon();
-      }
-
-      const services = await this.smartdaemon.systemdManager.getServices();
-      const service = services.find(s => s.name === 'onebox');
-
-      if (service) {
-        await service.stop();
-        await service.disable();
-        await service.delete();
-      }
-
-      logger.success('Onebox daemon service uninstalled');
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.error(`Failed to uninstall daemon service: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`);
-      throw error;
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Start daemon mode (background monitoring)
    */
@@ -482,36 +417,7 @@ export class OneboxDaemon {
   static async ensureNoDaemon(): Promise<void> {
     const running = await OneboxDaemon.isDaemonRunning();
     if (running) {
-      throw new Error('Daemon is already running. Please stop it first with: onebox daemon stop');
+      throw new Error('Daemon is already running. Please stop it first with: onebox systemd stop');
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Get service status from systemd
-   */
-  async getServiceStatus(): Promise<string> {
-    try {
-      // Don't need smartdaemon to check status, just use systemctl directly
-      const command = new Deno.Command('systemctl', {
-        args: ['status', 'smartdaemon_onebox'],
-        stdout: 'piped',
-        stderr: 'piped',
-      });
-
-      const { code, stdout } = await command.output();
-      const output = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout);
-
-      if (code === 0 || output.includes('active (running)')) {
-        return 'running';
-      } else if (output.includes('inactive') || output.includes('dead')) {
-        return 'stopped';
-      } else if (output.includes('failed')) {
-        return 'failed';
-      } else {
-        return 'unknown';
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      return 'not-installed';
     }
   }
 }

ts/classes/onebox.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { OneboxReverseProxy } from './reverseproxy.ts';
 import { OneboxDnsManager } from './dns.ts';
 import { OneboxSslManager } from './ssl.ts';
 import { OneboxDaemon } from './daemon.ts';
+import { OneboxSystemd } from './systemd.ts';
 import { OneboxHttpServer } from './httpserver.ts';
 import { CloudflareDomainSync } from './cloudflare-sync.ts';
 import { CertRequirementManager } from './cert-requirement-manager.ts';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export class Onebox {
   public dns: OneboxDnsManager;
   public ssl: OneboxSslManager;
   public daemon: OneboxDaemon;
+  public systemd: OneboxSystemd;
   public httpServer: OneboxHttpServer;
   public cloudflareDomainSync: CloudflareDomainSync;
   public certRequirementManager: CertRequirementManager;
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ export class Onebox {
     this.dns = new OneboxDnsManager(this);
     this.ssl = new OneboxSslManager(this);
     this.daemon = new OneboxDaemon(this);
+    this.systemd = new OneboxSystemd();
     this.httpServer = new OneboxHttpServer(this);
     this.registry = new RegistryManager({
       dataDir: './.nogit/registry-data',
@@ -376,20 +379,6 @@ export class Onebox {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Start daemon mode
-   */
-  async startDaemon(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.daemon.start();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Stop daemon mode
-   */
-  async stopDaemon(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.daemon.stop();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Start OpsServer (TypedRequest-based, serves new UI)
    */

ts/classes/systemd.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/**
+ * Systemd Service Manager for Onebox
+ *
+ * Handles systemd unit file installation, enabling, starting, stopping,
+ * and status checking. Modeled on nupst's direct systemctl approach —
+ * no external library dependencies.
+ */
+
+import { logger } from '../logging.ts';
+import { getErrorMessage } from '../utils/error.ts';
+
+const SERVICE_NAME = 'onebox';
+const SERVICE_FILE_PATH = '/etc/systemd/system/onebox.service';
+
+const SERVICE_UNIT_TEMPLATE = `[Unit]
+Description=Onebox - Self-hosted container platform
+After=network-online.target docker.service
+Wants=network-online.target
+Requires=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/onebox systemd start-daemon
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/onebox
+Environment=PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+`;
+
+export class OneboxSystemd {
+  /**
+   * Install and enable the systemd service
+   */
+  async enable(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      // Write the unit file
+      logger.info('Writing systemd unit file...');
+      await Deno.writeTextFile(SERVICE_FILE_PATH, SERVICE_UNIT_TEMPLATE);
+      logger.info(`Unit file written to ${SERVICE_FILE_PATH}`);
+
+      // Reload systemd daemon
+      await this.runSystemctl(['daemon-reload']);
+
+      // Enable the service
+      const result = await this.runSystemctl(['enable', `${SERVICE_NAME}.service`]);
+      if (!result.success) {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to enable service: ${result.stderr}`);
+      }
+
+      logger.success('Onebox systemd service enabled');
+      logger.info('Start with: onebox systemd start');
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`Failed to enable service: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stop, disable, and remove the systemd service
+   */
+  async disable(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      // Stop the service (ignore errors if not running)
+      await this.runSystemctl(['stop', `${SERVICE_NAME}.service`]);
+
+      // Disable the service
+      await this.runSystemctl(['disable', `${SERVICE_NAME}.service`]);
+
+      // Remove the unit file
+      try {
+        await Deno.remove(SERVICE_FILE_PATH);
+        logger.info(`Removed ${SERVICE_FILE_PATH}`);
+      } catch {
+        // File might not exist
+      }
+
+      // Reload systemd daemon
+      await this.runSystemctl(['daemon-reload']);
+
+      logger.success('Onebox systemd service disabled and removed');
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`Failed to disable service: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Start the service via systemctl
+   */
+  async start(): Promise<void> {
+    const result = await this.runSystemctl(['start', `${SERVICE_NAME}.service`]);
+    if (!result.success) {
+      logger.error(`Failed to start service: ${result.stderr}`);
+      throw new Error(`Failed to start onebox service`);
+    }
+    logger.success('Onebox service started');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stop the service via systemctl
+   */
+  async stop(): Promise<void> {
+    const result = await this.runSystemctl(['stop', `${SERVICE_NAME}.service`]);
+    if (!result.success) {
+      logger.error(`Failed to stop service: ${result.stderr}`);
+      throw new Error(`Failed to stop onebox service`);
+    }
+    logger.success('Onebox service stopped');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get and display service status
+   */
+  async getStatus(): Promise<string> {
+    const result = await this.runSystemctl(['status', `${SERVICE_NAME}.service`]);
+    const output = result.stdout;
+
+    let status: string;
+    if (output.includes('active (running)')) {
+      status = 'running';
+    } else if (output.includes('inactive') || output.includes('dead')) {
+      status = 'stopped';
+    } else if (output.includes('failed')) {
+      status = 'failed';
+    } else if (!result.success && result.stderr.includes('could not be found')) {
+      status = 'not-installed';
+    } else {
+      status = 'unknown';
+    }
+
+    // Print the raw systemctl output for full details
+    if (output.trim()) {
+      console.log(output);
+    }
+
+    return status;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Show service logs via journalctl
+   */
+  async showLogs(): Promise<void> {
+    const cmd = new Deno.Command('journalctl', {
+      args: ['-u', `${SERVICE_NAME}.service`, '-f'],
+      stdout: 'inherit',
+      stderr: 'inherit',
+    });
+    await cmd.output();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if the service unit file is installed
+   */
+  async isInstalled(): Promise<boolean> {
+    try {
+      await Deno.stat(SERVICE_FILE_PATH);
+      return true;
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Run a systemctl command and return results
+   */
+  private async runSystemctl(
+    args: string[]
+  ): Promise<{ success: boolean; stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
+    const cmd = new Deno.Command('systemctl', {
+      args,
+      stdout: 'piped',
+      stderr: 'piped',
+    });
+
+    const result = await cmd.output();
+    return {
+      success: result.success,
+      stdout: new TextDecoder().decode(result.stdout),
+      stderr: new TextDecoder().decode(result.stderr),
+    };
+  }
+}

ts/cli.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { projectInfo } from './info.ts';
 import { getErrorMessage } from './utils/error.ts';
 import { Onebox } from './classes/onebox.ts';
 import { OneboxDaemon } from './classes/daemon.ts';
+import { OneboxSystemd } from './classes/systemd.ts';
 
 export async function runCli(): Promise<void> {
   const args = Deno.args;
@@ -25,6 +26,19 @@ export async function runCli(): Promise<void> {
   const subcommand = args[1];
 
   try {
+    // === LIGHTWEIGHT COMMANDS (no init()) ===
+    if (command === 'systemd') {
+      await handleSystemdCommand(subcommand, args.slice(2));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (command === 'upgrade') {
+      await handleUpgradeCommand();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // === HEAVY COMMANDS (require full init()) ===
+
     // Server command has special handling (doesn't shut down)
     if (command === 'server') {
       const onebox = new Onebox();
@@ -60,10 +74,6 @@ export async function runCli(): Promise<void> {
         await handleNginxCommand(onebox, subcommand, args.slice(2));
         break;
 
-      case 'daemon':
-        await handleDaemonCommand(onebox, subcommand, args.slice(2));
-        break;
-
       case 'config':
         await handleConfigCommand(onebox, subcommand, args.slice(2));
         break;
@@ -72,10 +82,6 @@ export async function runCli(): Promise<void> {
         await handleStatusCommand(onebox);
         break;
 
-      case 'upgrade':
-        await handleUpgradeCommand();
-        break;
-
       default:
         logger.error(`Unknown command: ${command}`);
         printHelp();
@@ -282,7 +288,7 @@ async function handleServerCommand(onebox: Onebox, args: string[]) {
       await OneboxDaemon.ensureNoDaemon();
     } catch (error) {
       logger.error('Cannot start in ephemeral mode: Daemon is already running');
-      logger.info('Stop the daemon first: onebox daemon stop');
+      logger.info('Stop the daemon first: onebox systemd stop');
       logger.info('Or run without --ephemeral to use the existing daemon');
       Deno.exit(1);
     }
@@ -326,39 +332,49 @@ async function handleServerCommand(onebox: Onebox, args: string[]) {
   }
 }
 
-// Daemon commands
+// Systemd service commands (lightweight — no Onebox init)
-async function handleDaemonCommand(onebox: Onebox, subcommand: string, _args: string[]) {
+async function handleSystemdCommand(subcommand: string, _args: string[]) {
+  const systemd = new OneboxSystemd();
+
   switch (subcommand) {
-    case 'install':
+    case 'enable':
-      await onebox.daemon.installService();
+      await systemd.enable();
+      break;
+
+    case 'disable':
+      await systemd.disable();
       break;
 
     case 'start':
-      await onebox.startDaemon();
+      await systemd.start();
       break;
 
     case 'stop':
-      await onebox.stopDaemon();
+      await systemd.stop();
       break;
 
-    case 'logs': {
+    case 'status': {
-      const command = new Deno.Command('journalctl', {
+      const status = await systemd.getStatus();
-        args: ['-u', 'smartdaemon_onebox', '-f'],
+      logger.info(`Service status: ${status}`);
-        stdout: 'inherit',
-        stderr: 'inherit',
-      });
-      await command.output();
       break;
     }
 
-    case 'status': {
+    case 'logs':
-      const status = await onebox.daemon.getServiceStatus();
+      await systemd.showLogs();
-      logger.info(`Daemon status: ${status}`);
+      break;
+
+    case 'start-daemon': {
+      // This is what systemd's ExecStart calls — full init + daemon loop
+      const onebox = new Onebox();
+      await onebox.init();
+      await onebox.daemon.start();
+      // start() blocks (keepAlive loop) until SIGTERM/SIGINT
       break;
     }
 
     default:
-      logger.error(`Unknown daemon subcommand: ${subcommand}`);
+      logger.error(`Unknown systemd subcommand: ${subcommand}`);
+      logger.info('Available: enable, disable, start, stop, status, logs');
   }
 }
 
@@ -506,11 +522,12 @@ Commands:
   nginx test
   nginx status
 
-  daemon install
+  systemd enable             Install and enable systemd service
-  daemon start
+  systemd disable            Stop, disable, and remove systemd service
-  daemon stop
+  systemd start              Start onebox via systemctl
-  daemon logs
+  systemd stop               Stop onebox via systemctl
-  daemon status
+  systemd status             Show systemd service status
+  systemd logs               Follow service logs (journalctl)
 
   config show
   config set <key> <value>
@@ -530,15 +547,15 @@ Development Workflow:
   onebox service add ...               # In another terminal
 
 Production Workflow:
-  onebox daemon install                # Install systemd service
+  onebox systemd enable                # Install and enable systemd service
-  onebox daemon start                  # Start daemon
+  onebox systemd start                 # Start via systemctl
-  onebox service add ...               # CLI uses daemon
+  onebox service add ...               # CLI manages services
 
 Examples:
   onebox server --ephemeral            # Start dev server
   onebox service add myapp --image nginx:latest --domain app.example.com --port 80
   onebox registry add --url registry.example.com --username user --password pass
-  onebox daemon install
+  onebox systemd enable
-  onebox daemon start
+  onebox systemd start
 `);
 }

ts/index.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export { OneboxReverseProxy } from './classes/reverseproxy.ts';
 export { OneboxDnsManager } from './classes/dns.ts';
 export { OneboxSslManager } from './classes/ssl.ts';
 export { OneboxDaemon } from './classes/daemon.ts';
+export { OneboxSystemd } from './classes/systemd.ts';
 export { OneboxHttpServer } from './classes/httpserver.ts';
 export { OneboxApiClient } from './classes/apiclient.ts';
 

ts/plugins.ts

@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ export { path, fs, http, encoding };
 import { Database } from '@db/sqlite';
 export const sqlite = { DB: Database };
 
-// Systemd Daemon Integration
-import * as smartdaemon from '@push.rocks/smartdaemon';
-export { smartdaemon };
-
 // Docker API Client
 import { DockerHost } from '@apiclient.xyz/docker';
 export const docker = { Docker: DockerHost };

ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@serve.zone/onebox',
-  version: '1.14.10',
+  version: '1.15.0',
   description: 'Self-hosted container platform with automatic SSL and DNS - a mini Heroku for single servers'
 }