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fix(log-streaming): point logaddress at non-loopback IP 
Reversed the wrong conclusion in 46bba0d. The vanilla L4D2 logaddress
UDP path is NOT broken — proved by retesting with destination
172.30.0.5:28000 (wireguard IP) which yielded 8 properly framed HL
Log Standard packets in 12s including real game events.

Root cause: the Source engine silently drops logaddress destinations
in 127.0.0.0/8. Registration succeeds and the cvar API reports
"logging to: udp" but sendto is never called for loopback. Every
other L4D2 stats deployment (multiple production HLstatsX:CE
instances) puts the collector on a separate host or interface IP
and never hits this.

Defaults: LOG_LISTENER_BIND=0.0.0.0:28000 (accept on any interface);
LOG_LISTENER_ADDR="" (production must set via web.env to the host's
non-loopback IP). Empty default = safe no-op for dev. The kernel's
same-host routing optimization keeps the traffic on lo internally
but the packet's destination IP must not literally be in 127/8.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-20 00:31:45 +02:00
deploy deploy/journalctl: anchor server log to current unit start 2026-05-15 23:04:53 +02:00
docs fix(log-streaming): point logaddress at non-loopback IP 2026-05-20 00:31:45 +02:00
examples/script-overlays feat(l4d2-web): seed example script overlays from examples/script-overlays/ 2026-05-08 18:41:08 +02:00
l4d2host refactor(repo): uv workspace + hatchling + layout restructure 2026-05-15 22:04:29 +02:00
l4d2web fix(log-streaming): point logaddress at non-loopback IP 2026-05-20 00:31:45 +02:00
scripts feat(log-streaming): enable srcds log streaming + temp UDP capture listener 2026-05-19 23:22:00 +02:00
.envrc chore(envrc): switch direnv from use uv to layout uv 2026-05-16 13:20:16 +02:00
.gitignore chore(gitignore): ignore .tmp/ scratch directory 2026-05-16 11:53:14 +02:00
.python-version refactor(repo): uv workspace + hatchling + layout restructure 2026-05-15 22:04:29 +02:00
AGENTS.md docs(agents): update modal-pattern reference + add files-overlay layout 2026-05-17 17:20:23 +02:00
cvar_list feat(editor-v2): vocab generator + cvar_list-derived JSON 2026-05-17 01:55:33 +02:00
pyproject.toml test(e2e): scaffold Playwright + live-server fixture 2026-05-16 21:00:45 +02:00
README.md refactor(repo): uv workspace + hatchling + layout restructure 2026-05-15 22:04:29 +02:00
uv.lock test(e2e): scaffold Playwright + live-server fixture 2026-05-16 21:00:45 +02:00

README.md

left4me

left4me is a local L4D2 server management platform with two planned components:

  1. l4d2host + l4d2ctl (host library + CLI)
  2. l4d2-web-app (Flask web app for users, blueprints, servers, jobs, and logs)

Status

Implementation plans remain the source of truth for architecture and task sequencing:

  • docs/superpowers/plans/2026-04-22-l4d2-host-lib-v1.md
  • docs/superpowers/plans/2026-04-23-l4d2-web-app-v1.md

Locked v1 Decisions

  • Naming is strictly l4d2 (not l4d).
  • Host library and web app are separate components.
  • Host CLI write commands are fixed to:
    • install
    • initialize <name> -f <spec.yaml>
    • start <name>
    • stop <name>
    • delete <name>
  • Host CLI read commands are available for the web/host boundary:
    • status <name> --json
    • logs <name> --lines <n> --follow/--no-follow
  • The web app calls host operations through l4d2ctl, not direct l4d2host imports.
  • Deployment uses /var/lib/left4me for runtime state, /opt/left4me for repository contents and the virtualenv, /etc/left4me for environment files, and global units under /usr/local/lib/systemd/system.
  • Overlay handling is directory-based; the web app populates each overlay (workshop downloads, managed-global refresh).
  • No lock manager, no rollback, no preflight checks in host library.
  • CLI propagates subprocess failures via stderr and return code.
  • delete on missing instance is no-op success.
  • Blueprint model (web app):
    • user-private in v1
    • servers are live-linked to blueprint
    • no per-server overrides
    • delete blueprint blocked when linked servers exist
    • blueprint changes apply on next action
    • server can reassign blueprint anytime

Planned Repository Layout

  • l4d2host/
  • l4d2web/
  • deploy/
  • docs/superpowers/plans/

Deployment

See deploy/README.md for the Linux test deployment contract, including the runtime user, target filesystem layout, systemd units, privileged helpers, sudoers rules, admin bootstrap, and overlay reference rules.

Local development

This repo is a uv workspace (l4d2host + l4d2web as members) with a committed uv.lock and a .python-version pinning Python 3.13 (matching the Debian Trixie production target).

One-time prereq: install uv (macOS: brew install uv; Linux: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh — uv is not yet in Debian stable's apt).

  1. direnv allow once per fresh checkout (and after any .envrc change). .envrc uses use uv, which runs uv sync and activates .venv/ on cd.
  2. Without direnv: uv sync at the repo root creates .venv/, installs both workspace members editable, and pulls in dev deps (pytest) from the lockfile.
  3. Tests: uv run pytest (or just pytest once the venv is on PATH).

Tech Stack (planned)

  • Python 3.13+ (workspace uses uv + hatchling)
  • Typer, PyYAML, pytest
  • Flask, SQLAlchemy, Alembic
  • HTMX (vendored locally), custom CSS, SSE
  • systemd units, kernel overlayfs (mounted via the left4me-overlay privileged helper), steamcmd

Recommended Implementation Order

  1. Implement l4d2host plan first.
  2. Implement l4d2web plan second.
  3. Keep tests green task-by-task (TDD flow from plans).
  4. Keep commits small and aligned with plan tasks.

Contributing Notes

  • Follow plan task order unless explicitly re-planned.
  • Keep contracts above unchanged unless the user asks to change them.
  • Update plan docs when scope or behavior changes.