left4me/l4d2web
mwiegand 3c4bd6880a
refactor(l4d2-web): detail-page UI — single panel, soft border, footer Delete
- Detail panels: softer (color-mix --line-soft) border. h2 sub-section
  spacing inside a single outer panel. admin and job_detail collapse to
  one panel each.
- Color tokens: --color-button-primary / --color-button-danger stay
  saturated in dark mode so white text on filled buttons stays readable.
- Site header: transparent, no full-width bar; aligned with panel-content
  width. No more sticky.
- Page-level Delete: low-contrast outline button at the page footer
  (left side, justify-content flex-start). Save buttons no longer
  full-width (.stack > button { justify-self: end }).
- form-actions-inline helper for right-aligned button rows.
- New service: l4d2web.services.timeago.humanize_delta — used by the
  upcoming server / overlay live-status partials.
- Server route: POST /servers/<id> renames the server (mirrors the
  overlay update pattern, returns 409 on per-user duplicate).
- Overlay route: POST /overlays/<id>/script handles `action` form value
  — `save_build` (default) or `save_reset_build` (wipes overlay dir
  before queuing build). Redirect lands on /overlays/<id> instead of
  the job page so users see the live status.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-09 01:26:57 +02:00
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alembic feat(l4d2-web): per-overlay server.cfg aliases — expose checkbox + auto-exec 2026-05-09 01:26:31 +02:00
routes refactor(l4d2-web): detail-page UI — single panel, soft border, footer Delete 2026-05-09 01:26:57 +02:00
services refactor(l4d2-web): detail-page UI — single panel, soft border, footer Delete 2026-05-09 01:26:57 +02:00
static refactor(l4d2-web): detail-page UI — single panel, soft border, footer Delete 2026-05-09 01:26:57 +02:00
templates refactor(l4d2-web): detail-page UI — single panel, soft border, footer Delete 2026-05-09 01:26:57 +02:00
tests refactor(l4d2-web): detail-page UI — single panel, soft border, footer Delete 2026-05-09 01:26:57 +02:00
__init__.py chore(l4d2): flatten component layout 2026-05-05 23:47:06 +02:00
alembic.ini chore(l4d2): flatten component layout 2026-05-05 23:47:06 +02:00
app.py feat(l4d2-web): overlay detail Files section with HTMX file tree + downloads 2026-05-08 20:16:25 +02:00
auth.py fix(l4d2-web): reject encoded unsafe redirects 2026-05-06 13:24:04 +02:00
cli.py feat(l4d2-web): seed example script overlays from examples/script-overlays/ 2026-05-08 18:41:08 +02:00
config.py feat(web): forms in modals, edit/delete on detail pages, port auto-assign 2026-05-07 01:30:33 +02:00
db.py feat(deploy): add production-like test deployment 2026-05-06 19:30:10 +02:00
models.py feat(l4d2-web): per-overlay server.cfg aliases — expose checkbox + auto-exec 2026-05-09 01:26:31 +02:00
pyproject.toml refactor(l4d2-web): drop global-overlays subsystem in favor of script type 2026-05-08 15:43:41 +02:00
README.md feat(deploy): add production-like test deployment 2026-05-06 19:30:10 +02:00

l4d2-web-app

Flask web app for managing L4D2 servers through user-private blueprints.

Key v1 behaviors

  • Local username/password login; no public signup
  • Admin-managed overlay catalog
  • Private blueprints per user
  • Server creation from blueprints (live-linked; no per-server blueprint overrides)
  • Async job model with persisted command logs in job_logs
  • Desired vs actual state model
  • Live logs for jobs and servers via SSE endpoints
  • Host operations go through l4d2ctl via a local host command runner, not direct l4d2host imports

Frontend constraints

  • Server-rendered templates (Jinja)
  • Vendored HTMX (static/vendor/htmx.min.js)
  • Custom CSS only
  • Tokenized, consistent link and accent colors

Development

python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -e .
.venv/bin/pytest tests -q

Configuration

The web app reads these settings from the environment:

  • DATABASE_URL: SQLAlchemy database URL, for example sqlite:////var/lib/left4me/left4me.db.
  • SECRET_KEY: Flask secret key used for sessions and CSRF-sensitive state.
  • JOB_WORKER_THREADS: number of background job worker threads.

In the systemd deployment, environment is loaded from /etc/left4me/host.env and /etc/left4me/web.env.

Admin Bootstrap

Create the first admin account with the Flask CLI. Provide the password through LEFT4ME_ADMIN_PASSWORD:

LEFT4ME_ADMIN_PASSWORD='change-me' flask create-user <username> --admin