Extracts the shared boot/serve plumbing out of live_server into _boot_app + _serve helpers, then adds files_overlay_server: a function-scoped fixture that monkey-patches LEFT4ME_ROOT to tmp_path BEFORE create_app(), seeds a files-type Overlay owned by alice, and populates the overlay root with one editable text file, one binary file, and one nested folder. Sets up the surface area the Tier-1 files-overlay e2e tests need without duplicating the live_server boilerplate. Also exposes a top-level `login(page, base_url, ...)` helper so future test modules can share it instead of re-pasting the form-POST flow. Per docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-17-files-overlay-e2e-handoff.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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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
l4d2ctlvia a local host command runner, not directl4d2hostimports
Frontend constraints
- Server-rendered templates (Jinja)
- Vendored HTMX (
static/vendor/htmx.min.js) - Custom CSS only
- Tokenized, consistent link and accent colors
Development
From the workspace root (../):
uv sync # creates .venv, installs l4d2host + l4d2web editable, plus dev deps
uv run pytest l4d2web/tests -q
Configuration
The web app reads these settings from the environment:
DATABASE_URL: SQLAlchemy database URL, for examplesqlite:////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