MicroNAS/PLANNING.md

# MicroNAS — Planning

A lightweight web GUI to manage file shares on a single home server — like a
minimal NAS control panel for a Proxmox LXC/VM. Manages **SMB shares**,
**NFS exports**, and **quotas** by editing the host config files and reloading
the daemons.

**Design principle: keep it small.** Single box, home/LAN use only, no database,
no auth framework, dependency-light. If a feature needs heavy machinery, it's
out of scope.

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## Deployment decision

Run **directly on the LXC/VM as a `systemd` service** (Flask behind `gunicorn`).
**Not** Docker.

Reason: this app's whole job is to manipulate *host* services (`smbd`, `nfsd`,
`/etc/exports`, `exportfs`, `setquota`). Containerizing it means bind-mounting
host config, running privileged, and fighting the kernel NFS server — all the
downsides of running on the host with none of the isolation benefit. Docker is
kept only as an optional dev/test sandbox.

**Network:** LAN-only. Never expose to the internet. Reach it via local network
or Tailscale. Auth is a safety net, not an internet-facing defense.

**Backups:** Out of scope. Handled at the Proxmox layer (Proxmox Backup Server
on a second client). This app does not implement backup.

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## Project structure

```
MicroNAS/
├── app.py                  Flask backend (all API routes + business logic)
├── templates/
│   ├── index.html          Main SPA shell (Jinja2, no inline JS/CSS)
│   └── login.html          Login form
├── static/
│   ├── css/app.css         Custom dark theme (GitHub-palette CSS vars)
│   └── js/
│       ├── utils.js        esc(), showToast(), apiFetch()
│       ├── dashboard.js    loadDashboard()
│       ├── shares.js       SMB/NFS CRUD + edit/delete/toggle
│       ├── users.js        User CRUD + password modal
│       └── main.js         Init + auto-refresh countdown
├── micronas.service        systemd unit
├── README.md
└── PLANNING.md
```

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## Roadmap

### Phase 1 — Correctness & safety ✅
- [x] Implement `parse_smb()` so `/api/shares` works.
- [x] Remove all `shell=True`; use argument-list `subprocess` calls.
- [x] Validate input: names `^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$`; paths must resolve under `/srv`.
- [x] Session-based login (custom `/login` page, Flask sessions, secret key
      derived from `MICRONAS_PASS`).
- [x] `systemd` unit + `gunicorn` + README install guide.

### Phase 2 — Dashboard & health ✅
- [x] **Daemon status** — smbd / nfsd running? (green/red dot).
- [x] **Disk usage** — free / used / total for `/srv` with progress bar.
- [x] **All shares in one view** — SMB + NFS, paths, access, size on disk.
- [x] **Per-share data used** — `du -sb` per share path.
- [x] Auto-refresh every 30 s + manual refresh button.

### Phase 2.5 — UX improvements ✅
- [x] UI redesign — GitHub-dark palette, custom CSS vars, better contrast
      and typography.
- [x] Toast notifications — replaced all `alert()`.
- [x] Frontend split into `templates/` + `static/css/` + `static/js/`.
- [x] User management tab — list users (uid ≥ 1000), create, delete,
      change SMB password.
- [x] Login page — replaces browser Basic Auth dialog.

### Phase 3 — Full share management ✅
- [x] Working **delete** for SMB & NFS (parse config into sections, rewrite
      whole file — not append-only).
- [x] **Edit** existing shares — name, path, valid users (SMB); clients,
      ro/rw (NFS). Edit modal pre-filled with current values.
- [x] **Enable/disable** a share without deleting it — SMB uses
      `available = no`; NFS comments out the export line.
- [x] Status indicator per share row (green/red dot, reduced opacity when
      disabled).

### Phase 3.5 — Share & dashboard polish ✅
- [x] **Permission editor in edit modal** — owner, group, chmod mode per share
      folder. Owner/Group are dropdowns from live system users/groups.
- [x] **Group management** — create/delete groups, add/remove members. Users tab.
- [x] **SMB extra settings** — force user, force group, guest ok, read only,
      recycle bin (vfs objects = recycle, files go to .recycle inside share).
- [x] **NFS extra settings** — no_root_squash, all_squash toggles.
- [x] **Server IPs on dashboard** — shows all non-loopback IPv4 addresses.
- [x] **Service restart buttons** — restart smbd / nfsd from the dashboard.
- [x] **Active SMB connections** — live table on dashboard via smbstatus.
- [x] **Delete confirmation modal** — replaces browser confirm().
- [x] **Auto-refresh countdown** — 30 s timer with live seconds display.

### Phase 4 — WebDAV + extras
- [ ] **WebDAV** support. Preferred approach: drop an Apache/nginx config
      snippet — don't build it in Flask.
- [ ] Simple in-browser file browser for `/srv`.
- [ ] Auto-create share directory on add (with correct owner/permissions).

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## Out of scope (intentionally)
- Backups (Proxmox Backup Server handles this).
- Multi-user accounts / roles (single admin login is enough).
- Database (config files are the source of truth).
- Internet exposure / TLS termination (LAN + Tailscale only).
- Clustering / multi-host management.
- **Disk quotas** — removed. Linux `setquota`/`repquota` require quota
  support on the filesystem. The target deployment uses a ZFS-backed
  Proxmox LXC where this is unavailable inside the container. Per-dataset
  limits can be set from the Proxmox host with `zfs set quota=`.