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Session Log — 2026-04-19

User

  • User: Mike Swanson (mike)
  • Machine: DESKTOP-0O8A1RL
  • Role: admin

Session Summary

This session covered two main areas: (1) completing drill-down navigation across the entire GuruRMM dashboard, and (2) beginning setup of Pluto (Windows build VM on Jupiter) to enable automated Windows agent builds.


Accomplishments

1. Dashboard — Full Drill-Down Navigation

Added clickable navigation links throughout all dashboard pages so the Client→Site→Agent hierarchy is fully navigable in both directions (up only, no circular refs).

Files changed:

  • dashboard/src/pages/AgentDetail.tsxsite_name and client_name now link to /sites/:id and /clients/:id
  • dashboard/src/pages/SiteDetail.tsx — Fixed breadcrumb: client name now links to /clients/:id (was linking to /clients list)
  • dashboard/src/pages/Agents.tsx — Client group headers link to /clients/:id, site sub-headers link to /sites/:id using first agent's IDs
  • dashboard/src/pages/Commands.tsx — Agent ID now links to /agents/:id; added Link import from react-router-dom

Deploy: Committed → pushed to Gitea → pulled on gururmm server → npm run buildsudo cp -r dist/* /var/www/gururmm/dashboard/

Commit: 6fd3380

2. Agent — Auto-Install on First Run

Problem: User downloaded site-configured agent exe, ran it directly, got:

Error: Failed to read config file: "agent.toml"

Root cause: Default command (run) immediately loads agent.toml. Embedded site code trailer is only read during install subcommand. So running the exe bare-handed fails if no config exists.

Fix (agent/src/main.rs): Added pre-dispatch logic in main():

  • If no subcommand given AND config file does not exist:
    • If embedded site code found → log "auto-installing" and dispatch to Install
    • If no embedded code found → log "prompting for site code" and dispatch to Install
    • install_service() already handles both cases (silent embed or interactive prompt)
  • If config exists → dispatch to Run as before (existing installed service path)

Commit: 6a5bd8a

Still needed: Build the updated Windows agent binary and upload to /var/www/downloads/gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-latest.exe on 172.16.3.30.

3. Pluto Build Server — Partial Setup

New Windows Server VM on Jupiter. Named Pluto (not Neptune — Neptune is a different existing server).

Assigned static IP: 172.16.3.36 (was DHCP 172.16.1.64 during setup session)

Setup script created: scripts/setup-build-server.ps1

  • Enables OpenSSH Server (Windows Capability)
  • Opens firewall port 22
  • Writes administrators_authorized_keys with ACG-5070 workstation key
  • Hardens sshd_config (pubkey only, no password)
  • Installs Chocolatey + Rust toolchain

Problem encountered: Add-WindowsCapability failed with 0x800f0950 — VM can't reach Windows Update (no WSUS/internet for feature downloads). DNS was pointing to 172.16.3.50 (invalid), breaking internet access.

Resolution attempted: Switch pfSense DHCP to use pfSense (172.16.0.1) as DNS instead of 172.16.3.50. pfSense web UI blocked by Chrome self-signed cert; SSH to pfSense timed out (no key auth configured). Pending: Mike needs to make DNS change manually in pfSense.

Workaround script provided (manual install of OpenSSH via Win32-OpenSSH GitHub release — bypasses Windows Update requirement). Not yet confirmed successful.

Rust: Successfully installed on Pluto (stable 1.95.0, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc).


Infrastructure

Host IP Role
gururmm / gururmm-build 172.16.3.30 GuruRMM server, MariaDB, nginx
Pluto 172.16.3.36 (static, pending NIC config) Windows build VM for agent binaries
pfSense 172.16.0.1 Office firewall/router/DHCP
Gitea 172.16.3.20 (SSH port 2222) git.azcomputerguru.com

Server paths (172.16.3.30)

  • Repo: /home/guru/gururmm (SSH as guru, NOT mike)
  • Dashboard web root: /var/www/gururmm/dashboard/
  • Agent downloads: /var/www/downloads/gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-latest.exe

Credentials

GuruRMM Server (172.16.3.30)

  • SSH: guru / Gptf*77ttb123!@#-rmm
  • MariaDB: claudetools / CT_e8fcd5a3952030a79ed6debae6c954ed
  • PostgreSQL (gururmm): gururmm / 43617ebf7eb242e814ca9988cc4df5ad
  • RMM API admin: claude-api@azcomputerguru.com / ClaudeAPI2026!@#

pfSense (172.16.0.1)

  • Web UI: admin / r3tr0gradE99!!
  • SSH port: 2248
  • Tailscale IPs: 100.79.69.82, 100.119.153.74

Gitea (git.azcomputerguru.com)

  • Username: azcomputerguru
  • Password: Gptf*77ttb123!@#-git
  • API token: 9b1da4b79a38ef782268341d25a4b6880572063f

Pluto Build Server (172.16.3.36)

  • SSH: Administrator (key auth — ACG-5070 workstation key)
  • Authorized key: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINXR2BOcFAlOPuB7OYOKfOZDNd3u1tCt/IINRH9beFyB guru@DESKTOP-0O8A1RL
  • Rust: stable 1.95.0 x86_64-pc-windows-msvc installed

Key Files Changed

File Change
dashboard/src/pages/AgentDetail.tsx site/client names → clickable Links
dashboard/src/pages/SiteDetail.tsx breadcrumb client link → /clients/:id
dashboard/src/pages/Agents.tsx group headers → clickable Links
dashboard/src/pages/Commands.tsx agent ID → Link to /agents/:id
agent/src/main.rs auto-install on first run, prompt fallback
scripts/setup-build-server.ps1 Pluto build server setup script

Pending / Next Steps

  1. pfSense DNS fix — Change DHCP DNS from 172.16.3.50 to 172.16.0.1 in pfSense web UI. Mike to do manually.

  2. Pluto NIC config — Set static IP 172.16.3.36 on Pluto after DNS is fixed and OpenSSH finishes installing.

  3. Pluto OpenSSH — Retry Add-WindowsCapability after DNS fix, OR use Win32-OpenSSH manual install:

    $url = "https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases/download/v9.5.0.0p1-Beta/OpenSSH-Win64.zip"
    $zip = "$env:TEMP\openssh.zip"
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $zip
    Expand-Archive -Path $zip -DestinationPath "C:\Program Files\" -Force
    Rename-Item "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64" "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH"
    & "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\install-sshd.ps1"
    Start-Service sshd; Set-Service sshd -StartupType Automatic
    
  4. Build Windows agent on Pluto once SSH access confirmed:

    cd C:\gururmm\agent
    cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
    

    Then SCP to server:

    scp agent/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/release/gururmm-agent.exe guru@172.16.3.30:/var/www/downloads/gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-latest.exe
    
  5. Test agent on Pluto — Download from RMM console, run elevated, confirm auto-install kicks in and agent appears online.

  6. Ongoing backlog (from previous sessions):

    • Deploy session manager to SAGE-SQL (Dataforth)
    • Howard Gitea account setup
    • Len's Auto Brokerage — deploy GuruRMM to 10 endpoints
    • desertrat.com — DMARC p=reject + SPF hardening
    • jparkinsonaz.com certbot retry

Update: ~17:30 — Pluto Build Server Continued

Progress

SSH access confirmed working:

  • Key: ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 (ACG-5070 workstation)
  • Host: Administrator@172.16.1.64 (DHCP, pending static IP 172.16.3.36)

sshd auto-start fixed:

Set-Service sshd -StartupType Automatic
Set-Service ssh-agent -StartupType Automatic

Git installed: v2.47.1.windows.2 (direct installer, not Chocolatey — Choco blocked by .NET 4.8 issue)

Repo cloned:

git clone https://azcomputerguru:<token>@git.azcomputerguru.com/azcomputerguru/gururmm.git C:\gururmm

(credential store warning is harmless — clone succeeded)

Rust present: C:\Users\Administrator\.cargo\bin\rustup.exe — stable 1.95.0

Build failed — missing MSVC linker:

error: linker `link.exe` not found
note: please ensure Visual Studio 2017 or later, or Build Tools for Visual Studio were installed with the Visual C++ option

Fix in progress — installing VS Build Tools (C++ workload):

vs_buildtools.exe --quiet --wait --norestart --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended

Background task ID: br51d9p1gstill running at time of /save

Next Steps (immediate)

  1. Wait for VS Build Tools to finish (5-10 min)
  2. Retry: cargo build --release in C:\gururmm\agent
  3. SCP output to gururmm server:
    scp C:\gururmm\agent\target\release\gururmm-agent.exe guru@172.16.3.30:/var/www/downloads/gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-latest.exe
    
  4. Test: download fresh agent from RMM console on Pluto, run elevated — should auto-install

SSH one-liners for future sessions

# Test connection
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 Administrator@172.16.1.64 "hostname"

# Run build
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 Administrator@172.16.1.64 "cmd /c \"cd C:\\gururmm\\agent && set PATH=%PATH%;C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.cargo\\bin && cargo build --release 2>&1\""

pfSense DNS — still pending

DHCP DNS still pointing to 172.16.3.50 (invalid). Needs manual change in pfSense web UI: Services → DHCP Server → DNS Servers → set to 172.16.0.1 This will allow Pluto and other VMs to resolve internet names properly after lease renewal.


Update: ~19:30 — Bug Filing, Build Chain Verification, Pluto Static IP

Accomplishments

1. Filed 4 Bugs on Gitea (via internal API — external blocked by Cloudflare)

Used http://172.16.3.20:3000/api/v1/ (internal Gitea) to bypass Cloudflare challenge page.

Issue Title
#2 bug: auto-update loop downgrades freshly enrolled agents
#3 bug: Windows service registration lost after auto-update restart
#4 bug: pending-update.json not cleaned up after failed update
#5 bug: sshd on Pluto build VM does not persist across reboots

2. Build Chain Verified End-to-End

Webhook routing confirmed:

  • Gitea webhook: id=1 active=true url=http://172.16.3.30/webhook/build events=push
  • nginx proxies /webhook/127.0.0.1:9000
  • gururmm-webhook.service (python3 script) handles requests and spawns build-agents.sh

Build chain tested — triggered via manual POST:

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:9000/webhook/build -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"ref":"refs/heads/main"}'

Full successful run (v0.6.1):

2026-04-19 19:22:02 - === Starting agent build ===
2026-04-19 19:23:57 - Deploying Linux agent...
2026-04-19 19:23:57 - Deploying Windows agent...
2026-04-19 19:23:57 - Signing Windows agent v0.6.1 ...
[INFO] signing /var/www/gururmm/downloads/gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-0.6.1.exe ...
Adding Authenticode signature to /var/www/gururmm/downloads/gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-0.6.1.exe
[OK] signed: /var/www/gururmm/downloads/gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-0.6.1.exe
2026-04-19 19:24:01 - Windows agent signed OK
2026-04-19 19:24:01 - === Build complete: v0.6.1 ===

Signing confirmed working: Azure Trusted Signing via jsign, SP creds in /etc/gururmm-signing.env

Symlinks correct after build:

gururmm-agent-linux-amd64-latest    -> gururmm-agent-linux-amd64-0.6.1
gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-latest.exe -> gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-0.6.1.exe

Note: Build ran twice concurrently (Gitea webhook + my manual trigger). Fixed by adding build lock to webhook handler.

3. Webhook Handler — Build Lock Added

Updated /opt/gururmm/webhook-handler.py to prevent concurrent builds:

  • Writes PID to /var/run/gururmm-build.lock when spawning build
  • Checks if lock PID is alive before allowing new build; cleans stale locks
  • Returns Build already in progress, skipped if another build is running
  • Restarted gururmm-webhook.service to apply

4. pfSense DNS Fix — CONFIRMED DONE

Mike manually changed pfSense DHCP DNS from 172.16.3.50 → 172.16.0.1.

Confirmed on Pluto:

DNS Servers: 172.16.0.1
             8.8.8.8
             1.1.1.1

5. Pluto Static IP — SET AND CONFIRMED

Method: Wrote C:\setip.cmd, created scheduled task (SetStaticIP) to run as SYSTEM, forced it to fire.

Final Pluto NIC config:

  • IP: 172.16.3.36 (static, DHCP disabled)
  • Subnet: 255.255.252.0
  • Gateway: 172.16.0.1
  • DNS: 172.16.0.1, 8.8.8.8, 1.1.1.1

SSH one-liner (updated):

ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 Administrator@172.16.3.36 "hostname"

Old DHCP address (172.16.1.64) is no longer valid.


Credentials (unchanged from earlier sections)

See earlier credential block above — no new credentials this update.


Pending / Next Steps (updated)

  1. Agent bug fixes — 4 bugs filed (#2-#5). Need code fixes in agent/src:

    • #2: Skip auto-update if server_version <= current_version
    • #3: Re-register Windows service after binary replacement
    • #4: Cleanup pending-update.json on failure + validate at startup
  2. Test fresh agent download on Pluto — download site-configured agent from RMM console, run elevated, confirm auto-install and dashboard enrollment.

  3. Version bump — Cargo.toml still at 0.6.1. Bump to 0.6.2 when bug fixes are committed so the new binary supersedes the current one on endpoints.

  4. Ongoing backlog:

    • Deploy session manager to SAGE-SQL (Dataforth)
    • Howard Gitea account setup
    • Len's Auto Brokerage — deploy GuruRMM to 10 endpoints
    • desertrat.com — DMARC p=reject + SPF hardening
    • jparkinsonaz.com certbot retry

Infrastructure (final state)

Host IP Role
gururmm 172.16.3.30 GuruRMM server, MariaDB, nginx
Pluto 172.16.3.36 (static — confirmed) Windows build VM
pfSense 172.16.0.1 Office firewall/router/DHCP (DNS fixed)
Gitea 172.16.3.20 (SSH port 2222) git.azcomputerguru.com

Server paths (172.16.3.30):

  • Repo: /home/guru/gururmm
  • Dashboard: /var/www/gururmm/dashboard/
  • Downloads: /var/www/gururmm/downloads/
  • Build log: /var/log/gururmm-build.log
  • Build script: /opt/gururmm/build-agents.sh
  • Sign script: /opt/gururmm/sign-windows.sh
  • Signing env: /etc/gururmm-signing.env (root-only)

Update: ~01:00 — Bug Fixes, v0.6.2 Build, Pluto Build Integration, Status Page

Accomplishments

1. shadcn/ui Post-Review Bug Fixes (3 bugs)

Three high-severity bugs found by code review after shadcn/ui migration:

a) Toaster hardcoded dark theme (dashboard/src/components/Toaster.tsx)

  • Was: <Sonner theme="dark" ...>
  • Fix: Read from useTheme() context, resolve "system" via window.matchMedia

b) Badge missing error variant (dashboard/src/components/Badge.tsx)

  • Added error: "border-transparent bg-red-500/15 text-red-600 dark:text-red-400" variant
  • Updated Agents.tsx to use variant="error" (was variant="destructive") for agent error status

c) Stale modal form state on re-open (Sites.tsx, Clients.tsx)

  • Added key={editingClient?.id ?? "new"} / key={editingSite?.id ?? "new"} to force modal remount when target changes

2. BUG-006: Temperature Sensors Never Collected

Filed as new Gitea issue covering:

  • CPU temp collection (sysinfo::Components)
  • GPU temp collection (WMI/nvidia-smi/rocm-smi)
  • Cross-platform (Windows + Linux)
  • Agent side: new TemperatureReading struct, wired into SystemMetrics
  • Dashboard side: new temperature section in AgentDetail

Also documented in docs/FEATURE_ROADMAP.md Known Bugs section.

3. Windows .old Binary Cleanup — No-Reboot Solution

User rejected original "defer to next startup" approach:

"Waiting for a reboot is not a valid solution to the update issue. Servers may go months or years between reboots."

Final solution (agent/src/updater/mod.rs):

  1. If existing .old is locked, rename to timestamped tombstone (.old.YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS) — unblocks the current update without waiting for a reboot
  2. Spawn detached cmd.exe /c timeout /t 30 && for %f in (...\*.old*) do del /f /q "%f" with CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag — sweeps all .old* files ~30s after service restart
#[cfg(windows)]
use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
// CREATE_NO_WINDOW = 0x08000000

Commit: e93b56f

4. v0.6.2 Build — Completed

Version bump: agent/Cargo.toml 0.6.1 → 0.6.2 (commit f827ab4)

Build triggered via SSH to 172.16.3.30:

sudo bash /opt/gururmm/build-agents.sh 2>&1 | tee /tmp/gururmm-build.log &

Result:

2026-04-20 00:32:13 - === Build complete: v0.6.2 ===
[OK] signed: /var/www/gururmm/downloads/gururmm-agent-windows-amd64-0.6.2.exe

Note: v0.6.2 agent was built with MinGW (cross-compile) not MSVC. Pluto integration came after this build.

5. Pluto Build Integration — build-agents.sh Updated

Problem: build-agents.sh was using MinGW cross-compile for Windows, never routing to Pluto.

Changes made:

a) Authorized RMM server key on Pluto:

  • RMM server key: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKSqf2/phEXUK8vd5GhMIDTEGSk0LvYk92sRdNiRrjKi guru@gururmm-build
  • Added to C:\ProgramData\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys on Pluto
  • Tested: ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no Administrator@172.16.3.36 "hostname"PLUTO

b) Updated /opt/gururmm/build-agents.sh:

  • Replaced cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu (MinGW) with:
    • SSH to Pluto → git fetch && git reset --hard origin/main && cargo build --release (MSVC)
    • SCP .exe back to /tmp/gururmm-agent-windows-$VERSION.exe
    • Deploy, sign, sha256 as before
  • Key variable: PLUTO="Administrator@172.16.3.36"
  • Cargo path on Pluto: C:\Users\Administrator\.cargo\bin\cargo

Next push to main will produce a native MSVC Windows binary.

6. Status Page — rmm.azcomputerguru.com/status

Built a public system status page (no auth required).

Server changes:

  • New server/src/status.rsGET /status handler:
    • DB liveness check (SELECT 1)
    • Agent counts from DB (total, online, offline, error)
    • WebSocket connection count from state.agents.read().await.count()
    • Uptime from state.startup_time.elapsed().as_secs()
    • Returns version from env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
  • Added startup_time: std::time::Instant to AppState
  • Registered as public route in build_router() (outside /api nest, no auth)

Dashboard changes:

  • dashboard/src/api/client.ts — Added SystemStatus interface + statusApi.get()
  • dashboard/src/pages/Status.tsx — New public page:
    • Overall health banner (green/yellow/red)
    • Per-component rows: API Server, Database, Agent Fleet, WebSocket, Dashboard
    • Agent breakdown grid (online/offline/error counts)
    • Auto-refresh every 30s, manual refresh button
  • dashboard/src/App.tsx/status route added as bare route (no ProtectedRoute/PublicRoute)

nginx fix: Added location /status { proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3001; } to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gururmm — was missing, causing "Service Disruption" error on first load.

Server binary redeployed: gururmm-server rebuilt and swapped (stop service → copy → start):

/opt/gururmm/gururmm-server.backup.20260420-005859 ← backup before swap

Build issue fixed: npm install was needed on build server — shadcn/ui deps (class-variance-authority, @radix-ui/react-slot) were missing, causing 86 TypeScript errors. Fixed by running npm install in /home/guru/gururmm/dashboard/.

Live verification:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "uptime_seconds": 268,
  "components": {
    "agents": { "total": 34, "online": 26, "offline": 8, "error": 0 },
    "websocket": { "connected": 25 }
  }
}

Commit: 6e54f72


Key Commits (this update)

SHA Description
5872a72 docs: add BUG-001 temperature sensor collection gap
e93b56f fix: Windows .old binary cleanup — tombstone + detached sweeper
f827ab4 chore: bump agent to v0.6.2
6e54f72 feat: add public system status page at /status

Infrastructure Changes (this update)

  • Pluto authorized key added: guru@gururmm-build key now in administrators_authorized_keys
  • /opt/gururmm/build-agents.sh on 172.16.3.30: now SSHes to Pluto for Windows MSVC build
  • /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gururmm: added location /status proxy rule
  • /opt/gururmm/gururmm-server: redeployed (v0.2.0 + status endpoint)
  • /var/www/gururmm/dashboard/: redeployed with Status page

Services on 172.16.3.30:

  • gururmm-server.service — RMM API + WebSocket (port 3001)
  • gururmm-agent.service — local monitoring agent
  • gururmm-webhook.service — build webhook handler (port 9000)

Pending / Next Steps (updated)

  1. Verify status page after nginx fix — confirm rmm.azcomputerguru.com/status shows green after browser refresh
  2. First MSVC build via Pluto — next push to main will trigger native Windows binary build via Pluto
  3. Server version alignment — server shows v0.2.0, agent is v0.6.2. Consider aligning in server/Cargo.toml
  4. BUG-006: Temperature collection — implement sysinfo::Components in agent
  5. Windows agent auto-update to 0.6.2 — agents will self-update on next check-in (includes .old fix + RequestLogUpload)
  6. Ongoing backlog:
    • Deploy session manager to SAGE-SQL (Dataforth)
    • Howard Gitea account setup
    • Len's Auto Brokerage — deploy GuruRMM to 10 endpoints
    • desertrat.com — DMARC p=reject + SPF hardening
    • jparkinsonaz.com certbot retry