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bbassieandClaude Opus 5.5 f14bfc3222 Address review of template inheritance
- Unlinking a field enables Apply on its own and sends the current value.
- The link button no longer toggles the checkbox of its label.
- Link and disconnect icons for all four states, pending ones highlighted.
- instance.is_template is hidden.
- ctl create takes --as-template.
- Clearer names for the InstanceManager inheritance helpers.

Part of #200

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-02 11:57:01 +00:00
bbassieandClaude Opus 5.5 b5c372f109 Rename bases to templates and add per property inheritance
Review changes for #1142:
- base becomes template everywhere (is_template, template_id,
  --template, --is-template, --templates, InstanceDetails.isTemplate).
- Object fields inherit per property. inherited_fields lists the
  overridden properties for object fields and the template object is
  merged with them.
- Linking a template also inherits fields that hold the default value.
  The server name stays per instance.
- Ports are never inherited.
- InstanceDetails carries templateId.

Web UI: inherited values are locked until unlocked, overridden values
can be inherited again, templates are listed separately, the create
modal can create templates and instances from templates, and the
instance page has "Create template" which can link the source.

Part of #200

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-02 11:54:37 +00:00
bbassieandClaude Opus 5.5 01cf789f5d Add base instances for instance config inheritance
Instances can be marked as a base with instance.is_base and other
instances inherit config values from it through instance.base_id.
The controller copies base values into inheriting configs and keeps
track of inherited fields in the hidden instance.inherited_fields, so
hosts receive resolved configs and need no changes. Setting a field
stops inheriting it, `instance config inherit` undoes that.

Bases cannot be assigned to a host, are hidden from `instance list`
unless --bases is given, and cannot be deleted or unmarked while
other instances inherit from them. Chains of bases are allowed and
cycles are rejected.

Part of #200

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-02 11:54:21 +00:00
Danielv123 49a0b27d29 Address review of host pairing
Revoking a host now unassigns its instances instead of being refused
while it has any, and removes its system metrics.

Approving and revoking no longer force a save. Hosts are saved by
autosave and on exit like everything else, which also removes the
approving state from pairing requests.

The approval code and link are logged as warnings so they show up in
the systemd service, which only prints warnings and above. The pairing
limits are now the controller.host_pairing_timeout and
controller.host_pairing_max_pending config values, 0 removes the limit.

Subscribers take an optional permitted function, used for the pairing
requests instead of overrides in a subclass.
2026-10-31 16:31:45 +01:00
Danielv123 4a49a198f0 Pair hosts when they start instead of in the installer
The installer only writes the controller URL and host name. Running the
host requests to join the cluster if it has not been approved yet, or if
the controller no longer accepts its token, and waits until an admin
approves it. Once approved it saves its id and token and starts as
normal. A rejected host exits with code 8.

clusteriohost run --user-token approves the host right away with the
token of a user allowed to approve hosts. The token is not saved.

This moves the pairing client into the host package, where it uses the
same certificate setup as the host's connection to the controller, and
removes --no-pair and the rerun handling from the installer.
2026-10-30 21:13:14 +01:00
Danielv123 87d4f5c64e Replace host tokens with host pairing
Hosts join the cluster by running the installer, which shows a code and
waits until the request is approved under Hosts > Add host in the web
interface or with clusterioctl host approve. An admin can pass their
user token to the installer to approve the host right away. The token
is only used for that and is not saved.

The controller only accepts hosts that have a record, and only
approving a host creates one. Revoking a host deletes its record, so
its token can no longer be used to reconnect. Hosts that have connected
before keep working.

Removes host generate-token, revoke-token and create-config from
clusterioctl, bootstrap generate-host-token, the host token messages and
the core.host.generate_token, revoke_token and create_config
permissions, which are also stripped from stored roles. Adds
clusterioctl host pending, approve, reject and revoke, and the
core.host.approve and core.host.revoke permissions.

Standalone installs add the host to the controller database directly,
since the controller is not running during the install.
2026-10-30 06:11:32 +01:00
Bastiaan ffe82f81d8 Merge pull request #1010 from bbassie/feature/plugin-browser
Plugin management through web interface
2026-10-27 21:32:51 +00:00
BastiaanandClaude Opus 5.5 ba518faa05 Render notes as Markdown with resource mentions (#1136)
Notes in the web UI now render through ReactMarkdown. A mention like
@instance/778528005 or @user/cooldude2606 turns into a link to that
resource's page, labelled with its name if the client has it and the id
otherwise. The stored note keeps the mention as written. Line breaks
are kept as hard breaks so existing plain text notes look the same.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-25 19:49:16 +00:00
Bastiaan cbf2b10782 Add notes to hosts, instances, users and other resources (#1000) 2026-10-18 20:06:15 +03:00
Arvids Godjuks 7467fa6b8f Refresh installation and stable release documentation (#1086)
Refresh installation and stable release documentation
2026-10-15 15:21:35 +03:00
bbassieandClaude Opus 5.5 5814b89821 Add a plugin migration guide for 2.0
Covers the plugin API changes between 2.0.0-alpha.27 and 2.0.0: ESM,
entrypoint functions and hooks, loadedPlugins, permissions on the
plugin declaration, the ctl renames, staticRoot and optional peer
dependencies.

Document that from 2.0 major versions contain breaking changes for end
users while minor versions may contain breaking changes for the plugin
API, and fix stale examples and names in writing-plugins.md and
managing-a-cluster.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-07 19:10:30 +00:00
bbassieandClaude Fable 5.1 bca681b5ea Add a request to mark hosts and the controller as needing a restart
Not every plugin arrives through PluginInstallRequest. Plugins checked
out into external_plugins or installed by hand on the machine never
flag a restart, so the web UI shows nothing and tooling that acts on
the flag never fires.

HostMarkRestartRequiredRequest and ControllerMarkRestartRequiredRequest
set config.restartRequired, guarded by the existing restart
permissions. They are exposed as "Mark Restart Required" in the control
dropdown of the host and controller pages, hidden once the flag is set,
and as mark-restart-required ctl commands. The mark shows up on the
next system metrics poll.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-17 19:52:03 +00:00
bbassieandClaude Fable 5.1 310071df1b Use a service account name for the metrics scraper
Any valid Factorio player name can be claimed by a player joining the
cluster, so the docs now create the scraper user as #prometheus.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-12 22:28:43 +00:00
bbassieandClaude Fable 5.1 87aa7b3b4c Require a token to scrape /metrics
The metrics endpoint fans out a gather to every connected host, so
anyone who could reach the controller could read cluster statistics and
put load on all hosts at will. Scraping now needs a user token holding
the new core.controller.metrics permission. The token is accepted via
Authorization: Bearer as well as X-Access-Token because Prometheus can
only send the former. Concurrent scrapes share one gather so hosts see
at most one metrics request at a time.

The three connection gauges in controller.ts now no-op before the
controller exists, like the other gauges there, so the endpoint can be
tested against the mock controller.

Closes #1009

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-12 22:28:43 +00:00
bbassieandClaude Fable 5.1 7ff2092547 Add update all for the controller, hosts and plugins
Updating a single plugin can leave the installation with multiple
versions of @clusterio/lib. Passing the core package and every npm
installed plugin to a single npm update call lets npm resolve them
together.

UpdateAllRequest targets the controller or a host, requires both the
core update permission and core.plugin.update, and is gated by both
allow_remote_updates and allow_plugin_updates. The web UI Updates modal
gets an Update All action and ctl gets --all on the update commands.

Closes #910

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-09 22:40:32 +00:00
bbassieandClaude Fable 5.1 c997fd8ea7 Add save copying and start options when creating an instance
The create instance modal can now copy the active save of the instance
whose config is copied, optionally saving the running game first, and
start the new instance once the copy is done. The new instance is
assigned to the host of the source so the save can be transferred.

Saving a running game is a new InstanceSaveGameRequest handled by the
host through /server-save, which waits for the save to finish. It is
also exposed as clusterioctl instance save-game.

Closes #405

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-05 22:19:24 +00:00
Cooldude2606 cb23428507 Respond to comments and add docs 2025-05-12 23:19:14 +01:00
Hornwitser 6fc3abafd5 Rename Slave to Host
The role of a slave as a host for Factorio servers is not well reflected
in its name and has caused confusion among users.  Rename slave to host
to better reflect its role as a host of Factorio servers.
2023-02-22 15:30:51 +01:00
Hornwitser 70ad295a89 Rename Master to Controller
The role of the master server as the party controlling every part of the
cluster is not well reflected in its name and has caused confusion among
users on several occasions.  Rename master to controller to better
reflects its role.
2023-02-22 15:30:51 +01:00
Hornwitser 04852196ad Rename play time to online time
Be a bit more accurate in the online time stat name and call it for what
it is.  It counts time spend online on the server, not necessarily
time spent playing.
2022-07-20 13:18:47 +02:00
Hornwitser 08e7434d24 Add command to extract play time from save
Add command that extracts play time (and players) from the currently
running save to the recorded instance statistics.  This is useful for
getting correct play time statistics when an existing save game is
imported.
2022-07-13 00:31:02 +02:00
Hornwitser 1e4d709a06 Implement kill instance
Add ability to kill running instances in case it is desirable to stop
the server without saving over the current save file.
2022-03-25 20:52:31 +01:00
J87 3da8c30a64 Remove unnecessary information 2022-01-11 19:55:18 +11:00
J87 f8c72a1e0a Fixed wording issue 2022-01-10 12:37:02 +11:00
jake-87 1b1524e787 Fix poor wording 2022-01-02 19:23:54 +11:00
jake-87 488d81f424 Updated wording in docs
Also added more information on the banned-bulk-import option.
2022-01-02 19:16:23 +11:00
jake-87 8ecc6d1c83 Added instance and user documentation 2021-12-10 13:01:03 +11:00
Hornwitser 9542246414 Use a diff and author friendly markdown formatting (#370)
Simplify the the way markdown files are formatted to make them easier to
author without editors that do auto line breaking, and make the diffs
from them simpler to read.
2021-03-17 21:30:51 +01:00
Hornwitser 63a656cd61 Rename default Admin role to Cluster Admin
Clarify the purpose and distinquesh the Admin role a bit better from the
in-game admin status by renaming the role to Cluster Admin.
2020-11-09 15:57:46 +01:00
Hornwitser 64ac5a181a Fix typo in managing-a-cluster.md filename. 2020-10-28 00:58:01 +01:00