Enhance the dashboard UI by introducing an optional input field for the image name in the cloud-init build form. Update the API to process the image name, ensuring it is sanitized and included in the build request. Modify the build script to utilize the provided image name, allowing for customized output filenames during the image creation process. This improves user experience by offering more flexibility in naming cloud-init images.
CM4 Provisioning Dashboard
Flask web UI for CM4 eMMC provisioning: public home (deploy only) and admin (login required) for images, cloud-init, portal files, and users.
Public home (/)
- No login. Anyone can:
- See current status (idle / connecting / flashing / backup / done / error).
- Deploy or Backup when a device is connected (USB boot or network).
- See which image is set as golden (used for Deploy).
- View recent log and “How to connect” steps.
Layout: compact two columns (status + deploy on the left; golden info, log, and connect on the right).
Admin (/admin)
Login required. First user: open /login, enter any username and a password (min 6 characters) to create the first admin account.
Admin can:
- Backup images (in
backups/): upload, rename, delete, shrink/compress, set as golden, download. - Cloud-init images (in
cloudinit-images/): list, set as golden, rename, delete, download. - Build cloud-init image: download latest Raspberry Pi OS (arm64), inject cloud-init, edit user-data/meta-data/network-config, use templates. Output goes to cloud-init images; optionally set as golden after build.
- Portal files (in
portal-files/): upload files that are served at/files/<name>so cloud-init canwgetorcurlthem on first boot (e.g.curl -fsSL "http://SERVER/files/bootstrap.sh" -o /tmp/bootstrap.sh). - Golden image: any backup or cloud-init image can be set as golden (no single “golden file”; choose from either list).
- Admin users: add users, change password.
- Activity logs: view recent admin actions.
Backup images and cloud-init images live in separate folders (backups/ and cloudinit-images/).
Run locally (development)
cd dashboard
pip install -r requirements.txt # Flask, werkzeug
python3 app.py
# Open http://localhost:5000 (home), http://localhost:5000/admin (login first)
Run in LXC (Proxmox)
Deploy with scripts/deploy-to-proxmox.sh; it installs the dashboard and pushes home.html, login.html, admin.html. Optional: create /opt/cm4-provisioning/dashboard.env with CM4_DASHBOARD_SECRET_KEY=<random> so session logins persist across restarts (deploy script can create this automatically).
Environment (optional)
CM4_PROVISIONING_DIR– base path (default:/var/lib/cm4-provisioning).CM4_BACKUPS_DIR– backups directory (default:…/backups).CM4_CLOUDINIT_IMAGES_DIR– cloud-init built images (default:…/cloudinit-images).CM4_PORTAL_FILES_DIR– files served at/files/(default:…/portal-files).CM4_GOLDEN_IMAGE– path to golden image (symlink to chosen backup or cloud-init image).CM4_DASHBOARD_SECRET_KEY– secret for session cookies (set in production).CM4_DASHBOARD_DB– SQLite path for admin users and logs (default:…/dashboard.db).CM4_STATUS_FILE,CM4_LOG_FILE, etc. – as before for status and build.