Applied Codex's security and reliability recommendations:
**SSH Key Safety:**
- Added "pulse-managed-key" comment marker to all SSH keys
- Removal now targets only marked keys (prevents deleting operator keys)
- Uses atomic file replacement via mktemp for authorized_keys edits
**Idempotency Improvements:**
- LXC config glob now uses nullglob to handle empty directories
- pveum token removal handles missing users gracefully (|| printf '')
- All systemctl operations wrapped with || true for non-systemd hosts
- sed operations in loops protected with || true
**Container Detection:**
- Validates container is running before IP check (pct status)
- Confirms container exists with pct config before proceeding
- Uses printf '' instead of || true for command substitution
- Handles IPv6 and multi-IP scenarios more reliably
**Network Operations:**
- curl now uses --fail --show-error --silent --location
- Error messages visible to users instead of silenced
- Better diagnostics when download fails
**Migration Safety:**
- Verifies pulse-sensor-proxy service is active before key removal
- Fallback check for binary existence if systemd unavailable
- Preserves legacy SSH keys if proxy not confirmed healthy
- Clear messaging about deferred cleanup
All cleanup operations are now fully idempotent and safe for
repeated execution, even on partially-configured hosts.
Addresses #123
Added a main menu at the beginning of the PVE setup script that gives users three options:
[I]nstall - Continue with normal setup (default)
[R]emove All - Complete uninstall of all Pulse components
[C]ancel - Exit without changes
The removal option comprehensively cleans up:
- pulse-sensor-proxy service, binary, and systemd unit
- pulse-sensor-proxy system user and data directories
- All SSH keys from authorized_keys (legacy and forced-command variants)
- LXC bind mounts from all container configs
- Pulse monitoring API tokens, user, and custom roles
This addresses user request for a clean removal path for everything
Pulse has installed on the host, including legacy components from
previous versions.
Made the setup and installation output more concise and reassuring for users. Less verbosity, clearer messaging.
**Setup script improvements:**
- Changed "Container Detection" → "Enhanced Security"
- Simplified prompts: "Enable secure proxy? [Y/n]"
- Cleaned up success messages: "✓ Secure proxy architecture enabled"
- Removed verbose status messages (node-by-node cleanup output)
- Only show essential information users need to see
**install-sensor-proxy.sh improvements:**
- Added --quiet flag to suppress verbose output
- In quiet mode, only shows: "✓ pulse-sensor-proxy installed and running"
- Full output still available when run manually
- Removed redundant "Installation complete!" banners
- Cleaner legacy key cleanup messaging
**Result:**
Users see a clean, professional installation flow that builds confidence. Technical details are hidden unless needed. Messages are clear and reassuring rather than verbose.
When pulse-sensor-proxy is installed, automatically remove old SSH keys that were stored in the container for security.
Changes:
**install-sensor-proxy.sh:**
- Checks container for SSH private keys (id_rsa, id_ed25519, etc.)
- Removes any found keys from container
- Warns user that legacy keys were cleaned up
- Explains proxy now handles SSH
**Setup script (config_handlers.go):**
- After successful proxy install, removes old SSH keys from all cluster nodes
- Cleans up authorized_keys entries that match the old container-based key
- Keeps only proxy-managed keys (pulse-sensor-proxy comment)
This provides a clean migration path from the old direct-SSH method to the secure proxy architecture. Users upgrading from pre-v4.24 versions get automatic cleanup of insecure container-stored keys.
The setup script now automatically detects when Pulse is running in an LXC container and offers to install pulse-sensor-proxy on the host for enhanced security.
What happens:
1. After temperature monitoring is configured
2. Script detects Pulse IP and finds matching container
3. Prompts: "Install pulse-sensor-proxy for container X? [Y/n]"
4. Downloads and runs install-sensor-proxy.sh automatically
5. Falls back gracefully if proxy install fails
Benefits:
- One-command setup for users (no manual proxy installation)
- SSH keys stay on host (not in container)
- Containerized Pulse gets the secure architecture automatically
- Native installs unaffected (still use direct SSH)
This solves the UX problem where users had to manually run install-sensor-proxy.sh as a separate step.
The name "temp-proxy" implied a temporary or incomplete implementation. The new name better reflects its purpose as a secure sensor data bridge for containerized Pulse deployments.
Changes:
- Renamed cmd/pulse-temp-proxy/ to cmd/pulse-sensor-proxy/
- Updated all path constants and binary references
- Renamed environment variables: PULSE_TEMP_PROXY_* to PULSE_SENSOR_PROXY_*
- Updated systemd service and service account name
- Updated installation, rotation, and build scripts
- Renamed hardening documentation
- Maintained backward compatibility for key removal during upgrades
Replaced outdated security warnings with accurate information about
the pulse-temp-proxy architecture:
- Removed scary 'legacy feature' and 'compromised container' warnings
- Explains secure proxy architecture for containerized deployments
- Notes that SSH keys are stored on Proxmox host (not in container)
- Clarifies container compromise does not expose credentials
- Includes information for both containerized and native installs
- More factual and less alarmist tone
The old message implied temperature monitoring was insecure for
containers, which is no longer true with pulse-temp-proxy.
Related to #528
The setup script generator was passing sshPublicKey twice but only
using it once, causing a Go fmt.Sprintf formatting error that leaked
into the generated bash script as '%!(EXTRA string=...)'.
This resulted in bash syntax errors when running the setup script.
Fixes#528
When Pulse runs in a container (LXC/Docker), the setup script would claim
temperature monitoring was enabled on cluster nodes, but Pulse couldn't
actually SSH to them. The script ran on the Proxmox host which could SSH
fine, but didn't verify connectivity from Pulse itself.
Changes:
- Added /api/system/verify-temperature-ssh endpoint that tests SSH from Pulse
- Setup script now calls this endpoint after configuring cluster nodes
- Detects when Pulse is containerized and provides ProxyJump config instructions
- Shows clear success/failure status for each node
Addresses #528
Add no-cache headers to both the install script and agent binary download endpoints to prevent browsers and curl from serving stale cached versions. This ensures users always get the latest install script with URL normalization fixes for trailing slash issues.
Fixes#528
The PUT /api/config/nodes/{id} endpoint was corrupting node configurations
when making partial updates (e.g., updating just monitorPhysicalDisks):
- Authentication fields (tokenName, tokenValue, password) were being cleared
when updating unrelated settings
- Name field was being blanked when not included in request
- Monitor* boolean fields were defaulting to false
Changes:
- Only update name field if explicitly provided in request
- Only switch authentication method when auth fields are explicitly provided
- Preserve existing auth credentials on non-auth updates
- Applied fix to all node types (PVE, PBS, PMG)
Also enables physical disk monitoring by default (opt-out instead of opt-in)
and preserves disk data between polling intervals.
