#!/bin/bash # services/meshcentral.sh — Self-hosted remote device management server (MeshCentral). # Part of the modular post-install system (sourced by setup.sh). # # Can also be run standalone on any machine: # sudo bash meshcentral.sh # (Docker must already be installed when run standalone) # # Ported from ubuntu-post-install-24.04-crowdsec.sh (# ---- MESHCENTRAL SERVER ----). # Own ~/docker/meshcentral/ with a standalone docker-compose.yml + .env. # HTTPS on port 4430, agent listener on 4433. First visit: create admin account. # ── Standalone bootstrap ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── # Detected when the script is executed directly rather than sourced by setup.sh. # Sets up helpers and globals, then defers execution until after the function # definition at the bottom of this file. if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]] || { echo "Run with sudo: sudo bash $0"; exit 1; } _SELF_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)" _COMMON="$_SELF_DIR/../lib/common.sh" if [[ -f "$_COMMON" ]]; then # Full repo present — use the real helpers (picks up ~/docker/.config too) # shellcheck source=../lib/common.sh source "$_COMMON" else # One-off copy — inline minimal stubs so the script works without the repo log_info() { echo -e "\033[0;34m[INFO]\033[0m $*"; } log_success() { echo -e "\033[0;32m[OK]\033[0m $*"; } log_warning() { echo -e "\033[1;33m[WARN]\033[0m $*"; } log_error() { echo -e "\033[0;31m[ERROR]\033[0m $*" >&2; } require_docker() { command -v docker &>/dev/null || { log_error "Docker not found. Install it first:" log_error " curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh" return 1 } docker compose version &>/dev/null || { log_error "Docker Compose plugin missing:" log_error " sudo apt-get install -y docker-compose-plugin" return 1 } } ensure_docker_dir_ownership() { chown -R "$ACTUAL_USER:$ACTUAL_USER" "$@" 2>/dev/null || true } port_in_use() { local _port="$1" _proto="${2:-tcp}" local _flag="-tlnH" [ "$_proto" = "udp" ] && _flag="-ulnH" ss "$_flag" "sport = :${_port}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q . } find_free_port() { local _varname="$1" _port="$2" _proto="${3:-tcp}" while port_in_use "$_port" "$_proto"; do _port=$((_port + 1)) done eval "$_varname='$_port'" } # Match common.sh's eval-based pattern so local vars in install_* are set correctly prompt_text() { local _q="$1" _def="$2" _var="$3" _r [[ "${UNATTENDED:-false}" == "true" ]] && { eval "$_var='$_def'"; return; } read -r -p " $_q " _r eval "$_var='${_r:-$_def}'" } prompt_yn() { local _q="$1" _def="$2" _var="$3" _r [[ "${UNATTENDED:-false}" == "true" ]] && { eval "$_var='$_def'"; return; } read -r -p " $_q " _r eval "$_var='${_r:-$_def}'" } configure_caddy_for_service() { local _name="$1" _upstream="$2" _subdomain="$3" _extra="${4:-}" local _caddy_dir="$DOCKER_DIR/caddy" local _caddyfile="$_caddy_dir/Caddyfile" local _display_port="${_upstream##*:}" # Determine mode: local Caddy, remote Caddy, or none local _mode="none" [[ -d "$_caddy_dir" ]] && _mode="local" [[ -n "${CADDY_REMOTE_HOST:-}" ]] && [[ "$_mode" != "local" ]] && _mode="remote" [[ "$_mode" == "none" ]] && { log_info "Access $_name directly on port $_display_port." return 0 } echo "" local _do_caddy="" if [[ "$_mode" == "remote" ]]; then log_info "Remote Caddy configured (${CADDY_REMOTE_HOST})." log_info "A snippet file will be saved to ~/docker/caddy-snippets/." fi read -r -p " Configure Caddy reverse proxy for $_name? [y/N]: " _do_caddy [[ "${_do_caddy,,}" == "y" ]] || { log_info "Skipping — access at: http://localhost:$_display_port" return 0 } # Domain prompt — pre-fill from SITE_DOMAIN when available local _default_domain="" if [[ -n "${SITE_DOMAIN:-}" ]] && [[ "$SITE_DOMAIN" != "example.com" ]]; then _default_domain="${_subdomain}.${SITE_DOMAIN}" log_info "Default: $_default_domain" fi local _domain="" read -r -p " Domain [${_default_domain:-required}]: " _domain _domain="${_domain:-$_default_domain}" [[ -n "$_domain" ]] || { log_warning "No domain entered — skipping Caddy."; return 0; } # Build upstream — remote Caddy uses host IP:port, not container name local _block_upstream="$_upstream" if [[ "$_mode" == "remote" ]]; then _block_upstream="${CADDY_REMOTE_HOST}:${_display_port}" fi local _site_block _site_block="$(cat << CBLOCK # $_name ${_domain} { reverse_proxy ${_block_upstream} header { Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload" X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" } log { output file /var/log/caddy/${_domain}.log format json } ${_extra} } CBLOCK )" if [[ "$_mode" == "local" ]]; then if [[ -f "$_caddyfile" ]]; then local _bk="$_caddy_dir/Caddyfile.backup.$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" cp "$_caddyfile" "$_bk" log_info "Backed up Caddyfile to $(basename "$_bk")" else touch "$_caddyfile" fi if grep -q "^${_domain}" "$_caddyfile" 2>/dev/null; then log_warning "$_domain already in Caddyfile" local _ow="" read -r -p " Overwrite? [y/N]: " _ow [[ "${_ow,,}" == "y" ]] || { log_info "Keeping existing entry."; return 0; } sed -i "/^${_domain}/,/^}/d" "$_caddyfile" fi printf '%s\n' "$_site_block" >> "$_caddyfile" log_success "Added $_domain to Caddyfile" docker exec caddy caddy fmt --overwrite /etc/caddy/Caddyfile 2>/dev/null || true if docker exec caddy caddy reload --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile 2>/dev/null; then log_success "$_name accessible at: https://$_domain" else log_warning "Reload failed — check: docker logs caddy" log_info "Manual reload: docker exec caddy caddy reload --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile" fi else local _snippet_dir="$DOCKER_DIR/caddy-snippets" local _snippet_file="$_snippet_dir/${_subdomain}.caddy" mkdir -p "$_snippet_dir" printf '%s\n' "$_site_block" > "$_snippet_file" chown "$ACTUAL_USER:$ACTUAL_USER" "$_snippet_file" 2>/dev/null || true log_success "Snippet saved: $_snippet_file" log_info "Copy to Caddy machine:" log_info " scp $_snippet_file caddy-host:~/caddy-snippets/" log_info " rsync -av $_snippet_dir/ caddy-host:~/caddy-snippets/ (all at once)" fi } write_readme() { local _dir="$1"; shift mkdir -p "$_dir" cat > "$_dir/README.md" } fi # Globals — ACTUAL_USER/ACTUAL_HOME must come before DOCKER_DIR # ($HOME under sudo is /root, not the real user's home) ACTUAL_USER="${ACTUAL_USER:-${SUDO_USER:-$USER}}" ACTUAL_HOME="$(getent passwd "$ACTUAL_USER" 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f6 || echo "${HOME:-/root}")" DOCKER_DIR="${DOCKER_DIR:-$ACTUAL_HOME/docker}" DRY_RUN="${DRY_RUN:-false}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-false}" SITE_TZ="${SITE_TZ:-$(cat /etc/timezone 2>/dev/null || echo UTC)}" SITE_DOMAIN="${SITE_DOMAIN:-example.com}" SITE_CADDY_NET="${SITE_CADDY_NET:-caddy_net}" register_service() { :; } # no-op — no wizard to register into _RUN_STANDALONE=1 fi # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── register_service meshcentral utilities "Self-hosted remote device management server (MeshCentral)" 4430 install_meshcentral() { require_docker || return 1 # ── Instance selection ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── # First instance keeps the plain "meshcentral" name/paths/ports exactly as # before (zero behavior change for anyone with a single instance). Only # asking to add a second one introduces suffixed naming — same pattern as # services/mattermost.sh and services/wordpress.sh. Two ports (web + agent) # move together so they stay easy to reason about instance-to-instance. local MC_DIR="$DOCKER_DIR/meshcentral" local INSTANCE_SUFFIX="" CONTAINER="meshcentral" local WEB_PORT="4430" AGENT_PORT="4433" if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then echo "[DRY-RUN] MeshCentral would:" echo " - Offer to add a new, separate instance if one already exists" echo " - Create \$DOCKER_DIR/meshcentral(-) with docker-compose.yml + .env (data/ files/ backups/)" echo " - Prompt for hostname (domain or IP for agent connections)" echo " - Expose port 4430 (HTTPS web) and 4433 (agent), auto-scanned for additional instances" echo " - Offer a Caddy reverse proxy and to start the container" return 0 fi if [ -d "$MC_DIR" ]; then echo "" echo " MeshCentral is already installed at $MC_DIR." echo " 1) Manage that install (update / full reinstall / cancel)" echo " 2) Add a NEW, separate MeshCentral instance alongside it (its own" echo " server, devices, and ports — full isolation)" echo "" local _TOP_CHOICE="" prompt_text " Choice [1/2]:" "1" _TOP_CHOICE if [ "$_TOP_CHOICE" = "2" ]; then local _suffix="" while true; do prompt_text " Short name for the new instance (letters/numbers/hyphens, e.g. 'clients'):" "" _suffix _suffix="$(echo "$_suffix" | tr -cs 'a-zA-Z0-9-' '-' | sed 's/^-*//;s/-*$//')" if [ -z "$_suffix" ]; then log_warning "Name can't be empty."; continue fi if [ -d "$DOCKER_DIR/meshcentral-$_suffix" ]; then log_warning "meshcentral-$_suffix already exists — pick another name."; continue fi break done INSTANCE_SUFFIX="$_suffix" MC_DIR="$DOCKER_DIR/meshcentral-$_suffix" CONTAINER="meshcentral-$_suffix" log_info "New instance: $MC_DIR" fi fi # Scan for free ports unconditionally, moving both together — not just # when adding an explicit additional instance. A plain first install can # just as easily collide with an unrelated service that already claimed # one of these default ports — see CLAUDE.md's "Port collision # avoidance" section. while port_in_use "$WEB_PORT" || port_in_use "$AGENT_PORT"; do WEB_PORT=$((WEB_PORT + 1)) AGENT_PORT=$((AGENT_PORT + 1)) done local MC_HOSTNAME="" prompt_text "MeshCentral hostname (domain or IP) [localhost]:" "localhost" MC_HOSTNAME MC_HOSTNAME="${MC_HOSTNAME:-localhost}" mkdir -p "$MC_DIR" ensure_docker_dir_ownership "$MC_DIR" cd "$MC_DIR" || return 1 # Mirrors configure_caddy_for_service's own mode resolution (lib/common.sh): # explicit CADDY_MODE from the site config wins, then a local ~/docker/caddy, # then the legacy CADDY_REMOTE_HOST var. Only "local" joins caddy_net — a # remote Caddy box can't resolve container names on this host's bridge # network anyway; it reaches this service via the host's published port. local _CADDY_MODE="${CADDY_MODE:-none}" [ "$_CADDY_MODE" = "none" ] && [ -d "$DOCKER_DIR/caddy" ] && _CADDY_MODE="local" [ "$_CADDY_MODE" = "none" ] && [ -n "${CADDY_REMOTE_HOST:-}" ] && _CADDY_MODE="remote" local _CADDY_NET_BLOCK="" local _CADDY_NET_SECTION="" if [ "$_CADDY_MODE" = "local" ]; then _CADDY_NET_BLOCK=" networks: - caddy_net " _CADDY_NET_SECTION=" networks: caddy_net: external: true name: ${SITE_CADDY_NET:-caddy_net} " fi cat > docker-compose.yml << MC_COMPOSE name: $CONTAINER services: meshcentral: image: ghcr.io/ylianst/meshcentral:latest container_name: $CONTAINER hostname: $CONTAINER restart: unless-stopped environment: - NODE_ENV=production - HOSTNAME=\${MC_HOSTNAME:-localhost} - REVERSE_PROXY=\${MC_REVERSE_PROXY:-false} - REVERSE_PROXY_TLS_PORT=\${MC_TLS_PORT:-443} - IFRAME=false - ALLOW_NEW_ACCOUNTS=true - WEBRTC=true volumes: - ./data:/opt/meshcentral/meshcentral-data - ./files:/opt/meshcentral/meshcentral-files - ./backups:/opt/meshcentral/meshcentral-backups ports: - "${WEB_PORT}:443" - "${AGENT_PORT}:4433" ${_CADDY_NET_BLOCK}${_CADDY_NET_SECTION} MC_COMPOSE cat > .env << MC_ENV MC_HOSTNAME=$MC_HOSTNAME MC_REVERSE_PROXY=false MC_TLS_PORT=443 CADDY_NET=$SITE_CADDY_NET MC_ENV mkdir -p data files backups chown -R "$ACTUAL_USER:$ACTUAL_USER" "$MC_DIR" log_success "MeshCentral${INSTANCE_SUFFIX:+ ($INSTANCE_SUFFIX)} configured at $MC_DIR (web port $WEB_PORT, agent port $AGENT_PORT)" configure_caddy_for_service "MeshCentral${INSTANCE_SUFFIX:+ ($INSTANCE_SUFFIX)}" "${CONTAINER}:443" "mesh${INSTANCE_SUFFIX:+-$INSTANCE_SUFFIX}" write_readme "$MC_DIR" << MD # MeshCentral${INSTANCE_SUFFIX:+ — $INSTANCE_SUFFIX} Self-hosted remote device management — remotely access, manage, and monitor all your computers from a single web interface. Install agents on each device. $( [ -n "$INSTANCE_SUFFIX" ] && echo " This is a separate, fully isolated instance (own server, own devices, own ports) — not shared devices with another MeshCentral instance.") - Web UI: https://localhost:${WEB_PORT} (self-signed cert on first launch) - Agent listener: port ${AGENT_PORT} (devices connect here — forward this port if remote) - Hostname: \`$MC_HOSTNAME\` (update \`MC_HOSTNAME\` in .env if it changes) - App data: \`data/\`, \`files/\`, \`backups/\` ## Manage \`\`\`bash cd $MC_DIR docker compose up -d # start docker compose down # stop docker compose logs -f # logs docker compose pull && docker compose up -d # update \`\`\` ## First launch 1. Open https://localhost:${WEB_PORT} (accept the self-signed cert warning) 2. Create your admin account 3. Go to "My Devices" → "+ Add Device" → download the agent for each OS 4. Install the agent on every computer you want to manage ## Remote access For devices outside your LAN to connect: - Forward **TCP port ${AGENT_PORT}** on your router to this server - Set \`MC_HOSTNAME\` in \`.env\` to your public domain/IP, then restart ## Docs https://meshcentral.com/docs/ MD local START_MC="" prompt_yn "Start MeshCentral${INSTANCE_SUFFIX:+ ($INSTANCE_SUFFIX)} now? (y/n):" "y" START_MC if [ "$START_MC" = "y" ] || [ "$START_MC" = "Y" ]; then docker compose up -d && log_success "MeshCentral${INSTANCE_SUFFIX:+ ($INSTANCE_SUFFIX)} started" || log_warning "Failed to start — check: docker compose logs" fi echo "" echo " Access at: https://localhost:${WEB_PORT} (accept self-signed cert)" echo " First visit: create your admin account" echo "" } # Run immediately when executed directly (deferred until after function definition) [[ "${_RUN_STANDALONE:-0}" == 1 ]] && install_meshcentral