# Heartbeat Daemon (hbd) ✅

A lightweight daemon that listens for UDP heartbeat messages and acts on them: keeps host state, optionally updates DNS records via `nsupdate`, forwards messages to WebSocket clients, and sends notifications (email, Pushover, Mattermost, Signal). It is a refactor of a previously monolithic script into a modular Python package (`hbd`).

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## 📌 Features

- Receive and parse heartbeat datagrams (text or zlib-compressed) ✅
- Maintain host state and detect up/down transitions ✅
- Queue DNS updates via `nsupdate` and run them in a background thread ✅
- WebSocket API for live updates (hosts & messages) ✅
- Notification pipeline (email, Pushover, Mattermost, Signal) ✅
- Modular codebase suitable for unit testing and CI ✅

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## ⚙️ Quickstart

Prerequisites:
- Python 3.10+ (project uses language features from recent Python) 
- `nsupdate` (for DNS updates) if using dynamic DNS

Install dependencies (recommended into a venv):

```bash
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
# for development/testing tools
python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
```

Run the daemon (example):

```bash
# run with default config lookup (~/.hb.yaml)
PYTHONPATH=. hbd -c .hb.yaml -f -v
```

You can also run it directly via the package entrypoint after installation:

```bash
python -m hbd.cli -c /path/to/config.yaml
```

## 🐞 Debugging in VS Code

This repository includes a ready-to-use `.vscode/launch.json` with configurations to run or attach the VS Code debugger to `hbd`.

- Ensure the **Python** extension is installed and select the project `.venv` as the interpreter (bottom-left of VS Code).
- Use **F5** and pick one of these configurations from the Run view:
  - **Python: Run hbd (module)** — runs `hbd.cli` as a module and sets `PYTHONPATH` to the workspace root (recommended).
  - **Python: Run hbd with debugpy (listen)** — launches `debugpy` and `hbd` together; useful when you want the process to listen for a debugger.
  - **Python: Attach (localhost:5678)** — attach the debugger to a running process started with `debugpy`.

To start `hbd` manually and wait for the debugger to attach, run:

```bash
PYTHONPATH=. python -m debugpy --listen 5678 --wait-for-client -m hbd.cli -c .hb.yaml -f -v
```

Set breakpoints in modules such as `hbd/udp.py`, `hbd/dns.py`, or `hbd/server.py`, and use the **Attach** configuration to connect. Use `justMyCode: false` if you need to step into third-party code.


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## 🛠 Configuration

`hbd` reads YAML configuration (optional). If `PyYAML` is not installed, built-in defaults are used. Example configuration keys (see `hbd/config.py`):

- `hb_port`: UDP port to listen for heartbeats (default: 50003)
- `hbd_port`: internal control port (default: 50004)
- `hbd_host`: bind address for HTTP/WSS
- `pickfile`: path for persisted state
- `logfile`: path to log file
- `logfmt`: `text` or `msg`
- `pushsrv`: push service (`pushover`|`mattermost`|`all`)
- `interval` / `grace`: heartbeat timing configuration
- `dyndomains`: list of dyndomains to update via `nsupdate`
- `nsupdate_bin`: path to nsupdate binary

Example `.hb.yaml` (minimal):

```yaml
hbd_host: 0.0.0.0
hbd_port: 50004
dyndomains:
  - example.com
nsupdate_bin: /usr/bin/nsupdate
pushsrv: pushover
```

> Tip: `config.DEFAULTS` in `hbd/config.py` contains the canonical defaults and accepted configuration keys.

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## 🔧 Architecture & Modules

- `hbd.proto` — serialization/deserialization of heartbeat messages (supports compressed payloads)
- `hbd.udp` — UDP parsing and `handle_datagram` implementation (main state machine)
- `hbd.dns` — `create_nsupdate_payload`, `nsupdate`, and a background DNS thread (`start_dns_thread`)
- `hbd.notify` — email and push notification helpers
- `hbd.ws` — WebSocket server and thread-safe broadcast helpers
- `hbd.http` — HTTP handler factory for the status UI/API
- `hbd.utils` — small utility helpers (`shortname`, `dur`, `initlog`)
- `hbd.cli` — CLI entrypoint and argument parsing
- `hbd.server` — async orchestration to run UDP/HTTP/WSS components

This modular layout makes the code easier to test and maintain.

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## 🧪 Testing & Dev

Tests are implemented using `unittest` and additional tests rely on `pytest` if you prefer. To run tests locally without installing anything beyond the dev requirements:

```bash
# with project root on PYTHONPATH
PYTHONPATH=. python -m unittest discover -v
# or with pytest if installed
pytest -q
```

Developer tooling included:
- `pyproject.toml` — project metadata and dependencies
- `requirements-dev.txt` — dev/test dependencies
- `tox.ini` — convenience wrappers for running tests, lint, and mypy

To run linters and type checks locally:

```bash
# after installing dev deps
tox -e lint
tox -e mypy
```

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## 🚀 Running in production

- Use your system service manager (systemd, launchd, etc.) to run `hbd` in the background.
- Ensure `nsupdate` and necessary credentials are available for dynamic DNS updates.
- Configure TLS for WSS if you enable secure websockets.

> Note: The project contains a small example for obtaining DNS-verified certs (certbot with RFC2136) — see earlier commit history or ask me to re-add the example to this README if you want it documented here.

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## 🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please:
1. Open an issue to discuss larger changes.
2. Create a topic branch and a clear PR.
3. Add tests for new features and run linters.
4. Keep changes focused and documented.

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## 📜 License

This repository is licensed under the MIT license. See `LICENSE` for details.

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If you'd like, I can also:
- add a **GitHub Actions** workflow that runs tests and lint on push/PR 🔁
- add a `CONTRIBUTING.md` template for PRs and code style 💬

Which one should I do next? ✨