# Driving the guest-9202 controller API from DooPlex — the working recipe (2026-09-21)

Controller v0.260.0 in LXC guest **9202 `demo-hp-scratch`** on host `demo-hp`.

## The one surprise that saves the most time

**Guest 9202 is directly reachable from DooPlex on the home LAN at `192.168.0.114`.**
You do NOT have to `ssh demo-hp` + `pct exec` to drive the API — that was only needed for
`docker`/`pct`. Curling straight from DooPlex is what makes a 200 ms poll loop possible at all.

Still mandatory: the **`Host: felhom.enkisfelhom.hu`** header (without it every route 404s with the
public page) and **`-k`** (self-signed cert on traefik). Port 443. `127.0.0.1:8080` inside the guest
is NOT open — traefik is the only door.

## 0. The password, file→file, never through stdout

```bash
python3 /mnt/5_hdd/felhom.eu/git/felhom.eu/scripts/read_credential.py PASSWORD /tmp/.ctlpw
chmod 600 /tmp/.ctlpw          # expect 13 bytes; 15 means it is wearing its quotes
```

## 1. Log in and scrape the session CSRF (both are needed for any POST)

curl's cookie jar drops `felhom_session`, so dump the headers and grep it out by hand.
The CSRF meta tag's closing quote must be stripped or you get a 65-char token that silently
mismatches — check the length is exactly 64.

```bash
S=/tmp/ctl                      # any scratch dir
mkdir -p $S
B="https://192.168.0.114"
H='Host: felhom.enkisfelhom.hu'
PW=$(cat /tmp/.ctlpw)

curl -sk -D $S/hdr.txt -o /dev/null -H "$H" -X POST --data-urlencode "password=$PW" "$B/login"
head -1 $S/hdr.txt                                    # expect: HTTP/2 302
grep -oiE 'felhom_session=[A-Za-z0-9._-]+' $S/hdr.txt | head -1 > $S/sess.txt   # ~79 chars

curl -sk -L -H "$H" -H "Cookie: $(cat $S/sess.txt)" "$B/" -o $S/home.html
grep -oE '<meta name="csrf-token" content="[^"]+"' $S/home.html | head -1 \
  | sed 's/.*content="//;s/"$//' > $S/csrf.txt
echo "csrf len: $(wc -c < $S/csrf.txt)"               # expect 65 = 64 + newline
```

## 2. The call helper — `c.sh GET /api/stacks` / `c.sh POST /api/sync '{...}'`

```bash
cat > $S/c.sh <<'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
S=/tmp/ctl
B="https://192.168.0.114"
H='Host: felhom.enkisfelhom.hu'
M=$1; P=$2; D=$3
SESS=$(cat $S/sess.txt); CT=$(cat $S/csrf.txt)
if [ "$M" = GET ]; then
  curl -sk -H "$H" -H "Cookie: $SESS" "$B$P"
else
  curl -sk -H "$H" -H "Cookie: $SESS" -H "X-CSRF-Token: $CT" \
       -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X "$M" ${D:+--data "$D"} "$B$P"
fi
EOF
chmod +x $S/c.sh
```

Worked endpoints (all verified today):

| call | meaning |
|---|---|
| `c.sh GET /api/stacks` | every stack; `app_config.pinned_images`, `app_config.installed_images`, `template_images`, `catalog_images`, `updating`, `update_phase` |
| `c.sh GET /api/stacks/vikunja` | one stack, same shape — this is the 200 ms poll target |
| `c.sh POST /api/stacks/<n>/deploy '{"values":{"DOMAIN":"enkisfelhom.hu","SUBDOMAIN":"tasks"}}'` | real deploy path, answers 202 |
| `c.sh POST /api/stacks/<n>/update` | the Update button |
| `c.sh POST /api/sync` | pull the catalog git clone |
| `c.sh POST /api/stacks/rescan` | **always run this after a sync before reading any badge** (R-607) |
| `c.sh GET /api/stacks/<n>/logs?lines=200` | app container log |

`pinned_images` and `installed_images` live under **`app_config`**, not at the top level — that
cost a few minutes.

## 3. Reading the customer's app page, both languages

**The route is `/apps/<name>`, not `/app/<name>`.** This section said `/app/` until 2026-09-21 and
every call it described 404s. `/` redirects to `/launcher`, and the app links live on `/stacks`.

```bash
curl -sk -H "$H" -H "Cookie: $(cat $S/sess.txt)" "$B/apps/vikunja"            # Hungarian
curl -sk -H "$H" -H "Cookie: $(cat $S/sess.txt)" "$B/apps/vikunja?lang=en"    # English
```

**The session dies whenever the controller restarts** — the store is in memory — so a long run must
be able to log in again mid-flight rather than assuming one login lasts the night.

## 4. Shell into the guest (for docker / pct only)

```bash
ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new demo-hp "pct exec 9202 -- bash -c '<cmd>'" 2>/dev/null
```
`2>/dev/null` drops the perl locale warnings. For anything with awkward quoting, pipe a script:

```bash
cat <<'EOF' | ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new demo-hp \
  'cat > /tmp/c.sh; pct push 9202 /tmp/c.sh /tmp/c.sh >/dev/null 2>&1; pct exec 9202 -- bash /tmp/c.sh' 2>/dev/null
docker ps --format '{{.Names}}\t{{.Image}}'
EOF
```

## 5. Paths inside the running guest

- controller data dir (journal, catalog cache):
  `/var/lib/docker/volumes/felhom-controller-data/_data/data/`
  - `update-journal.json` — present only while an update is in flight
  - `catalog-cache/` — a git clone; `git -C … log --oneline -1` tells you what the box actually has
- stacks: `/opt/docker/stacks/<app>/docker-compose.yml` (the LIVE rendered file) and `app.yaml`

## 6. App front doors on 9202 (Host header per app, same IP)

`tasks.` vikunja · `status.` uptime-kuma · `wishes.` wishlist · `dashboard.` glance — all
`…enkisfelhom.hu` against `https://192.168.0.114`.