zstart only warns when a python project has no venv; zsetup is the
command that provisions one. For a python project it creates <root>/.venv
and installs deps; for vite/nextjs it runs npm install. Idempotent.
The pip install command comes from the project's optional "install"
config field (e.g. "-e backend" for deps in a subfolder, "-r reqs.txt"),
or is auto-detected from a root pyproject.toml/setup.py ("-e .") or
requirements.txt ("-r requirements.txt"). Bash + PowerShell + .cmd
wrapper, documented in the README and example configs.
* feat(zstart): support uvicorn/ASGI apps via a startApp config field
Python projects could only be started as `python -m <startModule>`, so
FastAPI/ASGI apps that run under uvicorn (like evo-ai:
`uvicorn app.main:app`) couldn't be started by zstart in either port.
Add an optional `startApp` field. When set, zstart runs
`uvicorn <startApp> --host <bind-host> --port <ports.dev> --reload` via
the venv python's -m (no PATH juggling), integrating zstart's existing
bind-host and dev-port handling. startApp takes precedence over
startModule; a python project still needs one or the other. Applied to
bash and PowerShell, documented in the README + example configs.
* feat(zstart): warn when falling back to system python (no project venv)
A python project with no .venv (or only a Windows .venv when on WSL)
silently ran under the system interpreter, which usually lacks the
project's deps - producing a cryptic ModuleNotFoundError far from the
cause. Now zstart prints a clear warning naming the missing venv and the
one-liner to create it, before starting. Bash + PowerShell.
* fix(bash): zstart --detached no longer hangs on the tracking FIFO
Detached mode forked the long-lived server while it still inherited the
ztokens tracking fds (the capture FIFO on 1/2, saved stdout/stderr on
3/4). The parent's EXIT-trap footer runs `tee` on that FIFO and waits for
EOF, which never came while the server held it open - so `zstart
--detached` (and zstartd / zrestart --detached) hung instead of
returning. detach() now redirects stdin<-/dev/null, stdout/stderr->log
and closes fd 3/4 before exec'ing the server. Verified on WSL: detached
returns in 0s and the server still boots.
* fix(zstart): git-pull pre-step can't hang on a credential prompt
start.gitPull ran `git pull --ff-only` before starting the server; in an
environment with no cached git credentials (e.g. WSL against an HTTPS
GitHub remote) git prompted "Username for 'https://github.com':" and the
whole start blocked on stdin. Run the pull with GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 so
it fails fast, log a clear "auto-pull skipped" note, and start with the
current checkout. Bash + PowerShell.
The project-directory replacement preserved only ./.env, silently
destroying every other server-side file (.env.db, staged signing keys,
certs) on every deploy — and the vite kind preserved nothing at all.
- preserve all .env* files at the project root by default
- new deploy.preserve array for additional files/directories
- implemented via tar to the home dir before the wipe, extract after
the unzip; server-side copies win over zip contents (same semantics
./.env always had)
- helpers deliberately avoid embedded quotes and $( ): PowerShell 5.1
strips embedded double quotes when passing args to ssh.exe, which
silently corrupts remote commands (discovered when v1 of this fix
failed exactly that way)
Fixes#2
Projects not published through the edge proxy had a false-PASS problem:
the fallback reachability check hit http://<server-ip>/, which the
proxy's default vhost happily answers for apps that never started.
- new Test-DeployHealth: checks the app FROM the server over SSH
(curl localhost:<port><path>), optional expected substring
- opt in per project: "verify": { "port", "path", "expect" }
- projects with neither domain nor verify are reported NOT verified
instead of green-lighting the proxy's default page
- example config + README + changelog updated
Config-driven PowerShell scripts to run infrastructure tasks (deploy, restart, backup, diagnostics) yourself instead of having an AI agent orchestrate them, to save agent tokens. Environment specifics live in zconfig.json (gitignored).
