# Internet Use Control — Control Service The **Control Service** is the brain and the single source of truth for the Internet Use Control project (`SYSTEM_MAP.md`). It holds schedules, blocklists, per-device state and usage, and serves the web dashboard. Only it publishes device config. This repository currently contains **Phase 8 — Overrides** (AGENTS.md §11), on top of Phases 1–7: - Go service with its own image (`Dockerfile`) and compose file. - SQLite schema for the whole data model (§7), applied through versioned migrations. - Configuration from the process environment (`environment.d`); no secrets in the repo. - A separate session login for Sam. - `GET /health`. - HTMX + server-rendered dashboard styled with the Family Home Lab design system (`tokens.css` copied in). - **Device registry**: add and edit a device, assign it to a child, choose its platform. Persisted in `devices`. - **Dashboard cards**: name, child, platform, status, current state, time left. - **Manual lock/unlock** from the dashboard, persisted in `state` and written to the append-only `audit` log (FR-15). - **MQTT**: each device's desired state is published *retained* on `restrict//config`; device status and telemetry are subscribed and written to SQLite; presence comes from the broker's Last Will and Testament. The broker is transport only — SQLite stays the source of truth. - **Weekly schedules**: a per-device grid of blocking windows, Monday to Sunday, including windows that cross midnight. The Control Service computes the *effective* state — manual lock or active window — and republishes it at each window boundary, so a schedule turns on and off with nobody touching it. - **Blocklist / allowlist**: per-device `app` (Android package or Windows process) and `site` (hostname) entries. While a device is blocked, the device blocks every blocklist value **except** the allowlist values (Spotify at night). That allow decision is in the published config. - **Usage**: telemetry reports are stored per device, day, app and domain and rolled up into a daily summary. The dashboard shows a week at a time — the daily total plus the top apps and top sites — with dark mode and phone-sized touch targets. - Every edit is written to the append-only audit log (FR-15). - **Overrides**: a versioned admin HTTP API for the separate Kotlin admin app (`lock`, `unlock`, `grant`, query state) guarded by a bearer token, plus the shared device keycode (one code, every device) that a kid's client can redeem for a short exemption. Both are recorded in `overrides` and `audit`, and a state change is published retained before the API responds. Enforcement itself (the kids' clients) and the Hub arrive in later phases. Nothing here touches the router, Pi-hole, or DNS. ## Quick start (on `.13`) ```bash cd /home/sam/paseo/projects/internet_use_control # 1. Create the env file from the template and set real values. cp environment.d/control-service.env.example environment.d/control-service.env $EDITOR environment.d/control-service.env # 2. Build and start. Own image, own container, port 8791. docker compose up -d --build # 3. Prove it. curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8791/health # {"status":"ok","service":"control-service","version":"0.6.0-phase8",...} ``` Open in a browser. It redirects to `/login`. Sign in with `CONTROL_ADMIN_USERNAME` and `CONTROL_ADMIN_PASSWORD`. ## Configuration All configuration is environment variables. Docker Compose loads them from `environment.d/control-service.env` (gitignored). The variables can also be exported from `~/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` instead; the service reads only the process environment. | Variable | Default | Purpose | |---|---|---| | `CONTROL_ADDR` | `:8791` | Listen address | | `CONTROL_DB_PATH` | `/data/control.db` | SQLite file | | `CONTROL_SESSION_SECRET` | — (required) | Signs the session cookie, ≥ 16 chars | | `CONTROL_SESSION_TTL` | `12h` | Session lifetime | | `CONTROL_COOKIE_SECURE` | `true` | Secure cookie flag; keep true behind HTTPS | | `CONTROL_ADMIN_USERNAME` | `sam` | Dashboard login | | `CONTROL_ADMIN_PASSWORD` | — | Plaintext password (option A) | | `CONTROL_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH` | — | bcrypt hash (option B, preferred) | | `CONTROL_ADMIN_API_TOKEN` | — | Bearer token for the versioned admin API (Phase 8); empty disables it with 503 | | `CONTROL_DEVICE_KEYCODE_HASH` | — | bcrypt hash of the shared device keycode, seeded into SQLite at start-up | | `CONTROL_APP_ENV` | `production` | Label shown in the footer | | `CONTROL_LOG_LEVEL` | `info` | `debug`/`info`/`warn`/`error` | | `CONTROL_TIMEZONE` | `Australia/Sydney` | IANA zone weekly windows are evaluated in | | `CONTROL_MQTT_ENABLED` | `true` | Turn the broker link on or off | | `CONTROL_MQTT_BROKER` | `tcp://host.docker.internal:1883` | Broker URL; `tls://…:8883` once the TLS listener exists | | `CONTROL_MQTT_CLIENT_ID` | `control-service` | MQTT client id | | `CONTROL_MQTT_USERNAME` | — | Control Service broker account | | `CONTROL_MQTT_PASSWORD` | — | its password | | `CONTROL_MQTT_CA_FILE` | `/etc/webrestrict/tls/ca.crt` | PEM bundle that verifies the broker (TLS only) | | `CONTROL_MQTT_INSECURE` | `false` | Allow a plaintext, credential-less broker. Only for a broker with no TLS listener | Generate a bcrypt hash without host Go: ```bash docker run --rm --entrypoint /app/control webrestrict/control:0.6.0-phase8 \ hash-password 'your-password' ``` `CONTROL_MQTT_USERNAME`/`CONTROL_MQTT_PASSWORD` are required unless `CONTROL_MQTT_INSECURE=true`, and a non-TLS broker is refused unless `CONTROL_MQTT_INSECURE=true` (AGENTS.md §10 rule 6). The escape hatch exists for a broker that has no TLS listener; the running deployment on `.13` does not use it. Since 2026-10-13 the shared Mosquitto also serves a TLS listener on 8883 with per-device credentials and a topic ACL (`tls://host.docker.internal:8883`), so `CONTROL_MQTT_INSECURE=false`. `deploy/mosquitto/README.md` is the design, the apply runbook and the rollback. ## MQTT (Phase 3) Broker: the shared **Mosquitto on `.13`**. A second broker is not added (§10 rule 6). | Topic | Direction | Retained | Payload | |---|---|---|---| | `restrict//config` | service → device | yes | desired state | | `restrict//status` | device → service | yes | presence (`online`) | | `restrict//telemetry` | device → service | no | usage totals for a day | - `` is `restrict/_` from `devices.topic`, which is stored when the device is created and never changes. `` is its MQTT username. - The service publishes each device's config **retained** on startup, after every lock, unlock, expiry, create and edit, and again every 15 minutes so a broker that lost its retained store is repaired from SQLite. - Devices use the **8883 TLS listener** with one account each; the broker's ACL lets a device read only its own config and write only its own status and telemetry, and the Control Service is the only identity that may publish config. - A device registers the will `{"online": false}` on its status topic, so the broker reports the drop the moment the connection dies. That is presence (FR-6); no polling. - Reports are written to SQLite. Telemetry is a rolling daily total per (device, day, app, domain), so a repeated report replaces the row rather than adding to it (migration 002). ### Config payload (v1) ```json {"v":1,"device_id":1,"name":"Harry's phone","platform":"android", "locked":true,"until":"2026-10-13T21:00:00Z", "allow":["com.spotify.music"],"block":["com.youtube.android","roblox.exe"], "reason":"schedule","generated_at":"2026-10-13T03:30:27Z"} ``` `allow` and `block` are always arrays, never `null`. `locked` and `until` are the **effective** state: a `reason` of `schedule` means a weekly window is active, `manual` means a lock was set from the dashboard or the admin API, and `grant` means a time-limited exemption is active, in which case `grant_until` (RFC3339) is set and `locked` is false. While `locked` is true the device blocks every `block` value **except** the `allow` values (FR-4), so the allowlist is the exception list. A client must ignore unknown fields, so this shape can grow. ### Status payload (device → service) ```json {"online":true,"app":"com.spotify.music","at":"2026-10-13T03:30:27Z"} ``` The will the device registers on the same topic is `{"online":false}`. A report with no `online` field counts as online, because the device just talked to us. ### Telemetry payload (device → service) ```json {"day":"2026-10-13", "apps":[{"name":"com.spotify.music","seconds":600}], "domains":[{"name":"youtube.com","seconds":120}]} ``` A flat single-row form (`{"app":"…","seconds":600}`) is also accepted. Seconds are totals for `day`, in `YYYY-MM-DD`; a missing or malformed day uses today. List the MQTT identity of every device (tokens, no secrets): ```bash docker exec webrestrict-control /app/control mqtt-clients ``` ## Endpoints (Phase 2–7) | Method | Path | Notes | |---|---|---| | `GET` | `/health` | JSON. `status: ok`, database check. No auth. | | `GET` | `/login` | Session login form. | | `POST` | `/login` | Verifies credentials, sets a signed session cookie. | | `POST` | `/logout` | Clears the session. | | `GET` | `/` | Dashboard: service status, device cards, recent activity. | | `GET` | `/partials/status` | HTMX fragment, polled every 10 s. | | `GET` | `/devices/new` | Add-device form. | | `POST` | `/devices` | Creates a device. | | `GET` | `/devices/{id}/edit` | Edit-device form. | | `POST` | `/devices/{id}` | Updates name, child, platform. | | `POST` | `/devices/{id}/lock` | Locks now; optional `minutes` (0 = until unlocked). | | `POST` | `/devices/{id}/unlock` | Unlocks now. | | `GET` | `/devices/{id}/schedule` | Weekly schedule editor (grid of windows). | | `POST` | `/devices/{id}/schedule` | Replaces the device's windows; `clear=1` clears them. | | `GET` | `/devices/{id}/lists` | Blocklist / allowlist editor. | | `POST` | `/devices/{id}/lists` | Adds one entry (`table=block|allow`, `kind=app|site`, `value`). | | `POST` | `/devices/{id}/lists/{entryID}/delete` | Removes one entry. | | `GET` | `/devices/{id}/usage` | Usage for one device: a week of daily totals, top apps and top sites. `?week=YYYY-MM-DD` selects the week (any day in it; default today). | ### Admin API (Phase 8) All admin endpoints are under `/api/v1`, use JSON, and require `Authorization: Bearer $CONTROL_ADMIN_API_TOKEN`. This token is **separate** from the dashboard session login. Responses use one envelope: ```json {"ok":true,"action":"lock","device":{"id":1,"name":"Harry's phone", "child":"Harry","platform":"android","topic":"restrict/harry_s_phone_1/config", "online":true,"last_seen":null,"locked":true,"until":"2026-10-13T21:00:00Z", "grant_until":null,"reason":"manual","updated_at":"2026-10-13T10:29:59Z"}} ``` | Method | Path | Body | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | `GET` | `/api/v1/admin/devices` | — | Every device with its effective state. | | `GET` | `/api/v1/admin/devices/{id}` | — | One device. `404` if unknown. | | `POST` | `/api/v1/admin/devices/{id}/lock` | `{"minutes":30}` or `{"until":"2026-10-13T21:00:00+11:00"}` or `{}` | Lock now. `{}` means until unlocked; the two time fields are mutually exclusive. | | `POST` | `/api/v1/admin/devices/{id}/unlock` | `{}` or empty | Clear the manual lock and any grant. | | `POST` | `/api/v1/admin/devices/{id}/grant` | `{"minutes":30}` or `{"until":"…"}` | Grant time: unlocked until then, even during a schedule window, then the schedule re-applies. A time is required. | | `POST` | `/api/v1/device/override` | `{"device_id":1,"keycode":"…","minutes":15}` | The on-device keycode path. **No bearer token.** Wrong codes are throttled and audited. | `minutes` is capped (grants at 24 h, locks at 7 days). Errors are `{"ok":false,"error":"…"}` with `400` (bad body), `401` (bad token or keycode), `404` (unknown device), `429` (keycode throttled) or `503` (admin API or keycode not configured). A `200` means the state was stored **and** the retained config was accepted by the broker, so the device changes without a poll. Every form POST needs the `csrf` field from the session cookie. State changes append to the `audit` table and republish the device's retained config. Devices are never hard-deleted (§10 rule 10). ## Telemetry and usage (Phase 7) Usage arrives on `restrict//telemetry` and is stored in `telemetry`: one row per (device, day, app, domain), where a repeat report for the same key replaces the earlier total (a rolling daily total, not a delta). `telemetry_daily` is the **daily rollup** — one row per (device, day) — written together with the detail row and rebuildable from it with `control rollup`. Apps and domains are summed into separate columns on purpose: a report may carry both for the same session, so a single total would double-count the time. The rollup is derived data, never a second source of truth. `GET /devices/{id}/usage` shows one Monday-to-Sunday week: the app total and the site total per day, then the top 10 apps and top 10 sites for the week. The screen uses the Family Home Lab tokens, follows the OS light/dark preference (there is a toggle in the nav bar), and works on a phone browser. Retention: - The daily rollup is kept long; the detail table is small and kept too. Nothing is hard-deleted (AGENTS.md §10 rule 10). - The append-only `audit` log is **size-capped** at 20 000 rows by the service's maintenance loop, oldest first (§7). It is never edited in place. Rebuild the rollup from the detail table at any time (idempotent, safe while the service is up; the service also does it at start-up and every 15 minutes): ```bash # inside the container docker exec webrestrict-control /app/control rollup # or against a database file on the host /app/control rollup --db /data/control.db ``` ## Schedules, blocklists and allowlists (Phase 6) A **schedule** is a set of weekly blocking windows per device: a weekday (Monday = 0 … Sunday = 6), a local `HH:MM` start and end, and an end earlier than the start means the window crosses midnight (Monday 20:00–07:00 ends Tuesday 07:00). A window means restrictions are **ON** during that time. The **effective state** is a manual lock, an active window, or neither. The Control Service computes it and publishes it retained. A manual lock with no end time (“until I unlock”) never lifts; otherwise the later of the manual end and the covering window's end is used. A background loop republishes at the next window boundary, so a window starts and ends on time without a poll. A **blocklist** entry is blocked while a window is active or the device is locked. An **allowlist** entry (each entry is `app` or `site`) is the exception list: the device blocks every blocklist value *except* the allowlist. For example, with `com.spotify.music` allowlisted and `com.youtube.android` blocked, Spotify stays available and YouTube does not. Hostnames are lower-cased; app values keep their case. ## Overrides (Phase 8) An **override** is a deliberate change to a device's desired state. There are two paths (AGENTS.md §4 FR-10): 1. **The admin app**, over the versioned HTTP API above. It is the remote lock/unlock/grant surface. 2. **The device keycode**, entered on the kid's device. One code is shared by every device (§10 rule 3). A correct code grants a short exemption through `POST /api/v1/device/override`; the clients in Phases 4–5 will call it. Semantics: - **lock** sets the manual lock (`state.locked`). With no end it never lifts; with an end it lifts at that time. - **unlock** clears the manual lock and any grant, returning the device to its schedule. - **grant** unlocks the device until its end, even inside a schedule window, and records `grant_until`. When the grant ends the weekly schedule applies again — the Control Service treats the grant end as a republish boundary, so the device re-locks on time. Every override is written to the `overrides` table and to the append-only `audit` log (FR-15), with the actor: `admin-api`, `device-keycode`, or `sam` from the dashboard. A lock clears a grant and a grant clears a lock, so the two cannot contradict each other. ### The shared device keycode The code is never stored or logged in plaintext. It is a bcrypt hash in SQLite. `CONTROL_DEVICE_KEYCODE_HASH` seeds the first run; after that the stored code is authoritative, so a change made with `control keycode` survives a restart: ```bash # Set a code you choose (read from stdin, so it never reaches the process list). docker exec -i webrestrict-control /app/control keycode <<< '246810' # Or generate a random six-digit code and print it once to put on each device. docker exec webrestrict-control /app/control keycode --generate ``` The keycode endpoint is throttled: five wrong codes from one address freeze that address for five minutes, and every attempt is audited. It returns `503` when no keycode is configured. ### Prove a lock reaches a device in under a second The Phase 8 definition of done. `make verify-phase8` issues a lock through the API and measures the time until a broker subscriber receives the retained `restrict//config` message: ```bash make verify-phase8 ``` It needs the `control-service` broker credentials (`deploy/mosquitto/clients.env`) and a device that exists. It never restarts or reconfigures anything shared. ## Development There is no host Go toolchain on `.13`; use the cached builder image. ```bash make test # go test ./... in golang:1.25-alpine make vet # go vet ./... make build # build the container image make up # docker compose up -d --build make logs # follow container logs make mqtt-verify # prove TLS + credentials + ACLs on a throwaway broker make verify-phase8 # prove an API lock reaches a device in under a second ``` `make test` and `make vet` run the container as your own user and keep the module cache in `.gocache/` (gitignored), so nothing in the repository ends up owned by root. `make mqtt-verify` never touches the shared Mosquitto: it stages a scratch broker on `127.0.0.1:18883` and removes it afterwards. ## Layout ``` cmd/control/ service entry point (+ hash-password, mqtt-clients, rollup, keycode) internal/config/ environment configuration internal/store/ SQLite open, migrations, audit, devices + state devices.go device registry, desired state, lock + grant expiry schedules.go weekly windows and the effective state (incl. grants) reports.go presence, telemetry, the daily rollup, top lists, audit cap lists.go allow/block lists and device lookup by topic overrides.go override history + the shared device keycode migrations/001_init.sql … 004_overrides_grant.sql internal/auth/ signed-cookie session login + CSRF internal/mqtt/ the broker link: retained config out, reports in payload.go topic and payload contract for the kids' clients link.go paho client, subscriptions, publish, TLS verification internal/web/ HTTP handlers, templates, static assets devices.go device registry + manual lock/unlock handlers admin_api.go versioned admin API + the device keycode endpoint schedules.go weekly schedule and block/allow editors usage.go usage screen: week grid, top apps, top sites templates/ login, dashboard, device form, editors, usage, partials static/ tokens.css (Family Home Lab), app.css, theme.js, htmx, fonts Dockerfile own image (multi-stage, CGO-free) docker-compose.yml own container, port 8791 environment.d/ control-service.env.example (real file gitignored) deploy/caddy/ Caddy vhost for webrestrict.lab.audasmedia.com.au deploy/mosquitto/ TLS listener, credentials, topic ACL, verifier ``` ## Caddy `deploy/caddy/webrestrict.caddy` holds the vhost for `webrestrict.lab.audasmedia.com.au`. The terminating Caddy runs on `.35` (sam-Ubuntu1); see that file for the two proxy patterns and the apply commands. ## Non-goals (Phase 8) - No grant button in the dashboard. Grant is on the admin API; the dashboard has lock and unlock. Adding the button is a later UI change. - No per-child or per-device keycode. One code, every device (§10 rule 3). - No HTTP telemetry ingest and no kids' clients (Phases 4–5). The topic and payload contract above is what they implement. - No Hub contact (Phase 9).