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  • fbartelsF fbartels

    Hi @thetomester13,

    I actually packaged it already two years ago https://git.cloudron.io/fbartels/webhook-app.

    It indeed does not have a webui. Another complicating factor is that it also greatly depends on the programs that you want to execute with it.

    For most of the automations I am triggering through it, I just run the binary through systemd.

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    @fbartels wow what a turnaround time! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Thanks for sharing the repo and updating to latest, I'll give it a whirl.

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    • fbartelsF fbartels

      Hi @thetomester13,

      I actually packaged it already two years ago https://git.cloudron.io/fbartels/webhook-app.

      It indeed does not have a webui. Another complicating factor is that it also greatly depends on the programs that you want to execute with it.

      For most of the automations I am triggering through it, I just run the binary through systemd.

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      timconsidine
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      @fbartels thanks for packaging this.
      I'm looking into using it and noticed this at the end of the DESCRIPTION.md

      The cloudron cli utility should be used to add custom hooks and place scripts to trigger in ยด/app/data/ยด.

      This is only for the initial deployment, right ?
      Afterwards it can be managed via terminal I presume.

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      • fbartelsF fbartels

        Hi @thetomester13,

        I actually packaged it already two years ago https://git.cloudron.io/fbartels/webhook-app.

        It indeed does not have a webui. Another complicating factor is that it also greatly depends on the programs that you want to execute with it.

        For most of the automations I am triggering through it, I just run the binary through systemd.

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        @fbartels small difficulty after installation
        App installed fine and default hooks working fine.
        I add one hook as a test in hooks.json, just to check hook creation.
        Straight copy of the webook config except cwd dir set to /app/data

        Oct 09 05:49:42 [webhook] 2021/10/09 02:49:42 [713620] error parsing body payload due to unsupported content type header:
        Oct 09 05:49:42 [webhook] 2021/10/09 02:49:42 [713620] test hook triggered successfully
        Oct 09 05:49:42 [webhook] 2021/10/09 02:49:42 [713620] error in exec: "/app/data/test.sh": permission denied
        

        test.sh is owned by root

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          why not use N8N instead? much more featureful and UI.

          Conscious tech

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          • robiR robi

            why not use N8N instead? much more featureful and UI.

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            @robi errr .... good thought !
            I was led down the road by instructions from SMS provider (telnyx)
            I will check out if it is posisble.
            But initially not sure, webhook needs to be received and then acted on by some php scripts.
            But maybe it's all doable.
            Will check it out.

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            • timconsidineT timconsidine

              @fbartels small difficulty after installation
              App installed fine and default hooks working fine.
              I add one hook as a test in hooks.json, just to check hook creation.
              Straight copy of the webook config except cwd dir set to /app/data

              Oct 09 05:49:42 [webhook] 2021/10/09 02:49:42 [713620] error parsing body payload due to unsupported content type header:
              Oct 09 05:49:42 [webhook] 2021/10/09 02:49:42 [713620] test hook triggered successfully
              Oct 09 05:49:42 [webhook] 2021/10/09 02:49:42 [713620] error in exec: "/app/data/test.sh": permission denied
              

              test.sh is owned by root

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              fbartels
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              @timconsidine said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

              test.sh is owned by root

              It may be owned by root, but by the output of webhook it seems to exec permissions are missing.

              @timconsidine said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

              This is only for the initial deployment, right ?

              Yes, today the management could be done just as well through the file manager and the terminal. Back when I wrote that readme I think the file manager did not yet exist.

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              • fbartelsF fbartels

                @timconsidine said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

                test.sh is owned by root

                It may be owned by root, but by the output of webhook it seems to exec permissions are missing.

                @timconsidine said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

                This is only for the initial deployment, right ?

                Yes, today the management could be done just as well through the file manager and the terminal. Back when I wrote that readme I think the file manager did not yet exist.

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                timconsidine
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                @fbartels many thanks
                I will look at directory permissions etc.
                I rebuilt the app with Cloudron base 3.0 in Dockerfile, just in case it did something about permissions, but no change.
                The app is nice - thanks for making it ๐Ÿ‘

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                • timconsidineT timconsidine

                  @fbartels many thanks
                  I will look at directory permissions etc.
                  I rebuilt the app with Cloudron base 3.0 in Dockerfile, just in case it did something about permissions, but no change.
                  The app is nice - thanks for making it ๐Ÿ‘

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                  @timconsidine no problem, webhook is a simple, no fuss tool, thats what I like about it.

                  It just has "too less" gui, thats why I never pursued putting it into the appcenter.

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                  • fbartelsF fbartels

                    @timconsidine no problem, webhook is a simple, no fuss tool, thats what I like about it.

                    It just has "too less" gui, thats why I never pursued putting it into the appcenter.

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                    @fbartels I'm totally OK with no GUI
                    I don't think it has any real role in this kind of app.
                    I can't really envisage a case where an app user is deploying the app but is not comfortable with the terminal.
                    The webhooks have got to be consumed, and that's likely to mean some kind of scripting or coding.

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                      For Cloudron it seems we'd do well with packaging such CLI tools into an app that has a simple lightweight GUI for informational or 3rd party password access instructions.

                      Many GoLang programs fit this model wrapped in a nice UX.

                      Conscious tech

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                      • fbartelsF fbartels

                        @timconsidine said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

                        test.sh is owned by root

                        It may be owned by root, but by the output of webhook it seems to exec permissions are missing.

                        @timconsidine said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

                        This is only for the initial deployment, right ?

                        Yes, today the management could be done just as well through the file manager and the terminal. Back when I wrote that readme I think the file manager did not yet exist.

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                        wrote on last edited by timconsidine
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                        @fbartels said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

                        It may be owned by root, but by the output of webhook it seems to exec permissions are missing.

                        You are indeed correct. logs show :

                        Oct 09 21:56:16 [webhook] 2021/10/09 18:56:16 [706dfd] test hook triggered successfully
                        Oct 09 21:56:16 [webhook] 2021/10/09 18:56:16 [706dfd] executing /app/data/test.sh (/app/data/test.sh) with arguments ["/app/data/test.sh"] and environment [] using /app/data as cwd
                        Oct 09 21:56:16 [webhook] 2021/10/09 18:56:16 [706dfd] command output: pong
                        Oct 09 21:56:16 /app/data/test.sh: 4: cannot create out/test.txt: Permission denied
                        

                        This is a simple test where the working directory is /app/data and the directory and subfolders ownership is set to www-data :

                        #!/bin/sh
                        
                        echo "pong"
                        echo "test" > out/test.txt
                        

                        Pong succeeds but echo to a file does not.

                        Been staring at this and I can't see the problem, so forgive asking for any enlightenment.
                        www-data doesn't seem to be able to access directory owned by www-data. And su - www-data responds with this account is not available.

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                        • timconsidineT timconsidine

                          @fbartels said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

                          It may be owned by root, but by the output of webhook it seems to exec permissions are missing.

                          You are indeed correct. logs show :

                          Oct 09 21:56:16 [webhook] 2021/10/09 18:56:16 [706dfd] test hook triggered successfully
                          Oct 09 21:56:16 [webhook] 2021/10/09 18:56:16 [706dfd] executing /app/data/test.sh (/app/data/test.sh) with arguments ["/app/data/test.sh"] and environment [] using /app/data as cwd
                          Oct 09 21:56:16 [webhook] 2021/10/09 18:56:16 [706dfd] command output: pong
                          Oct 09 21:56:16 /app/data/test.sh: 4: cannot create out/test.txt: Permission denied
                          

                          This is a simple test where the working directory is /app/data and the directory and subfolders ownership is set to www-data :

                          #!/bin/sh
                          
                          echo "pong"
                          echo "test" > out/test.txt
                          

                          Pong succeeds but echo to a file does not.

                          Been staring at this and I can't see the problem, so forgive asking for any enlightenment.
                          www-data doesn't seem to be able to access directory owned by www-data. And su - www-data responds with this account is not available.

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                          timconsidine
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                          @timconsidine grrrr it seems that /app/data needs to be owned by cloudron
                          Then it works.

                          In case that helps anyone else

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                            why not use N8N instead? much more featureful and UI.

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                            wrote on last edited by timconsidine
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                            @robi said in webhook - lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands:

                            why not use N8N instead? much more featureful and UI.

                            I ran up a quick n8n webhook
                            Easier than I thought and works well.
                            The only thing I really understand what to do with webhook payload in a n8n workflow is put it in a database or Baserow (which I have on cloudron) or now also SeaTable (which I have on Caprover).

                            Not sure n8n is up to the scripting of how the payload needs to be parsed and manipulated and disposed of. But maybe the function node is adequate.

                            Need to think it through and make a plan.

                            At least I have 2 options now, n8n and @fbartels' webhook app.
                            Thanks again.

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