first ipc implementation

go.mod

@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-module github.com/shlldev/miniws
+module main 
 
 go 1.24.5
 
 require github.com/akamensky/argparse v1.4.0
-
-require (
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/wneessen/go-fileperm v0.2.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect
-)

go.work

@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ go 1.24.5
 use (
     .
     ./miniws
+    ./miniws/sockets
+    ./miniws/sockets/logplus
 )

main.go

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sockets"
+
+	"miniws"
 
 	"github.com/akamensky/argparse"
-	"github.com/shlldev/miniws/miniws"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -14,11 +16,13 @@ const (
 	HELP_CONFIGFOLDER string = "the configurations folder"
 	HELP_WWWFOLDER    string = "the www folder where miniws will look for files to serve"
 	HELP_MAXLOGBYTES  string = "the maximum bytes after which the log files get split"
+	HELP_SIGNAL       string = "runs the executable in command mode, meaning it will just send a command to the already running miniws server"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	parser := argparse.NewParser("miniws", "")
 
+	signal := parser.String("s", "signal", &argparse.Options{Default: "", Help: HELP_SIGNAL})
 	port := parser.Int("p", "port", &argparse.Options{Default: 8040, Help: HELP_PORT})
 	logFolder := parser.String("l", "logs-folder", &argparse.Options{Default: "logs", Help: HELP_LOGFOLDER})
 	configFolder := parser.String("c", "config-folder", &argparse.Options{Default: "config", Help: HELP_CONFIGFOLDER})
@@ -33,6 +37,13 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if *signal != "" {
+		client := sockets.Client{}
+		client.OneShotWrite("unix", miniws.SOCKET_PATH, []byte(*signal))
+		return
+	}
+
 	webserver := miniws.NewWebServer(*port, *logFolder, *configFolder, *wwwFolder, int64(*maxLogBytes))
 	webserver.Run()
+
 }

miniws/go.mod

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
-module github.com/shlldev/miniws/miniws
+module miniws
 
 go 1.22.2
+
+require (
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
+	github.com/wneessen/go-fileperm v0.2.1
+)

miniws/go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/wneessen/go-fileperm v0.2.1 h1:VNZT41b8HJDY5zUw4TbwPtfU1DuxZ3lcGH4dXlaZKis=
+github.com/wneessen/go-fileperm v0.2.1/go.mod h1:Isv0pfQJstXAlmGGJjLGqCK0Z6d1ehbbrsO2xmTRsKs=

miniws/webserver.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package miniws
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"mime"
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
+	"sockets"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	FILTER_MODE_WHITELIST FilterMode = 0
 	FILTER_MODE_BLACKLIST FilterMode = 1
+
+	SOCKET_PATH string = "/tmp/miniws_commands_server"
 )
 
 type FilterMode int
@@ -66,13 +70,31 @@ func (ws *WebServer) Run() {
 	ws.ipFilterMode, ws.ipFilter = ws.parseFilterPanics(FILENAME_IPFILTER)
 	ws.userAgentFilterMode, ws.userAgentFilter = ws.parseFilterPanics(FILENAME_USERAGENTFILTER)
 
+	socketserver := sockets.Server{}
+	go socketserver.Start(ws.recvBind, "unix", SOCKET_PATH)
+
 	http.HandleFunc("/", ws.get)
 	log.Println("Server started on port " + strconv.Itoa(ws.port))
 	http.ListenAndServe(":"+strconv.Itoa(ws.port), nil)
 }
 
+func (ws *WebServer) recvBind(command string, arguments []string) byte {
+	command = string(bytes.Trim([]byte(command), "\x00"))
+	switch command {
+	case "reload":
+		ws.parseFilterPanics(FILENAME_IPFILTER)
+		ws.parseFilterPanics(FILENAME_USERAGENTFILTER)
+		return byte(1)
+	default:
+		log.Println("Error: unknown command", command, arguments)
+		return byte(0)
+	}
+}
+
 func (ws *WebServer) parseFilterPanics(fileName string) (FilterMode, []string) {
 
+	log.Println("loaded filter: ", fileName)
+
 	filterMode := FILTER_MODE_BLACKLIST
 	filter := make([]string, 0)