.github/workflows/10min-iiab-test-install.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: '"10 min" IIAB on Ubuntu 24.04 on x86-64'
+name: '"10 min" IIAB test install'
 # run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is testing out GitHub Actions 🚀
 
 # https://michaelcurrin.github.io/dev-cheatsheets/cheatsheets/ci-cd/github-actions/triggers.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   test-install:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
       - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       #    GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJSON(github) }}
       #  run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
       - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3.1.0
       - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
       - name: GitHub Actions "runner" environment
         run: |

.github/workflows/30min-iiab-test-install-deb12-on-rpi3.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: '"30 min" IIAB on Debian 12 on RPi 3'
+name: '"30 min" IIAB test install deb12 on rpi3'
 # run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is testing out GitHub Actions 🚀
 
 # https://michaelcurrin.github.io/dev-cheatsheets/cheatsheets/ci-cd/github-actions/triggers.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   test-install:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: [debian12]

.github/workflows/30min-iiab-test-install-raspios.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: '"30 min" IIAB on RasPiOS on Zero 2 W'
+name: '"30 min" IIAB test install raspios'
 # run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is testing out GitHub Actions 🚀
 
 # https://michaelcurrin.github.io/dev-cheatsheets/cheatsheets/ci-cd/github-actions/triggers.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   test-install:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: [aarch64] #[zero_raspbian, zero_raspios, zero2_raspios, aarch64]
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ jobs:
               uname -a    # uname -srm
               whoami      # Typically 'root' instead of 'runner'
               pwd         # /home/runner/work/iiab/iiab == $GITHUB_WORKSPACE == ${{ github.workspace }}
-              apt-get update -y --allow-releaseinfo-change
-              apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y git
+              sudo apt-get update -y --allow-releaseinfo-change
+              sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y git
               ls /opt/iiab/iiab
-              mkdir /etc/iiab
-              cp /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/local_vars_none.yml /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml
-              /opt/iiab/iiab/scripts/ansible
-              ./iiab-install
+              sudo mkdir /etc/iiab
+              sudo cp /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/local_vars_none.yml /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml
+              sudo /opt/iiab/iiab/scripts/ansible
+              sudo ./iiab-install
               cd /opt/iiab/iiab
               iiab-summary
               cat /etc/iiab/iiab_state.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# SEE THE NEW<br>[github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Contributors-Guide-(EN)](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Contributors-Guide-(EN))
+# SEE THE NEW<br>[github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Technical-Contributors-Guide](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Technical-Contributors-Guide)
 
 # THANKS!

LICENSING.md

@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ this is to include the following two lines at the top of the file:
     Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later; see LICENSE for details.
 
 All files not containing an explicit copyright notice or terms of license in
-the file are Copyright © 2015-2025, Unleash Kids, and are licensed under the
+the file are Copyright © 2015-2022, Unleash Kids, and are licensed under the
 terms of the GPLv2 license in the file named LICENSE in the root of the
 repository.

README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ You can build your own tiny, affordable server (an offline digital library) for
 
 Internet-in-a-Box gives you the DIY tools to:
 1. Download then drag-and-drop to arrange the [very best of the World’s Free Knowledge](https://internet-in-a-box.org/#quality-content).
-2. Choose among [30+ powerful educational apps](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ#What_services_%28IIAB_apps%29_are_suggested_during_installation%3F) for your school or learning/teaching community, optionally with a complete LMS (learning management system).
+2. Choose among [30+ powerful educational apps](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ#What_services_.28IIAB_apps.29_are_suggested_during_installation%3F) for your school or learning/teaching community, optionally with a complete LMS (learning management system).
 3. Exchange local/indigenous knowledge with nearby communities, using our [Manage Content](https://github.com/iiab/iiab-admin-console/blob/master/roles/console/files/help/InstContent.rst#manage-content) interface and possible mesh networking.
 
 FYI this [community product](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box) is enabled by professional volunteers working [side-by-side](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ#What_are_the_best_places_for_community_support%3F) with schools, clinics and libraries around the world.  *Thank you for being a part of our http://OFF.NETWORK grassroots technology [movement](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box)!*
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ FYI this [community product](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box) is
 
 Install Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) from: [**download.iiab.io**](https://download.iiab.io/)
 
-Please see [FAQ.IIAB.IO](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ) which has 50+ questions and answers to help you along the way (e.g. [“Is a quick installation possible?”](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ#Is_a_quick_installation_possible%3F)) as you put together the <!--digital--> “local learning hotspot” most suitable for your own teaching/learning community.  Here are 2 ways to install IIAB:
+Please see [FAQ.IIAB.IO](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ) which has 40+ questions and answers to help you along the way (e.g. [“Is a quick installation possible?”](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ#Is_a_quick_installation_possible%3F)) as you put together the <!--digital--> “local learning hotspot” most suitable for your own teaching/learning community.  Here are 2 ways to install IIAB:
 
 - Our [1-line installer](https://download.iiab.io/) gets you the very latest, typically within about an hour, on [different Linux distributions](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Platforms#operating-systems).
 - [Prefab disk images](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Raspberry-Pi-Images-~-Summary#iiab-images-for-raspberry-pi) ([.img files](https://archive.org/search.php?query=iiab%20.img&sort=-publicdate)) are sometimes a few months out of date, but can be flashed directly onto a microSD card, for insertion into Raspberry Pi.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Finally, you can [customize your Internet-in-a-Box home page](https://wiki.iiab.
 
 Global community updates and videos are regularly posted to: **[@internet_in_box](https://twitter.com/internet_in_box)**
 
-_Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) greatly welcomes contributions from educators, librarians and [IT/UX/QA people](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Contributors-Guide-(EN)) ([versión en español](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Gu%C3%ADa-para-Contribuidores-(ES))) of all kinds!_
+_Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) greatly welcomes contributions from educators, librarians and [IT/UX/QA people](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/Technical-Contributors-Guide) of all kinds!_
 
 If you would like to volunteer, please [make contact](https://internet-in-a-box.org/contributing.html) after looking over [“How can I help?”](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ#How_can_I_help%3F) at: [FAQ.IIAB.IO](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ)
 

ansible.cfg

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # Disallowed by Ansible 2.11+ -- see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.7.html#using-a-loop-on-a-package-module-via-squash-actions
 #squash_actions = apk, apt, dnf, homebrew, openbsd_pkg, pacman, pkgng, yum, zypper, package
 [defaults]
-interpreter_python=/usr/local/ansible/bin/python3
+interpreter_python=/usr/bin/python3

iiab-install

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CWD=`pwd`
 OS=`grep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2`
 OS=${OS//\"/}    # Remove all '"'
 MIN_RPI_KERN=5.4.0         # Do not use 'rpi-update' unless absolutely necessary: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1993
-MIN_ANSIBLE_VER=2.16.14    # 2024-11-08: ansible-core 2.15 EOL is November 2024 per https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix  2022-11-09: Raspberry Pi 3 (and 3 B+ etc?) apparently install (and require?) ansible-core 2.11 for now -- @deldesir can explain more on PR #3419.  Historical: Ansible 2.8.3 and 2.8.6 had serious bugs, preventing their use with IIAB.
+MIN_ANSIBLE_VER=2.13.12    # 2023-05-22: ansible-core 2.12 EOL per https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix  2022-11-09: Raspberry Pi 3 (and 3 B+ etc?) apparently install (and require?) ansible-core 2.11 for now -- @deldesir can explain more on PR #3419.  Historical: Ansible 2.8.3 and 2.8.6 had serious bugs, preventing their use with IIAB.
 
 REINSTALL=false
 DEBUG=false

iiab-network

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ fi
 echo "Ansible will now run iiab-network.yml -- log file is iiab-network.log"
 Start=`date`
 ansible -m setup -i ansible_hosts localhost --connection=local | grep python
-ansible-playbook -i ansible_hosts iiab-network.yml --extra-vars "{\"skip_role_on_error\":false}" --connection=local
+ansible-playbook -i ansible_hosts iiab-network.yml --connection=local
 End=`date`
 
 

roles/0-DEPRECATED-ROLES/httpd/defaults/main.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # apache_interface: 127.0.0.1
 
 # Make this False to disable http://box/common/services/power_off.php button:
-# allow_www_data_poweroff: False
+# apache_allow_sudo: True
 
 # All above are set in: github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/vars/default_vars.yml
 # If nec, change them by editing /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml prior to installing!

roles/0-init/tasks/main.yml

@@ -34,23 +34,14 @@
 
 # Copies the latest/known version of iiab-diagnostics into /usr/bin (so it can
 # be run even if local source tree /opt/iiab/iiab is deleted to conserve disk).
-- name: Copy iiab-update & iiab-summary & iiab-diagnostics & iiab-root-login from /opt/iiab/iiab/scripts/ to /usr/bin/
+- name: Copy iiab-summary & iiab-diagnostics from /opt/iiab/iiab/scripts/ to /usr/bin/
   copy:
     src: "{{ iiab_dir }}/scripts/{{ item }}"
     dest: /usr/bin/
     mode: '0755'
   with_items:
-    - iiab-update
     - iiab-summary
     - iiab-diagnostics
-    - iiab-root-login
-
-- name: Symlink /usr/bin/iiab-upgrade -> /usr/bin/iiab-update
-  file:
-    src: /usr/bin/iiab-update
-    path: /usr/bin/iiab-upgrade
-    state: link
-    #force: yes
 
 - name: Create globally-writable directory /etc/iiab/diag (0777) so non-root users can run 'iiab-diagnostics'
   file:

roles/0-init/tasks/validate_vars.yml

@@ -64,19 +64,19 @@
 # 2020-11-04: Fix validation of 5 [now 4] core dependencies, for ./runrole etc
 
 
-- name: Set vars_checklist for 45 + 45 + 40 vars ("XYZ_install" + "XYZ_enabled" + "XYZ_installed") to be checked
+- name: Set vars_checklist for 44 + 44 + 40 vars ("XYZ_install" + "XYZ_enabled" + "XYZ_installed") to be checked
   set_fact:
     vars_checklist:
       - hostapd
       - dnsmasq
       - bluetooth
       - sshd
-      #- openvpn            # Deprecated
-      - tailscale
+      - openvpn
       - remoteit
       - admin_console
       #- nginx              # MANDATORY
       #- apache             # Unmaintained - former dependency
+      #- mysql              # MANDATORY
       - squid
       - cups
       - samba
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
       - gitea
       - jupyterhub
       - lokole
-      - mysql               # Dependency - excluded from _installed check below
       - mediawiki
       - mosquitto
       - nodejs              # Dependency - excluded from _installed check below
@@ -156,41 +155,23 @@
     that: "{{ item }}_install or {{ item }}_installed is undefined"
     fail_msg: "DISALLOWED: '{{ item }}_install: False' (e.g. in /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml) WHEN '{{ item }}_installed' is defined (e.g. in /etc/iiab/iiab_state.yml) -- IIAB DOES NOT SUPPORT UNINSTALLS -- please verify those 2 files especially, and other places variables are defined?"
     quiet: yes
-  when: item != 'mysql' and item != 'postgresql' and item != 'mongodb' and item != 'nodejs' and item != 'yarn'    # Exclude auto-installed dependencies
+  when: item != 'nodejs' and item != 'postgresql' and item != 'mongodb' and item != 'yarn'    # Exclude auto-installed dependencies
   loop: "{{ vars_checklist }}"
 
-
-- name: Set vars_deprecated_list for 4+ vars ("XYZ_install") to be checked
-  set_fact:
-    vars_deprecated_list:
-      - dhcpd               # Deprecated
-      - named               # Deprecated
-      - wondershaper        # Deprecated
-      - dansguardian        # Deprecated
-      #- xo_services        # Unmaintained
-      #- activity_server    # Unmaintained
-      #- ejabberd_xs        # Unmaintained
-      #- idmgr              # Unmaintained
-      #- dokuwiki           # Unmaintained
-      #- ejabberd           # Unmaintained
-      #- elgg               # Unmaintained
-
 - name: 'DISALLOW "XYZ_install: True" if deprecated'
   assert:
     that: "{{ item }}_install is undefined or not {{ item }}_install"
     fail_msg: "DISALLOWED: '{{ item }}_install: True' (e.g. in /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml)"
     quiet: yes
-  loop: "{{ vars_deprecated_list }}"
-  # 2023-12-04: ansible-core 2.16.1 suddenly no longer allows 'assert' with
-  # 'with_items' below (whereas 'loop' construct above works!)  BACKGROUND:
-  #
-  #  'due to mitigation of security issue CVE-2023-5764 in ansible-core 2.16.1,
-  #  conditional expressions with embedded template blocks can fail with the
-  #  message “Conditional is marked as unsafe, and cannot be evaluated.”'
-  #  https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html#playbook
-  #
-  # with_items:
-  #   - dhcpd               # Deprecated
-  #   - named               # Deprecated
-  #   - wondershaper        # Deprecated
-  #   - dansguardian        # Deprecated
+  with_items:
+    - dhcpd               # Deprecated
+    - named               # Deprecated
+    - wondershaper        # Deprecated
+    - dansguardian        # Deprecated
+    #- xo_services        # Unmaintained
+    #- activity_server    # Unmaintained
+    #- ejabberd_xs        # Unmaintained
+    #- idmgr              # Unmaintained
+    #- dokuwiki           # Unmaintained
+    #- ejabberd           # Unmaintained
+    #- elgg               # Unmaintained

roles/1-prep/README.adoc

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Contributors-Guide#ansible[stage]
 hardware, low-level OS quirks, and basic security:
 
 * SSHD
-* Tailscale if/as needed later for remote support
+* OpenVPN if/as needed later for remote support
 * https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/iiab-admin#iiab-admin-readme[iiab-admin]
 username and group, to log into Admin Console
 * dnsmasq (install now, configure later!)

roles/1-prep/tasks/hardware.yml

@@ -7,18 +7,17 @@
   when: first_run and rpi_model != "none"
 
 
-# 2024-02-09: Code below appears stale for Shanti's #3707 hardware
-#- name: Check if the identifier for Intel's NUC6 built-in WiFi is present
-#  shell: "lsusb | grep 8087:0a2b | wc | awk '{print $1}'"
-#  register: usb_NUC6
-#  ignore_errors: True
-#
-#- name: Download {{ iiab_download_url }}/iwlwifi-8000C-13.ucode to /lib/firmware for built-in WiFi on NUC6
-#  get_url:
-#    url: "{{ iiab_download_url }}/Old/iwlwifi-8000C-13.ucode"    # https://download.iiab.io/packages
-#    dest: /lib/firmware
-#    timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"
-#  when: usb_NUC6.stdout|int > 0
+- name: Check if the identifier for Intel's NUC6 built-in WiFi is present
+  shell: "lsusb | grep 8087:0a2b | wc | awk '{print $1}'"
+  register: usb_NUC6
+  ignore_errors: True
+
+- name: Download {{ iiab_download_url }}/iwlwifi-8000C-13.ucode to /lib/firmware for built-in WiFi on NUC6
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ iiab_download_url }}/iwlwifi-8000C-13.ucode"    # https://download.iiab.io/packages
+    dest: /lib/firmware
+    timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"
+  when: usb_NUC6.stdout|int > 0
 
 
 - name: "Look for any WiFi devices present: ls -la /sys/class/net/*/phy80211 | cut -d/ -f5"

roles/1-prep/tasks/main.yml

@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@
 - name: ...IS BEGINNING ============================================
   meta: noop
 
-- name: SSHD
+- name: SSHD -- required by OpenVPN below -- also run by roles/4-server-options/tasks/main.yml
   include_role:
     name: sshd
   when: sshd_install
 
-- name: TAILSCALE (VPN)
+- name: OPENVPN
   include_role:
-    name: tailscale
-  when: tailscale_install
+    name: openvpn
+  when: openvpn_install
 
 - name: REMOTE.IT
   include_role:
     name: remoteit
   when: remoteit_install
 
-- name: IIAB-ADMIN -- includes {lynx, screen, sudo-prereqs.yml, admin-user.yml, pwd-warnings.yml}
+- name: IIAB-ADMIN -- includes roles/iiab-admin/tasks/access.yml
   include_role:
     name: iiab-admin
   #when: iiab_admin_install    # Flag might be created in future?

roles/1-prep/templates/iiab-expand-rootfs

@@ -8,21 +8,12 @@
 
 # Verifies that rootfs is the last partition.
 
-# RELATED:
-# 1. https://github.com/iiab/iiab-factory/blob/master/box/rpi/min-sd
-# 2. https://github.com/iiab/iiab-factory/blob/master/box/rpi/cp-sd
-# 3. https://github.com/iiab/iiab-factory/blob/master/box/rpi/xz-json-sd
-# OR https://github.com/iiab/iiab-factory/blob/master/box/rpi/exp-sd
-
 if [ -f /.expand-rootfs ] || [ -f /.resize-rootfs ]; then
     echo "$0: Expanding rootfs partition"
 
-    if [ -x /usr/bin/raspi-config ]; then    # Raspberry Pi OS -- WARNING: their fdisk-centric approach of course FAILS with "Hybrid MBR" or GPT partition tables, as required by any drive > 2TB :/
+    if [ -x /usr/bin/raspi-config ]; then    # Raspberry Pi OS
         # 2022-02-17: Uses do_expand_rootfs() from:
         # https://github.com/RPi-Distro/raspi-config/blob/master/raspi-config
-        # 2023-10-05: Official new RPi instructions:
-        # sudo raspi-config nonint do_expand_rootfs
-        # https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#expand-filesystem-nonint
         raspi-config --expand-rootfs    # REQUIRES A REBOOT
         rm -f /.expand-rootfs /.resize-rootfs
         reboot                          # In future, we might warn interactive users that a reboot is coming?
@@ -41,7 +32,7 @@ if [ -f /.expand-rootfs ] || [ -f /.resize-rootfs ]; then
         fi
 
         # Expand partition
-        growpart $ROOT_DEV $ROOT_PART_NUM || true    # raspi-config instead uses fdisk (assuming MBR).  They really should transition to gdisk, as required by any drive > 2TB.  WARNING: growpart RC 2 is more severe than RC 1, and should possibly be handled separately in future?
+        growpart $ROOT_DEV $ROOT_PART_NUM || true    # raspi-config instead uses fdisk.  WARNING: growpart RC 2 is more severe than RC 1, and should possibly be handled separately in future?
         rc=$?    # Make Return Code visible, for 'bash -x'
         resize2fs $ROOT_PART
         rc=$?    # Make RC visible (as above)

roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
       - rsync              #  351kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless
       #- screen            #  551kB download: Installed by 1-prep's roles/iiab-admin/tasks/main.yml
       - sqlite3            # 1054kB download
+      #- sudo              #  991kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless -- (2) Can also be installed by roles/1-prep's roles/openvpn/tasks/install.yml, (3) Is definitely installed by 1-prep's roles/iiab-admin/tasks/sudo-prereqs.yml
       - tar                #  799kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless
       - unzip              #  151kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless
       #- usbmount          #   18kB download: Moved to roles/usb_lib/tasks/install.yml

roles/3-base-server/README.rst

@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
-.. |ss| raw:: html
-
-   <strike>
-
-.. |se| raw:: html
-
-   </strike>
-
-.. |nbsp| unicode:: 0xA0
-   :trim:
-
 ====================
 3-base-server README
 ====================
 
 This 3rd `stage <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Contributors-Guide#ansible>`_ installs base server infra that `Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) <https://internet-in-a-box.org/>`_ requires, including:
 
-- |ss| `MySQL <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/mysql>`_ (database underlying many/most user-facing apps). |se| |nbsp|  *As of 2023-11-05, MySQL / MariaDB is NO LONGER INSTALLED by 3-base-server — instead it's installed on-demand — as a dependency of Matomo, MediaWiki, Nextcloud, PBX (for FreePBX), WordPress &/or Admin Console.*  This IIAB role (roles/mysql) also installs apt package:
+- `MySQL <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/mysql>`_ (database underlying many/most user-facing apps).  This IIAB role also installs apt package:
    - **php{{ php_version }}-mysql** — which forcibly installs **php{{ php_version }}-common**
 - `NGINX <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/nginx>`_ web server (with Apache in some lingering cases).  This IIAB role also installs apt package:
    - **php{{ php_version }}-fpm** — which forcibly installs **php{{ php_version }}-cli**, **php{{ php_version }}-common** and **libsodium23**

roles/3-base-server/tasks/main.yml

@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@
 - name: ...IS BEGINNING =====================================
   meta: noop
 
-# 2023-11-05: MySQL (actually MariaDB) had been mandatory, installed on every
-# IIAB by 3-base-server.  Now installed on demand -- as a dependency of Matomo,
-# MediaWiki, Nextcloud, PBX (for FreePBX), WordPress &/or Admin Console.
-# - name: MYSQL + CORE PHP
-#   include_role:
-#     name: mysql
-#   #when: mysql_install
+- name: MYSQL + CORE PHP
+  include_role:
+    name: mysql
+  #when: mysql_install
 
 # 2021-05-21: Apache role 'httpd' is installed as nec by any of these 6 roles:
 #

roles/4-server-options/tasks/main.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
   #when: pylibs_installed is undefined
   #when: pylibs_install    # Flag might be created in future?
 
+- name: SSHD -- also run by roles/1-prep/tasks/main.yml as required by OpenVPN
+  include_role:
+    name: sshd
+  when: sshd_install
+
 - name: Install Bluetooth - only on Raspberry Pi
   include_role:
     name: bluetooth

roles/7-edu-apps/tasks/main.yml

@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
 - name: KALITE
   include_role:
     name: kalite
-  when: kalite_install and (is_ubuntu_2204 or is_ubuntu_2310 or is_debian_12)    # Also covers is_linuxmint_21 and is_raspbian_12
+  when: kalite_install
 
 - name: KOLIBRI
   include_role:
     name: kolibri
   when: kolibri_install
-  #when: kolibri_install and python_version is version('3.12', '<')    # Debian 13 still uses Python 3.11 (for now!) so really this just avoids Ubuntu 24.04 and 24.10 pre-releases during initial iiab-install.  CLARIF: This is all TEMPORARY until learningequality/kolibri#11316 brings Python 3.12 support to Kolibri 0.17 pre-releases (expected very soon).
 
 - name: KIWIX
   include_role:

roles/8-mgmt-tools/tasks/main.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - name: TRANSMISSION
   include_role:
     name: transmission
-  when: transmission_install and not (is_ubuntu_2404 or is_ubuntu_2410 or is_ubuntu_2504)    # Also excludes is_linuxmint_22, for #3756 (whereas Debian 13 works great!)
+  when: transmission_install
 
 - name: AWSTATS
   include_role:
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
     name: monit
   when: monit_install
 
+- name: MUNIN
+  include_role:
+    name: munin
+  when: munin_install
+
 - name: PHPMYADMIN
   include_role:
     name: phpmyadmin

roles/9-local-addons/tasks/main.yml

@@ -14,23 +14,10 @@
     name: captiveportal
   when: captiveportal_install
 
-# WARNING: Since March 2023, 32-bit RasPiOS can act as 64-bit on RPi 4 and
-# RPi 400 (unlike RPi 3!)  SEE: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3516
-- name: Run command 'dpkg --print-architecture' to identify OS architecture (CPU arch as revealed by ansible_architecture ~= ansible_machine is NO LONGER enough!)
-  command: dpkg --print-architecture
-  register: dpkg_arch
-  when: internetarchive_install
-
-- name: Explain bypassing of Internet Archive install if 32-bit OS
-  fail:    # FORCE IT RED THIS ONCE!
-    msg: "BYPASSING INTERNET ARCHIVE PER https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/3641 -- 'dpkg --print-architecture' output for your OS: {{ dpkg_arch.stdout }}"
-  when: internetarchive_install and not dpkg_arch.stdout is search("64")
-  ignore_errors: True
-
 - name: INTERNETARCHIVE
   include_role:
     name: internetarchive
-  when: internetarchive_install and dpkg_arch.stdout is search("64")
+  when: internetarchive_install
 
 - name: MINETEST
   include_role:
@@ -55,31 +42,6 @@
     name: pbx
   when: pbx_install
 
-
-- name: '2023-11-05 / TEMPORARY UNTIL ADMIN CONSOLE DECLARES ITS DEPENDENCY: Install MySQL (MariaDB) if admin_console_install (for setup-feedback and record_feedback.php)'
-  set_fact:
-    mysql_install: True
-    mysql_enabled: True
-  when: admin_console_install
-
-- name: '2023-11-05 / TEMPORARY UNTIL ADMIN CONSOLE DECLARES ITS DEPENDENCY: Install MySQL (MariaDB) if admin_console_install (for setup-feedback and record_feedback.php)'
-  include_role:
-    name: mysql
-  when: admin_console_install
-
-- name: '2023-11-05 / TEMPORARY UNTIL ADMIN CONSOLE DECLARES ITS DEPENDENCY: Install MySQL (MariaDB) if admin_console_install (for setup-feedback and record_feedback.php)'
-  fail:
-    msg: "Admin Console install cannot proceed, as MySQL / MariaDB is not installed."
-  when: admin_console_install and mysql_installed is undefined
-
-
-# 2023-11-05: Moved from Stage 8, as it acts on mysql_installed (that might be set just above!)
-- name: MUNIN
-  include_role:
-    name: munin
-  when: munin_install
-
-
 - name: Read 'disk_used_a_priori' from /etc/iiab/iiab.ini
   set_fact:
     df1: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.ini', 'disk_used_a_priori', section='summary', file=iiab_ini_file) }}"

roles/calibre-web/README.rst

@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ download e-books using a
 Teachers upload e-books, adjust e-book metadata, and create custom "bookshelf"
 collections — to help students build the best local community library!
 
-**NEW AS OF JANUARY 2024:** `IIAB's experimental new version of Calibre-Web <https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web/wiki>`_
-**also lets you add YouTube and Vimeo videos (and local videos, e.g. from
-teachers' phones) to expand your indigenous/local/family learning library!**
-
 .. image:: https://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2019/05/221758/luo_beetle_library_8.jpg
 
 🍒 GURU TIPS 🍒
@@ -108,10 +104,6 @@ Whereas your e-book metadata is stored in a Calibre-style database::
 
   /library/calibre-web/metadata.db
 
-Videos' metadata is stored in database::
-
-  /library/calibre-web/xklb-metadata.db
-
 See also::
 
   /library/calibre-web/metadata_db_prefs_backup.json
@@ -142,11 +134,7 @@ Errors and warnings can be seen if you run::
 Log verbosity level can be
 `adjusted <https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/wiki/Configuration#logfile-configuration>`_
 within Calibre-Web's **Configuration > Basic Configuration > Logfile
-Configuration**.
-
-Finally, http://box/live/stats (Calibre-Web's **About** page) can be a very
-useful list of ~42 `Calibre-Web dependencies <https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/wiki/Dependencies-in-Calibre-Web-Linux-and-Windows>`_
-(mostly Python packages, and the version number of each that's installed).
+Configuration** (details above).
 
 Back Up Everything
 ------------------
@@ -157,31 +145,26 @@ as it contains your Calibre-Web content **and** configuration settings!
 Upgrading
 ---------
 
-Please see our `new/automated upgrade technique (iiab-update) <https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web/wiki#upgrading>`_
-introduced in July 2024.
+"Reinstalling" Calibre-Web automatically installs the latest version — if your
+Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) is online.
 
-But first: back up your content **and** configuration settings, as outlined
-above!
+But first: back up your content **and** configuration settings, as explained above.
 
-**Conversely if you're sure you want to fully reset your Calibre-Web settings,
-and remove all existing e-book/video/media metadata — then move your
-/library/calibre-web/config/app.db, /library/calibre-web/metadata.db and
-/library/calibre-web/xklb-metadata.db out of the way.**
-
-RECAP: Either way, "reinstalling" Calibre-Web automatically installs the latest
-version — so long as your Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) is online.  Most people
-should stick with the new ``iiab-update`` technique above.  However if you must
-use the older/manual approach, you would need to run, as root::
+**Also move your /library/calibre-web/config/app.db AND/OR
+/library/calibre-web/metadata.db out of the way — if you're sure you want to
+fully reset your Calibre-Web settings (to install defaults) AND/OR remove all
+e-book metadata!  Then run, as root**::
 
   cd /opt/iiab/iiab
   ./runrole --reinstall calibre-web
 
-Or, if there's a need to try updating Calibre-Web's code alone::
+Or, if you just want to upgrade Calibre-Web code alone, prior to proceeding
+manually::
 
   cd /usr/local/calibre-web-py3
   git pull
 
-Finally, this much older way is *no longer recommended*::
+This older way is *no longer recommended*::
 
   cd /opt/iiab/iiab
   ./iiab-install --reinstall    # OR: ./iiab-configure
@@ -233,5 +216,5 @@ Known Issues
 
 * |ss| Upload of not supported file formats gives no feedback to the user: `janeczku/calibre-web#828 <https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/issues/828>`_ |se| |nbsp|  Fixed by `361a124 <https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/commit/361a1243d732116e6f520fabbaae017068b86037>`_ on 2019-02-27.
 
-* *Please report serious issues here:*
-  https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web/issues
+* *Please assist us in reporting serious issues here:*
+  https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/issues

roles/calibre-web/defaults/main.yml

@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 # All above are set in: github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/vars/default_vars.yml
 # If nec, change them by editing /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml prior to installing!
 
-calibreweb_repo_url: https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web    # Or use upstream: https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
+calibreweb_repo_url: https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
 calibreweb_version: master    # WAS: master, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7, 0.6.8, 0.6.9
 
-calibreweb_venv_wipe: False    # 2023-12-04: NEW default TDD (Test-Driven Dev!)
 calibreweb_venv_path: /usr/local/calibre-web-py3
 calibreweb_exec_path: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}/cps.py"
 

roles/calibre-web/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml

@@ -23,29 +23,12 @@
     dest: "{{ nginx_conf_dir }}/calibre-web-nginx.conf"    # /etc/nginx/conf.d
   when: calibreweb_enabled
 
-- name: If enabling with Calibre-Web enhanced for large audio/video "books" too, also append onto calibre-web-nginx.conf AND symlink /library/www/html/calibre-web -> /library/calibre-web (WIP)
-  shell: |
-    if [ -f {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}/scripts/calibre-web-nginx.conf ]; then
-        cat {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}/scripts/calibre-web-nginx.conf >> {{ nginx_conf_dir }}/calibre-web-nginx.conf
-        # 2023-12-05: Not needed as a result of PR iiab/calibre-web#57
-        # ln -sf {{ calibreweb_home }} {{ doc_root }}/calibre-web
-    fi
-  when: calibreweb_enabled
-
-
 - name: Disable http://box{{ calibreweb_url1 }} via NGINX, by removing {{ nginx_conf_dir }}/calibre-web-nginx.conf
   file:
-    path: "{{ nginx_conf_dir }}/calibre-web-nginx.conf"
+    path: "{{ nginx_conf_dir }}/calibre-web-nginx.conf"    # /etc/nginx/conf.d
     state: absent
   when: not calibreweb_enabled
 
-- name: If disabling, also remove symlink /library/www/html/calibre-web (WIP)
-  file:
-    path: "{{ doc_root }}/calibre-web"    # /library/www/html
-    state: absent
-  when: not calibreweb_enabled
-
-
 - name: Restart 'nginx' systemd service
   systemd:
     name: nginx

roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml

@@ -1,32 +1,14 @@
-# Or try 'iiab-update -f' for a more rapid upgrade of IIAB Calibre-Web:
-#
-# https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ#Can_I_upgrade_IIAB_software%3F
-# https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web/wiki#upgrading
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/scripts/iiab-update
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/calibre-web#upgrading
-
-
 - name: Record (initial) disk space used
   shell: df -B1 --output=used / | tail -1
   register: df1
 
 
-- name: Stop 'calibre-web' systemd service for safety (RED ERROR CAN BE IGNORED!)
-  systemd:
-    name: calibre-web
-    state: stopped
-  ignore_errors: True    # Shows red errors, and continue...
-  #failed_when: False    # Hides red errors, and continue...
-
-# Official upstream instructions:
-# apt install python3-pip python3-venv
-# https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/wiki/Manual-installation
-- name: "Install package: imagemagick"
+- name: "Install packages: ffmpeg, imagemagick, python3-netifaces"
   package:
     name:
+      - ffmpeg    # 2023-07-15: @deldesir requests this, so usability can be improved!
       - imagemagick
-      #- python3-cryptography    # Was needed on Raspberry Pi OS (SEE iiab/calibre-web#260, janeczku/calibre-web#3183)
-      #- python3-netifaces
+      - python3-netifaces
     state: present
 
 # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3496#issuecomment-1475094542
@@ -38,13 +20,6 @@
 #    state: present
 #  when: python_version is version('3.10', '>=')
 
-- name: Does /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml exist?
-  stat:
-    path: /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
-  register: imagemagick6_policy_xml
-
-# 2024-12-16: Debian 13 uses /etc/ImageMagick-7/policy.xml instead, which doesn't need this lineinfile surgery:
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52998331/imagemagick-security-policy-pdf-blocking-conversion
 - name: Allow ImageMagick to read PDFs, per /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml, to create book cover thumbnails
   lineinfile:
     path: /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
@@ -52,9 +27,13 @@
     backrefs: yes
     line: '  <policy domain="coder" rights="read" pattern="PDF" />'
     state: present
-  when: imagemagick6_policy_xml.stat.exists
 
-- name: "Create 2 Calibre-Web folders to store data and config files: {{ calibreweb_home }}, {{ calibreweb_config }} (each set to {{ calibreweb_user }}:{{ apache_user }}, default to 0755)"
+- name: Remove previous virtual environment {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}
+  file:
+    path: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: "Create 3 Calibre-Web folders to store data and config files: {{ calibreweb_home }}, {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}, {{ calibreweb_config }} (all set to {{ calibreweb_user }}:{{ apache_user }}) (default to 0755)"
   file:
     state: directory
     path: "{{ item }}"
@@ -63,6 +42,7 @@
   with_items:
     - "{{ calibreweb_home }}"         # /library/calibre-web
     - "{{ calibreweb_config }}"       # /library/calibre-web/config
+    - "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}"    # /usr/local/calibre-web-py3
 
 # FYI since May 2021, Calibre-Web (major releases) can be installed with pip:
 # https://pypi.org/project/calibreweb/
@@ -71,86 +51,24 @@
 # https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/pull/927
 # https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/pull/1459
 
-- name: "Remove previous virtual environment {{ calibreweb_venv_path }} -- if 'calibreweb_venv_wipe: True'"
-  file:
-    path: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}"    # /usr/local/calibre-web-py3
-    state: absent
-  when: calibreweb_venv_wipe
-
-- name: Does {{ calibreweb_venv_path }} exist?
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}"
-  register: calibreweb_venv
-
-- name: git clone Calibre-Web ({{ calibreweb_version }}) from {{ calibreweb_repo_url }} to {{ calibreweb_venv_path }} (~122 MB initially, ~191+ or ~203+ MB later) -- if {{ calibreweb_venv_path }} doesns't exist
+- name: Clone i.e. download Calibre-Web ({{ calibreweb_version }}) from {{ calibreweb_repo_url }} to {{ calibreweb_venv_path }} (~94 MB initially, ~115+ MB later)
   git:
-    repo: "{{ calibreweb_repo_url }}"    # e.g. https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web or https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
+    repo: "{{ calibreweb_repo_url }}"    # e.g. https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
     dest: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}"
-    #force: True    # CLAIM: "If true, any modified files in the working repository will be discarded" -- REALITY: even if `force: no`, Ansible destructively reclones (also removing all test branch commits etc!) -- unless a git credential is provided to Ansible?
-    #depth: 1       # 2023-11-04: Full clone for now, to help @deldesir & wider community testing
-    version: "{{ calibreweb_version }}"    # e.g. master, 0.6.22
-  when: not calibreweb_venv.stat.exists
-
-- name: cd {{ calibreweb_venv_path }} ; git pull {{ calibreweb_repo_url }} {{ calibreweb_version }} --no-rebase --no-edit -- if {{ calibreweb_venv_path }} exists
-  command: git pull "{{ calibreweb_repo_url }}" "{{ calibreweb_version }}" --no-rebase --no-edit
-  args:
-    chdir: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}"
-  when: calibreweb_venv.stat.exists
-
-- debug:
-    msg:
-      - "NEED BETTER/EXPERIMENTAL YouTube SCRAPING?  RUN THE NEXT LINE -- for the latest yt-dlp 'nightly' release:"
-      - sudo pipx inject --pip-args='--upgrade --pre' -f library yt-dlp[default]
-
-- name: If Calibre-Web is being enhanced with audio/video "books" too, install/upgrade additional prereqs -- SEE https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web/wiki
-  shell: |
-    if [ -f {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}/scripts/lb-wrapper ]; then
-        apt install ffmpeg pipx -y
-        if lb --version; then
-            if pipx list | grep -q 'xklb'; then
-                pipx uninstall xklb
-                pipx install library
-            else
-                pipx reinstall library
-            fi
-        else
-            pipx install library
-        fi
-        ln -sf /root/.local/bin/lb /usr/local/bin/lb
-        if [ -f /root/.local/share/pipx/venvs/library/bin/yt-dlp ]; then
-            ln -sf /root/.local/share/pipx/venvs/library/bin/yt-dlp /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
-        elif [ -f /root/.local/pipx/venvs/library/bin/yt-dlp ]; then
-            ln -sf /root/.local/pipx/venvs/library/bin/yt-dlp /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
-        else
-            echo "ERROR: yt-dlp NOT FOUND"
-        fi
-        # NEED BETTER/EXPERIMENTAL YouTube SCRAPING?  UNCOMMENT THE NEXT LINE -- for the latest yt-dlp "nightly" release:
-        # pipx inject --pip-args="--upgrade --pre" -f library yt-dlp[default]
-        #
-        # https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases
-        # https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp/#history
-        cp {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}/scripts/lb-wrapper /usr/local/bin/
-        chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/lb-wrapper
-    fi
+    force: yes
+    depth: 1
+    version: "{{ calibreweb_version }}"    # e.g. master, 0.6.20
 
 - name: Download Calibre-Web dependencies from 'requirements.txt' into python3 virtual environment {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}
   pip:
     requirements: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}/requirements.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}"    # /usr/local/calibre-web-py3
-    #virtualenv_site_packages: no
-    #virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv --system-site-packages {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}
-    virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}
-    extra_args: --prefer-binary    # 2023-10-01: Lifesaver when recent wheels (e.g. piwheels.org) are inevitably not yet built!  SEE #3560
-
-# 2023-10-11: RasPiOS Bookworm doc for Python with venv (PEP 668 now enforced!)
-# https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/os.html#use-python-on-a-raspberry-pi
-# https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/os.html#install-python-packages-using-apt
-# https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/os.html#install-python-libraries-using-pip
+    virtualenv_site_packages: no
+    virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv --system-site-packages {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}
 
 # VIRTUALENV EXAMPLE COMMANDS:
-# python3 -m venv /usr/local/calibre-web-py3    (create venv)
 # cd /usr/local/calibre-web-py3
-# . bin/activate    (or 'source bin/activate' -- this prepends '/usr/local/calibre-web-py3/bin' to yr PATH)
+# source bin/activate    (prepends '/usr/local/calibre-web-py3/bin' to yr PATH)
 # python3 -m pip list    ('pip list' sufficient *IF* path set above!)
 # python3 -m pip freeze > /tmp/requirements.txt
 # python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

roles/cups/tasks/install.yml

@@ -58,30 +58,15 @@
         AuthType Default
         Require user @SYSTEM
 
-- name: "CUPS web administration: Create Linux username 'Admin' in Linux group 'lpadmin' (shell: /usr/sbin/nologin, create_home: no)"
+- name: "CUPS web administration: Create Linux username 'Admin' with password 'changeme' in Linux group 'lpadmin' (shell: /usr/sbin/nologin, create_home: no)"
   user:
     name: Admin
     append: yes    # Don't clobber other groups, that other IIAB Apps might need.
     groups: lpadmin
-    #password: "{{ 'changeme' | password_hash('sha512') }}"    # Random salt.  Presumably runs 5000 rounds of SHA-512 per /etc/login.defs & /etc/pam.d/common-password -- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_filters.html#hashing-and-encrypting-strings-and-passwords
+    password: "{{ 'changeme' | password_hash('sha512') }}"    # Random salt.  Presumably runs 5000 rounds of SHA-512 per /etc/login.defs & /etc/pam.d/common-password -- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#encrypting-and-checksumming-strings-and-passwords
     create_home: no
     shell: /usr/sbin/nologin    # Debian/Ubuntu norm -- instead of /sbin/nologin, /bin/false
 
-# 2024-05-01: Above password-setting approach no longer works w/ Ansible 2.17 RC1 (#3727).
-# Ansible STOPS with this error...
-#
-# "[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Encryption using the Python crypt module is deprecated. The Python crypt module is
-# deprecated and will be removed from Python 3.13. Install the passlib library for continued encryption
-# functionality. This feature will be removed in version 2.17. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by
-# setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg."
-#
-# ...so we instead use Linux's "chpasswd" command (below!)
-
-- name: Use chpasswd to set Linux username 'Admin' password to 'changeme'
-  command: chpasswd
-  args:
-    stdin: Admin:changeme
-
 # - name: Add user '{{ iiab_admin_user }}' to Linux group 'lpadmin' -- for CUPS web administration (or modify default 'SystemGroup lpadmin' in /etc/cups/cups-files.conf -- in coordination with ~14 -> ~15 '@SYSTEM' lines in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf)
 #   #command: "gpasswd -a {{ iiab_admin_user | quote }} lpadmin"
 #   #command: "gpasswd -d {{ iiab_admin_user | quote }} lpadmin"

roles/firmware/templates/iiab-check-firmware

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/firmware/templates/iiab-check-firmware#L10-14
 # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables#L48-L52
 # https://github.com/iiab/maps/blob/master/osm-source/pages/viewer/scripts/iiab-install-map-region#L23-L39
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/0-DEPRECATED-ROLES/openvpn/templates/iiab-support READS AND WRITES, INCL NON-BOOLEAN
+# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support READS AND WRITES, INCL NON-BOOLEAN
 
 iiab_var_value() {
     v1=$(grep "^$1:\s" /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/default_vars.yml | tail -1 | sed "s/^$1:\s\+//; s/#.*//; s/\s*$//; s/^\(['\"]\)\(.*\)\1$/\2/")
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ else
     echo -e "  cd /opt/iiab/iiab"
     echo -e "  sudo iiab-hotspot-off    # NO LONGER NEC? eg to restore 'wifi_up_down: True'"
     echo -e "  sudo ./runrole --reinstall firmware"
-    echo -e "  sudo iiab-network        # SOMETIMES NECESSARY"
+    echo -e "  sudo ./iiab-network      # SOMETIMES NECESSARY"
     echo -e "  sudo iiab-hotspot-on     # NO LONGER NEC? eg to restore 'wifi_up_down: True'"
     echo -e "  sudo reboot\n"
     #echo

roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 # Info needed to install Gitea:
 
-gitea_version: "1.22"    # 2022-01-30: Grabs latest from this MAJOR/MINOR release branch.  Rather than exhaustively hard-coding point releases (e.g. 1.14.5) every few weeks.  Quotes nec if trailing zero.
+gitea_version: "1.20"    # 2022-01-30: Grabs latest from this MAJOR/MINOR release branch.  Rather than exhaustively hard-coding point releases (e.g. 1.14.5) every few weeks.  Quotes nec if trailing zero.
 iset_suffixes:
   i386: 386
   x86_64: amd64

roles/gitea/tasks/install.yml

@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
     msg: "Could not find a binary for the CPU architecture \"{{ ansible_architecture }}\""
   when: gitea_iset_suffix == "unknown"
 
-- name: Download Gitea binary {{ gitea_download_url }} to {{ gitea_install_path }} (0775, ~134 MB, SLOW DOWNLOAD CAN TAKE ~15 MIN)
+- name: Download Gitea binary {{ gitea_download_url }} to {{ gitea_install_path }} (0775, ~126 MB, SLOW DOWNLOAD CAN TAKE ~15 MIN)
   get_url:
     url: "{{ gitea_download_url }}"
-    dest: "{{ gitea_install_path }}"    # e.g. /library/gitea/bin/gitea-1.21
+    dest: "{{ gitea_install_path }}"    # e.g. /library/gitea/bin/gitea-1.20
     mode: 0775
     timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"
 

roles/iiab-admin/README.rst

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Security
    #. ``iiab-admin`` (specified by ``admin_console_group`` in `/opt/iiab/iiab/vars/default_vars.yml <../../vars/default_vars.yml>`_ and `/opt/iiab/iiab-admin-console/vars/default_vars.yml <https://github.com/iiab/iiab-admin-console/blob/master/vars/default_vars.yml>`_)
    #. ``sudo``
 * Please read much more about what escalated (root) actions are authorized when you log into IIAB's Admin Console, and how this works: https://github.com/iiab/iiab-admin-console/blob/master/Authentication.md
-* If your IIAB includes Tailscale (VPN), ``/root/.ssh/authorized_keys`` should be installed by `roles/tailscale/tasks/install.yml <../tailscale/tasks/install.yml>`_ to facilitate remote community support.  Feel free to remove this as mentioned here: https://wiki.iiab.io/go/Security
+* If your IIAB includes OpenVPN, ``/root/.ssh/authorized_keys`` should be installed by `roles/openvpn/tasks/install.yml <../openvpn/tasks/install.yml>`_ to facilitate remote community support.  Feel free to remove this as mentioned here: https://wiki.iiab.io/go/Security
 * Auto-checking for the default/published password (as specified by ``iiab_admin_published_pwd`` in `/opt/iiab/iiab/vars/default_vars.yml <../../vars/default_vars.yml>`_) is implemented in `/etc/profile.d <templates/sshpwd-profile-iiab.sh>`_ (and `/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi <templates/sshpwd-lxde-iiab.sh>`_ when it exists, i.e. on Raspberry Pi OS with desktop).
 
 Example
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ Historical Notes
 Remote Support Tools
 --------------------
 
-The `iiab-diagnostics <../../scripts/iiab-diagnostics.README.md>`_ and `Tailscale (VPN) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailscale>`_ options mentioned above can greatly help you empower your community, typically during the implementation phase of your project, even if Linux is new to you.
+The `iiab-diagnostics <../../scripts/iiab-diagnostics.README.md>`_ and `OpenVPN <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVPN>`_ options mentioned above can greatly help you empower your community, typically during the implementation phase of your project, even if Linux is new to you.
 
-Similarly, `tasks/main.yml <tasks/main.yml>`_ adds a couple text mode tools — extremely helpful over expensive / low-bandwidth connections:
+Similarly, `access.yml <tasks/access.yml>`_ adds a couple text mode tools — extremely helpful over expensive / low-bandwidth connections:
 
 * `lynx <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)>`_
 * `screen <https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-linux-screen/>`_
 
 *More great tools to help you jumpstart community action at a distance:*
 
-* `FAQ.IIAB.IO <https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ>`_ > "How can I remotely manage my Internet-in-a-Box?"
+* http://FAQ.IIAB.IO > "How can I remotely manage my Internet-in-a-Box?"
 
 Admin Console
 -------------

roles/iiab-admin/tasks/pwd-warnings.yml

@@ -2,35 +2,34 @@
 #                    AND roles/network/tasks/netwarn.yml  FOR iiab-network
 
 
-- name: Install /etc/profile.d/iiab-pwdwarn-profile.sh from template, to issue warnings (during shell/ssh logins) if iiab-admin password is the default
+- name: Install /etc/profile.d/sshpwd-profile-iiab.sh from template, to issue warnings (during shell/ssh logins) if iiab-admin password is the default
   template:
-    src: iiab-pwdwarn-profile.sh.j2
-    dest: /etc/profile.d/iiab-pwdwarn-profile.sh
+    src: sshpwd-profile-iiab.sh.j2
+    dest: /etc/profile.d/sshpwd-profile-iiab.sh
     mode: '0644'
 
-- name: Does directory /home/{{ iiab_admin_user }}/.config/labwc/ exist?
+- name: Is /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi a directory?
   stat:
-    path: /home/{{ iiab_admin_user }}/.config/labwc/
-  register: labwc_dir
+    path: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi
+  register: lx
 
-- name: "If so, install from template: /usr/local/sbin/iiab-pwdwarn-labwc"
+- name: "If so, install from template: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/sshpwd-lxde-iiab.sh"
   template:
-    src: iiab-pwdwarn-labwc.j2
-    dest: /usr/local/sbin/iiab-pwdwarn-labwc
+    src: sshpwd-lxde-iiab.sh.j2
+    dest: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/sshpwd-lxde-iiab.sh
     mode: '0755'
-  when: labwc_dir.stat.exists and labwc_dir.stat.isdir
+  when: lx.stat.isdir is defined and lx.stat.isdir    # and is_raspbian
 
-# 2019-03-07: This pop-up (/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/sshpwd-lxde-iiab.sh) did
+# 2019-03-07: This popup (/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/sshpwd-lxde-iiab.sh) does
 # not actually appear when triggered by /etc/xdg/autostart/pprompt-iiab.desktop
 # (or pprompt.desktop as Raspbian has working since 2018-11-13!)  Too bad as it
-# would be really nice to standardize pop-ups across Ubermix & all distros...
+# would be really nice to standardize this popup across Ubermix & all distros..
 # Is this a permissions/security issue presumably?  Official autostart spec is:
 # https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html
 # Raspbian's 2016-2018 evolution here: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1537
 
-- name: ...and put a line in /home/{{ iiab_admin_user }}/.config/labwc/autostart to trigger iiab-pwdwarn-labwc (& pop-up as nec)
+- name: ...and put a line in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart to trigger popups
   lineinfile:
-    path: /home/{{ iiab_admin_user }}/.config/labwc/autostart    # iiab-admin
-    create: yes
-    line: '/usr/local/sbin/iiab-pwdwarn-labwc &'
-  when: labwc_dir.stat.exists and labwc_dir.stat.isdir
+    path: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
+    line: "@/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/sshpwd-lxde-iiab.sh"
+  when: lx.stat.isdir is defined and lx.stat.isdir    # and is_raspbian

roles/iiab-admin/tasks/sudo-prereqs.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - name: 'Install package: sudo'
   package:
-    name: sudo    # (1) Should be installed prior to installing IIAB, (2) Can be installed by 1-prep's roles/tailscale/tasks/install.yml, (3) Can be installed by 1-prep's roles/iiab-admin/tasks/sudo-prereqs.yml here, (4) Used to be installed by roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml (but that's too late!)
+    name: sudo    # (1) Should be installed prior to installing IIAB, (2) Can also be installed by roles/1-prep's roles/openvpn/tasks/install.yml, (3) Is definitely installed by 1-prep here, (4) Used to be installed by roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml (but that's too late!)
 
 - name: Temporarily make file /etc/sudoers editable (0640)
   file:

roles/internetarchive/tasks/install.yml

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
   include_role:
     name: nodejs
 
-- name: Assert that 10.x <= nodejs_version ({{ nodejs_version }}) <= 22.x
+- name: Assert that 10.x <= nodejs_version ({{ nodejs_version }}) <= 20.x
   assert:
-    that: nodejs_version is version('10.x', '>=') and nodejs_version is version('22.x', '<=')
-    fail_msg: "Internet Archive install cannot proceed, as it currently requires Node.js 10.x - 22.x, and your nodejs_version is set to {{ nodejs_version }}.  Please check the value of nodejs_version in /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/default_vars.yml and possibly also /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml"
+    that: nodejs_version is version('10.x', '>=') and nodejs_version is version('20.x', '<=')
+    fail_msg: "Internet Archive install cannot proceed, as it currently requires Node.js 10.x - 20.x, and your nodejs_version is set to {{ nodejs_version }}.  Please check the value of nodejs_version in /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/default_vars.yml and possibly also /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml"
     quiet: yes
 
 - name: "Set 'yarn_install: True' and 'yarn_enabled: True'"

roles/jupyterhub/tasks/install.yml

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
   shell: df -B1 --output=used / | tail -1
   register: df1
 
-# 2025-02-16
-#- name: "Install package: python3-psutil"
-#  package:
-#    name: python3-psutil
-#    state: present
+
+- name: "Install package: python3-psutil"
+  package:
+    name: python3-psutil
+    state: present
 
 - name: Remove previous virtual environment {{ jupyterhub_venv }}
   file:
@@ -43,18 +43,17 @@
     global: yes
     state: latest
 
-- name: "pip install 3 packages into virtual environment: {{ jupyterhub_venv }} (~316 MB total, after 2 Ansible calls)"
+- name: "pip install 3 packages into virtual environment: {{ jupyterhub_venv }} (~326 MB total, after 2 Ansible calls)"
   pip:
     name:
       - pip
       - wheel
       - jupyterhub
     virtualenv: "{{ jupyterhub_venv }}"    # /opt/iiab/jupyterhub
-    #virtualenv_site_packages: no
-    virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv "{{ jupyterhub_venv }}"    # 2025-02-16
-    #virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv --system-site-packages "{{ jupyterhub_venv }}"    # 2021-07-29: This works on RasPiOS 10, Debian 11, Ubuntu 20.04 and Mint 20 -- however if you absolutely must use the older Debian 10 -- you can work around errors "can't find Rust compiler" and "This package requires Rust >=1.41.0" if you (1) revert this line to 'virtualenv_command: virtualenv' AND (2) uncomment the line just below
+    virtualenv_site_packages: no
+    virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv --system-site-packages "{{ jupyterhub_venv }}"    # 2021-07-29: This works on RasPiOS 10, Debian 11, Ubuntu 20.04 and Mint 20 -- however if you absolutely must use the older Debian 10 -- you can work around errors "can't find Rust compiler" and "This package requires Rust >=1.41.0" if you (1) revert this line to 'virtualenv_command: virtualenv' AND (2) uncomment the line just below
     #virtualenv_python: python3    # 2021-07-29: Was needed when above line was 'virtualenv_command: virtualenv' (generally for Python 2)
-    extra_args: "--no-cache-dir --prefer-binary"    # 2021-11-30, 2022-07-07: The "--pre" flag had earlier been needed, for beta-like pre-releases of JupyterHub 2.0.0
+    extra_args: "--no-cache-dir"    # 2021-11-30, 2022-07-07: The "--pre" flag had earlier been needed, for beta-like pre-releases of JupyterHub 2.0.0
 
 # 2022-07-07: Attempting to "pip install" all 7 together (3 above + 4 below)
 # fails on OS's like 64-bit RasPiOS (but interestingly works on Ubuntu 22.04!)
@@ -68,10 +67,9 @@
       - jupyterhub-systemdspawner
       - ipywidgets
     virtualenv: "{{ jupyterhub_venv }}"
-    #virtualenv_site_packages: no
-    virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv "{{ jupyterhub_venv }}"    # 2025-02-16
-    #virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv --system-site-packages "{{ jupyterhub_venv }}"
-    extra_args: "--no-cache-dir --prefer-binary"    # 2023-10-01: Lifesaver when recent wheels (e.g. piwheels.org) are inevitably not yet built!  SEE #3560
+    virtualenv_site_packages: no
+    virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv --system-site-packages "{{ jupyterhub_venv }}"
+    extra_args: "--no-cache-dir"
 
 - name: "Install from template: {{ jupyterhub_venv }}/etc/jupyterhub/jupyterhub_config.py"
   template:

roles/kalite/tasks/install.yml

@@ -15,20 +15,32 @@
 #  ignore_errors: yes
 #  when: is_raspbian
 
-- name: 'Install packages: python2, python-setuptools, virtualenv (for Python 2) -- if Ubuntu 22.04 / Mint 21'
+- name: 'Install packages: python2, python-setuptools, virtualenv (for Python 2)'
   package:
     name:
       - python2
       - python-setuptools    # Provides setuptools-44 on recent OS's (last version compatible with python2)
       - virtualenv           # Drags in 'python3-virtualenv' which in turn drags in 'python3-pip' -- for Ansible module 'pip' when used with 'virtualenv_command: /usr/bin/virtualenv' and 'virtualenv_python: python2.7' -- compare package 'python3-venv' used by roles {calibre-web, jupyterhub, lokole}
     state: present
-  when: is_ubuntu_2204    # Also covers is_linuxmint_21
+  when: is_debian_11 or is_ubuntu_2204    # Covers is_raspbian_11 and is_linuxmint_21, and is more future-proof than...
+  #when: not (is_debian_12 or is_ubuntu_2304 or is_ubuntu_2310)
+  # 2020-03-31: Testing for {is_raspbian_9, is_raspbian_10} is not currently nec, as testing for {is_debian_9, is_debian_10} covers that already.
 
-- name: Run scripts/install_python2.sh to install python2 and virtualenv -- if Debian 12 or RasPiOS 12
+#- name: Install Ubuntu keyrings on Debian
+#  get_url:
+#    url:
+#    dest: /etc/apt/keyrings/
+#    mode: 0644
+#    timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"
+#  when: is_debian_12
+
+# use key retrieval from mongodb
+- name: Use scripts/install_python2.sh to install python2 and virtualenv
   command: "{{ iiab_dir }}/scripts/install_python2.sh"
-  when: is_debian_12    # Also covers is_raspbian_12
+  when: not (is_debian_11 or is_ubuntu_2204)    # Also avoids is_raspbian_11 and is_linuxmint_21, and is more future-proof than...
+  #when: is_debian_12 or is_ubuntu_2304 or is_ubuntu_2310
 
-- name: Use pip to pin setuptools to 44 in {{ kalite_venv }} -- if Ubuntu 22.04 / Mint 21, Ubuntu 23.10, Debian 12 or RasPiOS 12
+- name: Use pip to pin setuptools to 44 in {{ kalite_venv }}    # WAS: if Raspbian/Debian > 10 or Ubuntu > 19
   pip:
     name: setuptools==44
     virtualenv: "{{ kalite_venv }}"    # /usr/local/kalite/venv
@@ -36,9 +48,10 @@
     virtualenv_command: virtualenv    # Traditionally /usr/bin/virtual/env -- but install_python2.sh (for Ubuntu 23.10+) sets up /usr/local/bin/virtualenv
     virtualenv_python: python2.7
     extra_args: "--no-use-pep517 --no-cache-dir --no-python-version-warning"
-  when: is_ubuntu_2204 or is_ubuntu_2310 or is_debian_12    # Also covers is_linuxmint_21 and is_raspbian_12
+  #when: not (is_debian_9 or is_debian_10 or is_ubuntu_16 or is_ubuntu_17 or is_ubuntu_18 or is_ubuntu_19)
+  # long form of (is_debian_11+ or is_ubuntu_20+)
 
-- name: Use pip to install ka-lite-static to {{ kalite_venv }} -- if Ubuntu 22.04 / Mint 21, Ubuntu 23.10, Debian 12 or RasPiOS 12
+- name: Use pip to install ka-lite-static to {{ kalite_venv }}
   pip:
     name: ka-lite-static
     version: "{{ kalite_version }}"
@@ -47,14 +60,6 @@
     virtualenv_command: virtualenv
     virtualenv_python: python2.7
     extra_args: "--no-cache-dir"
-  when: is_ubuntu_2204 or is_ubuntu_2310 or is_debian_12    # Also covers is_linuxmint_21 and is_raspbian_12
-
-# 2024-04-30: Sadly no longer works with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS final release (#3731).
-# So roles/kalite is OS-restricted during initial install, SEE: roles/7-edu-apps/tasks/main.yml
-# CLARIF: If install_python2_kalite-venv_u2404.sh proves no longer useful, it will deprecated in coming months.
-- name: Run scripts/install_python2_kalite-venv_u2404.sh -- if Ubuntu 24.04+ or Mint 22
-  command: bash "{{ iiab_dir }}/scripts/install_python2_kalite-venv_u2404.sh"
-  when: is_ubuntu and not is_linuxmint and os_ver is version('ubuntu-2404', '>=') or is_linuxmint_22
 
 - name: "Install from templates: venv wrapper /usr/bin/kalite, unit file /etc/systemd/system/kalite-serve.service"
   template:
@@ -65,11 +70,30 @@
     - { src: 'kalite.sh.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/kalite', mode: '0755' }
     - { src: 'kalite-serve.service.j2', dest: '/etc/systemd/system/kalite-serve.service', mode: '0644' }
 
+# Useless stanza, for 2 reasons: (1) http://box/kalite was never made to work
+# (2) /etc/apache2/sites-available does not exist on many IIAB's w/o Apache
+# - name: "Install from template: /etc/{{ apache_conf_dir }}/kalite.conf (useless, as http://box/kalite was never made to work)"
+#   template:
+#     src: kalite.conf
+#     dest: "/etc/{{ apache_conf_dir }}"    # apache2/sites-available on debuntu
+#   when: apache_installed is defined
+
 - name: Fix KA Lite bug in regex parsing ifconfig output (ifcfg/parser.py) for @m-anish's network names that contain dashes    # WAS: if Raspbian/Debian > 10 or Ubuntu > 19
   replace:
     path: "{{ kalite_venv }}/lib/python2.7/site-packages/kalite/packages/dist/ifcfg/parser.py"    # /usr/local/kalite/venv
     regexp: 'a-zA-Z0-9'
     replace: 'a-zA-Z0-9\-'
+  #when: not (is_debian_9 or is_debian_10 or is_ubuntu_16 or is_ubuntu_17 or is_ubuntu_18 or is_ubuntu_19)
+  # 2020-03-31: Testing for {is_raspbian_9, is_raspbian_10} is not currently nec, as testing for {is_debian_9, is_debian_10} covers that already.
+  # JV: why not just is_ubuntu_20? AH: to make this work on Ubuntu 21+ and ideally Debian/RasPiOS 11+ too?
+
+# - name: Fix KA Lite bug in regex parsing ifconfig output (ifcfg/parser.py) for @m-anish's network names that contain dashes, if Raspbian/Debian < 11 or Ubuntu < 20
+#   replace:
+#     path: "{{ kalite_venv }}/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/kalite/packages/dist/ifcfg/parser.py"
+#     regexp: 'a-zA-Z0-9'
+#     replace: 'a-zA-Z0-9\-'
+#   when: is_debian_9 or is_debian_10 or is_ubuntu_16 or is_ubuntu_17 or is_ubuntu_18 or is_ubuntu_19
+#   # 2020-03-31: Testing for {is_raspbian_9, is_raspbian_10} is not currently nec, as testing for {is_debian_9, is_debian_10} covers that already.
 
 - name: Create dir {{ kalite_root }}
   file:

roles/kolibri/defaults/main.yml

@@ -26,12 +26,8 @@
 # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1675
 # https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/issues/5664
 
-# 2024-04-08: Kolibri 0.16.1+ restores install via apt
-# https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/issues/11892#issuecomment-2043073998
-# 2022-07-30: UNCOMMENT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING LINES TO TEST A PARTICULAR .deb INSTALL
+# 2022-07-30: UNCOMMENT THE FOLLOWING LINE TO TEST A PARTICULAR .deb INSTALL
 # kolibri_deb_url: https://learningequality.org/r/kolibri-deb-latest
-# 2024-02-17: https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/issues/11892
-# kolibri_deb_url: https://learningequality.org/r/kolibri-deb-next
 # 2019-11-21 issue #2045 - above URL had redirected to this broken Kolibri 0.12.9 release:
 # https://storage.googleapis.com/le-releases/downloads/kolibri/v0.12.9/kolibri_0.12.9-0ubuntu1_all.deb
 #

roles/kolibri/tasks/install.yml

@@ -76,20 +76,17 @@
     gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys DC5BAA93F9E4AE4F0411F97C74F88ADB3194DD81
     gpg --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/learningequality-kolibri.gpg --export DC5BAA93F9E4AE4F0411F97C74F88ADB3194DD81
 
-# 2024-06-25: Strongly consider PPA "kolibri-proposed" in future...
-# https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/issues/11892
-# https://kolibri.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install/ubuntu-debian.html
-- name: Add signed Kolibri PPA 'jammy'
+- name: Add signed Kolibri PPA 'jammy' (if Ubuntu 22.04+ or Mint 21 or Debian 12)
   apt_repository:
     repo: "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/learningequality-kolibri.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu jammy main"
-#   when: is_ubuntu and os_ver is version('ubuntu-2204', '>=') or is_linuxmint_21 or is_debian_12
-#   #when: is_ubuntu_2204 or is_ubuntu_2210 or is_debian_12    # MINT 21 COVERED BY is_ubuntu_2204
+  when: is_ubuntu and os_ver is version('ubuntu-2204', '>=') or is_linuxmint_21 or is_debian_12
+  #when: is_ubuntu_2204 or is_ubuntu_2210 or is_debian_12    # MINT 21 COVERED BY is_ubuntu_2204
 
-# - name: Add signed Kolibri PPA 'focal' (if other/older OS's)
-#   apt_repository:
-#     repo: "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/learningequality-kolibri.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu focal main"
-#   when: not (is_ubuntu and os_ver is version('ubuntu-2204', '>=') or is_linuxmint_21 or is_debian_12)
-#   #when: not (is_ubuntu_2204 or is_ubuntu_2210 or is_debian_12)
+- name: Add signed Kolibri PPA 'focal' (if other/older OS's)
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/learningequality-kolibri.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu focal main"
+  when: not (is_ubuntu and os_ver is version('ubuntu-2204', '>=') or is_linuxmint_21 or is_debian_12)
+  #when: not (is_ubuntu_2204 or is_ubuntu_2210 or is_debian_12)
 
 # - name: Add Kolibri PPA repo 'ppa:learningequality/kolibri' (if is_ubuntu and not is_linuxmint)
 #   apt_repository:
@@ -124,15 +121,6 @@
 #     codename: focal    # UPDATE THIS TO 'jammy' AFTER "RasPiOS Bookworm" (based on Debian 12) IS RELEASED! (ETA Q3 2023)
 #   when: is_debian or is_linuxmint_20
 
-
-# 2024-08-07: Hack no longer needed!  As Kolibri 0.17.0 now installs via "kolibri" PPA (https://launchpad.net/~learningequality/+archive/ubuntu/kolibri).
-# Hopefully "kolibri-proposed" PPA will install 0.18 pre-releases soon, on Python 3.13 too!  https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/issues/11892
-
-# - name: '2024-06-25 TEMPORARY HACK: Hard code kolibri_deb_url to Kolibri 0.17.x (pre-release or final release) if Python >= 3.12 -- kolibri-proposed PPA should do this automatically in future!'
-#   set_fact:
-#     kolibri_deb_url: https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/releases/download/v0.17.0/kolibri_0.17.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb
-#   when: python_version is version('3.12', '>=')    # For Ubuntu 24.04, Mint 22, pre-releases of Ubuntu 24.10, and Debian 13 (even if/when "Trixie" changes from Python 3.12 to 3.13!)  Regarding PPA kolibri-proposed not quite being ready yet, see: learningequality/kolibri#11316 -> learningequality/kolibri#11892
-
 - name: apt install kolibri (using apt source specified above, if kolibri_deb_url ISN'T defined)
   apt:
     name: kolibri

roles/matomo/tasks/install.yml

@@ -12,21 +12,6 @@
 # fatal: [127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {"cache_control": "private, no-cache, no-store", "changed": false, "connection": "close", "content_type": "text/html; charset=utf-8", "date": "Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:07:41 GMT", "elapsed": 0, "expires": "Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT", "msg": "Status code was 500 and not [200]: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error", "pragma": "no-cache", "redirected": false, "server": "nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)", "set_cookie": "MATOMO_SESSID=psak3aem27vrdrt8t2f016600f; path=/; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax", "status": 500, "transfer_encoding": "chunked", "url": "http://box.lan/matomo/index.php?action=welcome", "x_matomo_request_id": "fbfd2"}
 
 
-- name: "Set 'mysql_install: True' and 'mysql_enabled: True'"
-  set_fact:
-    mysql_install: True
-    mysql_enabled: True
-
-- name: MYSQL - run 'mysql' role (attempt to install & enable MySQL / MariaDB)
-  include_role:
-    name: mysql
-
-- name: FAIL (STOP THE INSTALL) IF 'mysql_installed is undefined'
-  fail:
-    msg: "Matomo install cannot proceed, as MySQL / MariaDB is not installed."
-  when: mysql_installed is undefined
-
-
 - name: Record (initial) disk space used
   shell: df -B1 --output=used / | tail -1
   register: df1
@@ -67,7 +52,7 @@
     priv: "{{ matomo_db_name }}.*:ALL"
     #login_unix_socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 
-- name: Download and Extract Matomo (~3 min)
+- name: Download and Extract Matomo (~1 min)
   unarchive:
     src: "{{ matomo_dl_url }}"    # e.g. https://builds.matomo.org/matomo.tar.gz
     dest: "{{ matomo_path }}"     # e.g. /library/www

roles/mediawiki/defaults/main.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # All above are set in: github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/vars/default_vars.yml
 # If nec, change them by editing /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml prior to installing!
 
-mediawiki_major_version: "1.43"    # "1.40" quotes nec if trailing zero
-mediawiki_minor_version: 0
+mediawiki_major_version: "1.40"    # "1.40" quotes nec if trailing zero
+mediawiki_minor_version: 1
 mediawiki_version: "{{ mediawiki_major_version }}.{{ mediawiki_minor_version }}"
 
 mediawiki_download_base_url: "https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/{{ mediawiki_major_version }}"

roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
-- name: "Set 'mysql_install: True' and 'mysql_enabled: True'"
-  set_fact:
-    mysql_install: True
-    mysql_enabled: True
-
-- name: MYSQL - run 'mysql' role (attempt to install & enable MySQL / MariaDB)
-  include_role:
-    name: mysql
-
-- name: FAIL (STOP THE INSTALL) IF 'mysql_installed is undefined'
-  fail:
-    msg: "MediaWiki install cannot proceed, as MySQL / MariaDB is not installed."
-  when: mysql_installed is undefined
-
-
 - name: Record (initial) disk space used
   shell: df -B1 --output=used / | tail -1
   register: df1

roles/moodle/defaults/main.yml

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 # If nec, change them by editing /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml prior to installing!
 
 
-# October 2024: Currently testing Moodle's main branch is mandatory if your
-# OS PHP >= 8.4, see moodle/tasks/install.yml for detail!  OR, *IF* your
-# OS PHP < 8.4, then {{ moodle_version }} will be attempted:
-moodle_version: MOODLE_405_STABLE    # Moodle 4.5
-#moodle_version: main                # e.g. to try Moodle's "weekly" 5.0dev pre-release *EVEN IF* OS PHP < 8.4
+# 2023-04-25: Currently testing Moodle's master branch is mandatory if your
+# OS PHP >= 8.3, see moodle/tasks/install.yml for detail!  OR, *IF* your
+# OS PHP < 8.3, then {{ moodle_version }} will be attempted:
+moodle_version: MOODLE_402_STABLE    # Moodle 4.2
+#moodle_version: master              # e.g. to try Moodle's "weekly" 4.2dev pre-release *EVEN IF* OS PHP < 8.2
 moodle_repo_url: https://github.com/moodle/moodle
 #moodle_repo_url: git://git.moodle.org/moodle.git    # 2020-10-16: VERY Slow!
 

roles/moodle/tasks/install.yml

@@ -6,20 +6,6 @@
 # 2021-06-28: This ALSO now happens in /etc/php/{{ php_version }}/cli/php.ini
 # (as required by Moodle's CLI installer, DESPITE it using fpm/php.ini later!)
 
-# 2023-12-17: Upgrade instructions via CLI
-# https://docs.moodle.org/en/Administration_via_command_line
-#
-# EXAMPLE:
-# cd /opt/iiab/moodle
-# sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/maintenance.php --enable
-# cd /opt/iiab
-# mv moodle moodle.bkp
-# git clone https://github.com/moodle/moodle -b MOODLE_403_STABLE --depth 1    # As a regular 'git pull' will likely fail, due to original clone's '--depth 1' -- but no worries: total clone download is just ~100 MB, which expands to ~400 MB
-# cp moodle.bkp/config.php moodle/
-# cd moodle
-# sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/upgrade.php    # Or later log in to Moodle, to complete the upgrade (i.e. click "Continue" 4-5 times)
-# sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/maintenance.php --disable
-
 
 - name: "Set 'postgresql_install: True' and 'postgresql_enabled: True'"
   set_fact:
@@ -85,32 +71,26 @@
   when: opt_iiab_moodle.stat.exists
 
 
-# WARNING: Since March 2023, 32-bit RasPiOS can act as 64-bit on RPi 4 and
-# RPi 400 (unlike RPi 3!)  SEE: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3516
-- name: Run command 'dpkg --print-architecture' to identify OS architecture (CPU arch as revealed by ansible_architecture ~= ansible_machine is NO LONGER enough!)
-  command: dpkg --print-architecture
-  register: dpkg_arch
-
-- name: "2023-04-30: MOODLE 4.2+ REQUIRES PHP 8 AND *FULL* 64-BIT OPERATION -- SO WE REVERT TO TRYING THE OLDER MOODLE 4.1 LTS WHEN NECESSARY -- NOTE PHP 7.x END-OF-LIFE WAS NOVEMBER 2022"
+- name: "2023-04-30: MOODLE 4.2+ REQUIRES PHP 8 -- SO THIS TEMPORARY PATCH INSTALLS THE OLDER MOODLE 4.1 LTS ON OS's WITH PHP 7.x -- WHOSE END-OF-LIFE WAS NOVEMBER 2022"
   set_fact:
     moodle_version: MOODLE_401_STABLE    # i.e. Moodle 4.1 LTS
-  when: php_version is version('8.0', '<') or not dpkg_arch.stdout is search("64")
+  when: php_version is version('8.0', '<')
 
-- name: Download (clone) {{ moodle_repo_url }} branch '{{ moodle_version }}' to {{ moodle_base }} (~476 MB initially, ~504 MB later) if OS PHP {{ php_version }} < 8.4
+- name: Download (clone) {{ moodle_repo_url }} branch '{{ moodle_version }}' to {{ moodle_base }} (~389 MB initially, ~416 MB later) if OS PHP {{ php_version }} < 8.3
   git:
     repo: "{{ moodle_repo_url }}"    # https://github.com/moodle/moodle
     dest: "{{ moodle_base }}"        # /opt/iiab/moodle
     depth: 1
-    version: "{{ moodle_version }}"    # e.g. MOODLE_404_STABLE (Moodle 4.4)
-  when: php_version is version('8.4', '<')
+    version: "{{ moodle_version }}"    # e.g. MOODLE_402_STABLE (Moodle 4.2)
+  when: php_version is version('8.3', '<')
 
-- name: "MOODLE PRE-RELEASE TESTING: Download (clone) {{ moodle_repo_url }} branch 'main' to {{ moodle_base }} (~476 MB initially, ~504 MB later) if OS PHP {{ php_version }} >= 8.4"
+- name: "MOODLE PRE-RELEASE TESTING: Download (clone) {{ moodle_repo_url }} branch 'master' to {{ moodle_base }} (~389 MB initially, ~416 MB later) if OS PHP {{ php_version }} >= 8.3"
   git:
     repo: "{{ moodle_repo_url }}"
     dest: "{{ moodle_base }}"
     depth: 1
-    version: main    # For "weekly" Moodle pre-releases: https://download.moodle.org/releases/development/ (e.g. 3.5beta+ in May 2018, 4.1dev in Sept 2022, 4.2dev in Dec 2022, 4.3dev in May 2023, 4.4dev in Oct 2023, 4.5dev in Apr 2024, 5.0dev in Oct 2024)
-  when: php_version is version('8.4', '>=')
+    version: master    # For "weekly" Moodle pre-releases: https://download.moodle.org/releases/development/ (e.g. 3.5beta+ in May 2018, 4.1dev in Sept 2022, 4.2dev in Dec 2022, 4.3dev in May 2023)
+  when: php_version is version('8.3', '>=')
 
 - name: chown -R {{ apache_user }}:{{ apache_user }} {{ moodle_base }} (by default dirs 755 & files 644)
   file:
@@ -188,7 +168,7 @@
 # 2021-11-19: Resolves Moodle error https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/3024
 - name: Set cron job to run /opt/iiab/moodle/admin/cli/cron.php every minute (* * * * *) in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/www-data -- per https://docs.moodle.org/310/en/Cron
   cron:
-    name: https://docs.moodle.org/en/Cron
+    name: https://docs.moodle.org/310/en/Cron
     user: www-data
     job: "/usr/bin/php /opt/iiab/moodle/admin/cli/cron.php >/dev/null"
 

roles/moodle/templates/moodle-nginx.conf.j2

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ location ~ ^/moodle(.*)\.php(.*)$ {
     # Uncomment to override /etc/php/<VERSION>/fpm/php.ini -- FYI Stage 4's
     # roles/www_options/tasks/main.yml FORCES these same settings and more
     # (equivalent to 'nginx_high_php_limits: True') when 'moodle_install: True' 
-    #fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "max_execution_time=300\n upload_max_filesize=10000M\n post_max_size=10000M\n max_input_vars=5000";
+    #fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "max_execution_time=300\n upload_max_filesize=500M\n post_max_size=500M\n max_input_vars=5000";
 }
 
 location ~ ^/moodle {

roles/munin/tasks/install.yml

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 
 # SEE ALSO roles/network/tasks/install.yml
-- name: "TEMPORARILY REVERT net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 to 0 in /etc/sysctl.conf for #3434"
+- name: TEMPORARILY REVERT net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 to 0 in /etc/sysctl.conf for #3434
   sysctl:
     name: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6
     value: 0
 
-- name: "Install 4 packages: libcgi-fast-perl, munin, munin-node, munin-plugins-extra"
+- name: "Install 5 packages: libcgi-fast-perl, munin, munin-node, munin-plugins-extra, python3-passlib"
   package:
     name:
       #- libapache2-mod-fcgid
@@ -17,15 +17,9 @@
       - munin
       - munin-node
       - munin-plugins-extra
-      #- python3-passlib    # For Ansible module 'htpasswd' in Ansible collection community.general -- used just below
+      - python3-passlib    # For Ansible module 'htpasswd' in Ansible collection community.general -- used just below
     state: present
 
-- name: pip install 'passlib' into venv /usr/local/ansible -- for Ansible module 'htpasswd' in Ansible collection community.general -- used just below
-  pip:
-    name: passlib
-    virtualenv: /usr/local/ansible
-    extra_args: "--upgrade --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary"    # 2023-10-01: Lifesaver when recent wheels (e.g. piwheels.org) are inevitably not yet built!  SEE #3560
-
 # SEE ALSO roles/network/tasks/install.yml
 - name: RESTORE net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 to 1 in /etc/sysctl.conf for #3434
   sysctl:
@@ -38,7 +32,7 @@
     name: "{{ munin_username}}"         # Admin
     password: "{{ munin_password }}"    # changeme
 
-- name: If MySQL is installed, let Munin monitor it
+- name: If MySQL is enabled, let Munin monitor it
   copy:
     src: "{{ item }}"
     dest: /etc/munin/plugins/
@@ -50,8 +44,7 @@
     - /usr/share/munin/plugins/mysql_queries
     - /usr/share/munin/plugins/mysql_slowqueries
     - /usr/share/munin/plugins/mysql_threads
-  when: mysql_installed
-  #when: mysql_enabled
+  when: mysql_enabled
 
 
 # RECORD Munin AS INSTALLED

roles/mysql/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-- name: Enable & Start MySQL ({{ mysql_service }}) systemd service, if mysql_enabled
-  systemd:
-    name: "{{ mysql_service }}"
-    daemon_reload: yes
-    state: started
-    enabled: yes
-  when: mysql_enabled
-
-# We had to start MySQL in order to configure it, now turn if off if not enabled
-- name: Disable & Stop MySQL ({{ mysql_service }}) systemd service, if not mysql_enabled
-  systemd:
-    name: "{{ mysql_service }}"
-    enabled: no
-    state: stopped
-  when: not mysql_enabled

roles/mysql/tasks/install.yml

@@ -3,22 +3,16 @@
   register: df1
 
 
-- name: 'Install MySQL packages: mariadb-server, mariadb-client, php{{ php_version }}-mysql'
+- name: 'Install MySQL packages: mariadb-server, mariadb-client, php{{ php_version }}-mysql, python3-pymysql'
   package:
     name:
       - mariadb-server
       - mariadb-client
       #- php{{ php_version }}-common    # Auto-installed as an apt dependency.  REGARDLESS: php{{ php_version }}-common superset php{{ php_version }}-cli is auto-installed by php{{ php_version }}-fpm in nginx/tasks/install.yml
       - php{{ php_version }}-mysql      # Likewise installed in nextcloud/tasks/install.yml, pbx/tasks/freepbx.yml, wordpress/tasks/install.yml
-      #- python3-pymysql                # For Ansible modules {mysql_db, mysql_user} in Ansible collection community.mysql -- used in MySQL roles {mediawiki, nextcloud, wordpress} and possibly {elgg, pbx}
+      - python3-pymysql                 # For Ansible modules {mysql_db, mysql_user} in Ansible collection community.mysql -- used in MySQL roles {mediawiki, nextcloud, wordpress} and possibly {elgg, pbx}
     state: present
 
-- name: pip install 'PyMySQL' into venv /usr/local/ansible -- for Ansible modules {mysql_db, mysql_user} in Ansible collection community.mysql -- used in roles {mediawiki, nextcloud, wordpress, matomo, pbx}
-  pip:
-    name: PyMySQL
-    virtualenv: /usr/local/ansible
-    extra_args: "--upgrade --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary"    # 2023-10-01: Lifesaver when recent wheels (e.g. piwheels.org) are inevitably not yet built!  SEE #3560
-
 # 2020-07-11: 10 PHP package installs moved to roles/www_base/tasks/main.yml
 # php{{ php_version }}-sqlite3 install moved to roles/osm-vector-maps/tasks/install.yml
 

roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml

@@ -26,33 +26,40 @@
     var: mysql_installed
 
 
-- block:
+- name: Install MySQL if 'mysql_installed' not defined, e.g. in {{ iiab_state_file }}    # /etc/iiab/iiab_state.yml
+  include_tasks: install.yml
+  when: mysql_installed is undefined
 
-  - name: Install MySQL if 'mysql_installed' not defined, e.g. in {{ iiab_state_file }}    # /etc/iiab/iiab_state.yml
-    include_tasks: install.yml
-    when: mysql_installed is undefined
 
-  - include_tasks: enable-or-disable.yml
+- name: Enable & Start MySQL ({{ mysql_service }}) systemd service, if mysql_enabled
+  systemd:
+    name: "{{ mysql_service }}"
+    daemon_reload: yes
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes
+  when: mysql_enabled
 
-  - name: Add 'mysql' variable values to {{ iiab_ini_file }}
-    ini_file:
-      path: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}"    # /etc/iiab/iiab.ini
-      section: mysql
-      option: "{{ item.option }}"
-      value: "{{ item.value | string }}"
-    with_items:
-      - option: name
-        value: MySQL
-      - option: description
-        value: '"MySQL is a widely used free and open source (GPLv2) database, offered by most web hosting services, on a diversity of platforms."'
-      - option: mysql_install
-        value: "{{ mysql_install }}"
-      - option: mysql_enabled
-        value: "{{ mysql_enabled }}"
+# We had to start MySQL in order to configure it, now turn if off if not enabled
+- name: Disable & Stop MySQL ({{ mysql_service }}) systemd service, if not mysql_enabled
+  systemd:
+    name: "{{ mysql_service }}"
+    enabled: no
+    state: stopped
+  when: not mysql_enabled
 
-  rescue:
 
-  - name: 'SEE ERROR ABOVE (skip_role_on_error: {{ skip_role_on_error }})'
-    fail:
-      msg: ""
-    when: not skip_role_on_error
+- name: Add 'mysql' variable values to {{ iiab_ini_file }}
+  ini_file:
+    path: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}"    # /etc/iiab/iiab.ini
+    section: mysql
+    option: "{{ item.option }}"
+    value: "{{ item.value | string }}"
+  with_items:
+    - option: name
+      value: MySQL
+    - option: description
+      value: '"MySQL is a widely used free and open source (GPLv2) database, offered by most web hosting services, on a diversity of platforms."'
+    - option: mysql_install
+      value: "{{ mysql_install }}"
+    - option: mysql_enabled
+      value: "{{ mysql_enabled }}"

roles/network/defaults/main.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ strict_networking: False
 iiab_demo_mode: False
 gui_static_wan: False
 wan_cidr: ""
-virtual_network_devices: "-e wwlan -e ppp -e ap0 -e lo -e br0 -e tun -e br- -e docker -e bridge0 -e veth -e tailscale0"
+virtual_network_devices: "-e wwlan -e ppp -e ap0 -e lo -e br0 -e tun -e br- -e docker -e bridge0 -e veth"
 
 # Set defaults for discovery process as strings
 wifi1: "not found-1"
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ iiab_lan_iface: none
 discovered_lan_iface: none
 discovered_wired_iface: none
 discovered_wireless_iface: none
-# use the same case as what `iw reg get` would return with 00 present
-host_country_code_found: UNSET
 
 # Red Hat
 #iiab_wired_lan_iface: "none"

roles/network/tasks/NM-debian.yml

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 - name: Reload systemd
   systemd:
     daemon_reload: yes
-  when: not no_net_restart or not iiab_lan_iface == "br0"
+  when: not iiab_lan_iface == "br0"
 
 - name: Restart the NetworkManager service
   systemd:

roles/network/tasks/detected_network.yml

@@ -239,41 +239,6 @@
     iiab_lan_iface: "{{ iiab_wireless_lan_iface }}"
   when: iiab_wireless_lan_iface is defined and nobridge is defined
 
-- name: Detect WiFi country code in use
-  shell: iw reg get | grep country | grep -v UNSET | awk '{print $2}' | sed "s|:||"
-  register: REG_DOM
-  ignore_errors: True
-
-- name: Set host_country_code_found
-  set_fact:
-    host_country_code_found: "{{ REG_DOM.stdout }}"
-  when: REG_DOM.stdout is defined and REG_DOM.stdout | length > 0
-
-- name: Set Wifi Region country to {{ REG_DOM.stdout }} for hostapd when present
-  set_fact:
-    host_country_code: "{{ REG_DOM.stdout }}"
-  when: REG_DOM.stdout is defined and REG_DOM.stdout | length > 0 and wifi_up_down and can_be_ap and has_wifi_gateway is defined
-
-- name: Detect current Wifi channel
-  shell: iw {{ discovered_wireless_iface }} info | grep channel | cut -d' ' -f2
-  register: current_client_channel
-  when: wifi_up_down and can_be_ap and has_wifi_gateway is defined
-
-- name: Forcing wifi_up_down to False based on firmware selection "24"
-  set_fact:
-    wifi_up_down: False
-  when: rpi3bplus_rpi4_wifi_firmware == "24"
-
-- name: Detect "Firmware rejected country setting" in dmesg (invert return code, for intentional red error)
-  shell: '! dmesg | grep ieee80211 | grep "Firmware rejected country setting"'
-  register: FW_rejected_country
-  ignore_errors: True
-
-- name: Detect country code passed from cmdline in dmesg
-  shell: dmesg | grep -om1 'cfg80211\.ieee80211_regdom=\S*' | cut -d= -f2
-  register: cmdline_country_code
-  ignore_errors: True
-
 - name: In VM disable LAN - needs local_vars entry to activate
   set_fact:
     iiab_lan_iface: none
@@ -330,36 +295,6 @@
       value: "{{ iiab_wan_iface }}"
     - option: can_be_ap
       value: "{{ can_be_ap }}"
-    - option: host_country_code_found
-      value: "{{ host_country_code_found }}"
-    - option: wifi_firmware_43430
-      value: "{{ rpizerow_rpi3_wifi_firmware }}"
-    - option: wifi_firmware_43455
-      value: "{{ rpi3bplus_rpi4_wifi_firmware }}"
-
-- name: Add 'detected_network' variable 'current_client_channel_found' stdout value ({{ current_client_channel.stdout }}) if defined and non-empty, to {{ iiab_ini_file }}
-  ini_file:
-    dest: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}"
-    section: detected_network
-    option: client_wifi_channel_found
-    value: "{{ current_client_channel.stdout }}"
-  when: current_client_channel.stdout is defined and current_client_channel.stdout != ""
-
-- name: Add 'detected_network' variable 'FW_rejected_country' stdout value ({{ FW_rejected_country.stdout }}) if defined and non-empty, to {{ iiab_ini_file }}
-  ini_file:
-    dest: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}"
-    section: detected_network
-    option: FW_rejected_country
-    value: "{{ FW_rejected_country.stdout }}"
-  when: FW_rejected_country.stdout is defined and FW_rejected_country.stdout != ""
-
-- name: Add 'detected_network' variable 'cmdline_country_code' stdout value ({{ cmdline_country_code.stdout }}) if defined and non-empty, to {{ iiab_ini_file }}
-  ini_file:
-    dest: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}"
-    section: detected_network
-    option: cmdline_country_code
-    value: "{{ cmdline_country_code.stdout }}"
-  when: cmdline_country_code.stdout is defined and cmdline_country_code.stdout != ""
 
 # well if there ever was a point to tell the user things are FUBAR this is it.
 # limit 2 network adapters wifi wired

roles/network/tasks/hostapd.yml

@@ -3,12 +3,28 @@
     hostapd_enabled: False
   when: (not wifi_up_down and discovered_wireless_iface == iiab_wan_iface) or discovered_wireless_iface == "none" or not can_be_ap
 
-- name: Disable the Access Point 'hostapd' service if hostapd_enabled False
+- name: Disable the Access Point 'hostapd' service
   systemd:
     name: hostapd
     enabled: no
   when: not hostapd_enabled
 
+- name: Detect WiFi country code in use
+  shell: iw reg get | grep country | grep -v UNSET | awk '{print $2}' | sed "s|:||"
+  register: REG_DOM
+  ignore_errors: True
+  when: wifi_up_down and can_be_ap and has_wifi_gateway is defined
+
+- name: Set Wifi Region country code for hostapd when present
+  set_fact:
+    host_country_code: "{{ REG_DOM.stdout }}"
+  when: REG_DOM.stdout is defined and REG_DOM.stdout | length > 0
+
+- name: Detect current Wifi channel
+  shell: iw {{ discovered_wireless_iface }} info | grep channel | cut -d' ' -f2
+  register: current_client_channel
+  when: wifi_up_down and can_be_ap and has_wifi_gateway is defined
+
 - name: Setting WiFi channel to {{ current_client_channel.stdout }}
   set_fact:
     host_channel: "{{ current_client_channel.stdout }}"
@@ -115,3 +131,14 @@
       value: "{{ host_country_code }}"
     - option: host_channel
       value: "{{ host_channel }}"
+
+- name: Add 'network' variable 'current_client_channel' value if defined, to {{ iiab_ini_file }}
+  ini_file:
+    dest: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}"
+    section: network
+    option: "{{ item.option }}"
+    value: "{{ item.value | string }}"
+  with_items:
+    - option: client_wifi_channel
+      value: "{{ current_client_channel.stdout }}"
+  when: current_client_channel.stdout is defined

roles/network/tasks/install.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # total download size) and they can help IIAB field operators with BOTH
 # (1) internal WiFi AND (2) USB WiFi devices inserted anytime/later.
 
-- name: 'Install 11 network packages: avahi-daemon, hostapd, iproute2, iptables-persistent, iw, libnss-mdns, netmask, net-tools, networkd-dispatcher, rfkill, wpasupplicant -- later used by https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/network'
+- name: 'Install 12 network packages: avahi-daemon, hostapd, iproute2, iptables-persistent, iw, libnss-mdns, netmask, net-tools, networkd-dispatcher, rfkill, wireless-tools, wpasupplicant -- later used by https://github.com/iiab/iiab/tree/master/roles/network'
   package:
     name:
       - avahi-daemon           #   97kB download: RasPiOS (and package libnss-mnds, below) install this regardless -- holdover from the XO days and used to advertise ssh/admin-console being available via avahi-daemon -- used with https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/network/tasks/avahi.yml
@@ -31,19 +31,12 @@
       - libnss-mdns            #   27kB download: RasPiOS (and package avahi-daemon, above) install this regardless -- client-side library -- provides name resolution via mDNS (Multicast DNS) using Zeroconf/Bonjour e.g. Avahi
       - netmask                #   25kB download: Handy utility -- helps determine network masks
       - net-tools              #  248kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless -- @jvonau suggests possibly deleting this...unless oldtimers really want these older commands in iiab-diagnostics output?
+      - networkd-dispatcher    #   15kB download: Dispatcher service for systemd-networkd connection status changes
       - rfkill                 #   87kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless -- enable & disable wireless devices
+      - wireless-tools         #  112kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless -- manipulate Linux Wireless Extensions
       - wpasupplicant          # 1188kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless -- client library for connections to a WiFi AP
     state: present
 
-# 2024-10-02: Legacy apt package 'wireless-tools' no longer offered by Ubuntu
-# 24.10+ (#3805) but FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_tools_for_Linux
-- name: "Install legacy apt package wireless-tools, if OS still supports it -- or intentionally show (HARMLESS!) red error -- helping to monitor Linux's evolution"
-  package:
-    name: wireless-tools       #  112kB download: RasPiOS installs this regardless -- manipulate Linux Wireless Extensions
-    state: present
-  ignore_errors: True    # Intentionally show red error, and continue.
-  #failed_when: False    # Hides red errors (stronger than 'ignore_errors: yes')
-
 # 2021-08-17: Debian ignores this, according to 2013 post:
 # https://serverfault.com/questions/511099/debian-ignores-etc-network-if-pre-up-d-iptables
 # - name: Install /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables from template (0755)
@@ -107,7 +100,7 @@
     - roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-internet-on     # Invoked by 1-prep (so full path needed)
     - roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-internet-off    # Invoked by 1-prep (so full path needed)
 
-- name: 'Install /usr/local/sbin/iiab-netwarn for pop-ups on boot, if iiab-network should be run'
+- name: 'Install /usr/local/sbin/netwarn for pop-ups on boot, if iiab-network should be run'
   include_tasks: roles/network/tasks/netwarn.yml    # Invoked by 1-prep (so full path needed)
 
 

roles/network/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+- name: Select RPi firmware mode
+  include_role:
+    name: firmware
+  when: rpi_model != "none"
+
 - name: detected_network
   include_tasks: detected_network.yml
 
@@ -63,13 +68,6 @@
   #### End services
 
   #### Start network layout
-
-  # 2024-12-18: As `rfkill unblock wifi` formerly in rpi_debian.yml wasn't enough, especially with NM (NetworkManager)
-  - name: Run 'raspi-config nonint do_wifi_country {{ host_country_code }}' (using var host_country_code) to unblock WiFi, if RasPiOS
-    command: raspi-config nonint do_wifi_country {{ host_country_code }}
-    when: is_raspbian
-    #ignore_errors: True
-
   #- name: Redhat networking
   #  include_tasks: ifcfg_mods.yml
   #  when: is_redhat
@@ -77,13 +75,13 @@
   - name: NetworkManager in use
     include_tasks: NM-debian.yml
     when: network_manager_active
+    #when: is_debuntu and network_manager_active
 
   - name: systemd-networkd in use
     include_tasks: sysd-netd-debian.yml
     when: systemd_networkd_active
-    #when: systemd_networkd_active and not network_manager_active    # 2023-10-11: NOT the right way to solve #3657 (systemd-resolved issue on RasPiOS 12+) as this would damage Ubuntu/Mint.
+    #when: is_debuntu and systemd_networkd_active
 
-  # 2023-10-11: Should rpi_debian.yml go away in future, now that RasPiOS Bookworm uses NetworkManager?
   - name: Raspbian can use dhcpcd only with no N-M or SYS-NETD active
     include_tasks: rpi_debian.yml
     when: is_raspbian and not network_manager_active
@@ -103,11 +101,6 @@
   # end block
   when: network_installed is defined and network_enabled
 
-- name: Select RPi firmware mode
-  include_role:
-    name: firmware
-  when: rpi_model != "none"
-
 
 - name: Create {{ iiab_etc_path }}/install-flags/iiab-network-complete on second pass of network role.
   file:

roles/network/tasks/netwarn.yml

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 # 2022-07-22: SIMILAR TO roles/iiab-admin/tasks/pwd-warnings.yml FOR passwords
 #                    AND roles/www_options/tasks/main.yml        FOR browser
 
-# 2022-07-22: An /etc/profile.d/ version like /etc/local/sbin/iiab-netwarn but for
-# shell / ssh logins (across all OS's/distros/window managers) might also make sense?
+# 2022-07-22: An /etc/profile.d/ version like /etc/local/sbin/netwarn but for
+# ssh sessions (across all OS's/distros/window managers) might also make sense?
 
 
-- name: Does directory /home/{{ iiab_admin_user }}/.config/labwc/ exist?
+- name: Does /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart exist?
   stat:
-    path: /home/{{ iiab_admin_user }}/.config/labwc/
-  register: labwc_dir
+    path: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
+  register: lxde_pi_autostart_present
 
-- name: If so, add '/usr/local/sbin/iiab-netwarn &' to /home/{{ iiab_admin_user }}/.config/labwc/autostart
+- name: If so, add /usr/local/sbin/netwarn to /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
   lineinfile:
-    path: /home/{{ iiab_admin_user }}/.config/labwc/autostart    # iiab-admin
-    create: yes
-    line: '/usr/local/sbin/iiab-netwarn &'
-  when: labwc_dir.stat.exists and labwc_dir.stat.isdir
+    path: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
+    regexp: '^/usr/local/sbin/netwarn$'
+    line: '/usr/local/sbin/netwarn'
+  when: lxde_pi_autostart_present.stat.exists
 
 
 # mate desktop detection based on 'register: nd_dir' in enable_services
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
 # (Let's insert those here if so, and refine the 'when:' line below.)
 
 
-- name: 'If a supported graphical OS is detected, install from template: /usr/local/sbin/iiab-netwarn'
+- name: 'If a supported graphical OS is detected, install from template: /usr/local/sbin/netwarn'
   template:
-    src: roles/network/templates/netwarn/iiab-netwarn    # Invoked by 1-prep (so full path needed)
+    src: roles/network/templates/netwarn/netwarn    # Invoked by 1-prep (so full path needed)
     dest: /usr/local/sbin/
     mode: 0755
-  when: (labwc_dir.stat.exists and labwc_dir.stat.isdir) or (mate_dir.stat.exists and mate_dir.stat.isdir)
+  when: lxde_pi_autostart_present or (mate_dir.stat.exists and mate_dir.stat.isdir)

roles/network/tasks/restart.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     state: restarted
   with_items:
     - wpa_supplicant
-  when: wifi_up_down and hostapd_enabled and not network_manager_active
+  when: wifi_up_down and hostapd_enabled
 
 - name: Enable & Restart networkd-dispatcher.service
   systemd:
@@ -28,16 +28,12 @@
     state: restarted
   when: wifi_up_down and can_be_ap and ansible_ap0 is undefined
 
-- name: Waiting {{ hostapd_wait }} seconds for network to stabilize for ap0
-  shell: sleep {{ hostapd_wait }}
-  when: ansible_ap0 is undefined
-
-- name: Restart hostapd when WiFi is present but not when using WiFi as gateway
+- name: Restart hostapd when WiFi is present but not when using WiFi as gateway with wifi_up_down False
   systemd:
     name: hostapd
     state: restarted
     daemon_reload: yes
-  when: hostapd_enabled and not no_net_restart
+  when: hostapd_enabled and (wifi_up_down or not no_net_restart)
 
 # 2022-07-22: @jvonau suggests commenting this out as: "we really don't touch
 # any of the config files... netplan.yml renames one file if it's a container
@@ -111,7 +107,7 @@
   systemd:
     name: hostapd
     state: restarted
-  when: hostapd_enabled and not no_net_restart and wifi_slave.stdout is defined and wifi_slave.stdout == 0
+  when: hostapd_enabled and wifi_slave.stdout is defined and wifi_slave.stdout == 0
 
 #both interfaces.d and systemd-networkd should have br0 available and Appliance lacks br0
 #keep an eye on legacy wifi installs where br0 is present but not 'online' with an ip address

roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml

@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@
     line: country={{ host_country_code }}
   when: country_code.stdout is defined and country_code.stdout | length == 0
 
-# 2024-12-18: SEE 'raspi-config nonint do_wifi_country {{ host_country_code }}' in roles/network/tasks/main.yml
-# # This should go away, should only be unblocked by raspi-config
-# - name: Enable the WiFi with rfkill
-#   shell: rfkill unblock wifi
-#   ignore_errors: True
+# This should go away, should only be unblocked by raspi-config
+- name: Enable the WiFi with rfkill
+  shell: rfkill unblock 0
+  ignore_errors: True
 
 - name: Copy the bridge script for RPi
   template:

roles/network/tasks/sysd-netd-debian.yml

@@ -1,20 +1,4 @@
 # sysd-netd-debian.yml
-- name: Install networkd-dispatcher
-  package:
-    name: networkd-dispatcher    #  15kB download: Dispatcher service for systemd-networkd connection status changes
-
-# 2023-10-14 #3657, #3658, #3659: New RasPiOS 12/Bookworm issue.
-# FWIW Ubuntu >= 22.10 offers 'systemd-resolved' as a distinct apt package.
-# Whereas Ubuntu <= 22.04 bundled the functionality within apt package 'systemd'
-# Debian 12/Bookworm (like Ubuntu >= 22.10) offers it as a distinct package:
-# https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#systemd-resolved
-- name: Install systemd-resolved (or intentionally show red error then continue, if apt package not available)
-  package:
-    name: systemd-resolved       # 278kB download: For RasPiOS 12/Bookworm
-  ignore_errors: yes
-  #shell: apt -y install systemd-resolved || true
-  #when: is_raspbian and os_ver is version('raspbian-12', '>=')
-
 - name: Copy the bridge script - Creates br0
   template:
     dest: /etc/systemd/network/IIAB-Bridge.netdev

roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ IPTABLES_DATA=/etc/sysconfig/iptables
 # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/firmware/templates/iiab-check-firmware#L10-14
 # https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables#L48-L52
 # https://github.com/iiab/maps/blob/master/osm-source/pages/viewer/scripts/iiab-install-map-region#L23-L39
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/0-DEPRECATED-ROLES/openvpn/templates/iiab-support READS AND WRITES, INCL NON-BOOLEAN
+# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support READS AND WRITES, INCL NON-BOOLEAN
 
 # "awk '{print $2}'" almost works, but: (1) Fails to remove outer quotes, and
 # (2) Chops up Ansible vars containing multiple words w/o surrounding quotes.

roles/network/templates/hostapd/iiab-hotspot-off

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ echo " IIAB hotspot access point Disabled"
 #exit 0
 {% else %}
 echo " IIAB hotspot access point Disabled"
-{% if dhcpcd_result == "enabled" %}
+{% if is_raspbian %}
 # hotspot-off before ap0_updown
 sed -i "s/^denyinterfaces/#denyinterfaces/" /etc/dhcpcd.conf
 #systemctl disable dnsmasq
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fi
 echo -e "\nIf you're enabling upstream WiFi, please reboot now.\n"
 #exit 0
 {% endif %}
-#if dhcpcd_result == "enabled"
+#is_raspbian
 {% endif %}
 #wifi_up_down
 {% endif %}

roles/network/templates/hostapd/iiab-hotspot-on

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ systemctl enable hostapd
 systemctl enable iiab-wifi-test.service
 #exit 0
 {% else %}
-{% if dhcpcd_result == "enabled" %}
+{% if is_raspbian %}
 # just do what we have always done in hotspot-on
 cp -f /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf.iiab /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
 sed -i "s/^#denyinterfaces/denyinterfaces/" /etc/dhcpcd.conf
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fi
 systemctl enable hostapd
 #exit 0
 {% endif %}
-#if dhcpcd_result == "enabled"
+#is_raspbian
 {% endif %}
 #wifi_up_down
 {% endif %}

roles/network/templates/netwarn/netwarn

@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# CONFUSING BUT FYI: Steps below run *strictly sequentially* when this script
-# (/usr/local/sbin/iiab-netwarn) is run on boot, triggered by either autostart:
-# https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html
-# ...or by Wayland compositor's ~/.config/labwc/autostart in new RasPiOS 12+:
-# https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=379321
-# (Prior to Dec 2024, RasPiOS compositor Wayfire did the same...)
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3685
-# https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire/wiki/Configuration#autostart
-#
-# This allows return codes ($rc) to be meaningful, at each successive step.
+# CONFUSING BUT FYI: Commands below run *strictly sequentially* when this
+# script (/usr/local/sbin/netwarn) is invoked by autostart during OS boot.
+# This allows return codes to be meaningful, at each successive step.
 # (As of July 2022, this is tested to work well with Ubuntu Mate and "Raspberry
 # Pi OS with desktop" on Raspberry Pi 4!)
 #
 # IN CONTRAST: return codes below are NOT MEANINGFUL when this script is
-# invoked manually after boot from a regular graphical desktop session -- so
-# make sure to test (either kind of) "autostart" during actual OS boot-up!
+# invoked from a regularly graphical desktop session -- so make sure to test
+# during an actual OS boot-up, with autostart!
 
 if [ -f /etc/iiab/install-flags/iiab-network-complete ]; then
     exit

roles/network/templates/netwarn/netwarn-iiab-network.desktop

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Comment[en_US]=iiab-network
 Name[en_CA]=iiab-network
 Comment[en_CA]=iiab-network
 Type=Application
-Exec=/usr/local/sbin/iiab-netwarn
+Exec=/usr/local/sbin/netwarn
 Hidden=false
 Name=iiab-network
 Comment=iiab-network

roles/nextcloud/README.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The Nextcloud suite is divided into three main categories:
 
 To further refine Nextcloud access controls based on IPv4 addresses, you can edit `/etc/apache2/sites-available/nextcloud.conf` _after_ it's created by this template: [/opt/iiab/iiab/roles/nextcloud/templates/nextcloud.conf.j2](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/nextcloud/templates/nextcloud.conf.j2)</strike>
 
-(3) Be aware of `nginx_high_php_limits: True` in your /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml, which allocates important RAM/resources to PHP, and is effectively auto-enabled for Nextcloud ([PR #3624](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3624)).  Verify that your Internet-in-a-Box server has enough RAM and disk!  And _after_ Nextcloud is installed, verify and evaluate these 6 settings in `/etc/php/[ACTUAL PHP VERSION]/fpm/php.ini` to be sure:
+(3) Strongly consider also setting `nginx_high_php_limits: True` in your /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml, to allocate important RAM/resources to PHP.  Of course, enabling this might cause excess use of RAM/disk or other resources if not calibrated to your hardware and network!  So _after_ install is complete, verify and evaluate these 6 settings in `/etc/php/[ACTUAL PHP VERSION]/fpm/php.ini` :
 
 - upload_max_filesize
 - post_max_size
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ FYI IIAB will also update `/etc/php/[ACTUAL PHP VERSION]/cli/php.in` (as Moodle
 
 Useful PHP recommendations for these settings (while largely tailored to WordPress, and aimed at very low-end hardware) can be found here: [/opt/iiab/iiab/roles/www_options/tasks/php-settings.yml#L55-L110](../www_options/tasks/php-settings.yml#L55-L110)
 
-(4) Verify system requirements and recommendations for the [latest version Nextcloud](https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule):
+(4) If you're running [Nextcloud 22+](https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule) in production, carefully check that Nextcloud's latest formal prereqs (required AND recommended) are included per your community's needs.  In places like these:
 
 - https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.html
 - https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
-- https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/30/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
+- https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/22/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
 - https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/nextcloud/tasks/install.yml
 
 ## Using It

roles/nextcloud/tasks/install.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
-- name: "Set 'mysql_install: True' and 'mysql_enabled: True'"
-  set_fact:
-    mysql_install: True
-    mysql_enabled: True
-
-- name: MYSQL - run 'mysql' role (attempt to install & enable MySQL / MariaDB)
-  include_role:
-    name: mysql
-
-- name: FAIL (STOP THE INSTALL) IF 'mysql_installed is undefined'
-  fail:
-    msg: "Nextcloud install cannot proceed, as MySQL / MariaDB is not installed."
-  when: mysql_installed is undefined
-
-
 - name: Record (initial) disk space used
   shell: df -B1 --output=used / | tail -1
   register: df1
@@ -61,18 +46,12 @@
 
 
 # February 2020: See @m-anish's PR #2119 and follow-up PR #2258.
-# December 2023: Check latest required AND recommended prereqs below!
-# e.g. Nextcloud 26 works with PHP 8.2; Nextcloud 27 deprecates PHP 8.0; Nextcloud 28 works with PHP 8.3
+# 2023-03-21 & 2023-06-15: Check latest required AND recommended prereqs below.
+# e.g. Nextcloud 26 now works with PHP 8.2; Nextcloud 27 deprecates PHP 8.0
 # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.html
 # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
-# https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/php_configuration.html
-# https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/28/admin_manual/installation/
-
-# 2023-12-15: Lifesaver manual upgrade instructions below!  As Nextcloud OFTEN
-# gets badly stuck (PHP timeouts, leading to FALSE instructions erroneously
-# asking you to wait) if its web-based upgrade process is attempted :/
-# https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/maintenance/manual_upgrade.html
-
+# https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/27/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
+# https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/26/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
 - name: Install ffmpeg + libxml2 + 11 PHP packages (run 'php -m' or 'php -i' to verify)
   package:
     name:
@@ -124,14 +103,12 @@
     state: directory
     path: "{{ nextcloud_root_dir }}"    # /library/www/nextcloud
 
-# Nextcloud 25 EOL was 2023-10-01: https://endoflife.date/nextcloud
-# https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule#eol-versions
-#- name: "2023-03-24: NEXTCLOUD 26 REQUIRES PHP 8 -- SO THIS TEMPORARY PATCH INSTALLS THE OLDER NEXTCLOUD 25 ON OS's WITH PHP 7.x -- WHOSE END-OF-LIFE WAS NOVEMBER 2022"
-#  set_fact:
-#    nextcloud_dl_url: https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest-25.tar.bz2
-#  when: php_version is version('8.0', '<')
+- name: "2023-03-24: NEXTCLOUD 26 REQUIRES PHP 8 -- SO THIS TEMPORARY PATCH INSTALLS THE OLDER NEXTCLOUD 25 ON OS's WITH PHP 7.x -- WHOSE END-OF-LIFE WAS NOVEMBER 2022"
+  set_fact:
+    nextcloud_dl_url: https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest-25.tar.bz2
+  when: php_version is version('8.0', '<')
 
-- name: Unarchive {{ nextcloud_dl_url }} (~216 MB) to {{ nextcloud_root_dir }} (~844 MB initially, sometimes ~878 MB later, {{ apache_user }}:{{ apache_user }})
+- name: Unarchive {{ nextcloud_dl_url }} (~172 MB) to {{ nextcloud_root_dir }} (~606 MB initially, sometimes ~642 MB later, {{ apache_user }}:{{ apache_user }})
   unarchive:
     remote_src: yes    # Overwrite even if "already exists on the target"
     src: "{{ nextcloud_dl_url }}"

roles/nextcloud/templates/nextcloud-nginx.conf.j2

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ location ^~ {{ nextcloud_url }} {
     }
 
     # set max upload size
-    client_max_body_size 10000M;
+    client_max_body_size 512M;
     fastcgi_buffers 64 4K;
 
     # Enable gzip but do not remove ETag headers
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ location ^~ {{ nextcloud_url }} {
         deny all;
     }
 
-    location ~ ^\/nextcloud\/(?:index|remote|public|cron|core\/ajax\/update|status|ocs\/v[12]|updater\/.+|ocs-provider\/.+)\.php(?:$|\/) {
+    location ~ ^\/nextcloud\/(?:index|remote|public|cron|core\/ajax\/update|status|ocs\/v[12]|updater\/.+|oc[ms]-provider\/.+)\.php(?:$|\/) {
         fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(\/.*|)$;
         set $path_info $fastcgi_path_info;
         try_files $fastcgi_script_name =404;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ location ^~ {{ nextcloud_url }} {
         fastcgi_request_buffering off;
     }
 
-    location ~ ^\/nextcloud\/(?:updater|ocs-provider)(?:$|\/) {
+    location ~ ^\/nextcloud\/(?:updater|oc[ms]-provider)(?:$|\/) {
         try_files $uri/ =404;
         index index.php;
     }

roles/nginx/README.md

@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
       * kalite (menu goes directly to ports 8006-8008)
       * minetest
       * mosquitto
+      * openvpn
       * pbx [FreePBX is usable with _both_ NGINX and Apache as of 2021-08-18, thanks to PR [#2954](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/2954)]
       * phpmyadmin [*, requires Apache for now, as in Section iii.]
       * samba [*, [PR #2923](https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/2923)]
       * sshd
-      * tailscale
       * transmission
       * vnstat
 

roles/nginx/templates/iiab.conf.j2

@@ -5,25 +5,10 @@ location / {
 location /usb {
     alias /library/www/html/local_content/;
     fancyindex on;    # autoindex on;
-    add_before_body /upload2usb/button.html;
-}
-
-location ~ ^/upload2usb/(.*)\.php$ {
-    alias /library/www/html/upload2usb/$1.php;
-    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
-    proxy_set_header Host $host;
-    fastcgi_pass php;
-    fastcgi_index index.php;
-    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
-    fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
-    fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
-    include fastcgi_params;
 }
 
 location /local_content/ {
     fancyindex on;    # autoindex on;
-    add_before_body /upload2usb/button.html;
 }
 
 location /info {

roles/nginx/templates/server.conf.j2

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ server {
     index index.php index.html index.htm;
 
     # NGINX's 1MB default is far too low for Calibre-Web and LMS-like apps.
-    # So IIAB sets this to 10000M, roughly aligning with similar settings...
-    # 1. 'upload_max_filesize = 10000M' and 'post_max_size = 10000M' are SOMETIMES set in:
+    # So IIAB sets this to 500M, roughly aligning with similar settings...
+    # 1. 'upload_max_filesize = 500M' and 'post_max_size = 500M' are SOMETIMES set in:
     #    https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/www_options/tasks/php-settings.yml#L90-L91
     #    https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/www_options/tasks/php-settings.yml#L104-L105
-    # 2. 'client_max_body_size 10000M;' is set in:
+    # 2. 'client_max_body_size 512M;' is set in:
     #    https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/nextcloud/templates/nextcloud-nginx.conf.j2#L62
-    client_max_body_size 10000M;
+    client_max_body_size 500M;
 
     # let individual services drop location blocks in conf.d
     include {{ nginx_conf_dir }}/*;

roles/pbx/README.adoc

@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 
 https://internet-in-a-box.org[Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB)] can install https://asterisk.org/[Asterisk] and https://freepbx.org/[FreePBX] for Voice over IP (VoIP) calls using regular Android and iPhone softphone (SIP) apps — e.g. for low-cost and rural telephony.
 
-As of December 2024, IIAB supports https://www.asterisk.org/asterisk-news/asterisk-22-0-0-now-available/[Asterisk 22] and https://sangomakb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FP/pages/222101505/FreePBX+17[FreePBX 17] (https://www.freepbx.org/freepbx-17-is-now-ga/[announcement]).  A https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Platforms#operating-systems[modern OS with PHP 8.x] is required (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3675[PR #3675]).
+As of March 2023, IIAB installs https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+20+Documentation[Asterisk 20] and https://www.freepbx.org/freepbx-16-is-now-released-for-general-availability/[FreePBX 16].
 
-////
-*PHP 7.4 is unfortunately REQUIRED (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/2899[PR #2899]) and PHP 8.x does not yet work (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/3556[#3556], https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3675[#3675]) — sadly this remains true as of 2024-01-13 with https://www.freepbx.org/freepbx-17-beta-release-and-debian-future/[FreePBX 17 BETA], and may remain true until https://github.com/FreePBX/framework/tree/release/17.0[FreePBX 17] is eventually released — so if you really must try to force an install onto dangerously EOL'd (end-of-life as of November 2022) PHP 7.4, consider an older OS like https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Platforms#operating-systems[Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 11 "Bullseye", or 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS versions based on "Bullseye"] (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3523[PR #3523]).  RECAP: IIAB does _NOT_ support such dangerous/older OS's!*
-////
+*PHP 7.4 is REQUIRED (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/2899[PR #2899]) and PHP 8.x does not yet work (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/3556[#3556]) — this remains true in 2023, and will likely remain true until https://github.com/FreePBX/framework/tree/release/17.0[FreePBX 17] is eventually released — so please consider installing on https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Platforms#operating-systems[Debian 11 "Bullseye", or 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS versions based on "Bullseye"] (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3523[PR #3523]).*
 
 ////
 As of August 2021, IIAB installs https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+18+Documentation[Asterisk 18] and https://www.freepbx.org/freepbx-16-beta-is-here/[FreePBX 16 Beta], as required by the latest PHP 7.4 Linux OS's (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/2899[PR #2899]).  Please consider installing this on https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Platforms#operating-systems[Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 11 — or the imminent Raspberry Pi OS 11 "Bullseye"].
@@ -63,14 +61,12 @@ If using PBX intensively, please adjust `/etc/php/X.Y/apache2/php.ini`, `/etc/ph
 nginx_high_php_limits: True
 ----
 +
-////
 As of April 2023 (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3523[PR #3523]) IIAB will patch Asterisk automatically (https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/pull/32[PR asterisk/asterisk#32]) so it can be run experimentally on Raspberry Pi, so long as you keep this default settings:
 +
 ----
 asterisk_rpi_patch: True
 ----
 +
-////
 Optionally, you may want to enable https://github.com/wdoekes/asterisk-chan-dongle[chan_dongle], which is a channel driver for Huawei UMTS cards (e.g. 3G USB dongles) allowing regular voice calls over GSM mobile networks.  You will need to configure a dongle post-install, for it to be recognized properly:
 +
 ----
@@ -357,10 +353,4 @@ In May 2022, installation of FreePBX was made more resilient in https://github.c
 
 * Ron Raikes' routine to install FreePBX from GitHub: https://community.freepbx.org/t/asterisk-19-1-0-and-freepbx-install/81029/15
 
-In 2024, see also the official:
-
-* https://sangomakb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FP/pages/222101505/FreePBX+17[FreePBX 17] Installation Script (for Debian 12): https://github.com/FreePBX/sng_freepbx_debian_install
-* FreePBX 17 Installation: https://sangomakb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FP/pages/230326391/FreePBX+17+Installation
-* Step By Step Debian 12 Installation: https://sangomakb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FP/pages/295403538/Step+By+Step+Debian+12+Installation
-
 Thank you to _ALL_ who've contributed — including Lemuel D'Souza, Jerry Vonau, Adam Holt and Anish Mangal!

roles/pbx/defaults/main.yml

@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 
 
 asterisk_url: https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk
-asterisk_src_file: asterisk-22-current.tar.gz
+asterisk_src_file: asterisk-20-current.tar.gz
 asterisk_src_dir: "{{ iiab_base }}/asterisk"    # /opt/iiab
 
 # freepbx_url: https://mirror.freepbx.org/modules/packages/freepbx/7.4
 # freepbx_src_file: freepbx-16.0-latest.tgz    # 2022-05-25 #3228: Filename has become bogus (as it's not really the latest!)  Manually unpacking the latest .tar.gz for FreePBX 16.x from https://github.com/FreePBX/framework/tags to /opt/iiab/freepbx can work if absolutely nec.
 freepbx_git_url: https://github.com/FreePBX/framework
-freepbx_git_branch: release/17.0    # STILL IN FLUX AS OF FEB 2024: https://github.com/FreePBX/framework/tree/release/17.0
+freepbx_git_branch: release/16.0    # EMERGING OPTION AS OF MAY 2022: https://github.com/FreePBX/framework/tree/release/17.0
 freepbx_src_dir: "{{ iiab_base }}/freepbx"
 freepbx_install_dir: /var/www/html/freepbx
 

roles/pbx/tasks/asterisk.yml

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
     creates: menuselect.makeopts
 
 - name: Asterisk - Do a bit of menuselect configuration
-  command: menuselect/menuselect --enable format_mp3 menuselect.makeopts
-  # 2021-08-06 & 2023-11-19: Let's standardize (ABOVE) if 7 others (BELOW) aren't needed?
+  command: menuselect/menuselect --enable app_macro --enable format_mp3 menuselect.makeopts
+  # 2021-08-06: Let's standardize (ABOVE) if 6 others (BELOW) aren't needed?
   # command: >
   #   menuselect/menuselect --enable app_macro --enable format_mp3
   #   --enable CORE-SOUNDS-EN-WAV --enable CORE-SOUNDS-EN-G722

roles/pbx/tasks/freepbx.yml

@@ -256,22 +256,19 @@
   args:
     chdir: "{{ freepbx_src_dir }}"
     #creates: "{{ freepbx_install_dir }}"    # /var/www/html/freepbx
-  ignore_errors: yes    # 2024-02-25: UGLY / TEMPORARY WORKAROUND #1 OF 2, to bypass "You have successfully installed FreePBX" w/ exit code 1 -- https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3675#issuecomment-1890590227
 
 
 # 2022-05-25 BACKGROUND: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3229#issuecomment-1138061460
 - name: FreePBX - Revert the above just-installed FreePBX 'framework' module by a few weeks-or-so from GitHub's bleeding edge, to a more official version (which can help to install the ~15 modules below!)
   command: fwconsole ma downloadinstall framework
 
-# 2024-02-25: UGLY / TEMPORARY WORKAROUND #2 OF 2, to bypass... 'In DialplanHooks.class.php line 163: Undefined array key "DialplanHooks"' -- https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3675#issuecomment-1890590227
-## ERROR IF RUN BELOW: "Unable to connect to remote asterisk"
-#- name: FreePBX - Run 'fwconsole reload' - as an additional precaution, per Ron Raikes @ https://community.freepbx.org/t/asterisk-19-1-0-and-freepbx-install/81029/15
-#  command: fwconsole reload
+# ERROR IF RUN BELOW: "Unable to connect to remote asterisk"
+- name: FreePBX - Run 'fwconsole reload' - as an additional precaution, per Ron Raikes @ https://community.freepbx.org/t/asterisk-19-1-0-and-freepbx-install/81029/15
+  command: fwconsole reload
 
 # DEFAULT MODULE LIST AUG 2021: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/2916#issuecomment-894601522
 # YIELDS 2 MORE AS OF MAY 2022: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3229#issuecomment-1138566339
-# NOTHING CHANGED (?) FEB 2024: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3675#issuecomment-1963081323
-- name: FreePBX - Download + Install 15 additional FreePBX default modules (of about 70 total) as if we were installing freepbx-17.0-latest.tgz - THIS CAN TAKE SEVERAL MIN!
+- name: FreePBX - Download + Install 15 additional FreePBX default modules (of about 70 total) as if we were installing freepbx-16.0-latest.tgz - THIS CAN TAKE SEVERAL MIN!
   command: fwconsole ma downloadinstall callrecording cdr conferences core customappsreg dashboard featurecodeadmin infoservices logfiles music pm2 recordings sipsettings soundlang voicemail
 
 

roles/pbx/tasks/install.yml

@@ -22,21 +22,6 @@
 #   when: nodejs_version != "12.x"
 
 
-- name: "Set 'mysql_install: True' and 'mysql_enabled: True'"
-  set_fact:
-    mysql_install: True
-    mysql_enabled: True
-
-- name: MYSQL - run 'mysql' role (attempt to install & enable MySQL / MariaDB)
-  include_role:
-    name: mysql
-
-- name: FAIL (STOP THE INSTALL) IF 'mysql_installed is undefined'
-  fail:
-    msg: "PBX install cannot proceed, as MySQL / MariaDB is not installed."
-  when: mysql_installed is undefined
-
-
 - name: Record (initial) disk space used
   shell: df -B1 --output=used / | tail -1
   register: df1

roles/postgresql/tasks/install.yml

@@ -3,20 +3,14 @@
   register: df1
 
 
-- name: 'Install packages: postgresql, postgresql-client'
+- name: 'Install packages: postgresql, postgresql-client, python3-psycopg2'
   package:
     name:
       - postgresql
       - postgresql-client
-      #- python3-psycopg2    # For Ansible modules {postgresql_db, postgresql_user} in Ansible collection community.postgresql -- used in moodle/tasks/install.yml
+      - python3-psycopg2    # For Ansible modules {postgresql_db, postgresql_user} in Ansible collection community.postgresql -- used in moodle/tasks/install.yml
     state: present
 
-- name: pip install 'psycopg' (NEW Psycopg 3) into venv /usr/local/ansible -- for Ansible modules {postgresql_db, postgresql_user} in Ansible collection community.postgresql -- used in moodle/tasks/install.yml
-  pip:
-    name: psycopg
-    virtualenv: /usr/local/ansible
-    extra_args: "--upgrade --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary"    # 2023-10-01: Lifesaver when recent wheels (e.g. piwheels.org) are inevitably not yet built!  SEE #3560
-
 - name: Run shell command "pg_config --version" to extract MAJOR version number -- strip off MINOR/PATCH version number(s)
   shell: pg_config --version | sed 's/^[^0-9]*//; s/[^0-9].*//'
   register: pg_config_version

roles/pylibs/templates/iiab_lib.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import os
 import json
 import subprocess
 import shlex
-import re
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import iiab.iiab_const as CONST
 
@@ -47,17 +46,11 @@ def get_zim_list(path):
                 if filename in CONST.old_zim_map: # handle old names that don't parse
                     perma_ref = CONST.old_zim_map[filename]
                 else:
-                    # handle various zim name patterns:
-                    # 1. canonical zim ending in _YYYY-MM
-                    # as of 10/16/2024 it looks like all Kiwix zims fit this pattern
-                    # 2. otherwise assume no versioning and perma_ref = filename
-
-                    match = re.search("_[0-5][0-9][0-5][0-9]-[0-5][0-9]$", filename)
-                    if match:
-                        perma_ref = filename[: match.span()[0]]
-                    else:
-                        perma_ref = filename
-
+                    ulpos = filename.rfind("_")
+                    # but old gutenberg and some other names are not canonical
+                    if filename.rfind("-") < 0: # non-canonical name
+                        ulpos = filename[:ulpos].rfind("_")
+                    perma_ref = filename[:ulpos]
                 zim_info['file_name'] = filename
                 zim_versions[perma_ref] = zim_info # if there are multiples, last should win
     return files_processed, zim_versions

roles/remoteit/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Remote.it can be a [great way](https://docs.remote.it/introduction/get-started/readme) to remotely support an Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB).
 
-As of [2024](https://remote.it/pricing/), 5 IIAB devices can be managed for free (their personal / non-commercial plan) and larger numbers for $10+/month.
+As of [July 2023](https://remote.it/pricing/), 5 IIAB devices can be managed for free (their personal / non-commercial plan) and larger numbers for $10+/month.
 
 For other approaches, please see [FAQ.IIAB.IO](https://wiki.iiab.io/go/FAQ) -> "How can I remotely manage my Internet-in-a-Box?"
 

roles/sshd/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# sshd_install: True
+# sshd_install: True    # Required by OpenVPN
 # sshd_enabled: True
 
 # sshd_port: 22    # Not fully functional.  SEE: roles/sshd/tasks/install.yml

roles/sugarizer/defaults/main.yml

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 # All above are set in: github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/vars/default_vars.yml
 # If nec, change them by editing /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml prior to installing!
 
-sugarizer_dir_version: sugarizer-1.8.0    # WAS: sugarizer-1.0, sugarizer-master, sugarizer-1.1.0, sugarizer-1.2.0, sugarizer-1.3.0, sugarizer-1.4.0, sugarizer-1.5.0, sugarizer-1.6.0, sugarizer-1.7.0
-sugarizer_git_version: v1.8.0             # WAS: v1.0.1, master, v1.1.0, v1.2.0, v1.3.0, v1.4.0, v1.5.0, v1.6.0, v1.7.0
+sugarizer_dir_version: sugarizer-1.7.0    # WAS: sugarizer-1.0, sugarizer-master, sugarizer-1.1.0, sugarizer-1.2.0, sugarizer-1.3.0, sugarizer-1.4.0, sugarizer-1.5.0, sugarizer-1.6.0
+sugarizer_git_version: v1.7.0             # WAS: v1.0.1, master, v1.1.0, v1.2.0, v1.3.0, v1.4.0, v1.5.0, v1.6.0
 # PLEASE HELP MONITOR https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer/releases
 
 sugarizer_server_dir_version: sugarizer-server-1.5.0    # WAS: sugarizer-server-1.0, sugarizer-server-master, sugarizer-server-dev, sugarizer-server-1.1.0, sugarizer-server-1.1.1, sugarizer-server-1.2.0, sugarizer-server-1.3.0, sugarizer-server-1.4.0