add IPC directory to rpm and deb packaging

add config verify step after all command line options have been processed

closes #366

package/debian/veilid-server/DEBIAN/postinst

@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ adduser --system --group veilid &>/dev/null || true
 mkdir -p /var/db/veilid-server/protected_store
 mkdir -p /var/db/veilid-server/table_store
 mkdir -p /var/db/veilid-server/block_store
+mkdir -p /var/db/veilid-server/ipc
 
 # Set permissions
 chown -R veilid:veilid /var/db/veilid-server
 chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server/protected_store
 chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server/table_store
 chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server/block_store
+chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server/ipc
 chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server
 
 chmod 755 /usr/bin/veilid-server

package/rpm/veilid-server/veilid-server.spec

@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ adduser --system -U veilid &>/dev/null || true
 mkdir -p /var/db/veilid-server/protected_store
 mkdir -p /var/db/veilid-server/table_store
 mkdir -p /var/db/veilid-server/block_store
+mkdir -p /var/db/veilid-server/ipc
 chown -R veilid:veilid /var/db/veilid-server
 chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server/protected_store
 chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server/table_store
 chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server/block_store 
+chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server/ipc
 chmod 0750 /var/db/veilid-server
 chmod 755 /usr/bin/veilid-server
 
@@ -57,3 +59,5 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Sun Jul 2 2023 TC <tc@veilid.org>
 - experimental RPM building
+* Sun Apr 28 2024 Christien Rioux <chris@veilid.org>
+- add ipc directory to installation

veilid-server/src/main.rs

@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ fn main() -> EyreResult<()> {
         .apply_subnode_index()
         .wrap_err("failed to apply subnode index")?;
 
+    // --- Verify Config ---
+    settings.verify()?;
+
     // --- Dump Config ---
     if args.dump_config {
         return serde_yaml::to_writer(std::io::stdout(), &*settings.read())

veilid-server/src/settings.rs

@@ -736,6 +736,25 @@ impl Settings {
             inner: Arc::new(RwLock::new(inner)),
         })
     }
+
+    pub fn verify(&self) -> EyreResult<()> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read();
+
+        cfg_if! {
+            if #[cfg(windows)] {
+                // no ipc setup for windows
+            } else {
+                if inner.client_api.ipc_enabled
+                    && !Self::get_or_create_private_directory(&inner.client_api.ipc_directory, true)
+                {
+                    bail!("unable to create default IPC directory");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn read(&self) -> RwLockReadGuard<SettingsInner> {
         self.inner.read()
     }
@@ -849,13 +868,13 @@ impl Settings {
     }
 
     #[allow(dead_code)]
-    fn get_or_create_default_directory(subpath: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    fn get_default_directory(subpath: &str) -> PathBuf {
         #[cfg(unix)]
         {
-            let globalpath = PathBuf::from("/var/db/veilid-server").join(subpath);
+            let globalpath = PathBuf::from("/var/db/veilid-server");
 
-            if Self::get_or_create_private_directory(&globalpath, true) {
+            if globalpath.exists() {
-                return globalpath;
+                return globalpath.join(subpath);
             }
         }
 
@@ -865,12 +884,7 @@ impl Settings {
             PathBuf::from("./")
         };
         ts_path.push(subpath);
-
+        ts_path
-        if Self::get_or_create_private_directory(&ts_path, true) {
-            return ts_path;
-        }
-
-        panic!("Failed to create private directory for '{}'", subpath);
     }
 
     pub fn get_default_ipc_directory() -> PathBuf {
@@ -878,7 +892,7 @@ impl Settings {
             if #[cfg(windows)] {
                 PathBuf::from(r"\\.\PIPE\veilid-server")
             } else {
-                Self::get_or_create_default_directory("ipc")
+                Self::get_default_directory("ipc")
             }
         }
     }