ready to debug 'gui/cloudflare'

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 run: build
 	# ./control-panel-dns >/tmp/witgui.log.stderr 2>&1
-	./control-panel-dns --debugger
+	./control-panel-dns
 
 install:
 	go install -v go.wit.com/control-panel-dns@latest

dnsLookupStatus.go

@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ type digStatus struct {
 	statusIPv6	string
 
 	parent	*gui.Node
-	window	*gui.Node
+	window	*gadgets.BasicWindow
 	group	*gui.Node
 	grid	*gui.Node
-	box	*gui.Node
 
 	summary		*gui.Node
 	status		*gadgets.OneLiner
@@ -93,15 +92,11 @@ func NewDigStatusWindow(p *gui.Node) *digStatus {
 	ds.ready = false
 	ds.hidden = true
 
-	ds.window = p.NewWindow("DNS Resolver Status")
+	ds.window = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(p, "DNS Resolver Status")
-	ds.window.Custom = func () {
+	ds.window.Hide()
-		ds.hidden = true
-		ds.window.Hide()
-	}
-	ds.box = ds.window.NewBox("hBox", true)
 
 	// summary of the current state of things
-	ds.summary = ds.box.NewGroup("Summary")
+	ds.summary = ds.window.Box().NewGroup("Summary")
 	g := ds.summary.NewGrid("LookupStatus", 2, 2)
 	g.Pad()
 
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ func NewDigStatusWindow(p *gui.Node) *digStatus {
 	ds.speedActual	= gadgets.NewOneLiner(g, "actual").Set("unknown")
 
 	// make the area to store the raw details
-	ds.details = ds.box.NewGroup("Details")
+	ds.details = ds.window.Box().NewGroup("Details")
 	ds.dsLocalhost		= NewDnsStatus(ds.details, "(localhost)", "127.0.0.1:53", "go.wit.com")
 	ds.dsLocalNetwork	= NewDnsStatus(ds.details, "(Local Network)", "172.22.0.1:53", "go.wit.com")
 	ds.dsCloudflare		= NewDnsStatus(ds.details, "(cloudflare)", "1.1.1.1:53", "go.wit.com")

go.mod

@@ -1,42 +1,3 @@
-module go.wit.com/control-panel-dns
+module go.wit.com/control-panels/dns
 
 go 1.21.4
-
-require (
-	github.com/Showmax/go-fqdn v1.0.0
-	github.com/alexflint/go-arg v1.4.3
-	github.com/creack/pty v1.1.21
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
-	github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.4.0
-	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.57
-	github.com/rs/dnstrace v1.4.1
-	go.wit.com/gui v0.9.2
-	go.wit.com/shell v0.0.0-20231220210920-25715e30ee82
-	golang.org/x/term v0.15.0
-)
-
-require (
-	github.com/alexflint/go-scalar v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20191104093116-d3cd4ed1dbcf // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
-	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2 // indirect
-	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1 // indirect
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
-	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/svent/go-nbreader v0.0.0-20150201200112-7cef48da76dc // indirect
-	github.com/tmc/scp v0.0.0-20170824174625-f7b48647feef // indirect
-	github.com/wercker/journalhook v0.0.0-20230927020745-64542ffa4117 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 // indirect
-)

go.sum

@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
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gui.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import 	(
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"strconv"
-	"net"
+//	"net"
 	"strings"
 
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -15,19 +15,17 @@ import 	(
 	"go.wit.com/gui/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/gui/gadgets"
 	"go.wit.com/gui/cloudflare"
+	"go.wit.com/gui/debugger"
 )
 
 // This setups up the dns control panel window
 func setupControlPanelWindow() {
-	me.window = myGui.NewWindow("DNS and IPv6 Control Panel")
-	// me.window.Dump() // will dump out some info
-
 	log.Info("artificial sleep of:", me.artificialSleep)
 	log.Sleep(me.artificialSleep)
 
 	// setup the main tab
-	dnsTab("DNS")
+	mainWindow("DNS and IPv6 Control Panel")
-	detailsTab("Details")
+	detailsTab("OS Details")
 	debugTab("Debug")
 
 	// me.digStatus = NewDigStatusWindow(me.window)
@@ -36,9 +34,8 @@ func setupControlPanelWindow() {
 func detailsTab(title string) {
 	var g2 *gui.Node
 
-	tab := me.window.NewTab(title)
+	me.details = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(me.myGui, title)
-
+	g2 = me.details.Box().NewGroup("Real Stuff")
-	g2 = tab.NewGroup("Real Stuff")
 
 	grid := g2.NewGrid("gridnuts", 2, 2)
 
@@ -71,97 +68,38 @@ func detailsTab(title string) {
 	grid.NewLabel("refresh speed")
 	me.LocalSpeedActual = grid.NewLabel("unknown")
 
-	tab.Margin()
-	tab.Pad()
-
 	grid.Margin()
 	grid.Pad()
+
+	me.details.Hide()
 }
 
 func debugTab(title string) {
 	var g2 *gui.Node
 
-	tab := me.window.NewTab(title)
+	me.debug = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(me.myGui, title)
 
-	g2 = tab.NewGroup("Real Stuff")
+	g2 = me.debug.Box().NewGroup("Real Stuff")
 
-	g2.NewButton("Network Interfaces", func () {
+	g2.NewButton("GO GUI Debug Window", func () {
-		for i, t := range me.ifmap {
+		debugger.DebugWindow(me.myGui)
-			log.Println("name =", t.iface.Name)
-			log.Println("int =", i, "name =", t.name, t.iface)
-			log.Println("iface = " + t.iface.Name)
-		}
 	})
 
-	g2.NewButton("Hostname", func () {
+	g2.NewButton("getHostname() looks at the OS settings", func () {
 		getHostname()
 	})
 
-	g2.NewButton("Actual AAAA & A", func () {
-		displayDNS() // doesn't re-query anything
-	})
-
 	g2.NewButton("dig A & AAAA DNS records", func () {
 		log.Println("updateDNS()")
 		updateDNS()
 	})
 
-	g2.NewButton("checkDNS:", func () {
-		ipv6s, ipv4s := checkDNS()
-		for s, _ := range ipv6s {
-			log.Log(NOW, "check if", s, "is in DNS")
-		}
-		for s, _ := range ipv4s {
-			log.Log(NOW, "check if", s, "is in DNS")
-		}
-	})
-
-	g2.NewButton("os.User()", func () {
-		user, _ := user.Current()
-		log.Println("os.Getuid =", user.Username, os.Getuid())
-		if (me.uid != nil) {
-			me.uid.SetText(user.Username + " (" + strconv.Itoa(os.Getuid()) + ")")
-		}
-	})
-
 	g2.NewButton("dig +trace", func () {
 		o := shell.Run("dig +trace +noadditional DS " + me.hostname + " @8.8.8.8")
 		log.Println(o)
 	})
 
-	g2.NewButton("Example_listLink()", func () {
+	g2 = me.debug.Box().NewGroup("debugging options")
-		Example_listLink()
-	})
-
-	g2.NewButton("Escalate()", func () {
-		Escalate()
-	})
-
-	g2.NewButton("LookupAddr(<raw ipv6>) == fire from /etc/hosts", func () {
-		host, err := net.LookupAddr("2600:1700:afd5:6000:b26e:bfff:fe80:3c52")
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		log.Println("host =", host)
-	})
-
-	g2.NewButton("DumpPublicDNSZone(apple.com)", func () {
-		DumpPublicDNSZone("apple.com")
-		dumpIPs("www.apple.com")
-	})
-
-	g2 = tab.NewGroup("debugging options")
-
-	// DEBUG flags
-	me.dbNet = g2.NewCheckbox("turn on network debugging)")
-	me.dbNet.Custom = func() {
-		log.Warn("TODO: re-implement")
-	}
-
-	me.dbProc = g2.NewCheckbox("turn on /proc debugging)")
-	me.dbProc.Custom = func() {
-		log.Warn("TODO: re-implement")
-	}
 
 	// makes a slider widget
 	me.ttl = gadgets.NewDurationSlider(g2, "Loop Timeout", 10 * time.Millisecond, 5 * time.Second)
@@ -173,6 +111,8 @@ func debugTab(title string) {
 
 	g2.Margin()
 	g2.Pad()
+
+	me.debug.Hide()
 }
 
 // will return a AAAA value that needs to be deleted
@@ -244,11 +184,10 @@ func myDefaultExit(n *gui.Node) {
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
 
-func dnsTab(title string) {
+func mainWindow(title string) {
-	tab := me.window.NewTab(title)
+	me.window = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(me.myGui, title)
-
-	me.mainStatus = tab.NewGroup("dns update")
 
+	me.mainStatus = me.window.Box().NewGroup("dns update")
 	grid := me.mainStatus.NewGrid("gridnuts", 2, 2)
 
 	grid.SetNext(1,1)
@@ -263,77 +202,32 @@ func dnsTab(title string) {
 	grid.NewLabel("DNS A =")
 	me.DnsA = grid.NewLabel("?")
 
-	me.fix = me.mainStatus.NewButton("Fix", func () {
+	me.digStatus = NewDigStatusWindow(me.myGui)
-		if (goodHostname(me.hostname)) {
+	me.hostnameStatus = NewHostnameStatusWindow(me.myGui)
-			log.Info("hostname is good:", me.hostname)
-		} else {
-			log.Warn("FIX: you need to fix your hostname here", me.hostname)
-			return
-		}
-		// check to see if the cloudflare window exists
-		/*
-		if (me.cloudflareW != nil) {
-			newRR.NameNode.SetText(me.hostname)
-			newRR.TypeNode.SetText("AAAA")
-			for s, t := range me.ipmap {
-				if (t.IsReal()) {
-					if (t.ipv6) {
-						newRR.ValueNode.SetText(s)
-						cloudflare.CreateCurlRR()
-						return
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			cloudflare.CreateCurlRR()
-			return
-		} else {
-		// nsupdate()
-		// me.fixProc.Disable()
-		}
-		*/
-	})
-	me.fix.Disable()
 
-	me.digStatusButton = me.mainStatus.NewButton("Resolver Status", func () {
+	me.hostnameStatusButton = me.mainStatus.NewButton("Fix hostname DNS", func () {
-		if (me.digStatus == nil) {
+		me.hostnameStatus.window.Toggle()
-			log.Info("drawing the digStatus window START")
-			me.digStatus = NewDigStatusWindow(myGui)
-			log.Info("drawing the digStatus window END")
-			me.digStatusButton.SetText("Hide DNS Lookup Status")
-			me.digStatus.Update()
-			return
-		}
-		if me.digStatus.hidden {
-			me.digStatusButton.SetText("Hide Resolver Status")
-			me.digStatus.Show()
-			me.digStatus.Update()
-		} else {
-			me.digStatusButton.SetText("Resolver Status")
-			me.digStatus.Hide()
-		}
-	})
-	me.hostnameStatusButton = me.mainStatus.NewButton("Show hostname DNS Status", func () {
-		if (me.hostnameStatus == nil) {
-			me.hostnameStatus = NewHostnameStatusWindow(myGui)
-			me.hostnameStatusButton.SetText("Hide " + me.hostname + " DNS Status")
-			me.hostnameStatus.Update()
-			return
-		}
-		if me.hostnameStatus.hidden {
-			me.hostnameStatusButton.SetText("Hide " + me.hostname + " DNS Status")
-			me.hostnameStatus.Show()
-			me.hostnameStatus.Update()
-		} else {
-			me.hostnameStatusButton.SetText("Show " + me.hostname + " DNS Status")
-			me.hostnameStatus.Hide()
-		}
 	})
 
 	grid.Margin()
 	grid.Pad()
 
-	statusGrid(tab)
+	statusGrid(me.window.Box())
 
+	gr := me.window.Box().NewGroup("debugging")
+	gr.NewButton("GO GUI Debugger", func () {
+		debugger.DebugWindow(me.myGui)
+	})
+	gr.NewButton("OS Details", func () {
+		me.details.Toggle()
+	})
+	gr.NewButton("DNS Debug", func () {
+		me.debug.Toggle()
+	})
+	gr.NewButton("Resolver Status", func () {
+		if ! me.digStatus.Ready() {return}
+		me.digStatus.window.Toggle()
+	})
 }
 
 func statusGrid(n *gui.Node) {

hostname.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func getHostname() {
 			log.Log(CHANGE, "me.cloudflare == nil; me.DnsAPI.S =", me.DnsAPI.S)
 			if (me.DnsAPI.S == "cloudflare") {
 				me.cloudflareB = me.mainStatus.NewButton("cloudflare wit.com", func () {
-					cloudflare.CreateRR(myGui, "wit.com", "3777302ac4a78cd7fa4f6d3f72086d06")
+					cloudflare.CreateRR(me.myGui, "wit.com", "3777302ac4a78cd7fa4f6d3f72086d06")
 				})
 			}
 		}

hostnameStatus.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type hostnameStatus struct {
 
 	hostname	string // my hostname. Example: "test.wit.com"
 
-	window	*gui.Node
+	window		*gadgets.BasicWindow
 
 	// Primary Directives
 	status		*gadgets.OneLiner
@@ -62,13 +62,10 @@ func NewHostnameStatusWindow(p *gui.Node) *hostnameStatus {
 	hs.hidden = true
 	hs.hostname = me.hostname
 
-	hs.window = p.NewWindow( hs.hostname + " Status")
+	hs.window = gadgets.NewBasicWindow(p, hs.hostname + " Status")
-	hs.window.Custom = func () {
+	hs.window.Hide()
-		hs.hidden = true
+
-		hs.window.Hide()
+	group := hs.window.Box().NewGroup("Summary")
-	}
-	box := hs.window.NewBox("hBox", true)
-	group := box.NewGroup("Summary")
 	grid := group.NewGrid("LookupStatus", 2, 2)
 
 	hs.status	= gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "status").Set("unknown")
@@ -78,7 +75,7 @@ func NewHostnameStatusWindow(p *gui.Node) *hostnameStatus {
 	group.Pad()
 	grid.Pad()
 
-	group = box.NewGroup("Details")
+	group = hs.window.Box().NewGroup("Details")
 	grid = group.NewGrid("LookupDetails", 2, 2)
 
 	hs.hostShort	= gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "hostname -s")
@@ -96,12 +93,12 @@ func NewHostnameStatusWindow(p *gui.Node) *hostnameStatus {
 	group.Pad()
 	grid.Pad()
 
-	group = box.NewGroup("Actions")
+	group = hs.window.Box().NewGroup("Actions")
 	grid = group.NewGrid("LookupDetails", 2, 2)
 
 	hs.dnsValue	= grid.NewLabel("3.4.5.6")
 	hs.dnsAction	= grid.NewButton("CHECK",  func () {
-		log.Info("should", hs.dnsAction.S, "here for", hs.dnsValue.S)
+		log.Warn("should", hs.dnsAction.S, "here for", hs.dnsValue.S)
 		if (hs.dnsAction.S == "DELETE") {
 			hs.deleteDNSrecord(hs.dnsValue.S)
 		}
@@ -148,7 +145,7 @@ func (hs *hostnameStatus) createDNSrecord(value string) bool {
 	log.Info("createDNSrecord() DNS API Provider =", hs.API())
 
 	if (hs.API() == "cloudflare") {
-		log.Info("createDNSrecord() Try to delete via cloudflare")
+		log.Warn("createDNSrecord() Try to delete via cloudflare:", me.hostname, value)
 		return cloudflare.Create(hs.Domain(), me.hostname, value)
 	}
 	return false

main.go

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import 	(
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 )
 
-var myGui *gui.Node
-
 //go:embed plugins/*.so
 var resToolkit embed.FS
 
@@ -41,14 +39,14 @@ func main() {
 	// send all log() output to a file in /tmp
 	log.SetTmp()
 
-	myGui = gui.New().Default()
+	me.myGui = gui.New().Default()
 
 	log.Sleep(me.artificialSleep)
 	setupControlPanelWindow()
 
 	if debugger.ArgDebug() {
 		log.Sleep(2)
-		debugger.DebugWindow(myGui)
+		debugger.DebugWindow(me.myGui)
 	}
 
 	// forever monitor for network and dns changes

structs.go

@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ type Host struct {
 	ipv4s		map[string]dns.RR
 	ipv6s		map[string]dns.RR
 
-	window		*gui.Node		// the main window
+	window		*gadgets.BasicWindow	// the main window
+	details		*gadgets.BasicWindow	// more details of the DNS state
+	debug		*gadgets.BasicWindow	// more attempts to debug the DNS state
+
 	tab		*gui.Node		// the main dns tab
 	notes		*gui.Node		// using this to put notes here
 
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ type Host struct {
 
 	hostnameStatus		*hostnameStatus
 	hostnameStatusButton	*gui.Node
+
+	myDebug			*gui.Node
+	myGui			*gui.Node
 }
 
 type IPtype struct {