biblio-uplift

TUI and CLI tool for upgrading Docker Compose-based services on remote servers via SSH.

Install

pip install .

Quick Start

# Launch the interactive TUI
biblio-uplift

# Run an upgrade from the CLI
biblio-uplift run itops-vaultwarden

# Run non-interactively (for cron/automation)
biblio-uplift run itops-vaultwarden --non-interactive

# Dry run (simulate without executing)
biblio-uplift run itops-vaultwarden --dry-run

# Run cleanup (prune docker resources, old logs)
biblio-uplift cleanup itops-vaultwarden

# Check server status
biblio-uplift status itops-vaultwarden

# Restore from a backup
biblio-uplift restore itops-vaultwarden
biblio-uplift restore itops-vaultwarden --backup 20260501-030000

# Resume an upgrade after reboot (if session was lost)
biblio-uplift resume

# Run upgrades on all projects sequentially
biblio-uplift run-all --non-interactive

# List available backups
biblio-uplift backup list itops-vaultwarden

# Update a single service (pull repo + recreate)
biblio-uplift service-update my-project haproxy

# Check/upgrade Docker Compose install method
biblio-uplift tool run itops-vaultwarden compose-version

# List available tools
biblio-uplift tool list

# Run a tool against a project
biblio-uplift tool run itops-vaultwarden pending-security-updates

# Manage configs
biblio-uplift config edit itops-vaultwarden
biblio-uplift config validate itops-vaultwarden
biblio-uplift config create my-project --host myhost.example.com --project-dir /opt/docker/my-project
biblio-uplift config delete my-project

# View history
biblio-uplift history --last 10

Screenshots

Dashboard

Upgrade Pipeline

Tools

Configuration

Project configs live in configs/ as YAML files. Each config defines a remote server and its Docker Compose project.

# List configured projects
biblio-uplift config list

# Show a project's config
biblio-uplift config show itops-vaultwarden

Config Fields

Hooks

Pre/post upgrade hooks are arbitrary shell commands executed on the remote server. They run as root (via sudo). Use them for things like:

pre_upgrade_hooks:
  - "systemctl stop ci-runner"
  - "/opt/scripts/notify-slack.sh 'Starting upgrade'"
post_upgrade_hooks:
  - "systemctl start ci-runner"
  - "/opt/scripts/notify-slack.sh 'Upgrade complete'"

Upgrade Pipeline

The upgrade runs these steps in order:

1. Preflight — SSH connectivity, disk space check, backup size estimation
2. Pre-hooks — Custom pre-upgrade commands
3. Backup files — Tar project dir + extra paths
4. Backup volumes — Export Docker volumes via alpine container
5. Backup cleanup — Remove old backups beyond retention count
6. Docker down — docker compose down
7. Git pull — Pull latest from remote
8. Docker pull — Pull latest images
9. OS update — apt-get update && upgrade && autoremove --purge
10. Reboot — Reboot and wait for SSH to come back
11. Docker up — docker compose up -d
12. Health check — Wait for containers healthy + HTTP checks
13. Post-hooks — Custom post-upgrade commands

On failure, completed steps are rolled back in reverse order (docker down → docker up, git pull → git checkout previous commit).

Cleanup Pipeline

1. Preflight — SSH connectivity check
2. Docker cleanup — Prune stopped containers, dangling images, unused volumes, build cache
3. Log cleanup — Truncate configured log files, vacuum journald

Set aggressive_prune: true in the cleanup config to remove all unused images (not just dangling) during cleanup.

TUI

Running biblio-uplift with no command launches the interactive terminal UI. It has 8 panels:

• Dashboard — Overview of all projects and their last run status
• Upgrade — Run upgrades interactively with live step progress
• Cleanup — Run cleanup pipelines with live output
• Server Status — View remote server health (disk, memory, uptime, containers)
• Backups — Browse and restore backups
• Config Editor — View and edit project configurations
• History — Browse past upgrade runs with filtering
• Tools — Security audits, log rotation, container management tools

CLI Flags

biblio-uplift [--debug] [--version] COMMAND

Global:
  --debug              Write verbose logs to logs/debug.log
  --version            Show version and exit

run PROJECT:
  --non-interactive    Skip confirmation prompts
  --skip-reboot        Skip the reboot step
  --skip-os-update     Skip OS package updates
  --skip-backup        Skip all backup steps
  --skip-git           Skip git pull
  --dry-run            Simulate without executing
  --no-hooks           Skip pre/post hooks
  --on-failure TEXT    Shell command to run on failure (overrides config)
  --start-from TEXT    Skip steps before this one (e.g. docker_pull)

cleanup PROJECT:
  --non-interactive    Skip confirmation prompts
  --dry-run            Show what would be done

restore PROJECT:
  --backup TEXT        Backup timestamp to restore (defaults to latest)
  --non-interactive    Skip confirmation prompts

resume:
  Resume an upgrade after reboot if the controlling session was lost.
  No options.

status PROJECT:
  Show current status of a project's remote server.
  No options.

backup list PROJECT:
  List available backups for a project.
  No options.

service-update PROJECT SERVICE:
  Pull repo and recreate a single service.
  --non-interactive    Skip confirmation prompts

tool list:
  List available tools by category.

tool run PROJECT TOOL_NAME:
  --dry-run            Preview what would happen
  --non-interactive    Skip confirmation prompts

run-all:
  --non-interactive    Skip confirmation prompts
  --skip-reboot        Skip the reboot step
  --skip-os-update     Skip OS package updates
  --dry-run            Simulate without executing
  --projects TEXT      Comma-separated project names (defaults to all)

config:
  config list          List all project configurations
  config show PROJECT  Show configuration details for a project
  config create NAME   Create a new project configuration
    --host TEXT          SSH hostname (required)
    --project-dir TEXT   Remote project directory (required)
    --ssh-user TEXT      SSH username
    --ssh-key TEXT       Path to SSH key
  config edit PROJECT  Open config in $EDITOR
  config validate PROJECT
                       Validate config by testing SSH, Docker, and paths
  config delete PROJECT
                       Delete a project configuration
    --non-interactive    Skip confirmation prompts

history:
  --project TEXT       Filter by project
  --last INTEGER       Show last N entries (default: 20)

Audit History

Every run is logged to logs/history.jsonl with timestamp, project, steps, outcomes, and duration. View with:

biblio-uplift history
biblio-uplift history --project my-project --last 5

Concurrent Run Protection

A file lock (/tmp/biblio-uplift-<project>.lock) prevents multiple upgrades of the same project from running simultaneously.

Exit Codes

Cron / Unattended Use

# Weekly upgrade of vaultwarden, Sundays at 3am
0 3 * * 0 cd /path/to/biblio-uplift && biblio-uplift run itops-vaultwarden --non-interactive --on-failure "curl -X POST https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOUR/WEBHOOK -d '{\"text\": \"Vaultwarden upgrade failed\"}' " >> logs/cron.log 2>&1

For unattended runs:

• Always use --non-interactive to skip confirmation prompts
• Set on_failure_cmd in config or use --on-failure for failure alerts
• Set maintenance_window in config to prevent accidental runs outside hours
• Monitor exit codes and logs/history.jsonl for audit trail

Development

pipx install --force .
biblio-uplift --debug run itops-vaultwarden --dry-run

Set ITOPS_UPGRADE_DIR to override the project root directory detection.