A few more tweaks for an initial deploy

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ RUN DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=takahe.settings.development python3 manage.py collect
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
+# Set some sensible defaults
+ENV GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS="--workers 8"
+
 CMD ["sh", "/takahe/docker/start.sh"]

docker/start.sh

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 python3 manage.py migrate
 
-exec gunicorn takahe.wsgi:application -w 8 -b 0.0.0.0:8000
+exec gunicorn takahe.wsgi:application -b 0.0.0.0:8000

static/css/style.css

@@ -608,6 +608,10 @@ form .button:hover {
 
 /* Logged out homepage */
 
+.about p {
+    margin: 0 0 15px 0;
+}
+
 .about img.banner {
     width: calc(100% + 30px);
     height: auto;

stator/management/commands/runstator.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from stator.runner import StatorRunner
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
-    help = "Runs a Stator runner for a short period"
+    help = "Runs a Stator runner"
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument(
@@ -20,9 +20,30 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             default=30,
             help="How many tasks to run at once",
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--liveness-file",
+            type=str,
+            default=None,
+            help="A file to touch at least every 30 seconds to say the runner is alive",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--schedule-interval",
+            "-s",
+            type=int,
+            default=30,
+            help="How often to run cleaning and scheduling",
+        )
         parser.add_argument("model_labels", nargs="*", type=str)
 
-    def handle(self, model_labels: List[str], concurrency: int, *args, **options):
+    def handle(
+        self,
+        model_labels: List[str],
+        concurrency: int,
+        liveness_file: str,
+        schedule_interval: int,
+        *args,
+        **options
+    ):
         # Cache system config
         Config.system = Config.load_system()
         # Resolve the models list into names
@@ -34,5 +55,10 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             models = StatorModel.subclasses
         print("Running for models: " + " ".join(m._meta.label_lower for m in models))
         # Run a runner
-        runner = StatorRunner(models, concurrency=concurrency)
+        runner = StatorRunner(
+            models,
+            concurrency=concurrency,
+            liveness_file=liveness_file,
+            schedule_interval=schedule_interval,
+        )
         async_to_sync(runner.run)()

stator/runner.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import datetime
 import time
 import traceback
 import uuid
-from typing import List, Type
+from typing import List, Optional, Type
 
 from django.utils import timezone
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from stator.models import StatorModel
 class StatorRunner:
     """
     Runs tasks on models that are looking for state changes.
-    Designed to run in a one-shot mode, living inside a request.
+    Designed to run for a determinate amount of time, and then exit.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -21,31 +21,36 @@ class StatorRunner:
         models: List[Type[StatorModel]],
         concurrency: int = 50,
         concurrency_per_model: int = 10,
-        run_period: int = 60,
-        wait_period: int = 30,
+        liveness_file: Optional[str] = None,
+        schedule_interval: int = 30,
+        lock_expiry: int = 300,
     ):
         self.models = models
         self.runner_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
         self.concurrency = concurrency
         self.concurrency_per_model = concurrency_per_model
-        self.run_period = run_period
-        self.total_period = run_period + wait_period
+        self.liveness_file = liveness_file
+        self.schedule_interval = schedule_interval
+        self.lock_expiry = lock_expiry
 
     async def run(self):
-        start_time = time.monotonic()
         self.handled = 0
+        self.last_clean = time.monotonic() - self.schedule_interval
         self.tasks = []
-        # Clean up old locks
-        print("Running initial cleaning and scheduling")
-        initial_tasks = []
-        for model in self.models:
-            initial_tasks.append(model.atransition_clean_locks())
-            initial_tasks.append(model.atransition_schedule_due())
-        await asyncio.gather(*initial_tasks)
         # For the first time period, launch tasks
         print("Running main task loop")
-        while (time.monotonic() - start_time) < self.run_period:
+        try:
+            while True:
+                # Do we need to do cleaning?
+                if (time.monotonic() - self.last_clean) >= self.schedule_interval:
+                    print(f"{self.handled} tasks processed so far")
+                    print("Running cleaning and scheduling")
                     self.remove_completed_tasks()
+                    for model in self.models:
+                        asyncio.create_task(model.atransition_clean_locks())
+                        asyncio.create_task(model.atransition_schedule_due())
+                    self.last_clean = time.monotonic()
+                # Calculate space left for tasks
                 space_remaining = self.concurrency - len(self.tasks)
                 # Fetch new tasks
                 for model in self.models:
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ class StatorRunner:
                             number=min(space_remaining, self.concurrency_per_model),
                             lock_expiry=(
                                 timezone.now()
-                            + datetime.timedelta(seconds=(self.total_period * 2) + 60)
+                                + datetime.timedelta(seconds=self.lock_expiry)
                             ),
                         ):
                             self.tasks.append(
@@ -64,9 +69,10 @@ class StatorRunner:
                             space_remaining -= 1
                 # Prevent busylooping
                 await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
-        # Then wait for tasks to finish
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            # Wait for tasks to finish
             print("Waiting for tasks to complete")
-        while (time.monotonic() - start_time) < self.total_period:
+            while True:
                 self.remove_completed_tasks()
                 if not self.tasks:
                     break

stator/views.py

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden
-from django.views import View
-
-from stator.models import StatorModel
-from stator.runner import StatorRunner
-
-
-class RequestRunner(View):
-    """
-    Runs a Stator runner within a HTTP request. For when you're on something
-    serverless.
-    """
-
-    async def get(self, request):
-        # Check the token, if supplied
-        if settings.STATOR_TOKEN:
-            if request.GET.get("token") != settings.STATOR_TOKEN:
-                return HttpResponseForbidden()
-        # Run on all models
-        runner = StatorRunner(StatorModel.subclasses)
-        handled = await runner.run()
-        return HttpResponse(f"Handled {handled}")

takahe/urls.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from django.views.static import serve
 
 from activities.views import posts, search, timelines
 from core import views as core
-from stator import views as stator
 from users.views import activitypub, admin, auth, follows, identity, settings
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -110,8 +109,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path(".well-known/host-meta", activitypub.HostMeta.as_view()),
     path(".well-known/nodeinfo", activitypub.NodeInfo.as_view()),
     path("nodeinfo/2.0/", activitypub.NodeInfo2.as_view()),
-    # Task runner
-    path(".stator/runner/", stator.RequestRunner.as_view()),
     # Django admin
     path("djadmin/", djadmin.site.urls),
     # Media files

users/views/admin/settings.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class BasicSettings(AdminSettingsPage):
         },
         "site_about": {
             "title": "About This Site",
-            "help_text": "Displayed on the homepage and the about page",
+            "help_text": "Displayed on the homepage and the about page.\nNewlines are preserved; HTML also allowed.",
             "display": "textarea",
         },
         "site_icon": {
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ class BasicSettings(AdminSettingsPage):
             "help_text": "Shown above the signup form",
             "display": "textarea",
         },
+        "restricted_usernames": {
+            "title": "Restricted Usernames",
+            "help_text": "Usernames that only admins can register for identities. One per line.",
+            "display": "textarea",
+        },
     }
 
     layout = {
@@ -79,5 +84,5 @@ class BasicSettings(AdminSettingsPage):
         ],
         "Signups": ["signup_allowed", "signup_invite_only", "signup_text"],
         "Posts": ["post_length"],
-        "Identities": ["identity_max_per_user"],
+        "Identities": ["identity_max_per_user", "restricted_usernames"],
     }