Standaloneupdaterdaemon May 2026

except Exception as e: logging.exception("Update cycle failed") def main(): logging.info("Standalone Updater Daemon started") while True: run_update_cycle() time.sleep(CONFIG["poll_interval_seconds"])

def restart_main_app(): subprocess.Popen([CONFIG["main_app_executable"]], start_new_session=True)

def stop_main_app(): # Example: use pidfile or pkill try: subprocess.run(["pkill", "-f", CONFIG["main_app_executable"]], check=False) time.sleep(2) # give it time to exit except Exception as e: logging.warning(f"Could not stop main app: e") standaloneupdaterdaemon

def verify_signature(file_path, expected_signature_hex): # Simplified: compute SHA256 and compare with signed hash hasher = hashlib.sha256() with open(file_path, "rb") as f: for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b""): hasher.update(chunk) computed_hash = hasher.hexdigest() return computed_hash == expected_signature_hex

def download_update(url, dest_path): logging.info(f"Downloading update from url") r = requests.get(url, stream=True) with open(dest_path, "wb") as f: for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192): f.write(chunk) return dest_path except Exception as e: logging

download_update(remote["download_url"], package_path)

[Unit] Description=Standalone Software Updater Daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/myapp/standalone_updater_daemon.py Restart=always User=daemon stream=True) with open(dest_path

# Create temp dir Path(CONFIG["temp_download_dir"]).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) package_path = os.path.join(CONFIG["temp_download_dir"], "update_package.zip")