Standaloneupdaterdaemon -

if == " main ": main() Running as a Real Daemon | OS | Method | |----|--------| | Linux | Create systemd service: /etc/systemd/system/standaloneupdater.service | | Windows | Run as a Windows Service using NSSM or pywin32 | | macOS | Create a launchd plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ |

# 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")

download_update(remote["download_url"], package_path)

stop_main_app() apply_update(package_path) update_local_version("version": remote["version"]) restart_main_app() logging.info("Update completed successfully") standaloneupdaterdaemon

def fetch_remote_manifest(): resp = requests.get(CONFIG["manifest_url"], timeout=10) resp.raise_for_status() return resp.json()

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 update_local_version(new_version_info): with open(CONFIG["local_version_file"], "w") as f: json.dump(new_version_info, f, indent=2) def run_update_cycle(): try: local = get_local_version() remote = fetch_remote_manifest() if remote.get("version") == local.get("version"): logging.info("Already up to date") return if == " main ": main() Running as

[Unit] Description=Standalone Software Updater Daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/myapp/standalone_updater_daemon.py Restart=always User=daemon

#!/usr/bin/env python3 # standalone_updater_daemon.py import os import sys import time import json import hashlib import logging import subprocess import requests from pathlib import Path CONFIG = "manifest_url": "https://your-server.com/updates/manifest.json", "poll_interval_seconds": 3600, # 1 hour "local_version_file": "/opt/myapp/version.json", "install_directory": "/opt/myapp", "temp_download_dir": "/var/tmp/myapp_updates", "signature_public_key_path": "/opt/myapp/update_key.pub", "main_app_executable": "/opt/myapp/bin/myapp", "log_file": "/var/log/standaloneupdater.log" ---------- Logging ---------- logging.basicConfig( filename=CONFIG["log_file"], level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s" ) ---------- Helper Functions ---------- def get_local_version(): if not os.path.exists(CONFIG["local_version_file"]): return "version": "0.0.0" with open(CONFIG["local_version_file"]) as f: return json.load(f)

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 "w") as f: json.dump(new_version_info

def apply_update(package_path): # Example: unzip into install_directory import zipfile with zipfile.ZipFile(package_path, 'r') as zip_ref: zip_ref.extractall(CONFIG["install_directory"]) # Alternatively: run an installer .msi or .pkg logging.info("Update applied successfully")

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

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"])