improve startup sequence, fix the elastic key format

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # crazy-file-server
 
-*A heavy-duty web file browser for CRAZY files.*
+*A heavy-duty web file browser for cRaZy files.*
 
 The whole schtick of this program is that it caches the directory and file structures so that the server doesn't have to
 re-read the disk on every request. By doing the processing upfront when the server starts along with some background

src/api/helpers/HandleFileNotFound.go

@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ func HandleFileNotFound(relPath string, fullPath string, w http.ResponseWriter)
 		ReturnFake404Msg("path not found", w)
 		return nil
 	} else if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("HandleFileNotFound - crawl failed: %s", err)
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		Return500Msg(w)
+			ReturnFake404Msg("path not found", w)
+		} else {
+			log.Errorf("HandleFileNotFound - crawl failed: %s", err)
+			Return500Msg(w)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 

src/api/routes/Search.go

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func SearchFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	searchDuration := time.Since(searchStart).Round(time.Second)
+	searchDuration := time.Since(searchStart) // .Round(time.Second)
 	log.Debugf(`SEARCH - %s - Query: "%s" - Results: %d - Elapsed: %d`, logging.GetRealIP(r), queryString, len(results), searchDuration)
 
 	response := map[string]interface{}{

src/cache/crawler.go

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func startCrawl(wg *sync.WaitGroup, crawlerChan chan struct{}) {
 func logCacheStatus(msg string, ticker *time.Ticker, logFn func(format string, args ...interface{})) {
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 	for range ticker.C {
-		if !config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchSyncEnable {
+		if !config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchSyncEnable || InitialCrawlInProgress {
 			logStr := "%s - %d/%d items in the cache. Busy Workers: %d. Jobs queued: %d. Running crawls: %d."
 			logFn(logStr,
 				msg, len(SharedCache.Cache.Keys()), config.GetConfig().CacheSize, Workers.BusyWorkers, Workers.Queue.GetQueueSize(), DirectoryCrawler.GetTotalActiveCrawls())

src/crazyfs.go

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"net/http"
-	//_ "net/http/pprof" // for profiling
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -93,8 +92,38 @@ func main() {
 
 	log.Infof("Elasticsearch enabled: %t", cfg.ElasticsearchEnable)
 
-	if cfg.ElasticsearchSyncEnable {
+	// Start the Elastic connection so it can initialize while we're doing the initial crawl.
-		elastic.InitializeWorkers()
+	// If we fail to establish a connection to Elastic, don't kill the entire server. Instead, just disable Elastic.
+	if cfg.ElasticsearchEnable {
+		esCfg := elasticsearch.Config{
+			Addresses: []string{
+				cfg.ElasticsearchEndpoint,
+			},
+			APIKey: cfg.ElasticsearchAPIKey,
+		}
+		es, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(esCfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Error creating the Elasticsearch client: %s", err)
+			elastic.LogElasticQuit()
+			elastic.ElasticEnabled = false
+		} else {
+			elastic.ElasticClient = es
+			go func() {
+				// This could take a minute, so we do this in the background while we crawl.
+				elastic.EnableElasticsearchConnection()
+				for cache.InitialCrawlInProgress {
+					// Sleep while the initial crawl is running.
+					time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+				}
+				if !cliArgs.disableElasticSync || !cfg.ElasticsearchSyncEnable {
+					elastic.InitializeWorkers()
+					go elastic.SyncThread()
+					log.Info("Started the background Elasticsearch sync thread.")
+				} else {
+					log.Info("The background Elasticsearch sync thread is disabled.")
+				}
+			}()
+		}
 	}
 
 	Workers.InitializeWorkers()
@@ -103,7 +132,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Start the webserver before doing the long crawl
 	r := api.NewRouter()
-	//log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%s", cfg.HTTPPort), r))
 	go func() {
 		err := http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%s", cfg.HTTPPort), r)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -126,40 +154,7 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to start timed crawler process: %s", err)
 	}
-	log.Infoln("Started the timed crawler process")
+	log.Infof("Started the timed crawler process. Interval: %d", config.GetConfig().CrawlModeCrawlInterval)
-
-	if cfg.ElasticsearchEnable {
-		// If we fail to establish a connection to Elastic, don't kill the entire server.
-		// Instead, just disable Elastic.
-
-		esCfg := elasticsearch.Config{
-			Addresses: []string{
-				cfg.ElasticsearchEndpoint,
-			},
-			APIKey: cfg.ElasticsearchAPIKey,
-		}
-		es, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(esCfg)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("Error creating the Elasticsearch client: %s", err)
-			elastic.LogElasticQuit()
-			cfg.ElasticsearchEnable = false
-		} else {
-			elastic.ElasticClient = es
-
-			if cfg.ElasticsearchSyncEnable && !cliArgs.disableElasticSync {
-				go elastic.SyncThread()
-				log.Info("Started the background Elasticsearch sync thread.")
-			} else {
-				log.Info("The background Elasticsearch sync thread is disabled.")
-
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// For profiling
-	//go func() {
-	//	log.Println(http.ListenAndServe("0.0.0.0:6060", nil))
-	//}()
 
 	select {}
 }

src/elastic/ElasticDeleteQueue.go

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import "sync"
 // More or less like the other queue implementation.
 
 type DeleteJob struct {
-	Key string
+	Key  string
+	Path string
 }
 
 type DeleteJobQueue struct {

src/elastic/ElasticDeleteWorker.go

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ func worker() {
 		job := Queue.GetJob()
 		atomic.AddInt32(&BusyWorkers, 1)
 
-		if _, ok := SharedCache.Cache.Get(job.Key); !ok {
+		if _, ok := SharedCache.Cache.Get(job.Path); !ok {
 			// If a key in Elastic does not exist in the LRU cache, delete it from Elastic.
 			deleteFromElasticsearch(job.Key)
-			log.Debugf(`ELASTIC - Removed key "%s"`, job.Key)
+			log.Debugf(`ELASTIC - Removed path: "%s"`, job.Path)
 		}
 
 		atomic.AddInt32(&BusyWorkers, -1)

src/elastic/ElasticSyncThread.go

@@ -11,19 +11,18 @@ var Queue *DeleteJobQueue
 
 var syncLock sync.Mutex
 
-func SyncThread() {
+var ElasticEnabled bool
-	createCrazyfsIndex()
 
-	// Test connection to Elastic.
+func SyncThread() {
-	esSize, err := getElasticSize()
+	if !ElasticEnabled {
-	if err != nil {
+		LogElasticQuit()
-		logElasticConnError(err)
 		return
 	}
-	log.Infof(`ELASTIC - index "%s" contains %d items.`, config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchIndex, esSize)
+
+	createCrazyfsIndex()
 
 	// Run a partial sync at startup, unless configured to run a full one.
-	syncElasticsearch(false)
+	syncElasticsearch(config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchFullSyncOnStart)
 
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchSyncInterval) * time.Second)
 	fullSyncTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchFullSyncInterval) * time.Second)
@@ -41,6 +40,11 @@ func SyncThread() {
 // TODO: make this use workers instead of starting a million threads
 // TODO: have the workers exit when the sync job is finished
 func syncElasticsearch(doFullSync bool) {
+	if !ElasticEnabled {
+		log.Errorln("ELASTIC - disabled, not syncing.")
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Only one sync at a time. Also helps to prevent races with the global variables.
 	syncLock.Lock()
 
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ func syncElasticsearch(doFullSync bool) {
 	// Set global variables for the workers to read.
 	fullSync = doFullSync
 	var err error
-	existingKeys, err = getPathsFromIndex()
+	globalKeysByPath, globalPathsByKey, err = getPathsFromIndex()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("ELASTIC - Error retrieving keys from Elasticsearch: %s", err)
 		return
@@ -84,10 +88,21 @@ func syncElasticsearch(doFullSync bool) {
 
 func logElasticConnError(err error) {
 	log.Errorf("ELASTIC - Failed to read the index: %s", err)
-	LogElasticQuit()
+}
+
+func EnableElasticsearchConnection() {
+	// Test connection to Elastic.
+	esSize, err := getElasticSize()
+	if err != nil {
+		logElasticConnError(err)
+		ElasticEnabled = false
+		return
+	}
+	ElasticEnabled = true
+	log.Infof(`ELASTIC - Connected to index "%s". Contains %d items.`, config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchIndex, esSize)
 }
 
 func LogElasticQuit() {
+	ElasticEnabled = false
 	log.Errorln("ELASTIC - background thread exiting, Elastic indexing and search will not be available.")
-
 }

src/elastic/add.go

@@ -10,27 +10,31 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8/esapi"
 	"os"
-	"slices"
 )
 
 // existingKeys is a global variable called by the Walker callback: addToElasticsearch().
 // It is set only by syncElasticsearch() when a sync is started. Only one sync can run at a time.
 // A global is needed since there is no way to pass variables like this to the workers.
-var existingKeys []string
+var globalKeysByPath map[string]string
+var globalPathsByKey map[string]string
 
 // fullSync is another global variable accessed by the workers and set by syncElasticsearch()
 var fullSync bool
 
 func addToElasticsearch(fullPath string, info os.FileInfo, incomingErr error) error {
-	key := file.StripRootDir(fullPath)
+	relPath := file.StripRootDir(fullPath)
-	cacheItem, found := SharedCache.Cache.Get(key)
+	if !shouldExclude(relPath, config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchExcludePatterns) {
-	if !found {
+		cacheItem, found := SharedCache.Cache.Get(relPath)
-		log.Fatalf(`ELASTICSEARCH - Could not fetch item "%s" from the LRU cache!`, key)
+		if !found {
-	} else {
+			log.Warnf(`ELASTICSEARCH - Could not fetch item "%s" from the LRU cache! Deleting this item from Elastic. This error can probably be ignored.`, relPath)
-		if !shouldExclude(key, config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchExcludePatterns) {
+			deleteFromElasticsearch(relPath)
-			if fullSync {
+		} else {
-				preformAddToElasticsearch(cacheItem)
+			if _, ok := globalPathsByKey[relPath]; ok {
-			} else if !slices.Contains(existingKeys, key) {
+				// Item already exists.
+				if fullSync {
+					preformAddToElasticsearch(cacheItem)
+				}
+			} else {
 				preformAddToElasticsearch(cacheItem)
 			}
 		}
@@ -39,20 +43,24 @@ func addToElasticsearch(fullPath string, info os.FileInfo, incomingErr error) er
 }
 
 func preformAddToElasticsearch(item *CacheItem.Item) {
-	log.Debugf(`ELASTIC - Adding: "%s"`, item.Path)
+	preparedItem, err := prepareCacheItem(item)
-	prepareCacheItem(item)
-	data, err := json.Marshal(item)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Error marshaling item: %s", err)
+		log.Printf("ELASTIC - Error preparing new item: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
+
+	data, err := json.Marshal(preparedItem)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ELASTIC - Error marshaling new item: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	req := esapi.IndexRequest{
 		Index:      config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchIndex,
 		DocumentID: encodeToBase64(item.Path),
 		Body:       bytes.NewReader(data),
 		Refresh:    "true",
 	}
-
 	res, err := req.Do(context.Background(), ElasticClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("ELASTIC - Error getting response: %s", err)
@@ -67,15 +75,26 @@ func preformAddToElasticsearch(item *CacheItem.Item) {
 		}
 		log.Errorf(`ELASTIC - Error indexing document "%s" - Status code: %d - %s`, item.Path, res.StatusCode, e)
 	}
+
+	log.Debugf(`ELASTIC - Added: "%s"`, preparedItem.Path)
 }
 
 // prepareCacheItem is used to get an item ready to insert into Elastic.
-func prepareCacheItem(item *CacheItem.Item) {
+func prepareCacheItem(item *CacheItem.Item) (*CacheItem.Item, error) {
-	// We don't care about the children, and this field's length may cause issues.
+	resolvedItem := CacheItem.Item{
-	item.Children = nil
+		Path:      item.Path,
-
+		Name:      item.Name,
-	// The length of this one also may cause issues.
+		Size:      item.Size,
-	item.Content = ""
+		Extension: item.Extension,
-
+		Modified:  item.Modified,
-	// Don't need to return anything since `item` is a pointer.
+		Mode:      item.Mode,
+		IsDir:     item.IsDir,
+		IsSymlink: item.IsSymlink,
+		MimeType:  item.MimeType,
+		Encoding:  item.Encoding,
+		Children:  nil, // We don't care about the children, and this field's length may cause issues.
+		Content:   "",  // The length of this one also may cause issues.
+		Cached:    item.Cached,
+	}
+	return &resolvedItem, nil
 }

src/elastic/delete.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 func startRemoveStaleItemsFromElasticsearch() {
 	// Retrieve all keys from Elasticsearch
-	keys, err := getPathsFromIndex()
+	pathsByKey, _, err := getPathsFromIndex()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("ELASTIC - Error retrieving keys from Elasticsearch: %s", err)
 		return
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ func startRemoveStaleItemsFromElasticsearch() {
 	log.Debugln("ELASTIC - Checking for removed items...")
 
 	// For each key in Elasticsearch, create a job to check (and remove it if the key no longer exists in the cache).
-	for _, key := range keys {
+	for key, path := range pathsByKey {
-		go Queue.AddJob(DeleteJob{Key: key})
+		go Queue.AddJob(DeleteJob{Key: key, Path: path})
 	}
 }
 
 func deleteFromElasticsearch(key string) {
 	req := esapi.DeleteRequest{
 		Index:      config.GetConfig().ElasticsearchIndex,
-		DocumentID: encodeToBase64(key),
+		DocumentID: key,
 	}
 
 	res, err := req.Do(context.Background(), ElasticClient)

src/elastic/helpers.go

@@ -25,3 +25,12 @@ func encodeToBase64(s string) string {
 	// Used to encode key names to base64 since file paths aren't very Elastic-friendly.
 	return base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(s))
 }
+
+func decodeFromBase64(s string) (string, error) {
+	// Used to decode base64 encoded strings back to their original form.
+	data, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(data), nil
+}

src/elastic/list.go

@@ -11,20 +11,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getElasticSize() (int, error) {
-	esContents, err := getPathsFromIndex()
+	keysByPath, _, err := getPathsFromIndex()
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, nil
 	}
-	return len(esContents), nil
+	return len(keysByPath), nil
 }
 
-func getPathsFromIndex() ([]string, error) {
+func getPathsFromIndex() (map[string]string, map[string]string, error) {
 	// This may take a bit if the index is very large, so avoid calling this.
 
 	// Print a debug message so the user doesn't think we're frozen.
 	log.Debugln("ELASTIC - Fetching indexed paths from Elasticsearch...")
 
-	var paths []string
+	keysByPath := make(map[string]string)
+	pathsByKey := make(map[string]string)
 	var r map[string]interface{}
 
 	res, err := ElasticClient.Search(
@@ -35,13 +36,13 @@ func getPathsFromIndex() ([]string, error) {
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Error getting response: %s", err)
-		return nil, errors.New(msg)
+		return nil, nil, errors.New(msg)
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&r); err != nil {
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Error parsing the response body: %s", err)
-		return nil, errors.New(msg)
+		return nil, nil, errors.New(msg)
 	}
 
 	for {
@@ -55,10 +56,13 @@ func getPathsFromIndex() ([]string, error) {
 
 		// Iterate the document "hits" returned by API call
 		for _, hit := range hits {
-			doc := hit.(map[string]interface{})["_source"].(map[string]interface{})
+			hitMap := hit.(map[string]interface{})
+			doc := hitMap["_source"].(map[string]interface{})
 			path, ok := doc["path"].(string)
 			if ok {
-				paths = append(paths, path)
+				key := hitMap["_id"].(string)
+				pathsByKey[key] = path
+				keysByPath[path] = key
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -66,13 +70,13 @@ func getPathsFromIndex() ([]string, error) {
 		res, err = ElasticClient.Scroll(ElasticClient.Scroll.WithScrollID(scrollID), ElasticClient.Scroll.WithScroll(time.Minute))
 		if err != nil {
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Error getting response: %s", err)
-			return nil, errors.New(msg)
+			return nil, nil, errors.New(msg)
 		}
 		defer res.Body.Close()
 
 		if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&r); err != nil {
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Error getting response: %s", err)
-			return nil, errors.New(msg)
+			return nil, nil, errors.New(msg)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -83,9 +87,9 @@ func getPathsFromIndex() ([]string, error) {
 	clearScrollResponse, err := clearScrollRequest.Do(context.Background(), ElasticClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Error clearing scroll: %s", err)
-		return nil, errors.New(msg)
+		return nil, nil, errors.New(msg)
 	}
 	defer clearScrollResponse.Body.Close()
 
-	return paths, nil
+	return pathsByKey, keysByPath, nil
 }