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Problem

OpenConnector currently needs a Node.js checkout to self-host. A nibrun deployment needs one executable that stays within the 256 MiB memory limit, preserves runtime data across updates, and does not leak extracted assets until the volume fills.

What this changes

  • Builds one Linux x86-64 glibc executable with Bun, embedding the generated provider catalog, database migrations, and web console.
  • Materializes embedded assets into one owned, replaceable directory under NIBRUN_DATA_DIR; SQLite and PostgreSQL both consume the extracted migration tree.
  • Reads NIBRUN_HTTP_PORT, NIBRUN_DATA_DIR, and NIBRUN_HOSTNAME directly while preserving explicit OpenConnector overrides.
  • Keeps action schemas file-backed behind a bounded LRU cache so the 1,462-provider catalog fits comfortably within the platform memory budget.
  • Adds a repeatable CLI deployment command and a README deploy button backed by the upstream rolling release.
  • Builds and boots the real Linux artifact in pull-request CI, then publishes it only after successful main-branch checks.

Verification

  • npm run fix-check
  • npm test: 177 files passed, 1 skipped; 1,725 tests passed, 4 skipped
  • npm run build:binary: produced a 157.3 MiB Linux x86-64 ELF
  • Live nibrun deployment reached a healthy state under the 256 MiB plan without accumulating restart-time asset copies

Operational notes

Public deployments require stable OOMOL_CONNECT_ENCRYPTION_KEY, OOMOL_CONNECT_ADMIN_TOKEN, and OOMOL_CONNECT_RUNTIME_TOKEN values. Losing the encryption key makes persisted encrypted credentials unreadable.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for building and running OpenConnector as a standalone Linux binary, including the web console, provider catalog, and database migrations.
    • Added one-step deployment to nibrun, with automatic app detection or creation and deployment secret handling.
    • Standalone deployments now support configurable hostname, port, public origin, and data directory settings.
  • Documentation

    • Added standalone binary deployment instructions and a README deployment button.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved runtime handling of bundled assets and custom database migration locations.

Walkthrough

The pull request adds Linux x86-64 standalone binary packaging and nibrun deployment. Bun embeds the catalog, migrations, and web console. The server materializes these assets at startup and removes them on shutdown. Nibrun environment variables configure the port, hostname, public origin, and data directory. PostgreSQL and SQLite accept custom migration directories. Catalog schemas now load lazily through an eight-file LRU cache. CI builds, smoke-tests, and publishes the binary.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CI
  participant build_binary
  participant OpenConnector
  participant HealthEndpoint
  CI->>build_binary: build standalone Linux binary
  build_binary-->>CI: return executable
  CI->>OpenConnector: start with isolated runtime settings
  OpenConnector->>HealthEndpoint: expose health endpoint
  CI->>HealthEndpoint: poll readiness
  HealthEndpoint-->>CI: return health status
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sequenceDiagram
  participant README
  participant nibrun
  participant deploy_nibrun
  participant OpenConnector
  README->>nibrun: open deployment flow
  nibrun->>deploy_nibrun: invoke deployment command
  deploy_nibrun->>OpenConnector: deploy binary with secrets
  OpenConnector-->>nibrun: run with NIBRUN configuration
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to ba231

The single-binary deployment can fail to apply custom database migrations, resolve migration files from the wrong directory, and allow concurrent instances to delete each other’s runtime assets, causing startup or runtime failures. These merge-blocking deployment and availability risks should be fixed before merging.

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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title uses the required <type>(<scope>): <subject> format with the optional scope omitted. feat accurately describes the new nibrun binary deployment capability.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the nibrun binary packaging, asset materialization, deployment tooling, CI changes, memory constraints, verification, and operational requirements.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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In `@src/server/standalone-assets.ts`:
- Line 44: Update the standalone asset materialization flow around assetRoot to
use a unique, process-specific directory under the configured parent instead of
the fixed .open-connector-assets path. Ensure startup cleanup removes only
verified stale instance directories, and disposal removes only the current
process’s directory so concurrent processes cannot delete one another’s catalog,
migration, or static assets.

In `@src/server/storage/postgres-migrations.ts`:
- Line 94: Update PostgresMigrationOptions and the migratePostgresDatabase flow
to accept and use migrationDirectory when calling readPostgresMigrations, then
pass the same configured directory from the migration command instead of falling
back to the default. Ensure validation and execution load migrations from the
identical runtime directory.
- Line 117: Preserve URL directory semantics by normalizing URL-valued migration
bases to include a trailing slash before resolving filenames with new URL. Apply
this to the readFileSync path in src/server/storage/postgres-migrations.ts:117
and the corresponding resolution in
src/server/storage/sqlite-runtime-store.ts:685; string-directory handling should
remain unchanged.

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  • src/catalog-store.test.ts
  • src/catalog-store.ts
  • src/server/index.ts
  • src/server/standalone-assets.test.ts
  • src/server/standalone-assets.ts
  • src/server/storage/node-runtime-database.ts
  • src/server/storage/postgres-migrations.ts
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const assetRoot = join(options.materializationParentDirectory ?? tmpdir(), ".open-connector-assets");

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Use an instance-specific materialization directory.

Line 44 uses one fixed directory and deletes it before each extraction. src/server/index.ts passes dataDir as the parent. Two processes that share NIBRUN_DATA_DIR can delete each other’s catalog, migration, and static assets. An older process can also delete the newer process assets during dispose(). Lazy catalog schema reads can then fail after startup.

Use a unique active directory per process. Remove only verified stale directories during startup.

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In `@src/server/standalone-assets.ts` at line 44, Update the standalone asset
materialization flow around assetRoot to use a unique, process-specific
directory under the configured parent instead of the fixed
.open-connector-assets path. Ensure startup cleanup removes only verified stale
instance directories, and disposal removes only the current process’s directory
so concurrent processes cannot delete one another’s catalog, migration, or
static assets.

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pool: Pool,
directory: string | URL = migrationDirectory,
): Promise<void> {
const migrations = readPostgresMigrations(directory);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Pass the configured directory to PostgreSQL migration execution.

Line 94 validates migrations from directory. migratePostgresDatabase still loads the default directory at Line 35. A custom migration can therefore remain unapplied after npm run runtime:migrate, and startup will reject the database as missing that migration.

Add migrationDirectory to PostgresMigrationOptions, pass it to readPostgresMigrations, and forward the same runtime setting into the migration command.

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In `@src/server/storage/postgres-migrations.ts` at line 94, Update
PostgresMigrationOptions and the migratePostgresDatabase flow to accept and use
migrationDirectory when calling readPostgresMigrations, then pass the same
configured directory from the migration command instead of falling back to the
default. Ensure validation and execution load migrations from the identical
runtime directory.

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.map((name) => ({
name,
sql: readFileSync(new URL(name, migrationDirectory), "utf8"),
sql: readFileSync(typeof directory === "string" ? join(directory, name) : new URL(name, directory), "utf8"),

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Preserve directory semantics for URL migration bases. When directory is a URL without a trailing /, new URL(name, directory) resolves name against the parent path instead of the selected directory. Normalize the URL base before resolving files in src/server/storage/postgres-migrations.ts:117 and src/server/storage/sqlite-runtime-store.ts:685.

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In `@src/server/storage/postgres-migrations.ts` at line 117, Preserve URL
directory semantics by normalizing URL-valued migration bases to include a
trailing slash before resolving filenames with new URL. Apply this to the
readFileSync path in src/server/storage/postgres-migrations.ts:117 and the
corresponding resolution in src/server/storage/sqlite-runtime-store.ts:685;
string-directory handling should remain unchanged.

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Thank you for your PR. I agree to add nibrun deploy, but this PR does many things separately (although they are all essential for supporting nibrun).

However, personally, I prefer to divide it into different PRs, such as:

  1. Build a single-file executable for bun
    1. Support multiple platforms (Windows / macOS / Linux) and different architectures (x64 / arm64)
    2. Support database migrations
  2. Provider lazy loader optimization
  3. Support nibrun deploy

I expect this PR to only do the last one (support nibrun), and I will create PRs for 1 and 2.

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I expect this PR to only do the last one (support nibrun), and I will create PRs for 1 and 2.

Sounds great! Will open a new pr with only the support for nibrun :)

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Superseded by #485 for the single-binary foundation and #487 for the scoped nibrun deployment follow-up, as requested in the review. Closing this broader version to keep the changes separated. Thank you for the direction!

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