fix: trying to fix auto-pulls 26 !

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Auto-deploy generated files
 deploy.sh
 deploy.log
+.deploy-trigger
 
 # Secrets
 .env

backend/Dockerfile

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    systemctl \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY requirements.txt .

backend/admin/router.py

@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@ async def deploy(request: Request):
 
     logger.info("Auto-deploy triggered via Gitea webhook")
 
-    # Trigger the host-side systemd service which runs as the bellsystems user.
+    # Write a trigger file to the host-mounted project path.
-    # This avoids running git/docker as root inside the container.
+    # A host-side watcher service (bellsystems-deploy-watcher) polls for this
-    await asyncio.create_subprocess_shell(
+    # file and runs deploy-host.sh as the bellsystems user when it appears.
-        "systemctl start bellsystems-deploy",
+    trigger_path = f"{settings.deploy_project_path}/.deploy-trigger"
-        stdout=asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    with open(trigger_path, "w") as f:
-        stderr=asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL,
+        f.write("deploy\n")
-    )
 
-    logger.info("Auto-deploy triggered via systemd")
+    logger.info("Auto-deploy trigger file written")
     return {"ok": True, "message": "Deploy started"}

docker-compose.yml

@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ services:
       - ./data/built_melodies:/app/storage/built_melodies
       - ./data/firmware:/app/storage/firmware
       - ./data/firebase-service-account.json:/app/firebase-service-account.json:ro
-      # Auto-deploy: systemd socket so container can trigger host services
+      # Auto-deploy: project root so container can write the trigger file
-      - /run/systemd/private:/run/systemd/private
+      - /home/bellsystems/bellsystems-cp:/home/bellsystems/bellsystems-cp
-      - /run/dbus/system_bus_socket:/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
     depends_on: []