SYNC-461 installer backport - #210
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Introduce the SYNC-461 template variables gating the MSI installer backport: windows_service_org_prefix, extra_windows_service_rights, installer_manufacturer, installer_upgrade_code (GUID validator, no default), sign_installer, and the signing_account/profile/endpoint sub-vars. All gated on install_as_windows_service.
Add WINDOWS_SERVICE_NAME/WINDOWS_SERVICE_DISPLAY_NAME to jinja_constants using the new windows_service_org_prefix and installer_manufacturer vars, and point win_service.py plus the service-lifecycle test at them instead of the bare APP_NAME. This matches Git Sherpa's prefixed service identity while keeping the prefix template-configurable per app.
Promote Git Sherpa's grant_rights.py into the template as a generic Windows service-account privilege grant. SeServiceLogonRight is always granted; any app-specific privileges (e.g. SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege) come from the new extra_windows_service_rights template answer. Wire the grant-service-rights subcommand into cli.py and add a config-agnostic test that asserts the base right plus one looped assertion per configured extra right.
Promote Git Sherpa's installer/ directory into the template, gated on install_as_windows_service. All files are Jinja templates (raw-first) that parameterize app name, manufacturer, UpgradeCode, port, service name, exe name, dir/registry ids, and Azure signing defaults from copier answers: - wix/Product.wxs.jinja - the MSI (service-account dialog, lifecycle custom actions, post-install launch); component GUID auto-generated. - build.ps1.jinja / stage.ps1.jinja - build + staging orchestration. - scripts/install-service.ps1.jinja / remove-service.ps1.jinja - service lifecycle via the exe's own verbs. - INSTALL.txt/README.md/ARCHITECTURE.md.jinja - generic docs structured for per-app carve-outs; license.rtf.jinja; static .gitignore. Renders verified for two distinct app configs with no cross-app leakage.
Add a reusable build-installer.yaml (gated on install_as_windows_service) that compiles the MSI on the Windows runner from the tested bundle, and wire it into ci.yaml (unsigned build-breakage check) and release.yaml (signed, packaged into the Windows release zip). Azure Trusted Signing steps are emitted only when sign_installer is set; action refs come from context.py pins (gha_setup_dotnet, gha_azure_login added). Extend the data4 render fixture to exercise the full signed windows-service path.
repo_org_name is a slug (e.g. lab-sync), not a display name, so it was a wrong default for the MSI manufacturer. Require an explicit human-friendly company name instead, matching how installer_upgrade_code is prompted.
end-of-file-fixer in the template's pre-commit flagged the new .jinja files.
Move the final newline outside the closing {% raw %}{% endraw %}{% raw %} block so both the
template source and the rendered output end with exactly one newline, matching
the existing cli.py.jinja convention.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe template adds conditional Windows service configuration, service-account rights management, MSI packaging, optional Azure Trusted Signing, installer documentation, and CI/release workflow integration. ChangesWindows installer and service
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to This change adds MSI-based Windows service installation, but the current installer can expose service credentials, generate invalid WiX identifiers, fail required pre-commit checks, and leave service state inconsistent during installation or removal. These security and installation-correctness issues should be fixed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CI
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participant stage_ps1
participant build_ps1
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CI->>build-installer: invoke installer workflow with bundle artifact
build-installer->>stage_ps1: stage application and installer scripts
build-installer->>build_ps1: build staged installer
build_ps1->>WiX: compile MSI
WiX-->>build_ps1: return MSI artifact
build-installer-->>GitHubRelease: publish installer artifact
GitHubRelease-->>CI: include versioned installer ZIP
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In `@copier.yml`:
- Around line 194-197: In copier.yml at lines 194-197, add validation for
installer_manufacturer to reject characters unsafe in XML attributes, WiX
Directory Id values, and double-quoted Python f-strings. Also update
windows_service_org_prefix at copier.yml lines 182-186 to reject both slash
types and enforce a maximum length that keeps the generated Windows service name
within its limit.
- Line 208: Update the boolean default value in the relevant configuration entry
from the YAML synonym no to the explicit boolean false, keeping the surrounding
generated-data settings unchanged.
In `@template/`{% if has_backend %}backend{% endif
%}/src/backend_api/entrypoint/{% if install_as_windows_service
%}grant_rights.py{% endif %}.jinja:
- Around line 24-42: Update grant_service_rights to detect non-Windows hosts
before invoking _grant_account_rights, print an appropriate unsupported-platform
message to stderr, and return a non-zero exit code; preserve the existing
success and exception-handling behavior on Windows.
In `@template/`{% if has_backend %}backend{% endif
%}/src/backend_api/entrypoint/cli.py.jinja:
- Around line 19-22: Update the grant-service-rights branch in the CLI dispatch
to apply the same Windows-platform guard as the service command before importing
or calling dispatch_grant_rights. On non-Windows platforms, reject the command
with the established unsupported-platform behavior instead of dispatching it.
In `@template/`{% if install_as_windows_service %}installer{% endif
%}/build.ps1.jinja:
- Around line 125-133: Update the -Sign handling around Invoke-CodeSign to
validate that SigningAccount, SigningProfile, and SigningEndpoint are non-empty
before installing the sign tool or staging files. If any signing parameter is
missing, fail immediately with a clear error and preserve the existing signing
flow when all parameters are configured.
- Around line 135-145: Remove the `$LASTEXITCODE` check immediately after
invoking `stage.ps1` in the `-not $SkipStage` branch; rely on the existing
`$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'` behavior and the script’s thrown exceptions to
propagate staging failures.
In `@template/`{% if install_as_windows_service %}installer{% endif
%}/INSTALL.txt.jinja:
- Around line 56-68: Remove SERVICE_PASSWORD from the documented msiexec example
in INSTALL.txt.jinja, and remove the entire silent custom-account example until
secure credential provisioning is implemented. Do not pass or expose the
password through MSI properties, command-line arguments, or related
custom-action forwarding.
In `@template/`{% if install_as_windows_service %}installer{% endif
%}/scripts/install-service.ps1.jinja:
- Around line 58-76: Update the service installation flow around $installArgs
and the $ExePath invocation so the clear-text $Password is never included in the
process command line; use the secure password-passing mechanism established by
the Product installer instead, while retaining masked logging and existing
installation arguments.
In `@template/`{% if install_as_windows_service %}installer{% endif
%}/scripts/remove-service.ps1.jinja:
- Around line 21-26: Update the service-removal flow around the stop and remove
commands to capture and validate each command’s exit code, failing when an
existing service cannot be stopped or unregistered while still allowing the
absent-service case. Also change the CA_RemoveService custom action return
setting from ignore to check so uninstall propagates these failures.
In `@template/`{% if install_as_windows_service %}installer{% endif
%}/stage.ps1.jinja:
- Around line 29-52: The staging flow around StaticDir and FrontendOutput must
preserve or provide the favicon expected by build.ps1.jinja and
Product.wxs.jinja at frontend/public/favicon.ico. Reuse the existing template
favicon before the cleanup removes it, copying it into the frontend public
location or otherwise ensuring that path exists during installer packaging,
while preserving the tracked .gitignore behavior and backend-only build
compatibility.
In `@template/`{% if install_as_windows_service %}installer{% endif
%}/wix/Product.wxs.jinja:
- Around line 87-91: The installer currently exposes SERVICE_PASSWORD through
the MSI custom-action command line and the child process command line. In
Product.wxs.jinja lines 87-91, hide SERVICE_PASSWORD and CA_InstallService with
MsiHiddenProperties, use the appropriate silent execution mechanism, and reject
or safely escape quotes in the password; in install-service.ps1.jinja lines
58-76, pass the password to the executable via a non-command-line channel such
as an environment variable or stdin.
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The provenance task defaulted unknown extensions to a leading '#' comment. For the installer's Product.wxs that puts '#' before the <?xml?> declaration (invalid XML, breaks the WiX build) and corrupts license.rtf; the plain-text install guide also should not carry a copier boilerplate header. Map these extensions to no marker and cover them in the comment-format test. Backport candidate for copier-base-template (shared provenance task).
The SYNC-461 backport added a grant-service-rights branch to cli.py but no test exercised it, leaving that dispatch uncovered (fails the 100% coverage gate in a freshly-rendered app). Add a dispatch test to test_service_subcommand.
Use the same test git-sherpa carries (argv forwarded unparsed) rather than a bespoke one. It lives in the install_as_windows_service-gated test_service_subcommand.py (not the shared test_entrypoint.py) because that file imports grant_rights, which only exists when the service is enabled.
…int.py.jinja Match git-sherpa's placement: the grant-service-rights entrypoint test lives in test_entrypoint.py alongside the other entrypoint tests. Convert that file to a .jinja so the grant_rights import and the test are gated on install_as_windows_service (grant_rights.py only exists then), keeping the file valid for non-service apps. Revert the earlier test_service_subcommand.py copy.
build.ps1 hardcoded frontend/public for the MSI icon, which breaks apps whose frontend carries no favicon.ico. Add an installer_branding_dir copier var (default frontend/public) and use it for BrandingDir, so an app without a usable frontend favicon can point it at a dir it owns (e.g. installer/) that holds favicon.ico.
CI renders fixtures without --defaults, so every conditionally-asked var must be answered. The new installer_branding_dir (when install_as_windows_service) had no entry in data4, aborting the non-interactive render. Pin it like the other installer vars.
installer_manufacturer and windows_service_org_prefix were free-form strings interpolated, unescaped, into targets with stricter character rules than copier enforces. - installer_manufacturer: now required; rejects " \ < > & which break the WiX Manufacturer attribute, the double-quoted Python f-string in jinja_constants.py, and the license RTF (\ is an RTF control char). - windows_service_org_prefix: rejects / and \ (illegal in a Windows service name) and ' (breaks the single-quoted PowerShell $ServiceName literal), and bounds <prefix><repo_name> to the 256-char limit. Adds tests/unit/copier_validators/, which drives copier's own validation via run_copy(pretend=True) with a self-contained installer answer set. SYNC-461
stage.ps1 is a PowerShell script that fails by throwing, propagated by $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'. $LASTEXITCODE at that point reflected the last native command (e.g. wix extension add), not stage.ps1, so the check could pass after a failure or fail after success. Rely on the thrown exception instead. SYNC-461
Add MsiHiddenProperties covering CA_InstallService, the derived deferred-custom-action command line that embeds [SERVICE_PASSWORD]. Without it the secret leaks into the /l*v log via the custom-action data even though SERVICE_PASSWORD is already Hidden on its Property. SYNC-461
install-service.ps1 previously appended --password <value> to the exe invocation, exposing the secret on the exe's process command line (readable by any local process via Win32_Process for the install window). It now sets WINDOWS_SERVICE_INSTALL_PASSWORD in the environment and clears it in a finally. win_service.py reads that variable and splices --password into the in-memory arg list handed to pywin32 HandleCommandLine (which parses a Python list and calls CreateService directly), so the password reaches SCM without ever being a process command-line argument. The splice logic lives in a new pywin32-free module, service_install_password, with unit tests for the install/non-install, empty, no-duplication and non-mutation cases. SYNC-461
ANN401: type validate_installer_answers overrides as object, not Any. S105: mark the SERVICE_INSTALL_PASSWORD_ENV constant (an env var name, not a secret) so the rendered child project's ruff stays clean. SYNC-461
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In `@template/`{% if has_backend %}backend{% endif
%}/src/backend_api/entrypoint/{% if install_as_windows_service
%}service_install_password.py{% endif %}:
- Around line 32-37: Update the argument handling around the install-subcommand
insertion logic to locate the terminal service subcommand rather than the first
token equal to install, so username values of install are not mistaken for the
subcommand. Preserve existing behavior when --password is already present, and
extend the related test matrix to cover this invocation.
- Around line 11-14: Update the inject_install_password function signature to
make the optional env parameter keyword-only by inserting the parameter
separator before env, while preserving its existing type and default.
In `@template/`{% if install_as_windows_service %}installer{% endif
%}/build.ps1.jinja:
- Around line 84-86: Update the template expression assigning BrandingDir to
escape apostrophes in installer_branding_dir for PowerShell single-quoted
literals, so values such as client's-assets render as valid build-script syntax
while preserving the existing path separator conversion.
In `@tests/unit/copier_validators/helpers.py`:
- Line 40: Update the helper’s one-line docstring to provide a complete
explanation of its override rendering, validation behavior, and ValueError
condition, or remove the docstring if the function name sufficiently describes
its purpose.
- Line 11: Update validate_installer_answers and its **overrides annotation to
use the concrete answer type used by the helper instead of Any, and remove the
now-unused Any import. Apply the same annotation cleanup to the additionally
affected definitions.
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… of log MsiHiddenProperties hides property and custom-action-data logging, but WixQuietExec separately logs the command line it executes, which contains -Password "[SERVICE_PASSWORD]". Switch CA_InstallService to WixSilentExec (same Wix4UtilCA_X64 binary), which does not log the command line or output, and add Hidden="yes" (the WiX v4+ spelling of v3's HideTarget) to also suppress the deferred custom-action data. SYNC-461
env is a test-only override; forbid positional use. The production caller passes only install_args, so this is transparent to it. SYNC-461
A --username value of "install" would otherwise be mistaken for the service subcommand, splicing --password before the username value and producing invalid pywin32 args. Match the terminal occurrence instead, and cover it with a test. SYNC-461
A branding dir like client's-assets would terminate the single-quoted
PowerShell literal and break build.ps1. Double the quote during
rendering with replace("'", "''").
SYNC-461
The function name and module docstring already convey intent; satisfies the no-one-line-docstring guideline. SYNC-461
WiX v7 rejects authoring the special MsiHiddenProperties property (WIX0070) and has no Hidden attribute on CustomAction (WIX0004). Declare CA_InstallService as a Hidden Property instead (WiX builds MsiHiddenProperties from Hidden flags) and keep WixSilentExec on the custom action. Verified with a local wix v7 build. SYNC-461
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SYNC-461
Why is this change necessary?
We want to enable msi installer to be built and created using Wix via this template.
How does this change address the issue?
Bundles this functionality with if you are doing windows services since you will likely want a real way to install it anyways if running as a service. Also make signing opt in as you may or may not want to do that based on your usecase.
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