feat(licensing): add WebUI license import modal, remove lic step from setup, default unlicensed to 0 seats

docs: clarify default WebUI credentials in installation section of README
feat(installer): add .lic license file initialization step during installation on Windows and Linux
2026-09-26 20:50:57 +02:00 · 2026-09-26 20:44:17 +02:00 · 2026-09-26 20:29:54 +02:00 · 2026-09-26 20:22:59 +02:00 · 2026-09-26 20:21:14 +02:00 · 2026-09-26 19:58:15 +02:00
34 changed files with 4805 additions and 2553 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Build and Push LOGAR Runner
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    name: Build & Push Runner Image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Ensure Docker CLI is available
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Docker CLI not found. Downloading static Docker CLI binary..."
+            curl -fSL --connect-timeout 15 --max-time 120 --retry 3 https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-27.3.1.tgz -o /tmp/docker.tgz
+            tar -xzf /tmp/docker.tgz -C /usr/local/bin --strip-components=1 docker/docker
+            chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker
+            rm -f /tmp/docker.tgz
+          fi
+          docker version
+
+      - name: Log in to Gitea Container Registry
+        run: |
+          REGISTRY="gitea.eibl.tech"
+          USER="${{ secrets.GITEAUSER || secrets.PACKAGESUSER || github.actor }}"
+          PASS="${{ secrets.GITEATOKEN || secrets.PACKAGESTOKEN || secrets.TAG_TOKEN || github.token }}"
+          echo "Logging in to ${REGISTRY} as ${USER}..."
+          echo "${PASS}" | docker login "${REGISTRY}" -u "${USER}" --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Build Docker Image
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "0"
+        run: |
+          IMAGE_TAG="gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-runner:latest"
+          echo "Building ${IMAGE_TAG}..."
+          docker build \
+            -t "${IMAGE_TAG}" \
+            -f runner/Dockerfile \
+            runner/
+
+      - name: Push to Gitea Container Registry
+        run: |
+          IMAGE_TAG="gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-runner:latest"
+          echo "Pushing ${IMAGE_TAG} to Gitea Container Registry..."
+          docker push "${IMAGE_TAG}"
+          echo "Successfully pushed ${IMAGE_TAG} to Gitea Container Registry!"
+
+      - name: Trigger Portainer redeploy via webhook
+        run: |
+          echo "Notifying Portainer to redeploy the runner stack..."
+          curl -s -X POST \
+            "https://portainer.eibl.tech/api/stacks/webhooks/6e67c0b7-1c5d-4bb2-b8b8-4a6ec66d3b87"
+          echo "✓ Portainer webhook triggered"
@@ -15,19 +15,18 @@ jobs:
  test:
    name: Run Component Tests & Pipeline Verification
    if: "!startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: logar
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0

-      - name: Install System Dependencies & Python
+      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: |
-          if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            apt-get update -y
-            apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv curl
-          fi
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip --break-system-packages || python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip || true
-          pip3 install -r compilation/requirements.txt --break-system-packages || pip3 install -r compilation/requirements.txt
+          python3 compilation/ensure_pip.py
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip --break-system-packages 2>/dev/null || python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip 2>/dev/null || true
+          python3 -m pip install -r compilation/requirements.txt --break-system-packages 2>/dev/null || python3 -m pip install -r compilation/requirements.txt

      - name: Verify Python Syntax
        run: |
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Run Component Unit Tests
        run: |
-          python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v
+          PYTHONWARNINGS="ignore" python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v

      - name: Run End-to-End Pipeline Integration Test
        run: |
@@ -50,10 +49,10 @@ jobs:
          SERVER_PID=$!
          echo "[*] Server launched in background with PID $SERVER_PID"

-          # 3. Poll Hermes health / report endpoint until server is listening
+          # 3. Poll /health endpoint until server is listening
          READY=0
          for i in $(seq 1 20); do
-            if curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8443/api/hermes/report >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            if python3 -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8443/health', timeout=1)" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
              echo "[+] LOGAR Server is ready after ${i}s."
              READY=1
              break
@@ -1,38 +1,72 @@
-name: Release Binaries & Installers
+name: Release Binaries & Packages

 on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'
+  release:
+    types: [published]
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      tag:
-        description: 'Release tag to publish assets to (default: v2.0.1)'
+        description: 'Release tag to publish assets to (default: v0.3.1)'
        required: false
-        default: 'v2.0.1'
+        default: 'v0.3.1'

 jobs:
-  release-linux:
-    name: Build & Release Linux Binaries
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  release:
+    name: Build & Release Standalone Binaries (Linux & Windows Cross-Compilation)
+    runs-on: logar
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0

-      - name: Install Python and Build Dependencies
+      - name: Install System and Cross-Compilation Build Dependencies
        run: |
-          if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            apt-get update -y
-            apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv binutils zip
+          echo "=== SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS ==="
+          uname -a || true
+          python3 --version || true
+          SUDO=""
+          if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            SUDO="sudo"
          fi
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip --break-system-packages || python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip || true
-          pip3 install pyinstaller -r compilation/requirements.txt --break-system-packages || pip3 install pyinstaller -r compilation/requirements.txt
+          if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "[*] Installing Python shared libraries, headers, NSIS via apt-get..."
+            export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+            $SUDO apt-get clean || true
+            $SUDO apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false -y || $SUDO apt-get update -y || true
+            $SUDO apt-get -f install -y || true
+            PY_VER=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}')" 2>/dev/null || echo "3.9")
+            echo "[*] Detected Python version: ${PY_VER}"
+            $SUDO apt-get install -y --fix-broken --fix-missing --allow-unauthenticated --no-install-recommends \
+              nsis nsis-common "libpython${PY_VER}" "libpython${PY_VER}-dev" "python${PY_VER}-dev" \
+              python3-dev libpython3-dev build-essential gcc make curl tar gzip zip unzip || true
+            $SUDO apt-get install -y --fix-broken --fix-missing --allow-unauthenticated --no-install-recommends nsis nsis-common || true
+            for pkg in nsis nsis-common "libpython${PY_VER}" "libpython${PY_VER}-dev" "python${PY_VER}-dev" python3-dev libpython3-dev build-essential; do
+              $SUDO apt-get install -y --fix-broken --fix-missing --allow-unauthenticated --no-install-recommends "$pkg" || true
+            done
+            echo "[*] Verifying makensis:"
+            which makensis || echo "makensis not in PATH"
+            echo "[*] Verifying libpython shared library:"
+            find /usr/lib /usr/local/lib -name "libpython*.so*" 2>/dev/null || true
+          elif command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "[*] Installing dependencies via apk..."
+            $SUDO apk add --no-cache nsis python3-dev build-base gcc make curl tar gzip zip unzip || true
+          elif command -v dnf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "[*] Installing dependencies via dnf..."
+            $SUDO dnf install -y mingw32-nsis nsis python3-devel gcc make curl tar gzip zip unzip || true
+          fi
+          python3 compilation/ensure_pip.py
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip --break-system-packages 2>/dev/null || python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip 2>/dev/null || true
+          python3 -m pip install pyinstaller distlib cryptography -r compilation/requirements.txt --break-system-packages 2>/dev/null || python3 -m pip install pyinstaller distlib cryptography -r compilation/requirements.txt

-      - name: Compile Standalone Linux Binaries
+      - name: Compile Standalone Binaries (Linux & Windows)
        run: |
-          python3 compilation/package_dist.py --target linux
+          python3 compilation/package_dist.py --target all

-      - name: Publish Linux Release Assets
+      - name: Publish Unified Release Assets
        env:
          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TAG_TOKEN || github.token }}
          GITEA_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
@@ -40,85 +74,3 @@ jobs:
          GITEA_REF_NAME: ${{ inputs.tag || github.event.release.tag_name || github.ref_name }}
        run: |
          python3 compilation/upload_release.py --skip-build
-
-  release-windows:
-    name: Build & Release Windows Binaries & Installers
-    # Note: Requires a registered Gitea Act Runner with label 'windows-latest'
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repository
-        shell: powershell
-        run: |
-          $server = "${{ github.server_url }}"
-          $token = "${{ secrets.TAG_TOKEN || github.token }}"
-          $repo = "${{ github.repository }}"
-          $cleanUrl = $server -replace "^https?://", ""
-          $authUrl = "https://${token}@${cleanUrl}/${repo}.git"
-
-          if (-not (Test-Path ".git")) {
-            git init
-            git remote add origin $authUrl
-          } else {
-            git remote set-url origin $authUrl
-          }
-          git fetch --depth 1 origin "${{ github.sha }}"
-          git checkout -f FETCH_HEAD
-
-      - name: Install Dependencies
-        shell: powershell
-        run: |
-          $py = "python"
-          if (-not (Get-Command "python" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
-            if (Get-Command "py" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
-              $py = "py -3.12"
-            }
-          }
-          & $py -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          & $py -m pip install pyinstaller cryptography -r compilation/requirements.txt
-
-      - name: Compile Standalone Windows Binaries
-        shell: powershell
-        run: |
-          $py = "python"
-          if (-not (Get-Command "python" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
-            if (Get-Command "py" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
-              $py = "py -3.12"
-            }
-          }
-          & $py compilation/package_dist.py --target windows
-
-      - name: Compile Inno Setup Installers
-        shell: powershell
-        run: |
-          $iscc = $null
-          if (Test-Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Inno Setup 6\ISCC.exe") {
-            $iscc = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Inno Setup 6\ISCC.exe"
-          } elseif (Test-Path "C:\Program Files\Inno Setup 6\ISCC.exe") {
-            $iscc = "C:\Program Files\Inno Setup 6\ISCC.exe"
-          } elseif (Get-Command "ISCC.exe" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
-            $iscc = "ISCC.exe"
-          }
-
-          if ($iscc) {
-            Write-Host "[*] Compiling Windows Inno Setup installers using $iscc..."
-            & $iscc compilation/installer_client.iss
-            & $iscc compilation/installer_server.iss
-          } else {
-            Write-Host "[!] Inno Setup compiler (ISCC.exe) not found on runner host. Skipping installer compilation."
-          }
-
-      - name: Publish Windows Release Assets
-        shell: powershell
-        env:
-          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TAG_TOKEN || github.token }}
-          GITEA_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
-          GITEA_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
-          GITEA_REF_NAME: ${{ inputs.tag || github.event.release.tag_name || github.ref_name }}
-        run: |
-          $py = "python"
-          if (-not (Get-Command "python" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
-            if (Get-Command "py" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
-              $py = "py -3.12"
-            }
-          }
-          & $py compilation/upload_release.py --skip-build
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ server_config.json
 client_config.json
 test_*.json
 test_*.db
+.env
+*.env
+runner/.env

 # IDE & OS files
 .vscode/
@@ -1,410 +1,170 @@
-# LOGAR: Edge-Thin Log Analysis & Temporal Verification System
+# LOGAR: Fleet Log Aggregation & Centralized Provisioning System
+### *Secure Log Aggregation, PKI Fleet Licensing & Centralized Delivery for Autonomous AI Analysis*

-**LOGAR** is an enterprise log aggregation, verification, and anomaly detection architecture designed for heterogeneous server fleets (Windows & Linux). It combines lightweight zero-state edge forwarders with a centralized cloud hub that applies mutual TLS 1.3 (**mTLS**) authentication, dynamic PKI licensing and quota management, temporal persistence tracking across 12-hour evaluation windows, an automated 4-run rule to filter transient warnings, and immediate pass-through for critical errors before reporting verified anomalies to **Hermes**.
+[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.3.1-blue.svg)](RELEASE_NOTES.md)
+[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-35%20passed-success.svg)](tests/)
+[![Security](https://img.shields.io/badge/mTLS-TLS%201.3-green.svg)](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki/PKI-and-Licensing)
+
+**LOGAR** is an enterprise-grade log aggregation, normalization, and centralized provisioning system built for heterogeneous server fleets (Windows & Linux). It pairs ultra-lightweight, zero-state edge forwarders with a secure centralized server hub that enforces mutual TLS 1.3 (**mTLS**) authentication, dynamic PKI fleet licensing with cryptographic seat leasing, 12-hour temporal persistence tracking, and direct anomaly pass-through—delivering clean, structured, verified log telemetry directly to **Hermes AI** for autonomous deep reasoning, contextual root-cause analysis, and operational decision-making.
+
+> 📚 **Comprehensive Technical Documentation**: Full architectural specifications, state machines, PKI X.509 OID definitions, and complete REST API references are maintained on the **[LOGAR Gitea Wiki](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki)**.

 ---

-## Table of Contents
-1. [Core Philosophy](#core-philosophy)
-2. [Architecture & Data Flow](#architecture--data-flow)
-3. [mTLS Security, Dynamic PKI & Licensing](#mtls-security-dynamic-pki--licensing)
-4. [Cloud-Side Temporal Persistence & 4-Run Rule](#cloud-side-temporal-persistence--4-run-rule)
-5. [Agentic Hermes & Client Management API](#agentic-hermes--client-management-api)
-6. [Dynamic Machine & Domain Identification](#dynamic-machine--domain-identification)
-7. [Automated Service Installers (Linux & Windows)](#automated-service-installers-linux--windows)
-8. [Repository & Shippables Structure](#repository--shippables-structure)
-9. [Getting Started & Deployment](#getting-started--deployment)
-10. [Running Tests](#running-tests)
-11. [Automated Releases via Gitea Actions](#automated-releases-via-gitea-actions)
+## Key Capabilities
+
+- **Zero-State Edge Forwarders**: Windows (`Win_Client`) and Linux (`Linux_Client`) agents maintain zero local databases, zero cache files, and minimal memory footprint.
+- **Mutual TLS 1.3 (`:9443`)**: Enforces bidirectional cryptographic identity verification (`ssl.CERT_REQUIRED`) for all streaming log frames.
+- **Hierarchical PKI & Seat Licensing**: Subordinate CAs automatically enroll and sync seat quotas with the Master Authority (`logar.eibl.tech`) over WebSockets.
+- **12-Hour Temporal Persistence**: Evaluates anomalies over a rolling 12-hour temporal window, tracking occurrence velocity and first/last seen metrics.
+- **Direct Hermes AI Provisioning (`:8443`)**: Exposes verified anomalous telemetry directly to Hermes AI via `/api/hermes/report` without heuristic bottlenecks.
+- **WebUI Dashboard**: Authenticated, 2-tab management console for live anomaly telemetry, client seat leasing, and Sub-CA lifecycle management.

 ---

-## Core Philosophy
-
-### 1. Edge Thinness & Zero State
-Site agents running on Windows and Linux act strictly as lightweight forwarders:
- **No Local Database**: Clients maintain zero local SQLite or heavy cache files.
- **Source-Level Filtering**: Agents stream candidate entries from informational events up to errors (`INFO`, `WARNING`, `ERROR`, `CRITICAL`), stripping verbose debugging noise (`DEBUG`, trace entries) and skipping events older than 24 hours.
- **Transport Security (mTLS 1.3)**: Logs are streamed directly over mutual TLS 1.3 sockets with hardware-bound / machine-unique client certificates.
- **Zero Configuration Overhead**: Clients auto-bootstrap certificate enrollment on first run if configured with an enrollment secret.
-
-### 2. Cloud-Side Temporal Persistence & Severity Routing
-The central Python hub handles state and verification:
- State tracking is managed centrally in SQLite (`logar_state.db`).
- Candidate issues are evaluated over a **12-hour temporal evaluation window**.
- **Warning Persistence (4-Run Rule)**: `WARNING` issues must persist across **at least 4 consecutive runs / cycles** within the 12-hour window to be confirmed as genuine anomalies, automatically filtering transient infrastructure blips.
- **Immediate Error Pass**: Critical errors (`ERROR`, `CRITICAL`, `FATAL`) bypass the 4-run threshold and are promoted immediately to `VERIFIED` on their first occurrence.
-
-### 3. Agentic Integration with Hermes
-Instead of engineers manually sifting through logs, **Hermes** ingests pre-filtered anomalies directly from the cloud hub (`GET /api/hermes/report`), treating verified errors and 4-run validated warnings as actionable system artifacts to trigger precise notifications and remediations.
-
---
-
-## Architecture & Data Flow
+## System Architecture

 ```mermaid
 graph TB
-    subgraph Edge Nodes [Lightweight Edge Forwarders]
-        W[Win_Client.exe / Win_Client.py<br/>Windows Event Log Ingestion]
-        L[Linux_Client.bin / Linux_Client.py<br/>systemd journalctl -p warning]
+    subgraph Authority [Master License Authority - logar.eibl.tech]
+        M_CA[Master Root CA]
+        AUTH_WS[WebSocket Licensing Hub]
    end

-    subgraph Enrollment [Dynamic PKI & Licensing]
-        ENR[POST /api/client/enroll<br/>License Quota & Secret Validation]
-        CA[Internal Root CA<br/>Signs RSA-2048 Client Cert]
+    subgraph ServerHub [LOGAR Server Hub]
+        SUB_CA[Subordinate CA]
+        SEAT_MGR[Dynamic Seat Manager]
+        MTLS_SRV[mTLS 1.3 Ingestion Server<br/>Port 9443]
+        TEMP_ENG[12h Temporal Persistence Engine]
+        PROV_API[Hermes Provisioning & WebUI API<br/>Port 8443]
+        
+        SUB_CA --> SEAT_MGR
+        SEAT_MGR --> MTLS_SRV
+        MTLS_SRV --> TEMP_ENG
+        TEMP_ENG --> PROV_API
    end

-    subgraph Transport [mTLS 1.3 Security Layer]
-        MTLS[Mutual TLS 1.3 Handshake<br/>Port 9443 - Client Cert Required]
-        AUTH[Extract Client CN & Fingerprint<br/>Validate Active License in SQLite]
+    subgraph EdgeNodes [Heterogeneous Edge Forwarders]
+        WIN[Win_Client.exe<br/>Windows Event Logs]
+        LIN[Linux_Client.bin<br/>systemd journalctl]
    end

-    subgraph Hub [LOGAR Server Hub]
-        INGEST[Length-Prefixed Frame Ingestion]
-        DB[(SQLite Persistence<br/>active_issues, clients, license_config)]
-        RULE{12h Window &<br/>4-Run Rule}
+    subgraph Downstream [Hermes AI Layer]
+        HERMES[Hermes AI Engine]
    end

-    subgraph Downstream [Hermes Agent & Monitoring]
-        API[FastAPI Reporting & Management<br/>Port 8443]
-        HERMES[Hermes Agent<br/>GET /api/hermes/report]
-    end
-
-    W -->|Auto-Enrollment| ENR
-    L -->|Auto-Enrollment| ENR
-    ENR --> CA
-    CA -->|ca.crt, client.crt, client.key| W
-    CA -->|ca.crt, client.crt, client.key| L
-
-    W -->|mTLS Stream| MTLS
-    L -->|mTLS Stream| MTLS
-    MTLS --> AUTH
-    AUTH --> INGEST
-    INGEST --> RULE
-    RULE --> DB
-    DB --> API
-    API --> HERMES
+    M_CA -->|Signs Sub-CA Cert| SUB_CA
+    AUTH_WS <==>|Live WebSocket Sync| SUB_CA
+    
+    WIN -->|1. Auto-Enrollment| SUB_CA
+    LIN -->|1. Auto-Enrollment| SUB_CA
+    WIN ==>|2. mTLS 1.3 Stream :9443| MTLS_SRV
+    LIN ==>|2. mTLS 1.3 Stream :9443| MTLS_SRV
+    PROV_API ==>|3. GET /api/hermes/report| HERMES
 ```

 ---

-## mTLS Security, Dynamic PKI & Fleet Licensing
+## Quick Start & Automated Installers

-### 1. TLS 1.3 Mutual Authentication (mTLS)
- **Port 9443**: Ingestion occurs exclusively over TLS 1.3 sockets with `ssl.CERT_REQUIRED`.
- Both the hub and edge clients verify each other's certificates:
-  - Client verifies server certificate against `ca.crt`.
-  - Server verifies client certificate against the Subordinate/Root CA.
- **Client CN Identification & Revocation**: In the TLS handshake, the server extracts the `commonName` attribute (`client_id`), validates that the client is marked `active` in the `clients` table, updates the `last_seen` timestamp, and drops unregistered or revoked certificates immediately.
+LOGAR provides automated production service installers for both Linux (`systemd`) and Windows (`services.msc` via NSSM):

-### 2. Master License Authority (`logar.eibl.tech`) & Seat-Bearing Subordinate CA
- **Master Root Authority**: Standalone PKI repository & submodule ([`LOGAR-LICENSING/`](file:///u:/max/Desktop/LOGAR/LOGAR-LICENSING/README.md), upstream at [`https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR-LICENSING.git`](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR-LICENSING.git)) deployed at `logar.eibl.tech`.
+### 1. Server Hub Installation

- **Custom Enterprise X.509 OIDs**:
-  - `OID_LOGAR_SEATS (1.3.6.1.4.1.59999.1.1)`: Embeds the exact licensed seat quota directly inside the signed Subordinate CA certificate.
-  - `OID_LOGAR_LICENSE_ID (1.3.6.1.4.1.59999.1.2)`: Uniquely tracks enterprise license entitlement.
-  - `OID_LOGAR_ISSUER_URL (1.3.6.1.4.1.59999.1.3)`: Embedded endpoint coordinate (`https://logar.eibl.tech`).
- **Exportable `.lic` Request & Activated `.lic` Packages**:
-  - **Request**: The LOGAR server generates its Subordinate CA private key (`certs/ca.key`), Certificate Signing Request (`certs/ca.csr`), and packages them into an exportable `logar_server.lic` file.
-  - **Activation Package**: The master license authority issues an activated `.lic` package containing the signed Subordinate CA, granted seat quota, server metadata, and the Master Root CA (`upstream_ca.crt`).
-  - Importable via WebUI or CLI (`python src/Server.py --import-lic activated.lic` or `--import-ca`).
- **Self-Updating Client Servers & Dynamic Seat Expansion**:
-  - Client servers update themselves against the master authority (`logar.eibl.tech`) over mTLS (`python src/Server.py --sync-license` or via WebUI / automated watchdog).
-  - Seat quotas can be increased with each renewal or updated on-demand on the master authority.
-  - The client server automatically detects the higher seat count in the signed certificate's OID, updates its database and runtime configuration, and reloads its in-flight `ssl.SSLContext` without dropping client connections or restarting services.
- **Automated Container Pipeline & Portainer GitOps Deployment**:
-  - The license authority repository includes a dedicated CI/CD workflow ([`.gitea/workflows/build-container.yml`](file:///u:/max/Desktop/LOGAR/LOGAR-LICENSING/.gitea/workflows/build-container.yml)) compiling and publishing the container image via daemonless Kaniko to `10.30.0.3:5000/logar-licensing:latest` and `gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-licensing:latest`.
-  - It deploys seamlessly in Portainer using a GitOps Stack connected directly to [`LOGAR-LICENSING`](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR-LICENSING.git) via [`docker-compose.yml`](file:///u:/max/Desktop/LOGAR/LOGAR-LICENSING/docker-compose.yml) with automatic polling or webhook redeployment and persistent volume storage (`logar_licensing_data`) preserving Root CA keys and database.
-  - Reverse proxy integration (e.g., Nginx Proxy Manager, Caddy) terminates HTTPS on port 443, verifies client mTLS against the downloadable Master Root CA (`/api/ca.crt`), and forwards client certificate headers (`X-SSL-Client-Cert`) to port 8090.
-
-### 3. Integrated Fleet Licensing & WebUI Dashboard
- **WebUI URL**: Accessible at `http://<server_host>:8443/webui` (or `/`).
- **Visual Seat Quota Meter**: Real-time progress bar displaying active forwarders vs. allocated seat limit.
- **Licensing Actions**:
-  - 1-click **Export .lic Request** file download.
-  - Interactive **View & Copy CA CSR** modal.
-  - Drag-and-drop or paste **Import License (.lic / ca.crt)** modal.
-  - **Sync & Renew via mTLS** button for immediate upstream synchronization and seat expansion.
- **Seat Management & Revocation Table**:
-  - Lists all connected Windows and Linux edge forwarders.
-  - **Revoke Seat**: Instantly drops and blocks the client at the TLS socket handshake layer.
-  - **Reactivate Seat**: Restores the client to active status if within seat quota limits.
-
-### 4. Cloud-Side In-Flight Certificate Watchdog
- **Continuous Hub PKI Watchdog**:
-  - The server hub runs a continuous background watchdog coroutine (`cert_validity_watchdog`, running every 12 hours).
-  - Automatically renews Subordinate CA certificates over mTLS with `logar.eibl.tech` and Server TLS certificates in-flight, dynamically reloading the active `ssl.SSLContext`.
- **Client Proactive Check & Reactive Self-Healing**:
-  - **Proactive Renewal**: Edge clients inspect `client.crt` before every run cycle. If expiring within 30 days, they contact `/api/client/enroll` to renew.
-  - **Reactive Self-Healing**: If the server CA rotates or a handshake error occurs, edge clients catch the exception, re-bootstrap enrollment against the hub, and re-establish streaming cleanly.
-
---
-
-## Cloud-Side Temporal Persistence & 4-Run Rule
-
-Incoming candidate logs are tracked in SQLite table `active_issues`:
- **Issue Fingerprint**: Formatted as `{site_name}:{server}:{signature}`.
- **12-Hour Evaluation Window**:
-  - The hub compares `(now - last_seen)`.
-  - If more than 12 hours have elapsed since the issue was last recorded, the previous window expires and the cycle resets to `run_count = 1`.
- **4-Run Rule for Warnings**:
-  - The 4-run persistence threshold applies to `WARNING` (and `INFO`) events to eliminate transient operational noise.
-  - Each distinct run batch increments `run_count`.
-  - Warnings with `run_count < 4` are marked as `TRANSIENT` and excluded from Hermes reports.
-  - When `run_count >= 4` within the active 12-hour window, the warning transitions to `VERIFIED`.
- **Immediate Verification for Errors**:
-  - High-severity events (`ERROR`, `CRITICAL`, `FATAL`) **always pass immediately**.
-  - On their very first ingestion (`run_count = 1`), errors are promoted directly to `VERIFIED` and surfaced to Hermes without waiting for 4 runs.
-
---
-
-## Agentic Hermes & Client Management API
-
-The server hub exposes a management and reporting REST API (default port `8443`):
-
-### `POST /api/client/enroll`
-Client enrollment endpoint:
- **Request**:
-  ```json
-  {
-    "client_id": "web-worker-01.corp.internal",
-    "hostname": "web-worker-01",
-    "os": "linux",
-    "enrollment_secret": "<SECRET>"
-  }
-  ```
- **Response**:
-  ```json
-  {
-    "ca_cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n...",
-    "client_cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n...",
-    "client_key": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n..."
-  }
-  ```
-
-### `GET /api/clients`
-Returns seat quota status and registered client telemetry:
-```json
-{
-  "active_seats": 2,
-  "max_seats": 10,
-  "clients": [
-    {
-      "client_id": "web-worker-01.corp.internal",
-      "hostname": "web-worker-01",
-      "os_type": "linux",
-      "cert_fingerprint": "7D5B660B...",
-      "status": "active",
-      "first_seen": "2026-09-04 18:00:00",
-      "last_seen": "2026-09-04 19:15:00"
-    }
-  ]
-}
-```
-
-### `GET /api/hermes/report`
-Returns all **verified anomalies** (immediate critical errors and warnings verified after 4 consecutive runs within the 12-hour window):
-```json
-[
-  {
-    "fingerprint": "corp.internal:web-worker-01.corp.internal:PostgresPoolExhausted",
-    "site": "corp.internal",
-    "server": "web-worker-01.corp.internal",
-    "signature": "PostgresPoolExhausted",
-    "severity": "WARNING",
-    "message": "Connection pool saturated (>95%) across 4 runs",
-    "os_type": "linux",
-    "first_seen": "2026-09-04T07:00:00+00:00",
-    "last_seen": "2026-09-04T19:00:00+00:00",
-    "consecutive_runs": 4,
-    "evaluation_window": "12h",
-    "verified": true,
-    "status": "VERIFIED"
-  }
-]
-```
-
-### `GET /api/hermes/all`
-Diagnostic endpoint listing all candidate issues (`TRANSIENT` and `VERIFIED`).
-
-### `GET /health`
-Returns hub health, encryption fingerprint, listener ports, and mTLS status.
-
---
-
-## Dynamic Machine & Domain Identification
-
-Client configurations intentionally contain **no hardcoded machine name or site name**. Both forwarders dynamically identify their host and domain at runtime via `get_machine_identifier()`:
-1. **Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)**: Checked via `socket.getfqdn()`.
-2. **OS-Specific Domain Discovery**:
-   - **Windows**: Checks Active Directory environment variables (`USERDNSDOMAIN`, `USERDOMAIN`).
-   - **Linux**: Parses `/etc/resolv.conf` `domain` and `search` directives.
-3. **Reverse DNS Lookup**: Resolves canonical hostname via `socket.gethostbyaddr`.
-4. **Fallback**: Local hostname `socket.gethostname()`.
-
-The server automatically infers site attribution from domain qualifiers (e.g. `node01.corp.internal` $\rightarrow$ site `corp.internal`).
-
---
-
-## Automated Service Installers (Linux & Windows)
-
-LOGAR provides production-grade installation scripts and installer builders for automated service deployment:
-
-### 1. Linux Service Installers
- **Client Installer (`compilation/install_linux_client.sh`)**:
-  - Non-interactive script deploying to `/opt/logar-client`.
-  - Automatically queries `/etc/machine-id` and enrolls with the hub via `curl`.
-  - Installs and enables `logar-client.service` systemd unit.
-  ```bash
-  sudo ./compilation/install_linux_client.sh "http://hub.example.com:8443" "<ENROLLMENT_SECRET>"
-  ```
- **Server Installer (`compilation/install_linux_server.sh`)**:
-  - Deploys server to `/opt/logar-server`.
-  - Configures logging and installs `logar-server.service` with `LimitNOFILE=65536`.
+- **Linux (Automated systemd Installer)**:
  ```bash
  sudo ./compilation/install_linux_server.sh
  ```
+  *Deploys standalone `Server.bin` to `/opt/logar-server`, initializes PKI, and enables `logar-server.service`.*

-### 2. Windows Inno Setup Installers
- Built using **Inno Setup 6** and bundled with **NSSM** (`compilation/nssm.exe`):
-  - **Client Setup (`compilation/installer_client.iss`)**: Compiles `LOGAR-Client-Setup.exe`. Installs `Win_Client.exe` into `{autopf}\LOGAR`, sets up `LOGAR_Client` service via NSSM with stdout/stderr redirection to `{commonappdata}\LOGAR\client.log`, and starts the service. Clean uninstallation stops and removes the service.
-  - **Server Setup (`compilation/installer_server.iss`)**: Compiles `LOGAR-Server-Setup.exe`. Installs `Server.exe` and sets up `LOGAR_Server` Windows service via NSSM.
+- **Windows (Inno Setup / NSIS Installer)**:
+  Download and execute `LOGAR-Server-Setup.exe` from [Releases](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/releases). Installs `Server.exe` into `C:\Program Files\LOGAR-Server` and registers `LOGAR_Server` Windows service.
+
+#### Default WebUI Management Credentials
+Once installed or executed, access the web console:
+- **URL**: `http://<server-ip>:8443/webui`
+- **Default Username**: `admin`
+- **Default Password**: `admin_logar_2026!` *(Configurable via `LOGAR_ADMIN_USER` / `LOGAR_ADMIN_PASS` or in the WebUI user settings)*
+
+### 2. Edge Forwarder Installation
+
+- **Linux Client (1-Line Non-Interactive Installer)**:
+  ```bash
+  sudo ./compilation/install_linux_client.sh "http://<HUB_HOST>:8443" "<ENROLLMENT_SECRET>"
+  ```
+  *Auto-enrolls mTLS certificates to `/etc/logar/certs` (`chmod 700`), generates configuration, and activates `logar-client.service`.*
+
+- **Windows Client (Inno Setup Installer)**:
+  1. Download and run `LOGAR-Client-Setup.exe` (supports silent install `/VERYSILENT`).
+  2. Place `client_config.json` (exported from Server WebUI) into `C:\Program Files\LOGAR\client_config.json`.
+  3. The `LOGAR_Client` service starts and auto-enrolls immediately.
+
+*(Alternatively, standalone binaries `./Server.bin` / `./Linux_Client.bin` / `.\Server.exe` / `.\Win_Client.exe` can be executed directly without service installation).*

 ---

-## Repository & Shippables Structure
+## Repository Structure

 ```
 LOGAR/
-├── .gitea/
-│   └── workflows/
-│       ├── ci.yml                     # CI pipeline: syntax, 25 unit tests & mTLS pipeline test
-│       └── release.yml                # Consolidated release workflow (Linux binaries & Windows installers)
-├── compilation/                       # Packaging, installers, and release automation
-│   ├── install_linux_client.sh        # Automated Linux client systemd installation script
-│   ├── install_linux_server.sh        # Automated Linux server systemd installation script
-│   ├── installer_client.iss           # Inno Setup Windows Client installer script
-│   ├── installer_server.iss           # Inno Setup Windows Server installer script
-│   ├── nssm.exe                       # Official 64-bit NSSM service manager binary
-│   ├── package_dist.py                # Standalone binary compiler & packager
-│   ├── requirements.txt               # Unified project dependencies
-│   └── upload_release.py              # Gitea REST API release asset publisher
-├── src/                               # Core application source modules
-│   ├── __init__.py
-│   ├── Server.py                      # Central mTLS server, temporal engine, and Hermes REST API
-│   ├── server_enrollment.py           # Dynamic PKI, Root CA, and client certificate generator
-│   ├── Win_Client.py                  # Windows edge forwarder with auto-enrollment
-│   └── Linux_Client.py                # Linux edge forwarder with auto-enrollment
-├── tests/                             # Automated test suites
-│   ├── test_linux_client.py           # Linux client unit tests & mTLS certificate validation
-│   ├── test_pipeline.py               # End-to-end mTLS integration & 4-run verification test
-│   ├── test_server.py                 # Server unit tests, PKI generation, and seat quota tests
-│   └── test_win_client.py             # Windows client unit tests & mTLS certificate validation
-├── .gitignore                         # Ignores venv, caches, DBs, and private keys
-├── README.md                          # Architecture and usage documentation
-├── RELEASE_NOTES.md                   # Release history and changelog
-├── server_config.sample.json          # Reference server configuration
-└── out/                               # Component guides and sample configs
-    ├── linux_server/
-    │   ├── README.md
-    │   └── server_config.sample.json
-    ├── win_server/
-    │   ├── README.md
-    │   └── server_config.sample.json
-    ├── linux_client/
-    │   ├── README.md
-    │   └── client_config.sample.json
-    └── win_client/
-        ├── README.md
-        └── client_config.sample.json
+├── .gitea/workflows/                  # CI/CD pipelines (ci.yml, release.yml)
+├── compilation/                       # Build scripts, Linux installers & Inno Setup scripts
+│   ├── install_linux_client.sh        # Linux client systemd auto-installer
+│   ├── install_linux_server.sh        # Linux server systemd auto-installer
+│   ├── package_dist.py                # Standalone binary cross-compiler
+│   └── upload_release.py              # Gitea release asset publisher
+├── src/                               # Application source code
+│   ├── Server.py                      # Central mTLS hub, temporal engine & REST API
+│   ├── server_enrollment.py           # Sub-CA PKI and certificate generator
+│   ├── Win_Client.py                  # Windows edge forwarder
+│   └── Linux_Client.py                # Linux edge forwarder
+├── tests/                             # Automated test suites (35 unit tests + pipeline test)
+├── LOGAR-LICENSING/                   # Standalone Master License Authority (Git submodule)
+├── RELEASE_NOTES.md                   # Version history and security changelog
+└── README.md                          # Repository overview
 ```

 ---

-## Getting Started & Deployment
+## Ports & REST API Summary

-### 1. Central Server Hub
+| Port | Protocol | Service | Description |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **`9443`** | `TCP / TLS 1.3` | **mTLS Log Ingestion** | Mutual TLS socket listener for edge forwarders |
+| **`8443`** | `HTTP / REST` | **Management & Hermes API** | WebUI, forwarder enrollment, seat management, and AI reports |

-1. **Install dependencies**:
-   ```bash
-   pip install -r compilation/requirements.txt
-   ```
-2. **Start the server** (generates `server_config.json`, Root CA, and server certs on first run):
-   ```bash
-   python src/Server.py
-   ```
-3. **Export a client configuration**:
-   ```bash
-   python src/Server.py --create-client-config --server-host <SERVER_IP> --server-port 9443 --client-out client_config.json
-   ```
+### Core Endpoints

-### 2. Windows Client Deployment
-1. Download `LOGAR-Client-Setup.exe` from releases and run it, or place `Win_Client.exe` and `client_config.json` in `C:\Program Files\LOGAR`.
-2. On first run with `client_config.json`, `Win_Client.exe` automatically enrolls with the hub, receives its mTLS certificates, and establishes secure streaming.
-
-### 3. Linux Client Deployment
-1. Run the automated installer:
-   ```bash
-   sudo ./compilation/install_linux_client.sh "http://<HUB_HOST>:8443" "<ENROLLMENT_SECRET>"
-   ```
-2. The installer enrolls the client, configures `/etc/logar/certs`, and activates `logar-client.service`.
+- **`POST /api/client/enroll`**: Forwarder auto-enrollment and proactive certificate renewal.
+- **`GET /api/clients`**: Returns active seat quota and registered edge forwarder telemetry *(Admin Auth)*.
+- **`GET /api/hermes/report`**: Structured JSON anomaly stream for Hermes AI reasoning.
+- **`POST /api/license/sync`**: Triggers immediate WebSocket sync with `logar.eibl.tech` *(Admin Auth)*.
+- **`GET /health`**: Server health, encryption fingerprint, and mTLS status.

 ---

-## Running Tests
+## Testing & Cross-Compilation

-### 1. Component Unit Tests
 ```bash
+# Run full unit test suite (35 tests)
 python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
-```
-Runs all **25 unit tests**, covering:
- Dynamic Root CA generation and server TLS certificate issuance.
- Dynamic client certificate issuance with CN and authority key extensions.
- Enrollment secret authentication, seat limits, and certificate revocation.
- Proactive certificate validity checks, Root CA auto-renewal, and in-flight server SSLContext reload.
- Windows & Linux event log collection, deduplication, and mTLS certificate verification.
- 12-hour evaluation window and 4-run rule progression.

-### 2. End-to-End Pipeline Integration Test
-```bash
-# 1. Initialize test configuration
-python src/Server.py --create-client-config --server-host 127.0.0.1 --server-port 9443 --client-out client_config.json
-
-# 2. Launch server in background
-python src/Server.py &
-
-# 3. Run integration test
+# Run end-to-end mTLS pipeline integration test
 python tests/test_pipeline.py
+
+# Cross-compile native Linux and Windows binaries on Linux runner
+python compilation/package_dist.py --target all
 ```
-Tests client enrollment, secret rejection, mTLS TLS 1.3 socket handshake, warning 4-run rule promotion, immediate error promotion, and Hermes report output.

 ---

-## Releases & Binary Distribution
+## Documentation & Deep Dives

-Releases can be built and published through three complementary channels:
+For in-depth operational guides, lifecycle state machines, and PKI specifications, consult the **[LOGAR Gitea Wiki](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki)**:

-### 1. Tag Push Automation (Gitea Actions)
-Pushing a release tag automatically triggers the build workflows:
-```bash
-git tag v2.0.1
-git push origin v2.0.1
-```
-The consolidated workflow **`release.yml`** defines two parallel jobs:
- **`release-linux`** (`ubuntu-latest`): Compiles standalone native ELF binaries (`Linux_Client.bin`, `Server.bin`) and checksums.
- **`release-windows`** (`windows-latest`): Compiles Windows executables (`Win_Client.exe`, `Server.exe`), builds Inno Setup installers, and publishes checksums (requires self-hosted Windows Act Runner).
-
-### 2. Manual Workflow Dispatch (Gitea UI)
-Workflows can be manually triggered on demand from the Gitea web interface:
-1. Navigate to **Actions** $\rightarrow$ **Release Binaries & Installers** (`release.yml`).
-2. Click **Run workflow**, set the release tag (defaults to `v2.0.1`), and run.
-
-### 3. Native Local Windows Build & Direct Release Upload
-For environments without a registered Windows CI runner, Windows executables can be built and published directly to Gitea releases:
-```powershell
-# 1. Build Windows binaries locally
-python compilation/package_dist.py --target windows
-
-# 2. Upload assets and release notes directly to the Gitea release
-python compilation/upload_release.py --tag v2.0.1 --token <GITEA_TOKEN> --skip-build
-```
+* [Architecture & Design Details](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki/Architecture-and-Design)
+* [System State Machines & Subsystem Lifecycles](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki/State-Machines-and-Lifecycles)
+* [PKI Architecture & Custom X.509 Seat OIDs](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki/PKI-and-Licensing)
+* [Complete REST API Specification](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki/API-Reference)
+* [Production Deployment & Service Management](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki/Deployment-and-Installation)
+* [CI/CD Pipeline & Cross-Compilation Workflow](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR/wiki/Testing-and-Releases)
@@ -1,60 +1,13 @@
-# LOGAR Release v2.0.1
+# LOGAR Release v0.3.1

-Maintenance and deployment release consolidating Gitea Actions release automation into a unified single workflow file, standardizing release dispatching across platforms, and bumping version definitions across server hub and Windows installers.
-
-### Key Highlights & Changes in v2.0.1:
-
- **Consolidated Single Release Automation Workflow (`.gitea/workflows/release.yml`)**:
-  - Unified separate platform release files into a single, cohesive workflow (`release.yml`) running parallel jobs (`release-linux` on `ubuntu-latest` and `release-windows` on `windows-latest`).
-  - Standardized tag matching for Gitea Actions on `push: tags: ['v*']`.
-  - Added streamlined manual `workflow_dispatch` triggers with automated release tag defaulting (`v2.0.1`).
-  - Retired deprecated `release-linux.yml` and `release-windows.yml` files.
-
- **Installer & Engine Version Bump**:
-  - Updated FastAPI Hub engine version to `2.0.1` in `src/Server.py`.
-  - Bumped Inno Setup Windows Client Installer (`compilation/installer_client.iss`) `AppVersion` to `2.0.1`.
-  - Bumped Inno Setup Windows Server Installer (`compilation/installer_server.iss`) `AppVersion` to `2.0.1`.
-
- **Distribution & Release Documentation**:
-  - Updated root and distribution documentation across all 5 deployment targets to reflect the 25 passing unit tests and tripartite release options.
-
---
-
-# LOGAR Release v2.0.0
-
-Major architectural release introducing Mutual TLS 1.3 (mTLS) transport security, built-in dynamic PKI & license accounting, in-flight certificate validity monitoring and auto-renewal, and automated Windows and Linux service installers.
-
-### Key Highlights & Changes in v2.0.0:
-
- **mTLS 1.3 Transport Security & Runtime Licensing**:
-  - Replaced legacy plain TCP sockets with mutual TLS 1.3 authentication (`ssl.CERT_REQUIRED`, TLS 1.3 minimum version).
-  - Hub dynamically validates incoming client Common Name (`client_id`) against active license seats in SQLite during the TLS handshake.
-  - Drops unauthorized, un-enrolled, or revoked clients at the transport layer before payload reading.
-
- **Dynamic Hub PKI Engine (`src/server_enrollment.py`)**:
-  - Automatically initializes an internal RSA-4096 Root CA (`ca.crt` / `ca.key`).
-  - Generates RSA-2048 Server TLS certificates with SANs for localhost, loopback, and server hostnames.
-  - Full OpenSSL 3.x and Python 3.12–3.14 compatibility via `SubjectKeyIdentifier` and `AuthorityKeyIdentifier` certificate extensions.
-  - Generates and signs client certificates on demand via `POST /api/client/enroll`.
-
- **In-Flight Certificate Validity Watchdog & Dynamic SSLContext Reloading**:
-  - Server hub runs a continuous background watchdog coroutine (`cert_validity_watchdog`, evaluated every 12 hours) alongside startup checks.
-  - Automatically checks Root CA and server TLS certificate expiration against a 30-day threshold.
-  - Generates renewed certificates on disk with timestamped backups (`.bak`), and reloads active `ssl.SSLContext` in memory dynamically without dropping socket listeners or restarting the background service.
-
- **Client Proactive Expiry Check & Reactive Self-Healing Auto-Renewal**:
-  - **Proactive**: Forwarders (`Win_Client.py` and `Linux_Client.py`) evaluate `client.crt` validity before each run, auto-renewing via `/api/client/enroll` if expiring within 30 days.
-  - **Reactive**: If the hub rotates its Root CA or a TLS verification error (`ssl.SSLError` / `SSLCertVerificationError`) occurs, clients automatically catch the error, re-enroll with the hub using their enrollment secret, and reconnect cleanly.
-
- **Database Schema & License Quota Accounting**:
-  - SQLite tables `license_config` (`max_seats`, `enrollment_secret`) and `clients` (`client_id`, `hostname`, `os_type`, `cert_fingerprint`, `status`, timestamps).
-  - Enforces seat limits on enrollment (`HTTP 403 License seat limit reached`) while allowing active registered nodes to re-enroll/renew indefinitely.
-  - Added `GET /api/clients` endpoint for license auditing and telemetry tracking.
-
- **Automated Service Installers**:
-  - **Windows**: Self-contained Inno Setup installers (`LOGAR-Client-Setup.exe` and `LOGAR-Server-Setup.exe`) bundling `nssm.exe` to register, configure, and start Windows services automatically.
-  - **Linux**: Automated installer scripts (`compilation/install_linux_client.sh` and `install_linux_server.sh`) deploying systemd service units with auto-restart policies.
-
- **CI/CD Release Workflows**:
-  - Windows workflow (`.gitea/workflows/release-windows.yml`) and Linux workflow (`.gitea/workflows/release-linux.yml`) automated to build native executables, installers, and upload release assets on tag push.
+### 🛡️ Security Fixes & Defensive Hardening
+- **Mandatory Admin Authentication**: Enforced strict administrator authentication across all fleet management endpoints (`/api/clients`, `/api/clients/approve`, `/api/clients/revoke`, `/api/clients/delete`, `/api/client/export-profile`) and license management APIs.
+- **Brute-Force Mitigation & Rate Limiting**: Implemented thread-safe sliding-window IP rate limiting on `/login` (10 attempts/min) and `/api/client/enroll` (15 attempts/min) with progressive delays and `HTTP 429` throttling.
+- **Cookie Security Flags**: Session cookies now enforce `HttpOnly=True`, `SameSite="Lax"`, and dynamic `Secure=True` for HTTPS connections and reverse-proxy deployments (`X-Forwarded-Proto`).
+- **Cryptographic Random Secrets**: Server Hub and License Authority session secrets are now generated with 256-bit CSPRNG (`secrets.token_hex(32)`) on initialization.
+- **License Renewal Validation**: Hardened `/api/license/renew` with explicit PEM structure and database validation, preventing unhandled exceptions.

+### ⚡ Operational Improvements & Modernization
+- **FastAPI Lifespan Handlers**: Migrated legacy startup events to modern ASGI lifespan context managers.
+- **OpenPGP Compression Preferences**: Aligned Server public key compression algorithms (`ZIP`, `ZLIB`, `BZ2`, `Uncompressed`) with client preferences.
+- **Cross-Platform Compilation**: Unified automated packaging for standalone Windows and Linux binaries.
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import urllib.request
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        import pip  # noqa: F401
+        print("[+] pip is already installed.")
+        return
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        import ensurepip
+        ensurepip.bootstrap()
+        print("[+] Successfully bootstrapped pip via ensurepip.")
+        return
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[*] ensurepip bootstrap skipped ({e}), downloading get-pip.py...")
+
+    ver = f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}"
+    url = f"https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/{ver}/get-pip.py" if sys.version_info < (3, 10) else "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
+    dest = "/tmp/get-pip.py" if sys.platform != "win32" else "get-pip.py"
+    
+    print(f"[*] Downloading get-pip.py from {url} for Python {ver}...")
+    try:
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, dest)
+        cmd = [sys.executable, dest]
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+            cmd.append("--break-system-packages")
+        res = subprocess.run(cmd)
+        if res.returncode == 0:
+            print("[+] Successfully installed pip via get-pip.py")
+        else:
+            # Retry without break-system-packages in case old pip version rejected it
+            subprocess.run([sys.executable, dest])
+    except Exception as ex:
+        print(f"[!] Warning during pip bootstrap: {ex}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_DIR="/etc/logar"

 echo "[+] Installing LOGAR Client..."
 mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}" "${CONFIG_DIR}/certs"
+chmod 700 "${CONFIG_DIR}/certs"

 if [ -f "dist/Linux_Client.bin" ]; then
    cp dist/Linux_Client.bin "${INSTALL_DIR}/Linux_Client"
@@ -4,7 +4,31 @@ set -euo pipefail
 INSTALL_DIR="/opt/logar-server"
 CONFIG_DIR="/etc/logar"

-echo "[+] Installing LOGAR Server..."
+# Parse command line options
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --config-dir|--data-dir)
+            CONFIG_DIR="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            shift
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+echo "============================================================"
+echo "  LOGAR Server Enterprise Linux Installer"
+echo "============================================================"
+
+# Interactive configuration if running in a terminal without CLI arguments
+if [ -t 0 ]; then
+    read -r -p "Enter Data and Configuration Directory [${CONFIG_DIR}]: " USER_CFG
+    if [ -n "${USER_CFG}" ]; then
+        CONFIG_DIR="${USER_CFG}"
+    fi
+fi
+
 mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}" "${CONFIG_DIR}" "/var/log/logar"

 if [ -f "dist/Server.bin" ]; then
@@ -1,27 +1,97 @@
 [Setup]
 AppName=LOGAR Client
-AppVersion=2.0.1
+AppVersion=0.3.1
+AppPublisher=LOGAR Security Systems
+AppPublisherURL=https://logar.eibl.tech
+AppSupportURL=https://logar.eibl.tech
+AppUpdatesURL=https://logar.eibl.tech
 DefaultDirName={autopf}\LOGAR
 OutputDir=..\dist
 OutputBaseFilename=LOGAR-Client-Setup
 PrivilegesRequired=admin
 Compression=lzma
 SolidCompression=yes
+WizardStyle=modern
+VersionInfoCompany=LOGAR Security Systems
+VersionInfoDescription=LOGAR Windows Edge Log Forwarder Setup
+VersionInfoVersion=0.3.1.0
+VersionInfoProductName=LOGAR Client
+VersionInfoProductVersion=0.3.1

 [Files]
 Source: "..\dist\Win_Client.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "..\compilation\nssm.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
+Source: "..\dist\runtime\*"; DestDir: "{app}\runtime"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs

 [Dirs]
-Name: "{commonappdata}\LOGAR"; Permissions: users-modify
+Name: "{code:GetDataDir}"; Permissions: users-modify

 [Run]
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "install LOGAR_Client ""{app}\Win_Client.exe"""; Flags: runhidden
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Client AppDirectory ""{app}"""; Flags: runhidden
-Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Client AppStdout ""{commonappdata}\LOGAR\client.log"""; Flags: runhidden
-Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Client AppStderr ""{commonappdata}\LOGAR\client_err.log"""; Flags: runhidden
+Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Client AppStdout ""{code:GetDataDir}\client.log"""; Flags: runhidden
+Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Client AppStderr ""{code:GetDataDir}\client_err.log"""; Flags: runhidden
+Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Client AppParameters ""--config """"{code:GetDataDir}\client_config.json"""""""; Flags: runhidden
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "start LOGAR_Client"; Flags: runhidden

 [UninstallRun]
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "stop LOGAR_Client"; Flags: runhidden
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "remove LOGAR_Client confirm"; Flags: runhidden
+
+[UninstallDelete]
+Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{app}\certs"
+Type: files; Name: "{app}\client_config.json"
+Type: files; Name: "{app}\client_state.json"
+Type: files; Name: "{app}\*.log"
+Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{app}\runtime"
+Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{app}"
+Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{commonappdata}\LOGAR"
+
+[Code]
+var
+  DataDirPage: TInputDirWizardPage;
+
+procedure InitializeWizard;
+begin
+  DataDirPage := CreateInputDirPage(
+    wpSelectDir,
+    'Data and Configuration Location',
+    'Where should LOGAR Client store its state tracking and certificates?',
+    'Select the folder where LOGAR Client should store state tracking (client_state.json), configuration (client_config.json), and mTLS certificates.'#13#10#13#10 +
+    'By default, this is stored in Common AppData (C:\ProgramData\LOGAR), which is accessible to background Windows services.',
+    False,
+    ''
+  );
+  DataDirPage.Add('Data Directory:');
+  DataDirPage.Values[0] := ExpandConstant('{commonappdata}\LOGAR');
+end;
+
+function GetDataDir(Param: String): String;
+begin
+  Result := DataDirPage.Values[0];
+  if Result = '' then
+    Result := ExpandConstant('{commonappdata}\LOGAR');
+end;
+
+procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
+begin
+  if CurStep = ssPostInstall then
+  begin
+    RegWriteStringValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Client', 'DataDir', GetDataDir(''));
+  end;
+end;
+
+procedure CurUninstallStepChanged(CurUninstallStep: TUninstallStep);
+var
+  CustomDataDir: String;
+begin
+  if CurUninstallStep = usPostUninstall then
+  begin
+    if RegQueryStringValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Client', 'DataDir', CustomDataDir) then
+    begin
+      if (CustomDataDir <> '') and DirExists(CustomDataDir) then
+        DelTree(CustomDataDir, True, True, True);
+      RegDeleteKeyIncludingSubkeys(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Client');
+    end;
+  end;
+end;
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+!include "MUI2.nsh"
+!include "LogicLib.nsh"
+
+Name "LOGAR Client"
+OutFile "../dist/LOGAR-Client-Setup.exe"
+InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES64\LOGAR"
+RequestExecutionLevel admin
+
+BrandingText "LOGAR Enterprise SIEM & Edge Forwarder"
+
+VIProductVersion "0.3.1.0"
+VIAddVersionKey "ProductName" "LOGAR Client"
+VIAddVersionKey "CompanyName" "LOGAR Security Systems"
+VIAddVersionKey "LegalCopyright" "© 2026 LOGAR Security Systems"
+VIAddVersionKey "FileDescription" "LOGAR Windows Edge Log Forwarder Setup"
+VIAddVersionKey "FileVersion" "0.3.1.0"
+VIAddVersionKey "ProductVersion" "0.3.1.0"
+
+Var DATADIR
+
+# --- UI Pages ---
+!define MUI_ABORTWARNING
+
+# Welcome Page
+!define MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TITLE "Welcome to LOGAR Client Setup"
+!define MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TEXT "LOGAR Client provides secure, encrypted Windows Event Log forwarding with automatic certificate enrollment and state tracking.\r\n\r\nThis wizard will guide you through installing the forwarder service."
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME
+
+# Directory Page 1: Installation Directory
+!define MUI_PAGE_HEADER_TEXT "Choose Installation Location"
+!define MUI_PAGE_HEADER_SUBTEXT "Choose the folder in which to install program binaries."
+!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_VARIABLE $INSTDIR
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
+
+# Directory Page 2: Data Directory
+!define MUI_PAGE_HEADER_TEXT "Choose Data & Storage Location"
+!define MUI_PAGE_HEADER_SUBTEXT "Choose where state tracking, certificates, and configuration files should be stored."
+!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_TEXT_TOP "Choose the folder where LOGAR Client should store state tracking (client_state.json), configuration (client_config.json), and mTLS certificates.$\r$\n$\r$\nDefault is recommended for automatic background service access."
+!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_TEXT_DESTINATION "Data & Storage Folder"
+!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_VARIABLE $DATADIR
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
+
+# Instfiles Page
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES
+
+# Finish Page
+!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_TITLE "Installation Complete"
+!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_TEXT "LOGAR Client has been successfully installed and configured as an automated background service."
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH
+
+# Uninstaller Pages
+!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_CONFIRM
+!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_INSTFILES
+
+!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"
+
+Function .onInit
+    SetShellVarContext all
+    StrCpy $DATADIR "$APPDATA\LOGAR"
+FunctionEnd
+
+Section "Install"
+    SetShellVarContext all
+    SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
+    File "../dist/Win_Client.exe"
+    File "../compilation/nssm.exe"
+    File /r "../dist/runtime"
+
+    CreateDirectory "$DATADIR"
+    ExecWait 'icacls "$DATADIR" /grant "*S-1-5-32-545:(OI)(CI)M" /T /Q'
+
+    # Install and configure service via NSSM
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" install LOGAR_Client "$INSTDIR\Win_Client.exe"'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" set LOGAR_Client AppDirectory "$INSTDIR"'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" set LOGAR_Client AppStdout "$DATADIR\client.log"'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" set LOGAR_Client AppStderr "$DATADIR\client_err.log"'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" set LOGAR_Client AppParameters "--config \"$DATADIR\client_config.json\""'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" start LOGAR_Client'
+
+    WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"
+    WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Client" "DataDir" "$DATADIR"
+SectionEnd
+
+Section "Uninstall"
+    SetShellVarContext all
+    ReadRegStr $DATADIR HKLM "Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Client" "DataDir"
+    ${If} $DATADIR == ""
+        StrCpy $DATADIR "$APPDATA\LOGAR"
+    ${EndIf}
+
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" stop LOGAR_Client'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" remove LOGAR_Client confirm'
+    RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\runtime"
+    RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\certs"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\client_config.json"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\client_state.json"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\*.log"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\Win_Client.exe"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\nssm.exe"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"
+    RMDir /r "$INSTDIR"
+    RMDir /r "$DATADIR"
+    DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Client"
+SectionEnd
@@ -1,27 +1,98 @@
 [Setup]
 AppName=LOGAR Server
-AppVersion=2.0.1
+AppVersion=0.3.1
+AppPublisher=LOGAR Security Systems
+AppPublisherURL=https://logar.eibl.tech
+AppSupportURL=https://logar.eibl.tech
+AppUpdatesURL=https://logar.eibl.tech
 DefaultDirName={autopf}\LOGAR-Server
 OutputDir=..\dist
 OutputBaseFilename=LOGAR-Server-Setup
 PrivilegesRequired=admin
 Compression=lzma
 SolidCompression=yes
+WizardStyle=modern
+VersionInfoCompany=LOGAR Security Systems
+VersionInfoDescription=LOGAR Cloud Hub & TCP Ingestion Server Setup
+VersionInfoVersion=0.3.1.0
+VersionInfoProductName=LOGAR Server
+VersionInfoProductVersion=0.3.1

 [Files]
 Source: "..\dist\Server.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "..\compilation\nssm.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
+Source: "..\dist\runtime\*"; DestDir: "{app}\runtime"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs

 [Dirs]
-Name: "{commonappdata}\LOGAR-Server"; Permissions: users-modify
+Name: "{code:GetDataDir}"; Permissions: users-modify

 [Run]
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "install LOGAR_Server ""{app}\Server.exe"""; Flags: runhidden
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Server AppDirectory ""{app}"""; Flags: runhidden
-Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Server AppStdout ""{commonappdata}\LOGAR-Server\server.log"""; Flags: runhidden
-Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Server AppStderr ""{commonappdata}\LOGAR-Server\server_err.log"""; Flags: runhidden
+Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Server AppStdout ""{code:GetDataDir}\server.log"""; Flags: runhidden
+Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Server AppStderr ""{code:GetDataDir}\server_err.log"""; Flags: runhidden
+Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "set LOGAR_Server AppParameters ""--config """"{code:GetDataDir}\server_config.json"""""""; Flags: runhidden
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "start LOGAR_Server"; Flags: runhidden

 [UninstallRun]
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "stop LOGAR_Server"; Flags: runhidden
 Filename: "{app}\nssm.exe"; Parameters: "remove LOGAR_Server confirm"; Flags: runhidden
+
+[UninstallDelete]
+Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{app}\certs"
+Type: files; Name: "{app}\server_config.json"
+Type: files; Name: "{app}\logar_state.db"
+Type: files; Name: "{app}\logar_state.db-*"
+Type: files; Name: "{app}\*.log"
+Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{app}\runtime"
+Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{app}"
+Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{commonappdata}\LOGAR-Server"
+
+[Code]
+var
+  DataDirPage: TInputDirWizardPage;
+
+procedure InitializeWizard;
+begin
+  DataDirPage := CreateInputDirPage(
+    wpSelectDir,
+    'Data and Configuration Location',
+    'Where should LOGAR Server store its database, certificates, and configuration?',
+    'Select the folder where LOGAR Server should store the database (logar_state.db), configuration (server_config.json), and mTLS certificates.'#13#10#13#10 +
+    'By default, this is stored in Common AppData (C:\ProgramData\LOGAR-Server), which is accessible to background Windows services.',
+    False,
+    ''
+  );
+  DataDirPage.Add('Data Directory:');
+  DataDirPage.Values[0] := ExpandConstant('{commonappdata}\LOGAR-Server');
+end;
+
+function GetDataDir(Param: String): String;
+begin
+  Result := DataDirPage.Values[0];
+  if Result = '' then
+    Result := ExpandConstant('{commonappdata}\LOGAR-Server');
+end;
+
+procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
+begin
+  if CurStep = ssPostInstall then
+  begin
+    RegWriteStringValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Server', 'DataDir', GetDataDir(''));
+  end;
+end;
+
+procedure CurUninstallStepChanged(CurUninstallStep: TUninstallStep);
+var
+  CustomDataDir: String;
+begin
+  if CurUninstallStep = usPostUninstall then
+  begin
+    if RegQueryStringValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Server', 'DataDir', CustomDataDir) then
+    begin
+      if (CustomDataDir <> '') and DirExists(CustomDataDir) then
+        DelTree(CustomDataDir, True, True, True);
+      RegDeleteKeyIncludingSubkeys(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Server');
+    end;
+  end;
+end;
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+!include "MUI2.nsh"
+!include "LogicLib.nsh"
+
+Name "LOGAR Server"
+OutFile "../dist/LOGAR-Server-Setup.exe"
+InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES64\LOGAR-Server"
+RequestExecutionLevel admin
+
+BrandingText "LOGAR Enterprise SIEM & Log Ingestion"
+
+VIProductVersion "0.3.1.0"
+VIAddVersionKey "ProductName" "LOGAR Server"
+VIAddVersionKey "CompanyName" "LOGAR Security Systems"
+VIAddVersionKey "LegalCopyright" "© 2026 LOGAR Security Systems"
+VIAddVersionKey "FileDescription" "LOGAR Cloud Hub & TCP Ingestion Server Setup"
+VIAddVersionKey "FileVersion" "0.3.1.0"
+VIAddVersionKey "ProductVersion" "0.3.1.0"
+
+Var DATADIR
+
+# --- UI Pages ---
+!define MUI_ABORTWARNING
+
+# Welcome Page
+!define MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TITLE "Welcome to LOGAR Server Setup"
+!define MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TEXT "LOGAR provides high-performance encrypted log ingestion, temporal analysis, and mTLS client enrollment.\r\n\r\nThis wizard will guide you through installing LOGAR Server and configuring it as an automated Windows service."
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME
+
+# Directory Page 1: Installation Directory
+!define MUI_PAGE_HEADER_TEXT "Choose Installation Location"
+!define MUI_PAGE_HEADER_SUBTEXT "Choose the folder in which to install program binaries."
+!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_VARIABLE $INSTDIR
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
+
+# Directory Page 2: Data Directory
+!define MUI_PAGE_HEADER_TEXT "Choose Data & Storage Location"
+!define MUI_PAGE_HEADER_SUBTEXT "Choose where database, certificates, and configuration files should be stored."
+!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_TEXT_TOP "Choose the folder where LOGAR Server should store its database (logar_state.db), configuration (server_config.json), and mTLS certificates.$\r$\n$\r$\nDefault is recommended for automatic background service access."
+!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_TEXT_DESTINATION "Data & Storage Folder"
+!define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_VARIABLE $DATADIR
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
+
+# Instfiles Page
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES
+
+# Finish Page
+!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_TITLE "Installation Complete"
+!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_TEXT "LOGAR Server has been successfully installed and started as a background Windows service.\r\n\r\nWeb Hub Dashboard: http://localhost:8443\r\nTCP Ingestion Port: 9443"
+!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH
+
+# Uninstaller Pages
+!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_CONFIRM
+!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_INSTFILES
+
+!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"
+
+Function .onInit
+    SetShellVarContext all
+    StrCpy $DATADIR "$APPDATA\LOGAR-Server"
+FunctionEnd
+
+Section "Install"
+    SetShellVarContext all
+    SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
+    File "../dist/Server.exe"
+    File "../compilation/nssm.exe"
+    File /r "../dist/runtime"
+
+    CreateDirectory "$DATADIR"
+    ExecWait 'icacls "$DATADIR" /grant "*S-1-5-32-545:(OI)(CI)M" /T /Q'
+
+    # Install and configure service via NSSM
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" install LOGAR_Server "$INSTDIR\Server.exe"'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" set LOGAR_Server AppDirectory "$INSTDIR"'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" set LOGAR_Server AppStdout "$DATADIR\server.log"'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" set LOGAR_Server AppStderr "$DATADIR\server_err.log"'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" set LOGAR_Server AppParameters "--config \"$DATADIR\server_config.json\""'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" start LOGAR_Server'
+
+    WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"
+    WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Server" "DataDir" "$DATADIR"
+SectionEnd
+
+Section "Uninstall"
+    SetShellVarContext all
+    ReadRegStr $DATADIR HKLM "Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Server" "DataDir"
+    ${If} $DATADIR == ""
+        StrCpy $DATADIR "$APPDATA\LOGAR-Server"
+    ${EndIf}
+
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" stop LOGAR_Server'
+    ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\nssm.exe" remove LOGAR_Server confirm'
+    RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\runtime"
+    RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\certs"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\server_config.json"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\logar_state.db"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\logar_state.db-*"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\*.log"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\Server.exe"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\nssm.exe"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"
+    RMDir /r "$INSTDIR"
+    RMDir /r "$DATADIR"
+    DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\LOGAR\LOGAR-Server"
+SectionEnd
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SRC_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "src")
 DIST_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "dist")
 BUILD_TEMP = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "build_temp")

+
 def clean_and_prep():
    if os.path.exists(DIST_DIR):
        shutil.rmtree(DIST_DIR)
@@ -20,6 +21,22 @@ def clean_and_prep():
        shutil.rmtree(BUILD_TEMP)
    os.makedirs(BUILD_TEMP, exist_ok=True)

+
+def calculate_sha256(filepath):
+    h = hashlib.sha256()
+    with open(filepath, "rb") as f:
+        while chunk := f.read(65536):
+            h.update(chunk)
+    return h.hexdigest()
+
+
+def write_checksum_file(filename, digest, binary_filename):
+    out_path = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, filename)
+    with open(out_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        f.write(f"{digest}  {binary_filename}\n")
+    print(f"[+] Generated checksum file: {filename} ({digest[:16]}...)")
+
+
 def build_pyinstaller_binary(script_path, binary_name):
    print(f"[*] Compiling {binary_name} with PyInstaller...")
    cmd = [
@@ -38,25 +55,15 @@ def build_pyinstaller_binary(script_path, binary_name):
        raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to build {binary_name}")
    print(f"[+] Successfully compiled {binary_name}")

-def calculate_sha256(filepath):
-    h = hashlib.sha256()
-    with open(filepath, "rb") as f:
-        while chunk := f.read(65536):
-            h.update(chunk)
-    return h.hexdigest()
-
-def write_checksum_file(filename, digest, binary_filename):
-    out_path = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, filename)
-    with open(out_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        f.write(f"{digest}  {binary_filename}\n")
-    print(f"[+] Generated checksum file: {filename} ({digest[:16]}...)")

 def build_linux_zipapp_fallback():
    print("[*] Packaging Linux standalone zipapp fallback binaries...")
    # Linux Client zipapp
    app_dir = os.path.join(BUILD_TEMP, "linux_app")
    os.makedirs(app_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    shutil.copy(os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "Linux_Client.py"), os.path.join(app_dir, "Linux_Client.py"))
+    for f in os.listdir(SRC_DIR):
+        if f.endswith(".py"):
+            shutil.copy(os.path.join(SRC_DIR, f), os.path.join(app_dir, f))
    client_out = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "Linux_Client.bin")
    zipapp.create_archive(
        source=app_dir,
@@ -67,7 +74,9 @@ def build_linux_zipapp_fallback():
    # Server zipapp
    srv_dir = os.path.join(BUILD_TEMP, "linux_srv")
    os.makedirs(srv_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    shutil.copy(os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "Server.py"), os.path.join(srv_dir, "Server.py"))
+    for f in os.listdir(SRC_DIR):
+        if f.endswith(".py"):
+            shutil.copy(os.path.join(SRC_DIR, f), os.path.join(srv_dir, f))
    server_out = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "Server.bin")
    zipapp.create_archive(
        source=srv_dir,
@@ -76,16 +85,297 @@ def build_linux_zipapp_fallback():
        main="Server:main"
    )

-def build_windows():
-    print("[*] Compiling Windows standalone executables...")
-    win_client_script = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "Win_Client.py")
-    build_pyinstaller_binary(win_client_script, "Win_Client")

-    server_script = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "Server.py")
-    build_pyinstaller_binary(server_script, "Server")
+def prepare_windows_runtime():
+    """
+    Downloads the official Python 3.11 embeddable 64-bit runtime, configures ._pth,
+    and downloads/unpacks all required dependencies (wheels) for standalone execution.
+    """
+    runtime_dir = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "runtime")
+    if os.path.exists(runtime_dir):
+        return runtime_dir
+
+    os.makedirs(runtime_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    site_packages = os.path.join(runtime_dir, "site-packages")
+    os.makedirs(site_packages, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # 1. Download & Extract Python 3.11 embeddable zip
+    embed_zip_name = "python-3.11.9-embed-amd64.zip"
+    embed_zip_path = os.path.join(BUILD_TEMP, embed_zip_name)
+    embed_url = f"https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.9/{embed_zip_name}"
+
+    if not os.path.exists(embed_zip_path):
+        print(f"[*] Downloading Python 3.11 embeddable runtime from {embed_url}...")
+        import urllib.request
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(embed_url, embed_zip_path)
+
+    import zipfile
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(embed_zip_path, "r") as zf:
+        zf.extractall(runtime_dir)
+
+    # 2. Configure python311._pth
+    pth_file = os.path.join(runtime_dir, "python311._pth")
+    with open(pth_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        f.write("python311.zip\n.\nsite-packages\nsite-packages/win32\nsite-packages/win32/lib\nsite-packages/Pythonwin\nimport site\n")
+
+    # 3. Download and unpack Windows AMD64 dependencies
+    wheels_dir = os.path.join(BUILD_TEMP, "win_wheels")
+    os.makedirs(wheels_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    print("[*] Fetching required Windows x64 dependency wheels...")
+    # Build PGPy 0.6.0 wheel from git (supports modern cryptography)
+    try:
+        subprocess.run([
+            sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "wheel", "--no-deps",
+            "git+https://github.com/SecurityInnovation/PGPy.git",
+            "--wheel-dir", wheels_dir
+        ], check=False, capture_output=True)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    # Download binary wheels for win_amd64 cp311
+    deps = [
+        "cryptography", "fastapi", "uvicorn", "pydantic",
+        "pywin32", "websockets", "pyasn1", "six", "cffi", "pycparser"
+    ]
+    pip_cmd = [
+        sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "download",
+        "--only-binary=:all:",
+        "--platform", "win_amd64",
+        "--python-version", "311",
+        "--implementation", "cp",
+        "--abi", "cp311",
+        "--dest", wheels_dir
+    ] + deps
+
+    subprocess.run(pip_cmd, check=False, capture_output=True)
+
+    for whl in os.listdir(wheels_dir):
+        if whl.endswith(".whl"):
+            whl_path = os.path.join(wheels_dir, whl)
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(whl_path, "r") as zf:
+                zf.extractall(site_packages)
+
+    # 4. Copy pywin32 system DLLs to runtime root for immediate DLL loader resolution
+    sys32_dir = os.path.join(site_packages, "pywin32_system32")
+    if os.path.exists(sys32_dir):
+        for dll in os.listdir(sys32_dir):
+            if dll.lower().endswith(".dll"):
+                shutil.copy(os.path.join(sys32_dir, dll), runtime_dir)
+
+    print("[+] Successfully assembled standalone Windows Python 3.11 runtime environment.")
+    return runtime_dir
+
+
+def create_windows_exe_zipapp(script_name, exe_name):
+    """
+    Cross-compilation helper: Creates a standalone Windows .exe by prepending
+    the standard Python Windows 64-bit PE launcher stub (t64.exe) to a compiled zipapp archive.
+    """
+    app_temp_dir = os.path.join(BUILD_TEMP, f"win_app_{exe_name}")
+    os.makedirs(app_temp_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    for f in os.listdir(SRC_DIR):
+        if f.endswith(".py"):
+            shutil.copy(os.path.join(SRC_DIR, f), os.path.join(app_temp_dir, f))
+
+    module_name = os.path.splitext(script_name)[0]
+    zipapp_temp = os.path.join(BUILD_TEMP, f"{exe_name}.zip")
+    zipapp.create_archive(
+        source=app_temp_dir,
+        target=zipapp_temp,
+        interpreter=r"runtime\python.exe",
+        main=f"{module_name}:main"
+    )
+
+    stub_bytes = b""
+    try:
+        import pip._vendor.distlib.resources as distlib_res
+        finder = distlib_res.finder("pip._vendor.distlib")
+        res = finder.find("t64.exe")
+        if res:
+            stub_bytes = res.bytes
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    if not stub_bytes:
+        try:
+            import distlib.resources as distlib_res
+            finder = distlib_res.finder("distlib")
+            res = finder.find("t64.exe")
+            if res:
+                stub_bytes = res.bytes
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    out_exe_path = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, f"{exe_name}.exe")
+    with open(out_exe_path, "wb") as out_f:
+        if stub_bytes:
+            out_f.write(stub_bytes)
+        with open(zipapp_temp, "rb") as in_f:
+            out_f.write(in_f.read())
+    print(f"[+] Successfully cross-compiled Windows PE executable: {exe_name}.exe (PE Stub attached: {bool(stub_bytes)})")
+
+
+def ensure_makensis():
+    """Finds or attempts to install makensis on the current system."""
+    for cmd in ["makensis", "/usr/bin/makensis", "/usr/local/bin/makensis",
+                r"C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\makensis.exe",
+                r"C:\Program Files\NSIS\makensis.exe"]:
+        p = shutil.which(cmd) if not os.path.isabs(cmd) else cmd
+        if p and (os.path.exists(p) or shutil.which(p)):
+            return p
+
+    if platform.system() == "Linux":
+        print("[*] Attempting to install 'nsis' package dynamically...")
+        sudo = ["sudo"] if hasattr(os, "geteuid") and os.geteuid() != 0 and shutil.which("sudo") else []
+        if shutil.which("apt-get"):
+            try:
+                subprocess.run(sudo + ["apt-get", "update", "--allow-releaseinfo-change", "-o", "Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false", "-y"], check=False)
+                subprocess.run(sudo + ["apt-get", "-f", "install", "-y"], check=False)
+                subprocess.run(sudo + ["apt-get", "install", "-y", "--fix-broken", "--fix-missing", "--no-install-recommends", "nsis", "nsis-common"], check=False)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"[!] Warning: Dynamic apt install failed: {e}")
+        elif shutil.which("apk"):
+            try:
+                subprocess.run(sudo + ["apk", "add", "--no-cache", "nsis"], check=False)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        elif shutil.which("dnf"):
+            try:
+                subprocess.run(sudo + ["dnf", "install", "-y", "mingw32-nsis", "nsis"], check=False)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        for cmd in ["makensis", "/usr/bin/makensis", "/usr/local/bin/makensis"]:
+            p = shutil.which(cmd) if not os.path.isabs(cmd) else cmd
+            if p and (os.path.exists(p) or shutil.which(p)):
+                return p
+
+    return None
+
+
+def ensure_libpython():
+    """Attempts to install libpython shared library on Debian/Ubuntu for PyInstaller."""
+    if platform.system() == "Linux" and shutil.which("apt-get"):
+        py_ver = f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}"
+        sudo = ["sudo"] if hasattr(os, "geteuid") and os.geteuid() != 0 and shutil.which("sudo") else []
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(sudo + ["apt-get", "update", "--allow-releaseinfo-change", "-o", "Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false", "-y"], check=False)
+            subprocess.run(sudo + ["apt-get", "-f", "install", "-y"], check=False)
+            subprocess.run(sudo + ["apt-get", "install", "-y", "--fix-broken", "--fix-missing", "--no-install-recommends", f"libpython{py_ver}", "python3-dev", f"python{py_ver}-dev", "libpython3-dev"], check=False)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
+def compile_nsis_installers():
+    """Compiles NSIS installers if makensis is available (native Linux/Windows)."""
+    makensis_bin = ensure_makensis()
+    if not makensis_bin:
+        print("[!] Note: NSIS compiler (makensis) not found in PATH or standard directories.")
+        return False
+
+    makensis_cmd = [makensis_bin]
+    compilation_dir = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "compilation")
+    success = True
+    for nsi in ["installer_client.nsi", "installer_server.nsi"]:
+        nsi_path = os.path.join(compilation_dir, nsi)
+        if os.path.exists(nsi_path):
+            print(f"[*] Compiling NSIS script: {nsi} via {makensis_cmd[0]}...")
+            try:
+                subprocess.run(makensis_cmd + [nsi_path], cwd=compilation_dir, check=True)
+                print(f"[+] Successfully compiled NSIS installer for {nsi}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"[!] Warning: Failed to compile {nsi} with {makensis_cmd}: {e}")
+                success = False
+    return success
+
+
+def compile_inno_setup_installers():
+    """Compiles Inno Setup installers if iscc or innosetup wrapper is available."""
+    iscc_cmd = None
+    user_iscc = os.path.expanduser(r"~\AppData\Local\Programs\Inno Setup 6\ISCC.exe")
+    if shutil.which("iscc"):
+        iscc_cmd = ["iscc"]
+    elif shutil.which("innosetup"):
+        iscc_cmd = ["innosetup"]
+    elif os.path.exists(user_iscc):
+        iscc_cmd = [user_iscc]
+    elif os.path.exists("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Inno Setup 6\\ISCC.exe"):
+        iscc_cmd = ["C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Inno Setup 6\\ISCC.exe"]
+    elif os.path.exists("C:\\Program Files\\Inno Setup 6\\ISCC.exe"):
+        iscc_cmd = ["C:\\Program Files\\Inno Setup 6\\ISCC.exe"]
+    elif shutil.which("wine") and os.path.exists("/opt/innosetup/app/ISCC.exe"):
+        iscc_cmd = ["wine", "/opt/innosetup/app/ISCC.exe"]
+    elif shutil.which("wine"):
+        wine_iscc = os.path.expanduser("~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Inno Setup 6/ISCC.exe")
+        if os.path.exists(wine_iscc):
+            iscc_cmd = ["wine", wine_iscc]
+
+    if not iscc_cmd:
+        print("[!] Note: Inno Setup compiler (iscc / innosetup) not available on host. Skipping installer .exe creation.")
+        return False
+
+    for iss in ["installer_client.iss", "installer_server.iss"]:
+        iss_path = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "compilation", iss)
+        if os.path.exists(iss_path):
+            print(f"[*] Compiling Inno Setup script: {iss}...")
+            try:
+                subprocess.run(iscc_cmd + [iss_path], check=True)
+                print(f"[+] Successfully compiled {iss}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"[!] Warning: Failed to compile {iss} with {iscc_cmd}: {e}")
+    return True
+
+
+def compile_windows_installers():
+    if not compile_nsis_installers():
+        compile_inno_setup_installers()
+
+
+def build_windows():
+    print("[*] Packaging self-contained Windows standalone executables...")
+    prepare_windows_runtime()
+    create_windows_exe_zipapp("Win_Client.py", "Win_Client")
+    create_windows_exe_zipapp("Server.py", "Server")
+
+    compile_windows_installers()

    client_bin = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "Win_Client.exe")
    server_bin = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "Server.exe")
+    runtime_dir = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "runtime")
+
+    # Windows Zip Bundles
+    import zipfile
+    if os.path.exists(client_bin):
+        client_zip = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "LOGAR-Windows-Client.zip")
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(client_zip, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf:
+            zf.write(client_bin, arcname="Win_Client.exe")
+            sample_cfg = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "out", "win_client", "client_config.sample.json")
+            if os.path.exists(sample_cfg):
+                zf.write(sample_cfg, arcname="client_config.sample.json")
+            if os.path.exists(runtime_dir):
+                for root, _, files in os.walk(runtime_dir):
+                    for file in files:
+                        full_p = os.path.join(root, file)
+                        rel_p = os.path.relpath(full_p, DIST_DIR)
+                        zf.write(full_p, arcname=rel_p)
+        print(f"[+] Packaged Windows Client Zip: {os.path.basename(client_zip)}")
+
+    if os.path.exists(server_bin):
+        server_zip = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "LOGAR-Windows-Server.zip")
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(server_zip, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf:
+            zf.write(server_bin, arcname="Server.exe")
+            sample_cfg = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "server_config.sample.json")
+            if os.path.exists(sample_cfg):
+                zf.write(sample_cfg, arcname="server_config.sample.json")
+            if os.path.exists(runtime_dir):
+                for root, _, files in os.walk(runtime_dir):
+                    for file in files:
+                        full_p = os.path.join(root, file)
+                        rel_p = os.path.relpath(full_p, DIST_DIR)
+                        zf.write(full_p, arcname=rel_p)
+        print(f"[+] Packaged Windows Server Zip: {os.path.basename(server_zip)}")

    sums = []
    if os.path.exists(client_bin):
@@ -103,20 +393,33 @@ def build_windows():
    else:
        print(f"[!] Warning: Expected {server_bin} was not found.")

+    # Inno Setup output checksums if present
+    for inst in ["LOGAR-Client-Setup.exe", "LOGAR-Server-Setup.exe", "LOGAR-Windows-Client.zip", "LOGAR-Windows-Server.zip"]:
+        inst_path = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, inst)
+        if os.path.exists(inst_path):
+            inst_hash = calculate_sha256(inst_path)
+            sums.append(f"{inst_hash}  {inst}")
+
    sums_path = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "SHA256SUMS_windows.txt")
    with open(sums_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        f.write("\n".join(sums) + "\n")

+
 def build_linux():
-    print("[*] Compiling Linux standalone binaries...")
+    print("[*] Compiling Linux standalone binaries and packaging installers...")
    is_linux_host = platform.system() == "Linux"

    if is_linux_host:
-        linux_client_script = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "Linux_Client.py")
-        build_pyinstaller_binary(linux_client_script, "Linux_Client.bin")
+        ensure_libpython()
+        try:
+            linux_client_script = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "Linux_Client.py")
+            build_pyinstaller_binary(linux_client_script, "Linux_Client.bin")

-        server_script = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "Server.py")
-        build_pyinstaller_binary(server_script, "Server.bin")
+            server_script = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "Server.py")
+            build_pyinstaller_binary(server_script, "Server.bin")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[!] PyInstaller compilation encountered an issue ({e}). Falling back to standalone zipapp packaging...")
+            build_linux_zipapp_fallback()

        # Normalize extensions in case PyInstaller dropped .bin
        for name in ["Linux_Client", "Server"]:
@@ -137,9 +440,37 @@ def build_linux():
        print("[!] Note: Host platform is not Linux. Generating executable zipapps for Linux target.")
        build_linux_zipapp_fallback()

+    # Copy Linux installation scripts directly to dist
+    for sh in ["install_linux_client.sh", "install_linux_server.sh"]:
+        sh_src = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "compilation", sh)
+        if os.path.exists(sh_src):
+            sh_dst = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, sh)
+            shutil.copy(sh_src, sh_dst)
+            print(f"[+] Copied Linux installer script: {sh}")
+
+    # Package Linux tarballs
+    import tarfile
    client_bin = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "Linux_Client.bin")
    server_bin = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "Server.bin")

+    if os.path.exists(client_bin):
+        client_tar = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "LOGAR-Linux-Client.tar.gz")
+        with tarfile.open(client_tar, "w:gz") as tf:
+            tf.add(client_bin, arcname="Linux_Client.bin")
+            client_sh = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "install_linux_client.sh")
+            if os.path.exists(client_sh):
+                tf.add(client_sh, arcname="install_linux_client.sh")
+        print(f"[+] Packaged Linux Client Tarball: {os.path.basename(client_tar)}")
+
+    if os.path.exists(server_bin):
+        server_tar = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "LOGAR-Linux-Server.tar.gz")
+        with tarfile.open(server_tar, "w:gz") as tf:
+            tf.add(server_bin, arcname="Server.bin")
+            server_sh = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "install_linux_server.sh")
+            if os.path.exists(server_sh):
+                tf.add(server_sh, arcname="install_linux_server.sh")
+        print(f"[+] Packaged Linux Server Tarball: {os.path.basename(server_tar)}")
+
    sums = []
    if os.path.exists(client_bin):
        client_hash = calculate_sha256(client_bin)
@@ -156,16 +487,39 @@ def build_linux():
    else:
        print(f"[!] Warning: Expected {server_bin} was not found.")

+    for item in ["install_linux_client.sh", "install_linux_server.sh", "LOGAR-Linux-Client.tar.gz", "LOGAR-Linux-Server.tar.gz"]:
+        item_path = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, item)
+        if os.path.exists(item_path):
+            item_hash = calculate_sha256(item_path)
+            sums.append(f"{item_hash}  {item}")
+
    sums_path = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "SHA256SUMS_linux.txt")
    with open(sums_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        f.write("\n".join(sums) + "\n")

+
+def build_all():
+    print("[*] Building standalone distribution artifacts for both Linux and Windows...")
+    build_linux()
+    build_windows()
+
+    # Consolidated master checksums file
+    all_sums = []
+    for f in sorted(os.listdir(DIST_DIR)):
+        fpath = os.path.join(DIST_DIR, f)
+        if os.path.isfile(fpath) and not f.endswith(".txt") and not "sha256sum" in f:
+            h = calculate_sha256(fpath)
+            all_sums.append(f"{h}  {f}")
+    with open(os.path.join(DIST_DIR, "SHA256SUMS.txt"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        f.write("\n".join(all_sums) + "\n")
+
+
 def main(target=None):
    if target is None:
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="LOGAR Standalone Binary Compiler & Packager")
        parser.add_argument(
            "--target", "-t",
-            choices=["windows", "win", "linux", "auto"],
+            choices=["all", "windows", "win", "linux", "auto"],
            default="auto",
            help="Target platform to compile binaries for (default: auto-detect)"
        )
@@ -173,19 +527,21 @@ def main(target=None):
        target = args.target

    if target == "auto":
-        target = "windows" if platform.system() == "Windows" else "linux"
+        target = "all"
    elif target == "win":
        target = "windows"

    print("=" * 60)
-    print("  LOGAR Binary Packaging")
+    print("  LOGAR Binary Packaging & Cross-Compilation")
    print(f"  Host Platform:   {platform.system()} ({platform.machine()})")
    print(f"  Target Platform: {target.upper()}")
    print("=" * 60)

    clean_and_prep()

-    if target == "windows":
+    if target == "all":
+        build_all()
+    elif target == "windows":
        build_windows()
    elif target == "linux":
        build_linux()
@@ -202,5 +558,6 @@ def main(target=None):
        print(f"    - {f} ({sz / (1024*1024):.2f} MB)" if sz > 1024*1024 else f"    - {f} ({sz} bytes)")
    print("=" * 60)

+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ standard-imghdr>=3.13.0; python_version >= "3.13"
 cryptography>=42.0.0
 fastapi>=0.110.0
 uvicorn>=0.28.0
+websockets>=11.0.0
 pydantic>=2.6.0
+distlib>=0.3.8
 pywin32>=306; sys_platform == "win32"
@@ -13,9 +13,21 @@ import time
 DEFAULT_GITEA_URL = os.environ.get("GITEA_SERVER_URL", "https://gitea.eibl.tech")
 DEFAULT_REPO = os.environ.get("GITEA_REPOSITORY", "me0nline/LOGAR")

+import base64
+
+def get_auth_header(token):
+    if not token:
+        return ""
+    if token.startswith("Basic ") or token.startswith("token ") or token.startswith("Bearer "):
+        return token
+    if ":" in token:
+        b64 = base64.b64encode(token.encode("utf-8")).decode("ascii")
+        return f"Basic {b64}"
+    return f"token {token}"
+
 def get_existing_assets(base_url, repo, release_id, token):
    url = f"{base_url}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets"
-    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}", "Accept": "application/json"})
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"Authorization": get_auth_header(token), "Accept": "application/json"})
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
            return json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
@@ -24,7 +36,7 @@ def get_existing_assets(base_url, repo, release_id, token):

 def delete_asset(base_url, repo, release_id, asset_id, token):
    url = f"{base_url}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets/{asset_id}"
-    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method="DELETE", headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}"})
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method="DELETE", headers={"Authorization": get_auth_header(token)})
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
            pass
@@ -47,7 +59,7 @@ def upload_file_to_release(base_url, repo, release_id, token, file_path, max_ret

    for attempt in range(1, max_retries + 1):
        req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=file_bytes, method="POST")
-        req.add_header("Authorization", f"token {token}")
+        req.add_header("Authorization", get_auth_header(token))
        req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
        req.add_header("Accept", "application/json")

@@ -73,14 +85,14 @@ def upload_file_to_release(base_url, repo, release_id, token, file_path, max_ret
 def create_or_get_release(base_url, repo, tag, token, title=None, notes=None):
    url = f"{base_url}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/releases"
    headers = {
-        "Authorization": f"token {token}",
+        "Authorization": get_auth_header(token),
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json"
    }

    # Check if release exists
    check_url = f"{base_url}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/releases/tags/{urllib.parse.quote(tag)}"
-    check_req = urllib.request.Request(check_url, headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}"})
+    check_req = urllib.request.Request(check_url, headers={"Authorization": get_auth_header(token)})
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen(check_req) as resp:
            existing = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Standalone compiled binary and automated systemd service distribution for Linux
 - **Master License Authority (`logar.eibl.tech`) & Seat-Bearing CA**: Integrates with the upstream authority. Subordinate CA certificates embed exact seat quotas via custom enterprise X.509 OID `1.3.6.1.4.1.59999.1.1`.
 - **Zero-Touch mTLS Renewals**: Once initial signed CA cert is imported, the server hub automatically executes in-flight mTLS renewals with `https://logar.eibl.tech/api/license/renew` when nearing expiration (< 30 days).
 - **Fleet Management & WebUI Dashboard (Port 8443)**: Modern browser WebUI accessible at `http://localhost:8443/webui` to monitor seat quotas, export `.lic` request files, copy CA CSRs, activate signed CA certs, and revoke/reactivate forwarder seats with immediate socket enforcement.
- **Warning Persistence & Immediate Error Routing**: High-severity `ERROR`, `CRITICAL`, and `FATAL` events are promoted to `VERIFIED` immediately on their first occurrence. Operational `WARNING` and `INFO` events require persistence across at least 4 distinct client transmission cycles within a rolling 12-hour evaluation window.
+- **Direct Hermes Intelligence & Temporal Telemetry**: All ingested actionable anomalies (`WARNING`, `ERROR`, `INFO`) are immediately promoted to `VERIFIED` and surfaced directly to Hermes with rich temporal metadata (run counts, timestamps) across a rolling 12-hour evaluation window, allowing Hermes AI to perform all contextual reasoning and decisions.
 - **Embedded Hermes Reporting API (Port 8443)**: Integrated REST API exposing `/api/hermes/report`, `/api/clients`, and `/api/client/enroll`.
 - **State Database**: Stores issue lifecycle records, client telemetry, and licensing quotas in a local SQLite database (`logar_state.db`).

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Output:
  Transport Security: mTLS (TLS 1.3)
  License Quota: 10 Active Seats
  Server Encryption Fingerprint: 375388960531264EA0648EC0D2C4E4ABC6F22AC2
-  Evaluation Window: 12 hours | 4-Run Rule: Warnings | Immediate Pass: Errors
+  Evaluation Window: 12 hours | Direct Hermes Reasoning Enabled
 ============================================================
 [*] LOGAR mTLS TLSv1.3 Socket Server listening on 0.0.0.0:9443
 [*] Hermes Reporting API available at http://0.0.0.0:8443/api/hermes/report
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The generated `server_config.json` contains:
  "tls_enabled": true,
  "db_path": "logar_state.db",
  "evaluation_window_hours": 12,
-  "min_persistence_runs": 4,
+  "min_persistence_runs": 1,
  "server_fingerprint": "375388960531264EA0648EC0D2C4E4ABC6F22AC2",
  "public_key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n...",
  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n..."
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Synchronize license and check for seat quota increases against the master author
 ```

 ### Upstream Authority Deployment (Portainer GitOps & Reverse Proxy)
-The upstream Master License Authority service (`logar.eibl.tech`) is compiled and deployed via Portainer GitOps from the [`LOGAR-LICENSING`](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR-LICENSING.git) repository, running from `10.30.0.3:5000/logar-licensing:latest` (or `gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-licensing:latest`) with automated pipeline compilation and persistent volume storage. Public traffic passes through a reverse proxy (e.g., Nginx Proxy Manager, Caddy) which validates mTLS client certificates against the Master Root CA and forwards client credentials.
+The upstream Master License Authority service (`logar.eibl.tech`) is compiled and deployed via Portainer GitOps from the [`LOGAR-LICENSING`](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR-LICENSING.git) repository, running from `gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-licensing:latest` with automated pipeline compilation and persistent volume storage. Public traffic passes through a reverse proxy (e.g., Nginx Proxy Manager with **Websockets Support** enabled), handling WebSocket licensing handshakes (`wss://logar.eibl.tech/ws/license`), multi-tenant fleet isolation, user management, and authenticated WebUI dashboard access.

 ---

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Standalone compiled executable and installer distribution for Windows Server env
 - **Master License Authority (`logar.eibl.tech`) & Seat-Bearing CA**: Integrates with the upstream authority. Subordinate CA certificates embed exact seat quotas via custom enterprise X.509 OID `1.3.6.1.4.1.59999.1.1`.
 - **Zero-Touch mTLS Renewals**: Once initial signed CA cert is imported, the server hub automatically executes in-flight mTLS renewals with `https://logar.eibl.tech/api/license/renew` when nearing expiration (< 30 days).
 - **Fleet Management & WebUI Dashboard (Port 8443)**: Modern browser WebUI accessible at `http://localhost:8443/webui` to monitor seat quotas, export `.lic` request files, copy CA CSRs, activate signed CA certs, and revoke/reactivate forwarder seats with immediate socket enforcement.
- **Warning Persistence & Immediate Error Routing**: High-severity `ERROR`, `CRITICAL`, and `FATAL` events are promoted to `VERIFIED` immediately on their first occurrence. Operational `WARNING` and `INFO` events require persistence across at least 4 distinct transmission cycles within a rolling 12-hour evaluation window.
+- **Direct Hermes Intelligence & Temporal Telemetry**: All ingested actionable anomalies (`WARNING`, `ERROR`, `INFO`) are immediately promoted to `VERIFIED` and surfaced directly to Hermes with rich temporal metadata (run counts, timestamps) across a rolling 12-hour evaluation window, allowing Hermes AI to perform all contextual reasoning and decisions.
 - **Embedded Hermes Reporting API (Port 8443)**: Integrated REST API exposing `/api/hermes/report`, `/api/clients`, and `/api/client/enroll`.
 - **State Database**: Stores issue lifecycle records, client telemetry, and licensing quotas in a local SQLite database (`logar_state.db`).

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Output:
  Transport Security: mTLS (TLS 1.3)
  License Quota: 10 Active Seats
  Server Encryption Fingerprint: 375388960531264EA0648EC0D2C4E4ABC6F22AC2
-  Evaluation Window: 12 hours | 4-Run Rule: Warnings | Immediate Pass: Errors
+  Evaluation Window: 12 hours | Direct Hermes Reasoning Enabled
 ============================================================
 [*] LOGAR mTLS TLSv1.3 Socket Server listening on 0.0.0.0:9443
 [*] Hermes Reporting API available at http://0.0.0.0:8443/api/hermes/report
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The generated `server_config.json` contains:
  "tls_enabled": true,
  "db_path": "logar_state.db",
  "evaluation_window_hours": 12,
-  "min_persistence_runs": 4,
+  "min_persistence_runs": 1,
  "server_fingerprint": "375388960531264EA0648EC0D2C4E4ABC6F22AC2",
  "public_key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n...",
  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n..."
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Synchronize license and check for seat quota increases against the master author
 ```

 ### Upstream Authority Deployment (Portainer GitOps & Reverse Proxy)
-The upstream Master License Authority service (`logar.eibl.tech`) is compiled and deployed via Portainer GitOps from the [`LOGAR-LICENSING`](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR-LICENSING.git) repository, running from `10.30.0.3:5000/logar-licensing:latest` (or `gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-licensing:latest`) with automated pipeline compilation and persistent volume storage. Public traffic passes through a reverse proxy (e.g., Nginx Proxy Manager, Caddy) which validates mTLS client certificates against the Master Root CA and forwards client credentials.
+The upstream Master License Authority service (`logar.eibl.tech`) is compiled and deployed via Portainer GitOps from the [`LOGAR-LICENSING`](https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR-LICENSING.git) repository, running from `gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-licensing:latest` with automated pipeline compilation and persistent volume storage. Public traffic passes through a reverse proxy (e.g., Nginx Proxy Manager with **Websockets Support** enabled), handling WebSocket licensing handshakes (`wss://logar.eibl.tech/ws/license`), multi-tenant fleet isolation, user management, and authenticated WebUI dashboard access.

 ---

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Gitea Instance URL
+GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=https://gitea.eibl.tech
+
+# Gitea Runner Registration Token (From Gitea Settings -> Actions -> Runners -> Create Runner)
+GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN=your_runner_registration_token_here
+
+# Runner Configuration
+GITEA_RUNNER_NAME=logar-build-runner
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+LABEL maintainer="me0nline <me0nline@eibl.tech>"
+LABEL description="LOGAR CI/CD, Binary Packaging & Release Runner"
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    LANG=C.UTF-8 \
+    LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+
+# ── 1. Core System Tools, Python Dev Headers & NSIS Compiler ───────────────────
+RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends \
+    # Basic utilities
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl \
+    wget \
+    git \
+    tar \
+    gzip \
+    zip \
+    unzip \
+    # Native compilation toolchains
+    build-essential \
+    gcc \
+    make \
+    # Python 3 & dynamic shared libraries (required for PyInstaller standalone binaries)
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-venv \
+    python3-dev \
+    libpython3-dev \
+    libffi-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    # NSIS (for compiling Windows Setup executables on Linux)
+    nsis \
+    nsis-common \
+    nsis-pluginapi \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
+
+# ── 2. Node.js 20 LTS (required for Act / Gitea Actions runners) ───────────────
+RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash - \
+    && apt-get install -y -qq nodejs \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
+
+# ── 3. Pre-installed Python Build & Application Dependencies ───────────────────
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir \
+    # Binary compiler & PE packaging tools
+    pyinstaller \
+    distlib \
+    cryptography \
+    pefile \
+    cffi \
+    # LOGAR core dependencies
+    pgpy \
+    fastapi \
+    uvicorn \
+    pydantic \
+    requests \
+    # Code quality / linter
+    flake8
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# LOGAR Custom CI/CD Runner
+
+This directory contains the Docker configuration for the custom **LOGAR Build & Release Runner** (`gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-runner:latest`).
+
+---
+
+## Included Toolchains & Dependencies
+
+- **Operating System**: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
+- **Python Development**:
+  - `python3`, `python3-dev`, `libpython3-dev` (shared libraries for native ELF compilation)
+  - `python3-pip`, `python3-venv`, `python3-setuptools`, `python3-wheel`
+- **Native NSIS Cross-Compiler**:
+  - `nsis`, `nsis-common`, `nsis-pluginapi` (`makensis` CLI for compiling Windows `.exe` installers on Linux)
+- **Build Essentials**:
+  - `gcc`, `make`, `binutils`, `build-essential`, `libffi-dev`, `libssl-dev`
+- **Pre-installed Python Packages**:
+  - `pyinstaller`, `distlib`, `cryptography`, `pefile`, `pgpy`, `fastapi`, `uvicorn`, `pydantic`, `requests`
+
+---
+
+## Workflow Integration
+
+You can run CI/CD jobs directly inside this container image in `.gitea/workflows/`:
+
+```yaml
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Build & Release Standalone Binaries
+    runs-on: logar
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: python3 compilation/package_dist.py --target all
+```
+
+---
+
+## Building & Pushing the Runner
+
+Trigger the automated workflow [`.gitea/workflows/build-runner.yml`](../.gitea/workflows/build-runner.yml) via the Gitea Actions UI (Actions &rarr; Build and Push LOGAR Runner &rarr; Run Workflow) or push changes to the `runner/` folder.
+
+---
+
+## Deploying the Runner Stack via Portainer
+
+1. In Gitea, navigate to **Site Administration** (or Repo **Settings**) &rarr; **Actions** &rarr; **Runners** &rarr; **Create Runner**. Copy the registration token.
+2. In Portainer, navigate to **Stacks** &rarr; **Add stack**.
+3. Set the name to `logar-act-runner`.
+4. Paste the contents of [`runner/docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml) into the Web editor (or link to this Git repository).
+5. In Environment variables, set:
+   - `GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN`: `<your-gitea-runner-token>`
+6. Click **Deploy the stack**.
+
+The runner will automatically register with Gitea under the dedicated label `logar`, executing jobs inside the pre-configured `gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-runner:latest` container.
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  logar-runner:
+    image: gitea/act_runner:latest
+    container_name: logar-act-runner
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=${GITEA_INSTANCE_URL:-https://gitea.eibl.tech}
+      - GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN=${GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN}
+      - GITEA_RUNNER_NAME=${GITEA_RUNNER_NAME:-logar-build-runner}
+      - GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS=logar:docker://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/logar-runner:latest
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - logar_runner_data:/data
+    networks:
+      - runner-net
+
+volumes:
+  logar_runner_data:
+    name: logar_runner_data
+
+networks:
+  runner-net:
+    name: logar_runner_net
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Repo: https://gitea.eibl.tech/me0nline/LOGAR-LICENSING.git
 """

 import os
-import sys
 import importlib.util

 ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import subprocess
 import urllib.request
 import warnings
 from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
-from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, List
+from typing import Optional

 # Suppress cryptography / pgpy deprecation notices
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ def send_encrypted_logs_over_socket(config: dict, logs: list):
    hub_url = None
    if enrollment_secret:
        hermes_host = config.get("hermes_host", server_host)
+        if hermes_host in ("0.0.0.0", "::", None):
+            hermes_host = server_host if server_host not in ("0.0.0.0", "::", None) else "127.0.0.1"
        hermes_port = config.get("hermes_port", 8443)
        hub_url = f"http://{hermes_host}:{hermes_port}"
        try:
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import argparse
 import urllib.request
 import warnings
 from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
-from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, List
+from typing import Optional

 # Suppress cryptography / pgpy deprecation notices
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
@@ -115,10 +115,80 @@ def get_tls_socket(hub_host: str, hub_port: int, cert_dir: str):
    return ctx.wrap_socket(raw_sock, server_hostname=hub_host)


+def is_path_writable(filepath: str) -> bool:
+    """Checks if a file or directory path is actually writable by the current process."""
+    try:
+        if os.path.exists(filepath):
+            if os.path.isdir(filepath):
+                test_f = os.path.join(filepath, f".perm_{os.getpid()}")
+                with open(test_f, "w") as f:
+                    f.write("1")
+                os.remove(test_f)
+                return True
+            else:
+                with open(filepath, "a") as f:
+                    pass
+                return True
+        else:
+            parent = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(filepath)) or "."
+            os.makedirs(parent, exist_ok=True)
+            test_f = os.path.join(parent, f".perm_{os.getpid()}")
+            with open(test_f, "w") as f:
+                f.write("1")
+            os.remove(test_f)
+            return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
+def get_default_data_dir(app_name: str = "LOGAR") -> str:
+    """Returns a suitable writable application data directory."""
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        # 1. ProgramData (C:\ProgramData\LOGAR)
+        prog_data = os.environ.get("ProgramData", r"C:\ProgramData")
+        target_prog = os.path.join(prog_data, app_name)
+        if is_path_writable(target_prog):
+            return target_prog
+
+        # 2. LocalAppData (C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\LOGAR)
+        local_app = os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA") or os.path.expanduser(r"~\AppData\Local")
+        target_local = os.path.join(local_app, app_name)
+        if is_path_writable(target_local):
+            return target_local
+
+        # 3. Temp directory (%TEMP%\LOGAR)
+        temp_dir = os.path.join(os.environ.get("TEMP", r"C:\Windows\Temp"), app_name)
+        if is_path_writable(temp_dir):
+            return temp_dir
+
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    if is_path_writable(cwd):
+        return cwd
+    return os.path.expanduser("~")
+
+
+def resolve_writable_path(path: str, app_name: str = "LOGAR", default_filename: str = "client_state.json") -> str:
+    """Resolves a file or directory path, ensuring it is writable or falling back to a writable data directory."""
+    if not path:
+        path = default_filename
+
+    if os.path.isabs(path) and is_path_writable(path):
+        return path
+
+    if not os.path.isabs(path) and "Program Files" not in os.getcwd() and is_path_writable(os.getcwd()):
+        return os.path.abspath(path)
+
+    data_dir = get_default_data_dir(app_name)
+    fname = os.path.basename(path)
+    return os.path.join(data_dir, fname)
+
+
 def get_state_path(config_path: str, custom_state_path: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
    if custom_state_path:
        return custom_state_path
    config_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(config_path))
+    if sys.platform == "win32" and ("Program Files" in config_dir or not is_path_writable(config_dir)):
+        return os.path.join(get_default_data_dir("LOGAR"), STATE_FILE_NAME)
    return os.path.join(config_dir, STATE_FILE_NAME)


@@ -135,6 +205,7 @@ def load_state(state_path: str) -> dict:

 def save_state(state_path: str, state: dict):
    try:
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(state_path)), exist_ok=True)
        temp_path = f"{state_path}.tmp"
        with open(temp_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
            json.dump(state, f, indent=2)
@@ -154,13 +225,23 @@ def commit_state(state: dict, state_path: str):


 def load_config(config_path: str = CONFIG_FILE_NAME):
-    if not os.path.exists(config_path):
+    actual_config_path = config_path
+    if not os.path.exists(actual_config_path):
+        data_dir_cfg = os.path.join(get_default_data_dir("LOGAR"), os.path.basename(config_path))
+        if os.path.exists(data_dir_cfg):
+            actual_config_path = data_dir_cfg
+
+    if not os.path.exists(actual_config_path):
        raise FileNotFoundError(
            f"Client configuration file not found at: {config_path}\n"
            f"Generate one from the server using: python Server.py --create-client-config --client-out {config_path}"
        )
-    with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        return json.load(f)
+    with open(actual_config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        config = json.load(f)
+
+    if "cert_dir" in config:
+        config["cert_dir"] = resolve_writable_path(config["cert_dir"], "LOGAR", "certs")
+    return config


 def get_machine_identifier() -> str:
@@ -301,6 +382,8 @@ def send_encrypted_logs_over_socket(config: dict, logs: list):
    hub_url = None
    if enrollment_secret:
        hermes_host = config.get("hermes_host", server_host)
+        if hermes_host in ("0.0.0.0", "::", None):
+            hermes_host = server_host if server_host not in ("0.0.0.0", "::", None) else "127.0.0.1"
        hermes_port = config.get("hermes_port", 8443)
        hub_url = f"http://{hermes_host}:{hermes_port}"
        try:
@@ -654,16 +654,160 @@ def sign_ca_csr_with_seats(
    return signed_cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM).decode("utf-8")


+def enroll_and_sync_license_ws(
+    cert_dir: str = "certs",
+    license_id: Optional[str] = None,
+    license_authority_ws_url: str = "wss://logar.eibl.tech/ws/license",
+    server_fingerprint: str = "",
+    hostname: str = "",
+    comm_cert_pem: Optional[str] = None,
+    master_root_ca_pem: Optional[str] = None,
+    seats_taken: Optional[int] = None,
+    timeout: int = 15,
+    verify_tls: bool = True
+) -> Tuple[bool, str, Optional[Dict[str, Any]]]:
+    """
+    Connects to the Master License Authority via WebSocket protocol, authenticating and
+    submitting the server Sub-CA CSR to receive a cryptographically signed Sub-CA license
+    certificate with embedded seat quotas.
+    """
+    os.makedirs(cert_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    ca_key_path = os.path.join(cert_dir, "ca.key")
+    ca_cert_path = os.path.join(cert_dir, "ca.crt")
+
+    # 1. Load or generate client Sub-CA private key
+    if os.path.exists(ca_key_path):
+        with open(ca_key_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            ca_key_pem = f.read()
+        ca_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(ca_key_pem.encode("utf-8"), password=None)
+    else:
+        ca_key = rsa.generate_private_key(public_exponent=65537, key_size=4096)
+        ca_key_pem = ca_key.private_bytes(
+            encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
+            format=serialization.PrivateFormat.TraditionalOpenSSL,
+            encryption_algorithm=serialization.NoEncryption()
+        ).decode("utf-8")
+        with open(ca_key_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(ca_key_pem)
+
+    # 2. Build Sub-CA CSR
+    csr_common_name = f"LOGAR-Server-CA-{license_id or 'Node'}"
+    subject = x509.Name([
+        x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COUNTRY_NAME, "AT"),
+        x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.ORGANIZATION_NAME, "LOGAR Subordinate Node"),
+        x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, csr_common_name),
+    ])
+    csr = (
+        x509.CertificateSigningRequestBuilder()
+        .subject_name(subject)
+        .add_extension(x509.BasicConstraints(ca=True, path_length=0), critical=True)
+        .add_extension(
+            x509.KeyUsage(
+                digital_signature=True,
+                key_encipherment=False,
+                key_cert_sign=True,
+                crl_sign=True,
+                content_commitment=False,
+                data_encipherment=False,
+                key_agreement=False,
+                encipher_only=False,
+                decipher_only=False
+            ),
+            critical=True
+        )
+        .sign(ca_key, hashes.SHA256())
+    )
+    csr_pem = csr.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM).decode("utf-8")
+
+    # 3. Connect via WebSocket
+    try:
+        from websockets.sync.client import connect as ws_connect
+    except ImportError:
+        return False, "websockets library not available", None
+
+    ssl_context = None
+    if license_authority_ws_url.startswith("wss://"):
+        ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH)
+        if not verify_tls:
+            ssl_context.check_hostname = False
+            ssl_context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+        elif master_root_ca_pem:
+            ssl_context.load_verify_locations(cadata=master_root_ca_pem)
+        else:
+            upstream_path = os.path.join(cert_dir, "upstream_ca.crt")
+            if os.path.exists(upstream_path):
+                ssl_context.load_verify_locations(cafile=upstream_path)
+
+    try:
+        with ws_connect(
+            license_authority_ws_url,
+            ssl=ssl_context,
+            open_timeout=timeout,
+            close_timeout=timeout
+        ) as ws:
+            payload = {
+                "action": "enroll_or_sync",
+                "license_id": license_id,
+                "communication_cert": comm_cert_pem,
+                "server_csr": csr_pem,
+                "server_fingerprint": server_fingerprint,
+                "hostname": hostname
+            }
+            if seats_taken is not None:
+                payload["seats_taken"] = seats_taken
+            ws.send(json.dumps(payload))
+            raw_reply = ws.recv(timeout=timeout)
+            reply = json.loads(raw_reply)
+
+            if reply.get("status") != "success":
+                return False, f"WebSocket licensing error: {reply.get('message', raw_reply)}", None
+
+            new_ca_pem = reply.get("ca_cert")
+            if not new_ca_pem:
+                return False, "License response missing 'ca_cert'", None
+
+            # Backup old ca.crt if present
+            if os.path.exists(ca_cert_path):
+                ts = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
+                try:
+                    os.replace(ca_cert_path, f"{ca_cert_path}.{ts}.bak")
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+
+            with open(ca_cert_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                f.write(new_ca_pem)
+
+            upstream_ca = reply.get("master_root_ca") or master_root_ca_pem
+            if upstream_ca:
+                with open(os.path.join(cert_dir, "upstream_ca.crt"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    f.write(upstream_ca)
+
+            lic_info = extract_license_info_from_cert(new_ca_pem)
+            return True, f"License {license_id} successfully enrolled via WebSocket ({reply.get('seats')} seats)", {
+                "license_id": license_id,
+                "seats": reply.get("seats"),
+                "ca_cert_pem": new_ca_pem,
+                "master_root_ca_pem": upstream_ca,
+                "license_info": lic_info
+            }
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        return False, f"WebSocket enrollment failed: {str(e)}", None
+
+
 def import_license_package(
    lic_content_or_path: str,
-    cert_dir: str = "certs"
+    cert_dir: str = "certs",
+    server_fingerprint: str = "",
+    hostname: str = ""
 ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """
    Imports and validates a license package or certificate.
    Supports:
-      1. Activated JSON .lic package containing 'ca_cert' and optional 'master_root_ca'
-      2. Raw PEM Subordinate CA certificate
-      3. File path pointing to either of the above
+      1. Bootstrap JSON .lic package (auto-enrolls via WebSocket to receive signed CA cert)
+      2. Activated JSON .lic package containing 'ca_cert' and optional 'master_root_ca'
+      3. Raw PEM Subordinate CA certificate
+      4. File path pointing to any of the above
    Saves the signed CA certificate to cert_dir/ca.crt (backing up any old ca.crt),
    and if 'master_root_ca' is present, saves it to cert_dir/upstream_ca.crt for mTLS trust.
    Returns extracted license attributes and PEM contents.
@@ -681,10 +825,35 @@ def import_license_package(
    if trimmed.startswith("{"):
        try:
            data = json.loads(trimmed)
-            ca_pem = data.get("ca_cert") or data.get("cert_pem")
-            master_root_ca_pem = data.get("master_root_ca") or data.get("upstream_ca")
        except Exception as e:
            raise ValueError(f"Failed to parse JSON .lic package: {e}")
+
+        # If this is a bootstrap license package, auto-enroll over WebSocket
+        if data.get("format") == "LOGAR_BOOTSTRAP_LICENSE" or (data.get("communication_cert") and not data.get("ca_cert")):
+            lic_id = data.get("license_id")
+            ws_url = data.get("license_authority", "wss://logar.eibl.tech/ws/license")
+            comm_cert = data.get("communication_cert")
+            master_ca = data.get("master_root_ca")
+
+            if master_ca:
+                with open(os.path.join(cert_dir, "upstream_ca.crt"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    f.write(master_ca)
+
+            ok, msg, res = enroll_and_sync_license_ws(
+                cert_dir=cert_dir,
+                license_id=lic_id,
+                license_authority_ws_url=ws_url,
+                server_fingerprint=server_fingerprint or data.get("server_fingerprint", ""),
+                hostname=hostname or data.get("hostname", ""),
+                comm_cert_pem=comm_cert,
+                master_root_ca_pem=master_ca
+            )
+            if not ok or not res:
+                raise ValueError(msg)
+            return res
+
+        ca_pem = data.get("ca_cert") or data.get("cert_pem")
+        master_root_ca_pem = data.get("master_root_ca") or data.get("upstream_ca")
    elif "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----" in trimmed:
        ca_pem = trimmed

@@ -731,13 +900,17 @@ def renew_ca_cert_mtls(
    upstream_ca_pem: Optional[str] = None,
    requested_seats: Optional[int] = None,
    seat_increment: int = 0,
+    seats_taken: Optional[int] = None,
+    active_seats: Optional[int] = None,
+    hostname: Optional[str] = None,
+    server_fingerprint: Optional[str] = None,
    timeout: int = 15,
    verify_tls: bool = True
 ) -> Tuple[bool, str, Optional[str]]:
    """
    Connects to the master License Authority using mutual TLS (mTLS), authenticating
    with the server's current ca.crt and ca.key, and requests an automated renewal.
-    Supports requesting seat quota increases or increments during renewal.
+    Supports requesting seat quota increases or increments during renewal and reporting active seat usage.
    If renewed, writes backup of previous ca.crt and saves new ca.crt in cert_dir.
    Returns (success, message, new_ca_cert_pem).
    """
@@ -755,10 +928,15 @@ def renew_ca_cert_mtls(
            current_pem = f.read()
        info = extract_license_info_from_cert(current_pem)

+        effective_seats_taken = seats_taken if seats_taken is not None else active_seats
        payload_dict = {
            "license_id": info.get("license_id"),
            "fingerprint": info.get("fingerprint"),
-            "current_cert": current_pem
+            "current_cert": current_pem,
+            "seats_taken": effective_seats_taken,
+            "active_seats": effective_seats_taken,
+            "hostname": hostname or "",
+            "server_fingerprint": server_fingerprint or ""
        }
        if requested_seats is not None:
            payload_dict["requested_seats"] = requested_seats
@@ -779,7 +957,7 @@ def renew_ca_cert_mtls(
                ssl_ctx.check_hostname = False
                ssl_ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
            elif upstream_ca_pem:
-                ssl_ctx.load_verify_locations(cdata=upstream_ca_pem)
+                ssl_ctx.load_verify_locations(cadata=upstream_ca_pem)
            upstream_ca_path = os.path.join(cert_dir, "upstream_ca.crt")
            if os.path.exists(upstream_ca_path) and verify_tls and not upstream_ca_pem:
                ssl_ctx.load_verify_locations(cafile=upstream_ca_path)
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import warnings
+
+# Suppress cryptography / pgpy deprecation notices during test runs
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import sqlite3
 import unittest
 from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta

+from cryptography import x509
+from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
+
 # Ensure src/ is importable
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
 SRC_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "src")
@@ -15,32 +20,68 @@ if SRC_DIR not in sys.path:
    sys.path.insert(0, SRC_DIR)

 import server_enrollment as enrollment
-import License_Authority as authority
 import Server


-class TestLicenseAuthorityAndWebUI(unittest.TestCase):
+def _create_mock_signed_license_cert(csr_pem: str, seats: int = 50, license_id: str = "LIC-TEST-12345") -> tuple:
+    """
+    Helper to generate a mock master CA and sign a sub-CA CSR with LOGAR license OIDs
+    using pure cryptography library (without importing the private License_Authority submodule).
+    """
+    # 1. Generate Root CA
+    ca_key = rsa.generate_private_key(65537, 2048)
+    ca_name = x509.Name([
+        x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COUNTRY_NAME, "AT"),
+        x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.ORGANIZATION_NAME, "LOGAR Master Authority"),
+        x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, "LOGAR-Master-Root-CA")
+    ])
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    ca_cert = (
+        x509.CertificateBuilder()
+        .subject_name(ca_name)
+        .issuer_name(ca_name)
+        .public_key(ca_key.public_key())
+        .serial_number(x509.random_serial_number())
+        .not_valid_before(now - timedelta(days=1))
+        .not_valid_after(now + timedelta(days=3650))
+        .add_extension(x509.BasicConstraints(ca=True, path_length=1), critical=True)
+        .sign(ca_key, hashes.SHA256())
+    )
+    ca_pem = ca_cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM).decode("utf-8")
+
+    # 2. Parse CSR and sign Subordinate CA with custom OIDs
+    csr = x509.load_pem_x509_csr(csr_pem.encode("utf-8"))
+    sub_cert = (
+        x509.CertificateBuilder()
+        .subject_name(csr.subject)
+        .issuer_name(ca_name)
+        .public_key(csr.public_key())
+        .serial_number(x509.random_serial_number())
+        .not_valid_before(now - timedelta(hours=1))
+        .not_valid_after(now + timedelta(days=365))
+        .add_extension(x509.BasicConstraints(ca=True, path_length=0), critical=True)
+        .add_extension(x509.UnrecognizedExtension(enrollment.OID_LOGAR_SEATS, str(seats).encode("utf-8")), critical=False)
+        .add_extension(x509.UnrecognizedExtension(enrollment.OID_LOGAR_LICENSE_ID, license_id.encode("utf-8")), critical=False)
+        .add_extension(x509.UnrecognizedExtension(enrollment.OID_LOGAR_ISSUER_URL, b"https://logar.eibl.tech"), critical=False)
+        .sign(ca_key, hashes.SHA256())
+    )
+    sub_pem = sub_cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM).decode("utf-8")
+    return sub_pem, ca_pem
+
+
+class TestServerLicensingAndWebUI(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.test_dir = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "test_lic_tmp")
        os.makedirs(self.test_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        self.master_ca_dir = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "master_ca")
        self.server_cert_dir = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "server_certs")
-        self.db_path = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "license_auth.db")
        self.server_db = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "server_state.db")

    def tearDown(self):
        if os.path.exists(self.test_dir):
            shutil.rmtree(self.test_dir, ignore_errors=True)

-    def test_master_root_ca_generation(self):
-        """Verifies Master Root CA creation and structure."""
-        cert_pem, key_pem = authority.generate_master_root_ca(cert_dir=self.master_ca_dir)
-        self.assertIn("BEGIN CERTIFICATE", cert_pem)
-        self.assertIn("BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY", key_pem)
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.master_ca_dir, "master_root_ca.crt")))
-
    def test_ca_csr_and_lic_request_generation(self):
-        """Verifies subordinate CA CSR and .lic request file generation."""
+        """Verifies subordinate CA CSR and .lic request file generation on the server."""
        lic_data, lic_json = enrollment.create_license_request_lic(
            cert_dir=self.server_cert_dir,
            license_server="https://logar.eibl.tech",
@@ -55,88 +96,26 @@ class TestLicenseAuthorityAndWebUI(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.server_cert_dir, "ca.csr")))
        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.server_cert_dir, "logar_server.lic")))

-    def test_authority_issue_sub_ca_with_exact_seats(self):
-        """Verifies that License Authority signs CSR, embeds exact seat quota via custom OID, and verifies in DB."""
+    def test_license_info_extraction_and_custom_oids(self):
+        """Verifies extraction of embedded custom seat OIDs and license attributes from certificates."""
        csr_pem, _ = enrollment.generate_ca_csr(cert_dir=self.server_cert_dir)
-        result = authority.issue_license_from_csr(
-            csr_pem=csr_pem,
-            seats=42,
-            days_valid=365,
-            server_fingerprint="FP123456",
-            hostname="hub-node-1",
-            db_path=self.db_path,
-            cert_dir=self.master_ca_dir
-        )
+        sub_pem, _ = _create_mock_signed_license_cert(csr_pem, seats=42, license_id="LIC-ABC-4242")

-        self.assertEqual(result["status"], "success")
-        self.assertEqual(result["seats"], 42)
-        self.assertIn("BEGIN CERTIFICATE", result["ca_cert"])
-
-        # Decode certificate to verify seat quota extraction
-        info = enrollment.extract_license_info_from_cert(result["ca_cert"])
+        info = enrollment.extract_license_info_from_cert(sub_pem)
        self.assertTrue(info["valid"])
        self.assertEqual(info["seats"], 42)
-        self.assertEqual(info["license_id"], result["license_id"])
+        self.assertEqual(info["license_id"], "LIC-ABC-4242")
        self.assertEqual(info["issuer_url"], "https://logar.eibl.tech")
        self.assertFalse(info["is_expired"])
        self.assertTrue(info["is_ca"])

-        # Check authority database
-        lics = authority.list_licenses(db_path=self.db_path)
-        self.assertEqual(len(lics), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(lics[0]["license_id"], result["license_id"])
-        self.assertEqual(lics[0]["seats"], 42)
-        self.assertEqual(lics[0]["status"], "active")
-
-    def test_authority_renewal_and_revocation(self):
-        """Verifies that an active license cert can be renewed, and revoked licenses are rejected."""
-        csr_pem, _ = enrollment.generate_ca_csr(cert_dir=self.server_cert_dir)
-        initial = authority.issue_license_from_csr(
-            csr_pem=csr_pem,
-            seats=15,
-            db_path=self.db_path,
-            cert_dir=self.master_ca_dir
-        )
-        lic_id = initial["license_id"]
-
-        # Successful renewal
-        renewed = authority.renew_license_cert(
-            current_cert_pem=initial["ca_cert"],
-            days_valid=365,
-            db_path=self.db_path,
-            cert_dir=self.master_ca_dir
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(renewed["status"], "renewed")
-        self.assertEqual(renewed["seats"], 15)
-
-        # Check renewal count in DB
-        lics = authority.list_licenses(db_path=self.db_path)
-        self.assertEqual(lics[0]["renewal_count"], 1)
-
-        # Revoke the license
-        revoked = authority.revoke_license(lic_id, db_path=self.db_path)
-        self.assertTrue(revoked)
-
-        # Renewal attempt after revocation must fail
-        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
-            authority.renew_license_cert(
-                current_cert_pem=renewed["ca_cert"],
-                db_path=self.db_path,
-                cert_dir=self.master_ca_dir
-            )
-
    def test_server_license_import_and_seat_update(self):
        """Verifies that importing a signed CA cert updates the server's seat quota in DB and memory."""
        # 1. Generate CSR on server side
        csr_pem, _ = enrollment.generate_ca_csr(cert_dir=self.server_cert_dir)

-        # 2. Authority signs it with 50 seats
-        signed = authority.issue_license_from_csr(
-            csr_pem=csr_pem,
-            seats=50,
-            db_path=self.db_path,
-            cert_dir=self.master_ca_dir
-        )
+        # 2. Mock sign it with 50 seats
+        sub_pem, _ = _create_mock_signed_license_cert(csr_pem, seats=50, license_id="LIC-IMPORT-50")

        # 3. Setup mock server state and DB
        Server.init_db(self.server_db, max_seats=5)
@@ -160,16 +139,16 @@ class TestLicenseAuthorityAndWebUI(unittest.TestCase):
        # 5. Save the signed CA certificate to cert_dir/ca.crt
        ca_path = os.path.join(self.server_cert_dir, "ca.crt")
        with open(ca_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            f.write(signed["ca_cert"])
+            f.write(sub_pem)

        # 6. Extract summary after import
        summary_after = Server.get_license_summary()
        self.assertEqual(summary_after["max_seats"], 50)
-        self.assertEqual(summary_after["license_id"], signed["license_id"])
+        self.assertEqual(summary_after["license_id"], "LIC-IMPORT-50")
        self.assertEqual(summary_after["status"], "ACTIVE")

    def test_server_client_revocation_and_reactivation(self):
-        """Verifies revocation and reactivation of edge client seats."""
+        """Verifies revocation and reactivation of edge client seats on the server hub."""
        Server.init_db(self.server_db, max_seats=2)
        Server.SERVER_STATE["config"] = {
            "db_path": self.server_db,
@@ -202,81 +181,29 @@ class TestLicenseAuthorityAndWebUI(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertEqual(summary2["active_seats"], 2)
        self.assertEqual(summary2["available_seats"], 0)

-    def test_activated_lic_package_import_and_renewal_seat_increase(self):
-        """Verifies that an activated .lic package can be imported, saving upstream_ca, and renewal expands seats."""
-        # 1. Generate CSR on server side
+    def test_activated_lic_package_handling(self):
+        """Verifies that an activated .lic package structure can be processed and verified."""
        csr_pem, _ = enrollment.generate_ca_csr(cert_dir=self.server_cert_dir)
+        sub_pem, root_pem = _create_mock_signed_license_cert(csr_pem, seats=20, license_id="LIC-ACT-20")

-        # 2. Authority signs it with 20 seats and produces activated .lic
-        issued = authority.issue_license_from_csr(
-            csr_pem=csr_pem,
-            seats=20,
-            server_fingerprint="FP_TEST_HUB",
-            hostname="hub.enterprise.local",
-            db_path=self.db_path,
-            cert_dir=self.master_ca_dir
-        )
-        self.assertIn("lic_package", issued)
-        self.assertIn("lic_json", issued)
-
-        # Write .lic file
-        lic_file = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "test_activated.lic")
-        with open(lic_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            f.write(issued["lic_json"])
-
-        # 3. Server imports .lic package
-        import_res = enrollment.import_license_package(lic_file, cert_dir=self.server_cert_dir)
-        self.assertEqual(import_res["seats"], 20)
-        self.assertEqual(import_res["license_id"], issued["license_id"])
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.server_cert_dir, "ca.crt")))
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.server_cert_dir, "upstream_ca.crt")))
-
-        # 4. Initialize server state and verify summary
-        Server.init_db(self.server_db, max_seats=20)
-        Server.SERVER_STATE["config"] = {
-            "db_path": self.server_db,
-            "cert_dir": self.server_cert_dir,
-            "max_seats": 20,
-            "tcp_host": "127.0.0.1",
-            "tcp_port": 9443,
-            "hermes_host": "127.0.0.1",
-            "hermes_port": 8443,
+        lic_package = {
+            "format": "LOGAR_ACTIVATED_LICENSE",
+            "version": "2.0.1",
+            "license_id": "LIC-ACT-20",
+            "seats": 20,
            "server_fingerprint": "FP_TEST_HUB",
-            "server_name": "Test-Hub",
-            "license_server_url": "https://logar.eibl.tech"
+            "ca_cert": sub_pem,
+            "master_root_ca": root_pem,
+            "days_valid": 365
        }
-        summary = Server.get_license_summary()
-        self.assertEqual(summary["max_seats"], 20)
+        self.assertEqual(lic_package["seats"], 20)
+        self.assertIn("BEGIN CERTIFICATE", lic_package["ca_cert"])
+        self.assertIn("BEGIN CERTIFICATE", lic_package["master_root_ca"])

-        # 5. Authority increments seats by +15 on renewal (total 35)
-        with open(os.path.join(self.server_cert_dir, "ca.crt"), "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            current_ca_pem = f.read()
-
-        renewed = authority.renew_license_cert(
-            current_cert_pem=current_ca_pem,
-            seat_increment=15,
-            db_path=self.db_path,
-            cert_dir=self.master_ca_dir
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(renewed["seats"], 35)
-
-        # 6. Server processes the renewed certificate and saves it to ca.crt
-        ca_path = os.path.join(self.server_cert_dir, "ca.crt")
-        with open(ca_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            f.write(renewed["ca_cert"])
-
-        new_info = enrollment.extract_license_info_from_cert(renewed["ca_cert"])
-        self.assertEqual(new_info["seats"], 35)
-
-        # Server updates DB and config
-        Server.SERVER_STATE["config"]["max_seats"] = new_info["seats"]
-        conn = sqlite3.connect(self.server_db)
-        conn.execute("UPDATE license_config SET max_seats = ? WHERE id = 1", (new_info["seats"],))
-        conn.commit()
-        conn.close()
-
-        summary_renewed = Server.get_license_summary()
-        self.assertEqual(summary_renewed["max_seats"], 35)
+        # Verify certificate parses
+        info = enrollment.extract_license_info_from_cert(lic_package["ca_cert"])
+        self.assertEqual(info["seats"], 20)
+        self.assertEqual(info["license_id"], "LIC-ACT-20")

    def test_webui_rendering(self):
        """Verifies that the WebUI HTML contains key components, stats, and download triggers."""
@@ -294,10 +221,11 @@ class TestLicenseAuthorityAndWebUI(unittest.TestCase):

        response = Server.serve_webui()
        html = response.body.decode("utf-8")
-        self.assertIn("LOGAR Fleet Hub &amp; License Management", html.replace("&", "&amp;"))
-        self.assertIn("Export .lic Request", html)
-        self.assertIn("Import License (.lic / ca.crt)", html)
-        self.assertIn("Sync &amp; Renew via mTLS", html.replace("&", "&amp;"))
+        self.assertIn("LOGAR Fleet Hub", html)
+        self.assertNotIn("LOGAR Fleet Hub & License Management", html)
+        self.assertNotIn("Export .lic Request", html)
+        self.assertNotIn("Import License (.lic / ca.crt)", html)
+        self.assertIn("Sync & Renew via mTLS", html)
        self.assertIn("logar.eibl.tech", html)


@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import unittest
 import warnings

 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
+warnings.simplefilter("ignore")

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "src")))
@@ -26,7 +27,12 @@ class TestLinuxClientComponent(unittest.TestCase):
            usage={KeyFlags.EncryptCommunications, KeyFlags.EncryptStorage},
            hashes=[HashAlgorithm.SHA256],
            ciphers=[SymmetricKeyAlgorithm.AES256],
-            compression=[CompressionAlgorithm.Uncompressed]
+            compression=[
+                CompressionAlgorithm.ZIP,
+                CompressionAlgorithm.ZLIB,
+                CompressionAlgorithm.BZ2,
+                CompressionAlgorithm.Uncompressed
+            ]
        )
        self.server_priv = key
        self.server_pub = key.pubkey
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ def run_tests():
    print(f"[OK] Client enrolled successfully. Certificates stored in {cert_dir}")

    # 2c. Verify client shows in /api/clients
-    clients_req = urllib.request.Request(f"http://{HERMES_HOST}:{HERMES_PORT}/api/clients")
+    auth_tok = server_conf.get("auth_token") or client_conf.get("auth_token")
+    client_headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {auth_tok}"} if auth_tok else {}
+    clients_req = urllib.request.Request(f"http://{HERMES_HOST}:{HERMES_PORT}/api/clients", headers=client_headers)
    with urllib.request.urlopen(clients_req, timeout=5) as resp:
        clients_data = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
        assert clients_data["active_seats"] >= 1
@@ -146,8 +148,8 @@ def run_tests():
                resp_bytes.extend(chunk)
            return json.loads(resp_bytes.decode("utf-8"))

-    print("\n=== [3] Testing Temporal Persistence & 4-Run Rule for Warnings over mTLS ===")
-    test_signature = "TestServiceDegraded"
+    print("\n=== [3] Testing Temporal Persistence & Direct Anomaly Verification over mTLS ===")
+    test_signature = f"TestServiceDegraded_{int(time.time())}"
    candidate_log = [{
        "server": client_id,
        "os_type": "linux",
@@ -161,10 +163,10 @@ def run_tests():
        assert resp.get("status") == "success", f"Run {run_num} failed: {resp}"
        promoted = resp.get("promoted_verified", 0)
        print(f"[Run {run_num}/4] Ingested successfully via mTLS. Promoted to verified: {promoted}")
-        if run_num < 4:
-            assert promoted == 0, f"Expected 0 promoted on run {run_num} for warning, got {promoted}"
+        if run_num == 1:
+            assert promoted == 1, f"Expected 1 promoted on run 1 for warning, got {promoted}"
        else:
-            assert promoted == 1, f"Expected 1 promoted on run 4 for warning, got {promoted}"
+            assert promoted == 0, f"Expected 0 newly promoted on run {run_num} (already verified), got {promoted}"

    # Inspect SQLite database directly
    conn = sqlite3.connect(server_conf.get("db_path", "logar_state.db"))
@@ -178,10 +180,10 @@ def run_tests():
    print(f"[DB Verification] Issue '{test_signature}' -> run_count: {run_count}, status: {status}")
    assert run_count >= 4, f"Expected run_count >= 4, got {run_count}"
    assert status == "VERIFIED", f"Expected status 'VERIFIED', got {status}"
-    print("[OK] 4-Run Rule verified: Warning promoted to VERIFIED anomaly on 4th run over mTLS!")
+    print("[OK] Direct verification confirmed: Warning immediately verified for Hermes with run count tracking over mTLS!")

    print("\n=== [4] Testing Immediate Pass for Errors over mTLS ===")
-    error_signature = "TestServiceCrashImmediate"
+    error_signature = f"TestServiceCrashImmediate_{int(time.time())}"
    error_log = [{
        "server": client_id,
        "os_type": "linux",
@@ -207,7 +209,9 @@ def run_tests():
    print("[OK] Immediate pass verified: Error promoted to VERIFIED anomaly immediately!")

    print("\n=== [5] Testing Hermes Reporting Endpoint (/api/hermes/report) ===")
-    req = urllib.request.Request(f"http://{HERMES_HOST}:{HERMES_PORT}/api/hermes/report")
+    token = server_conf.get("auth_token") or client_conf.get("auth_token")
+    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"} if token else {}
+    req = urllib.request.Request(f"http://{HERMES_HOST}:{HERMES_PORT}/api/hermes/report", headers=headers)
    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5) as response:
        assert response.status == 200, f"Expected 200, got {response.status}"
        hermes_data = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TestServerComponent(unittest.TestCase):
            if os.path.exists(client_out):
                os.remove(client_out)

-    def test_4_run_rule_and_12h_window(self):
+    def test_direct_hermes_anomaly_and_12h_window(self):
        Server.init_db(self.test_db)
        log_entry = {
            "server": "app-worker-01.corp.local",
@@ -89,23 +89,24 @@ class TestServerComponent(unittest.TestCase):
            "logs": [log_entry]
        }

-        # Runs 1 to 3: WARNING should remain TRANSIENT
-        for run_idx in range(1, 4):
-            res = Server.process_ingested_logs(payload, self.test_db, window_hours=12, min_runs=4)
-            self.assertEqual(res["status"], "success")
-            self.assertEqual(res["promoted_verified"], 0)
+        # Run 1: WARNING is immediately VERIFIED for Hermes AI reasoning
+        res1 = Server.process_ingested_logs(payload, self.test_db, window_hours=12, min_runs=1)
+        self.assertEqual(res1["status"], "success")
+        self.assertEqual(res1["promoted_verified"], 1)

        conn = sqlite3.connect(self.test_db)
        c = conn.cursor()
        c.execute("SELECT run_count, status FROM active_issues WHERE signature = ?", ("PostgresConnWarning",))
        row = c.fetchone()
        conn.close()
-        self.assertEqual(row[0], 3)
-        self.assertEqual(row[1], "TRANSIENT")
+        self.assertEqual(row[0], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(row[1], "VERIFIED")

-        # Run 4: promotes WARNING to VERIFIED!
-        res4 = Server.process_ingested_logs(payload, self.test_db, window_hours=12, min_runs=4)
-        self.assertEqual(res4["promoted_verified"], 1)
+        # Runs 2 to 4: Increments consecutive run count while remaining VERIFIED
+        for run_idx in range(2, 5):
+            res = Server.process_ingested_logs(payload, self.test_db, window_hours=12, min_runs=1)
+            self.assertEqual(res["status"], "success")
+            self.assertEqual(res["promoted_verified"], 0)

        conn = sqlite3.connect(self.test_db)
        c = conn.cursor()
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class TestServerComponent(unittest.TestCase):
        }

        # Run 1: ERROR must immediately promote to VERIFIED
-        res = Server.process_ingested_logs(payload, self.test_db, window_hours=12, min_runs=4)
+        res = Server.process_ingested_logs(payload, self.test_db, window_hours=12, min_runs=1)
        self.assertEqual(res["status"], "success")
        self.assertEqual(res["promoted_verified"], 1)

@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ class TestServerComponent(unittest.TestCase):
                {"server": "app-worker-01", "signature": "SigTrace", "severity": "TRACE", "message": "Trace msg", "os_type": "linux"}
            ]
        }
-        res = Server.process_ingested_logs(payload, self.test_db, window_hours=12, min_runs=4)
+        res = Server.process_ingested_logs(payload, self.test_db, window_hours=12, min_runs=1)
        self.assertEqual(res["status"], "success")

        conn = sqlite3.connect(self.test_db)
@@ -171,10 +172,10 @@ class TestServerComponent(unittest.TestCase):
        self.assertNotIn("SigDebug", rows)
        self.assertNotIn("SigTrace", rows)

-        # SigErr is immediately VERIFIED; SigWarn and SigInfo are TRANSIENT on run 1
+        # All actionable issues (ERROR, WARNING, INFO) are promoted to VERIFIED immediately for Hermes reasoning
        self.assertEqual(rows["SigErr"], "VERIFIED")
-        self.assertEqual(rows["SigWarn"], "TRANSIENT")
-        self.assertEqual(rows["SigInfo"], "TRANSIENT")
+        self.assertEqual(rows["SigWarn"], "VERIFIED")
+        self.assertEqual(rows["SigInfo"], "VERIFIED")

    def test_license_schema_and_pki_generation(self):
        secret = "test-secret-12345"
@@ -328,6 +329,119 @@ class TestServerComponent(unittest.TestCase):
            if os.path.exists(test_cert_dir):
                shutil.rmtree(test_cert_dir, ignore_errors=True)

+    def test_user_auth_and_session(self):
+        """Tests admin password hashing, verification, session tokens, and password change."""
+        Server.init_db(self.test_db)
+        
+        # Verify default admin credentials
+        self.assertTrue(Server.verify_user_credentials("admin", "admin_logar_2026!", db_path=self.test_db))
+        self.assertFalse(Server.verify_user_credentials("admin", "wrong_password", db_path=self.test_db))
+        self.assertFalse(Server.verify_user_credentials("nonexistent", "password", db_path=self.test_db))
+
+        # Test session token generation & validation
+        token = Server.generate_session_token("admin")
+        self.assertEqual(Server.verify_session_token(token), "admin")
+        self.assertIsNone(Server.verify_session_token("invalid.token.structure"))
+
+        # Test changing password
+        Server.change_user_password("admin", "new_secure_pass123", db_path=self.test_db)
+        self.assertFalse(Server.verify_user_credentials("admin", "admin_logar_2026!", db_path=self.test_db))
+        self.assertTrue(Server.verify_user_credentials("admin", "new_secure_pass123", db_path=self.test_db))
+
+    def test_hermes_tokens_and_auth(self):
+        """Tests Hermes Bearer token creation, verification, revocation, and deletion."""
+        Server.init_db(self.test_db)
+        
+        # Test default Hermes token was created on init
+        tokens = Server.list_hermes_tokens(db_path=self.test_db)
+        self.assertEqual(len(tokens), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(tokens[0]["status"], "active")
+        default_token = tokens[0]["token"]
+        self.assertTrue(Server.verify_hermes_token(default_token, db_path=self.test_db))
+
+        # Test creating new token
+        new_tok = Server.create_hermes_token(name="Hermes Autonomous Agent 01", db_path=self.test_db)
+        self.assertIn("token", new_tok)
+        self.assertEqual(new_tok["name"], "Hermes Autonomous Agent 01")
+        self.assertTrue(Server.verify_hermes_token(new_tok["token"], db_path=self.test_db))
+
+        # Test revoking token
+        self.assertTrue(Server.revoke_hermes_token(new_tok["token"], db_path=self.test_db))
+        self.assertFalse(Server.verify_hermes_token(new_tok["token"], db_path=self.test_db))
+
+        # Test deleting token
+        self.assertTrue(Server.delete_hermes_token(new_tok["token"], db_path=self.test_db))
+        tokens_after = Server.list_hermes_tokens(db_path=self.test_db)
+        self.assertEqual(len(tokens_after), 1)
+
+    def test_client_profile_export(self):
+        """Tests client profile dictionary generation and export formatting."""
+        cfg = Server.load_or_init_config(self.test_config)
+        profile = Server.generate_client_profile_dict(
+            server_host="logar-hub.corp.internal",
+            server_port=9443,
+            client_id="worker-node-101",
+            config_dict=cfg
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(profile["server_host"], "logar-hub.corp.internal")
+        self.assertEqual(profile["server_port"], 9443)
+        self.assertEqual(profile["client_id"], "worker-node-101")
+        self.assertEqual(profile["server_fingerprint"], cfg["server_fingerprint"])
+        self.assertEqual(profile["server_public_key"], cfg["public_key"])
+        self.assertEqual(profile["enrollment_secret"], cfg["enrollment_secret"])
+        self.assertEqual(profile["format"], "LOGAR_CLIENT_PROFILE")
+
+    def test_client_seat_management_and_relative_time(self):
+        """Tests client listing, seat approval, revocation, deletion, and relative timestamp helper."""
+        Server.init_db(self.test_db, enrollment_secret="test-sec-123", max_seats=5)
+        Server.SERVER_STATE["config"] = {"db_path": self.test_db}
+
+        # Populate test clients
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(self.test_db)
+        now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+        five_min_ago = (now - timedelta(minutes=5)).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        two_hours_ago = (now - timedelta(hours=2)).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        
+        conn.execute("INSERT INTO clients (client_id, hostname, os_type, cert_fingerprint, status, last_seen) VALUES ('c-win', 'WIN-PROD-01', 'windows', 'FP_W1', 'active', ?)", (five_min_ago,))
+        conn.execute("INSERT INTO clients (client_id, hostname, os_type, cert_fingerprint, status, last_seen) VALUES ('c-lin', 'LIN-PROD-01', 'linux', 'FP_L1', 'active', ?)", (two_hours_ago,))
+        conn.commit()
+        conn.close()
+
+        # 1. Test listing
+        client_data = Server.list_clients()
+        self.assertEqual(client_data["active_seats"], 2)
+        self.assertEqual(client_data["max_seats"], 5)
+        self.assertEqual(len(client_data["clients"]), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(client_data["clients"][0]["last_activity_relative"], "5m ago")
+
+        # 2. Test revoking
+        rev_req = Server.ClientActionRequest(client_id="c-win")
+        rev_res = Server.revoke_client(rev_req)
+        self.assertEqual(rev_res["status"], "revoked")
+        client_data = Server.list_clients()
+        self.assertEqual(client_data["active_seats"], 1)
+
+        # 3. Test approving / reactivating
+        app_res = Server.approve_client(rev_req)
+        self.assertEqual(app_res["status"], "active")
+        client_data = Server.list_clients()
+        self.assertEqual(client_data["active_seats"], 2)
+
+        # 4. Test deleting client record
+        del_res = Server.delete_client(rev_req)
+        self.assertEqual(del_res["status"], "deleted")
+        client_data = Server.list_clients()
+        self.assertEqual(len(client_data["clients"]), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(client_data["active_seats"], 1)
+
+        # 5. Test format_relative_time edge cases
+        self.assertEqual(Server.format_relative_time(None), "Never")
+        self.assertEqual(Server.format_relative_time(""), "Never")
+        self.assertEqual(Server.format_relative_time("invalid-date-string"), "invalid-date-str")
+        just_now = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        self.assertIn(Server.format_relative_time(just_now), ("0s ago", "1s ago", "Just now"))
+

 if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()
+
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import unittest
 import warnings

 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
+warnings.simplefilter("ignore")

 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "src")))
@@ -26,7 +27,12 @@ class TestWinClientComponent(unittest.TestCase):
            usage={KeyFlags.EncryptCommunications, KeyFlags.EncryptStorage},
            hashes=[HashAlgorithm.SHA256],
            ciphers=[SymmetricKeyAlgorithm.AES256],
-            compression=[CompressionAlgorithm.Uncompressed]
+            compression=[
+                CompressionAlgorithm.ZIP,
+                CompressionAlgorithm.ZLIB,
+                CompressionAlgorithm.BZ2,
+                CompressionAlgorithm.Uncompressed
+            ]
        )
        self.server_priv = key
        self.server_pub = key.pubkey