Fix update script's failure to update netbird-ui in binary installation (#1218)

Resolve the problem with the update script that prevents netbird-ui from updating during binary installation.

Introduce the variable UPDATE_NETBIRD. Now we can upgrade the binary installation with

A function stop_running_netbird_ui has been added which checks if NetBird UI is currently running. If so, it stops the UI to allow the application update process to proceed smoothly. This was necessary to prevent conflicts or errors during updates if the UI was running.


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Co-authored-by: Maycon Santos <mlsmaycon@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/golang-test-windows.yml

@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        store: ['jsonfile', 'sqlite']
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: mv ${{ env.downloadPath }}/wintun/bin/amd64/wintun.dll 'C:\Windows\System32\'
 
-      - run: choco install -y sysinternals
+      - run: choco install -y sysinternals --ignore-checksums
       - run: choco install -y mingw
 
       - run: PsExec64 -s -w ${{ github.workspace }} C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ steps.go.outputs.go-version }}\x64\bin\go.exe env -w GOMODCACHE=C:\Users\runneradmin\go\pkg\mod

release_files/install.sh

@@ -66,9 +66,14 @@ download_release_binary() {
     if [ "$OS_TYPE" = "darwin" ] && [ "$1" = "$UI_APP" ]; then
         INSTALL_DIR="/Applications/NetBird UI.app"
 
+        if test -d "$INSTALL_DIR" ; then
+          echo "removing $INSTALL_DIR"
+          rm -rfv "$INSTALL_DIR"
+        fi
+
         # Unzip the app and move to INSTALL_DIR
         unzip -q -o "$BINARY_NAME"
-        mv "netbird_ui_${OS_TYPE}_${ARCH}" "$INSTALL_DIR"
+        mv "netbird_ui_${OS_TYPE}_${ARCH}/" "$INSTALL_DIR/"
     else
         ${SUDO} mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR"
         tar -xzvf "$BINARY_NAME"
@@ -184,16 +189,6 @@ install_netbird() {
         fi
     fi
 
-    # Checks if SKIP_UI_APP env is set
-    if [ -z "$SKIP_UI_APP" ]; then
-        SKIP_UI_APP=false
-    else
-        if $SKIP_UI_APP; then
-            echo "SKIP_UI_APP has been set to true in the environment"
-            echo "NetBird UI installation will be omitted based on your preference"
-        fi
-    fi
-
     # Run the installation, if a desktop environment is not detected
     # only the CLI will be installed
     case "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" in
@@ -294,6 +289,14 @@ is_bin_package_manager() {
   fi
 }
 
+stop_running_netbird_ui() {
+  NB_UI_PROC=$(ps -ef | grep "[n]etbird-ui" | awk '{print $2}')
+  if [ -n "$NB_UI_PROC" ]; then
+    echo "NetBird UI is running with PID $NB_UI_PROC. Stopping it..."
+    kill -9 "$NB_UI_PROC"
+  fi
+}
+
 update_netbird() {
   if is_bin_package_manager "$CONFIG_FILE"; then
     latest_release=$(get_latest_release)
@@ -301,7 +304,7 @@ update_netbird() {
     installed_version=$(netbird version)
 
     if [ "$latest_version" = "$installed_version" ]; then
-      echo "Installed netbird version ($installed_version) is up-to-date"
+      echo "Installed NetBird version ($installed_version) is up-to-date"
       exit 0
     fi
 
@@ -310,8 +313,9 @@ update_netbird() {
       echo ""
       echo "Initiating NetBird update. This will stop the netbird service and restart it after the update"
 
-      ${SUDO} netbird service stop
-      ${SUDO} netbird service uninstall
+      ${SUDO} netbird service stop || true
+      ${SUDO} netbird service uninstall || true
+      stop_running_netbird_ui
       install_native_binaries
 
       ${SUDO} netbird service install
@@ -322,6 +326,16 @@ update_netbird() {
   fi
 }
 
+# Checks if SKIP_UI_APP env is set
+if [ -z "$SKIP_UI_APP" ]; then
+    SKIP_UI_APP=false
+else
+    if $SKIP_UI_APP; then
+      echo "SKIP_UI_APP has been set to true in the environment"
+      echo "NetBird UI installation will be omitted based on your preference"
+    fi
+fi
+
 # Identify OS name and default package manager
 if type uname >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	case "$(uname)" in
@@ -334,7 +348,7 @@ if type uname >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             if [ "$ARCH" != "amd64" ] && [ "$ARCH" != "arm64" ] \
                 && [ "$ARCH" != "x86_64" ];then
                 SKIP_UI_APP=true
-                echo "NetBird UI installation will be omitted as $ARCH is not a compactible architecture"
+                echo "NetBird UI installation will be omitted as $ARCH is not a compatible architecture"
             fi
 
             # Allow netbird UI installation for linux running desktop enviroment
@@ -376,7 +390,13 @@ if type uname >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	esac
 fi
 
-case "$1" in
+UPDATE_FLAG=$1
+
+if [ "${UPDATE_NETBIRD}-x" = "true-x" ]; then
+  UPDATE_FLAG="--update"
+fi
+
+case "$UPDATE_FLAG" in
     --update)
       update_netbird
     ;;