From da699b54fa05ac1376cf7b0a640e336d1fd0db7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gmer4Lfe <gmer4lfe@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 13:38:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] req: internal NVMe boot required, all paths consolidated on
 flash

Plugin folder /boot/config/plugins/varaverk is the single home for
scripts, data, and state. Available at boot before array mounts.
USB boot is not a supported configuration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Deployment/conf_templates/master.conf | 11 ++++++-----
 Plugin/varaverk.plg                   |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Deployment/conf_templates/master.conf b/Deployment/conf_templates/master.conf
index 81bdf8e..949ac22 100644
--- a/Deployment/conf_templates/master.conf
+++ b/Deployment/conf_templates/master.conf
@@ -111,14 +111,15 @@
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ── SHARED HOST CONFIGURATION ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # ==============================================================================================
-# All Varaverk persistent data lives under /mnt/user/appdata/Varaverk/.
+# Requirement: internal NVMe/SSD boot drive. Everything lives in the plugin folder on flash —
+# scripts, state, and data are all available before the array mounts.
 # Both directories are created automatically if they don't exist.
 #
 #   DATA_DIR   — historical logs, statistics, discovery histories, blocklists
 #   STATE_DIR  — runtime state files for all scripts (watchdogs, fallback, transcode, etc.)
-#                Requirement: ALL state files MUST use $STATE_DIR. No /tmp, no /boot/config.
-    DATA_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/Varaverk/data"
-    STATE_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/Varaverk/State_Files"
+#                Requirement: ALL state files MUST use $STATE_DIR. No /tmp, no /boot/config root.
+    DATA_DIR="/boot/config/plugins/varaverk/data"
+    STATE_DIR="/boot/config/plugins/varaverk/State_Files"
 
 # ── Version Parity ──
 # Controls behaviour when local and remote unRAID versions differ.
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@
     GITEA_CONTAINER="Gitea"
     GITEA_REPO_PATH="FailedProxy/Varaverk.git"
     GITEA_DOMAIN=""                         # e.g. git.yourdomain.com — requires NPM + DNS
-    TARGET_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/Varaverk"
+    TARGET_DIR="/boot/config/plugins/varaverk"
     GITEA_SSH_KEY="/root/.ssh/unraid_gitea"
     SSH_PORT=221                            # Gitea SSH port (default 22, Gitea often uses 221/222)
     GITEA_HTTP_PORT=3000                    # Gitea web/API port — used by gitea_ssh_setup.sh
diff --git a/Plugin/varaverk.plg b/Plugin/varaverk.plg
index cccea7d..343b81f 100644
--- a/Plugin/varaverk.plg
+++ b/Plugin/varaverk.plg
@@ -87,12 +87,10 @@ SCRIPTS_DIR="$CFG_DIR"
 CONF_DIR="$SCRIPTS_DIR/Configurations"
 
 # Seed varaverk.cfg with defaults (SCRIPTS_DIR + Gitea settings) if not present.
-# Default SCRIPTS_DIR is appdata — safe for USB boot users.
-# Users with NVMe/SSD boot can change this to /boot/config/plugins/varaverk
-# so scripts are available before the array mounts.
+# Requires internal NVMe/SSD boot — scripts live on flash, available before array mounts.
 if [[ ! -f "$CFG_FILE" ]]; then
     cat > "$CFG_FILE" <<'CFGEOF'
-SCRIPTS_DIR="/mnt/user/appdata/Varaverk"
+SCRIPTS_DIR="/boot/config/plugins/varaverk"
 GITEA_CONTAINER="Gitea"
 GITEA_REPO_PATH="FailedProxy/Varaverk.git"
 GITEA_SSH_KEY="/root/.ssh/unraid_gitea"