Manager

The lazysite manager is a built-in web-based content management interface. It provides a file browser, page editor with live preview, theme manager, user management, and cache manager.

Enabling the manager

Add to lazysite/lazysite.conf:

manager: enabled
manager_path: /manager

Configuration keys

manager: enabled - enable the manager (default: disabled)
manager_path - URL prefix for manager pages (default: /manager)
manager access itself is granted by groups: any group with the ui capability (see the Groups page; setup-manager creates one)

Features

File browser with create, edit, and delete
Page editor with front matter form and content textarea
Live preview pane showing rendered output
Collaborative file locking (5-minute expiry, auto-renew; shared with the WebDAV endpoint so editor and deploy locks respect each other)
Save with mtime conflict detection
Theme manager: install, activate, rename, delete themes
User management: add/remove users, manage groups, per-user UI/WebDAV toggles, WebDAV path scope, and one-time credential generation
Cache manager: view and invalidate cached pages

Plugin system

Components such as the form SMTP handler and link audit tool integrate with the manager via a self-describing plugin interface. Each script supports a --describe flag that returns its configuration schema as JSON. The manager renders a generic config form from this schema.

Enable plugins in lazysite/lazysite.conf:

plugins:
  - plugins/audit.pl
  - plugins/form-smtp.pl

Then access via Manager > Plugins.

Notes

Manager is disabled by default - must be explicitly enabled
Access requires authentication and group membership
Blocked paths prevent editing of auth secrets and scripts
All file operations validated with realpath within docroot
Manager pages are regular lazysite .md pages
Manager guide - full setup and usage