Manager: enabling and configuring

Web-based content manager with file browser, live preview, and theme manager.

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-sysop 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

Extension system

Components such as the form SMTP handler and link audit tool integrate with the manager via a self-describing extension 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 extensions in lazysite/lazysite.conf:

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

Then access via Manager > Extensions.

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