Watch config files and hot reload

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Zooid supports a few environment variables, which configure shared resources lik
 
 ## Configuration
 
-Configuration files are written using [toml](https://toml.io). The name of the configuration file should be the hostname the relay serves, for example `relay.example.com`. Config files contain the following sections:
+Configuration files are written using [toml](https://toml.io) files placed in the `./config` directory. The name of the configuration file should be the hostname the relay serves, for example `relay.example.com`. Config files contain the following sections:
 
 ### `[self]`
 
@@ -108,6 +108,5 @@ See `justfile` for defined commands.
 
 ## TODO
 
-- [ ] Watch configuration files and hot reload
 - [ ] Free up resources after instance inactivity
 - [ ] Admin/member lists

cmd/relay/main.go

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	go zooid.MonitorInstances()
+
 	<-shutdown
 
 	fmt.Println("\nShutting down gracefully...")

go.mod

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ require (
 	fiatjaf.com/nostr v0.0.0-20250924142401-59bd3c29fffd
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0
 	github.com/Masterminds/squirrel v1.5.4
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
 	github.com/gosimple/slug v1.15.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.32
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.15.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.4 // indirect
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.13 // indirect
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fasthttp/websocket v1.5.12 // indirect
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3 v3.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.1 // indirect
 	github.com/savsgio/gotils v0.0.0-20240704082632-aef3928b8a38 // indirect
@@ -44,6 +42,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.59.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250305212735-054e65f0b394 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0/go.mod h1:ZXNYxsqcloTdSy/rNShjY
 github.com/dvyukov/go-fuzz v0.0.0-20200318091601-be3528f3a813/go.mod h1:11Gm+ccJnvAhCNLlf5+cS9KjtbaD5I5zaZpFMsTHWTw=
 github.com/fasthttp/websocket v1.5.12 h1:e4RGPpWW2HTbL3zV0Y/t7g0ub294LkiuXXUuTOUInlE=
 github.com/fasthttp/websocket v1.5.12/go.mod h1:I+liyL7/4moHojiOgUOIKEWm9EIxHqxZChS+aMFltyg=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S9k=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
@@ -91,9 +93,10 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250305212735-054e65f0b394 h1:nDVHiLt8aIbd/VzvPWN6kSOPE
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250305212735-054e65f0b394/go.mod h1:sIifuuw/Yco/y6yb6+bDNfyeQ/MdPUy/hKEMYQV17cM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 h1:vBTly1HeNPEn3wtREYfy4GZ/NECgw2Cnl+nK6Nz3uvw=
 golang.org/x/net v0.41.0/go.mod h1:B/K4NNqkfmg07DQYrbwvSluqCJOOXwUjeb/5lOisjbA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 h1:vz1N37gP5bs89s7He8XuIYXpyY0+QlsKmzipCbUtyxI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.28.0 h1:rhazDwis8INMIwQ4tpjLDzUhx6RlXqZNPEM0huQojng=
 golang.org/x/text v0.28.0/go.mod h1:U8nCwOR8jO/marOQ0QbDiOngZVEBB7MAiitBuMjXiNU=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=

zooid/config.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 func LoadConfig(hostname string) (*Config, error) {
-	path := filepath.Join("configs", hostname)
+	path := filepath.Join("config", hostname)
 
 	var config Config
 	if _, err := toml.DecodeFile(path, &config); err != nil {

zooid/instance.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"iter"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -13,9 +14,86 @@ import (
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/eventstore"
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/khatru"
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/nip29"
+	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/gosimple/slug"
 )
 
+// Top level instance creation/destruction
+
+var (
+	instances     map[string]*Instance
+	instancesOnce sync.Once
+	instancesMux  sync.RWMutex
+)
+
+func GetInstance(hostname string) (*Instance, error) {
+	instancesMux.RLock()
+	defer instancesMux.RUnlock()
+
+	instancesOnce.Do(func() {
+		instances = make(map[string]*Instance)
+	})
+
+	instance, exists := instances[hostname]
+
+	if !exists {
+		newInstance, err := MakeInstance(hostname)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		instances[hostname] = newInstance
+		instance = newInstance
+	}
+
+	return instance, nil
+}
+
+func MonitorInstances() {
+	watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to create file watcher: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer watcher.Close()
+
+	if err := watcher.Add("./config"); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to watch config directory: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Watching config directory for changes")
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case event, ok := <-watcher.Events:
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
+
+			hostname := filepath.Base(event.Name)
+
+			if event.Has(fsnotify.Write) || event.Has(fsnotify.Create) || event.Has(fsnotify.Remove) {
+				log.Printf("Config file changed/deleted: %s", event.Name)
+
+				instancesMux.Lock()
+				if instance, exists := instances[hostname]; exists {
+					instance.Cleanup()
+				}
+				instancesMux.Unlock()
+			}
+
+		case err, ok := <-watcher.Errors:
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
+			log.Printf("File watcher error: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Instance struct
+
 type Instance struct {
 	Config     *Config
 	Events     eventstore.Store
@@ -60,6 +138,7 @@ func MakeInstance(hostname string) (*Instance, error) {
 		Relay:      khatru.NewRelay(),
 	}
 
+	instance.Relay.Negentropy = true
 	instance.Relay.Info.Name = config.Self.Name
 	instance.Relay.Info.Icon = config.Self.Icon
 	instance.Relay.Info.PubKey = &pubkey
@@ -103,28 +182,14 @@ func MakeInstance(hostname string) (*Instance, error) {
 	return instance, nil
 }
 
-var (
+func (instance *Instance) Cleanup() bool {
-	instances    map[string]*Instance
+	// Close the event store
-	instanceOnce sync.Once
+	instance.Events.Close()
-)
 
-func GetInstance(hostname string) (*Instance, error) {
+	// Remove from instances map
-	instanceOnce.Do(func() {
+	delete(instances, instance.Config.Host)
-		instances = make(map[string]*Instance)
-	})
 
-	instance, exists := instances[hostname]
+	return true
-	if !exists {
-		newInstance, err := MakeInstance(hostname)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		instances[hostname] = newInstance
-		instance = newInstance
-	}
-
-	return instance, nil
 }
 
 // Utility methods