and then it hit me

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# Use LinuxServer.io Duplicati base
 FROM linuxserver/duplicati:2.1.0
 
 # Install Docker CLI, bash, python3, btrfs support and all the app directories
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
   && mkdir -p /usr/local/bin /config /etc/services.d/backupbot
 
-# Copy the backup script
 COPY backup.sh /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
 
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ RUN chmod +x /etc/services.d/backupbot/run
 # Copy web frontend
 COPY web /app
 RUN chmod +x /app/cgi-bin/backupbot.cgi
+
 # Expose web frontend port
 EXPOSE 8080
 

backupbot.env

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+TZ=America/Los_Angeles
+BACKUP_DIR=/backups/postgres
+LOG_FILE=/config/log/pgbackup.log
+MAX_RETRIES=3
+GOTIFY_URL=http://gotify.example.com
+GOTIFY_TOKEN=your_gotify_token_here
+BACKUP_HOUR=03
+BACKUP_MINUTE=00

docker-compose.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ services:
       - /srv/backups:/backups:rshared
       # Docker socket to list containers
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
-
     ports:
       - 8200:8200
       - 8201:8080

services/backupbot/run

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ else
   source /config/backupbot.conf
   set +a
 fi
+# Initialize default web interface if missing
+if [ ! -d /config/web ]; then
+  echo "[INFO] Populating /config/web from defaults..."
+  cp -r /defaults/web /config/
+fi
 
 # Start Python HTTP server for web config in background
 cd /app

web/backupbot.cgi

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import cgi
+import cgitb
+import os
+import json
+
+cgitb.enable()
+print("Content-Type: application/json\n")
+
+ENV_FILE = "/config/web/backupbot.env"
+
+
+def read_env():
+    env = {}
+    if os.path.exists(ENV_FILE):
+        with open(ENV_FILE) as f:
+            for line in f:
+                line = line.strip()
+                if not line or line.startswith("#") or "=" not in line:
+                    continue
+                key, val = line.split("=", 1)
+                key = key.strip()
+                val = val.strip().split("#")[0].strip()  # strip inline comments
+                env[key] = val
+    return env
+
+
+def write_env(env):
+    with open(ENV_FILE, "w") as f:
+        for key, val in env.items():
+            f.write(f"{key}={val}\n")
+
+
+form = cgi.FieldStorage()
+action = form.getvalue("action")
+
+if action == "get":
+    env = read_env()
+    print(json.dumps(env))
+elif action == "set":
+    try:
+        raw = os.environ.get("CONTENT_LENGTH")
+        length = int(raw) if raw else 0
+        data = json.loads(os.read(0, length))
+        write_env(data)
+        print(json.dumps({"status": "ok", "message": "Configuration saved."}))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(json.dumps({"status": "error", "message": str(e)}))
+else:
+    print(json.dumps({"status": "error", "message": "Invalid action"}))