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  • Add LocalInstallerArtifactManifest.EnvironmentVariables (empty by default) so a product's server manifest can declare extra environment variables for the native service the platform adapters register.
  • Thread it through ProductComponent → ProductManifest.ServerEnvironmentVariables → each platform adapter:
    • Ubuntu: writes a systemd drop-in override (<unit>.d/10-environment.conf) alongside the shipped unit file, rather than mutating it.
    • macOS: adds entries to the launchd plist's existing EnvironmentVariables dict.
    • Windows: writes the service's registry Environment (REG_MULTI_SZ) value after sc.exe create and before the service starts (the standard mechanism Windows Services use for extra process environment).
  • LocalInstaller has no opinion on the keys or values a product declares — this is purely a generic pass-through capability.

Motivation

A downstream product added strict-by-default authentication to its server (deny all requests unless a password or an explicit opt-out env var is configured). Its installed-service smoke/package validation has no way to start the real installed service with that opt-out set, since there was previously no path from a product's server manifest to the actual service registration's environment. This is a narrow, generic capability gap — nothing here is product-specific.

Test plan

  • CI build and test suite (no local .NET SDK available in this environment to run dotnet test directly)
  • Added focused tests:
    • UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapterTests: elevated install script writes/omits the systemd drop-in based on declared environment variables.
    • MacOsInstallerManifestEnvironmentVariablesTests: LaunchDaemonPlist() includes/omits extra environment entries.
    • WindowsInstallerCommandsEnvironmentTests: ServiceEnvironmentPowerShell returns null when empty, and the correct registry-writing script when populated.

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  • New Features

    • Server components can define custom environment variables for local installations.
    • Environment variables are applied automatically to services on Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu.
    • macOS launch daemons retain default settings while including declared custom variables.
    • Ubuntu service configuration safely quotes and escapes environment values.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Ubuntu service installation now enables and restarts services in separate steps.
    • Ubuntu uninstall removes only the environment override file, preserving other service configuration.

Server manifests could not influence the environment of the native
service the platform adapters register (systemd on Ubuntu, launchd on
macOS, the Windows Service registry Environment value). Products that
need the installed service to start with extra process environment
variables — for example, an automated-validation opt-out flag a
product's own smoke tests set — had no way to get them there.

Add LocalInstallerArtifactManifest.EnvironmentVariables (empty by
default) and thread it through ProductComponent, the runtime
ProductManifest.ServerEnvironmentVariables accessor, and each platform
adapter:

- Ubuntu writes a systemd drop-in override (<unit>.d/10-environment.conf)
  next to the shipped unit file instead of mutating it directly.
- macOS adds entries to the launchd plist's existing EnvironmentVariables
  dict.
- Windows writes the service's registry Environment (REG_MULTI_SZ) value
  after the service is created and before it is started.

LocalInstaller has no opinion on the keys or values a product declares.
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Server environment variables now propagate from product manifests into macOS launch daemons, Ubuntu systemd drop-ins, and Windows service registry settings. Tests cover configured and empty values, escaping, validation, and service activation changes.

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Service environment variable propagation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Manifest environment contract
LocalInstaller.Core/Shared/Interfaces/LocalInstallerManifests.cs, LocalInstaller.Core/Features/Installation/Models/*
Manifest descriptors and product components now carry environment variables. ProductManifest.ServerEnvironmentVariables selects values from the first installable server component.
macOS launch daemon environment
LocalInstaller.Core/Features/MacOsInstallation/Models/MacOsInstallerManifest.cs, LocalInstaller.Core.Tests/Features/MacOsInstallation/Model/MacOsInstallerManifestEnvironmentVariablesTests.cs
The macOS manifest receives server environment variables and adds them to the generated LaunchDaemon plist. Tests cover declared and empty values.
Ubuntu systemd environment
LocalInstaller.Core/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Models/UbuntuInstallerManifest.cs, LocalInstaller.Core/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Providers/UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapter.cs, LocalInstaller.Core.Tests/Features/UbuntuInstallation/*
Ubuntu generates quoted and escaped Environment= entries, rejects control characters, manages only 10-environment.conf, and enables then restarts the service. Tests cover formatting, validation, and command output.
Windows service environment
LocalInstaller.Core/Features/WindowsInstallation/{Models,Services,Providers}/*, LocalInstaller.Core.Tests/Features/WindowsInstallation/Service/*
Windows installation writes service environment variables to the registry as a MultiString after service registration. Tests cover null and configured scripts.

Priority: ➖ Normal — Schedule the server environment-variable capability because it changes service configuration across Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows installers without supplied external urgency.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d5722

Service environment-variable support can generate Ubuntu root-run installation scripts. Malformed environment-variable names can corrupt that script, and the empty-variable test currently does not match generated output; resolve both before merge.

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macOS environment flow

sequenceDiagram
  participant ProductManifest
  participant MacOsInstallerManifest
  participant LaunchDaemonPlist
  ProductManifest->>MacOsInstallerManifest: copy ServerEnvironmentVariables
  MacOsInstallerManifest->>LaunchDaemonPlist: add environment entries
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Ubuntu environment flow

sequenceDiagram
  participant UbuntuInstallerManifest
  participant UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapter
  participant SystemdDropIn
  UbuntuInstallerManifest->>UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapter: provide EnvironmentOverrideConf
  UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapter->>SystemdDropIn: write 10-environment.conf
  UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapter->>SystemdDropIn: remove 10-environment.conf during uninstall
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Windows environment flow

sequenceDiagram
  participant WindowsInstallerManifest
  participant WindowsInstallerPlatformAdapter
  participant WindowsInstallerCommands
  participant WindowsServiceRegistry
  WindowsInstallerPlatformAdapter->>WindowsInstallerCommands: build service environment script
  WindowsInstallerCommands->>WindowsServiceRegistry: write MultiString Environment value
  WindowsInstallerPlatformAdapter->>WindowsServiceRegistry: run script after registration
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ExecuteInstallAsync always removes a stale <unit>.d directory for
idempotency, even when the manifest declares no environment variables
this run. The "no drop-in" test asserted the script never mentions
".service.d" at all, which the cleanup line trips. Assert on the
drop-in file and its [Service] header instead — what actually
distinguishes "no environment variables declared".

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Inline comments:
In
`@LocalInstaller.Core/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Models/UbuntuInstallerManifest.cs`:
- Line 34: Update UbuntuInstallerManifest.EnvironmentOverrideConf() to serialize
each Environment= assignment using systemd-compatible quoting and escaping,
including spaces, quotes, backslashes, and newline-containing values; reject
unsupported control characters and ensure values cannot inject configuration
lines or terminate the SERVICE_ENVIRONMENT heredoc. Add focused coverage for
these cases.

In
`@LocalInstaller.Core/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Providers/UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapter.cs`:
- Line 191: Update both drop-in cleanup sites in
LocalInstaller.Core/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Providers/UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapter.cs:
the reinstall path at lines 191-191 and the uninstall path at lines 249-249.
Replace directory-wide deletion with removal of only the installer-owned
10-environment.conf file, preserving all other service drop-ins.
- Line 198: Update the Ubuntu installer service-update flow around the
environment override append and subsequent systemd commands to run daemon-reload
followed by systemctl restart, replacing the current enable --now behavior so
updated 10-environment.conf values apply to active services while still starting
stopped services.

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  • LocalInstaller.Core.Tests/Features/WindowsInstallation/Service/WindowsInstallerCommandsEnvironmentTests.cs
  • LocalInstaller.Core/Features/Installation/Models/LocalInstallerManifestComponentExtensions.cs
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Comment thread LocalInstaller.Core/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Models/UbuntuInstallerManifest.cs Outdated
Address CodeRabbit findings on the systemd drop-in:

- Quote and escape each Environment= assignment per systemd.exec(5)
  config quoting rules so values with spaces, quotes, or backslashes
  parse correctly, and reject values containing newlines/control
  characters that could inject a config line or terminate the
  SERVICE_ENVIRONMENT heredoc early.
- Remove only the drop-in file this code owns (10-environment.conf)
  on reinstall/uninstall instead of the whole <unit>.d directory,
  which could hold unrelated admin- or package-manager-owned overrides.
- Restart the service after enabling it. `enable --now` only starts
  an inactive unit; on an upgrade of an already-running service, a
  changed drop-in environment would otherwise never take effect.

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The Build, test, pack, and publish sample payloads jobs (ubuntu-latest / macos-latest / windows-latest) are failing on this commit, but this isn't a problem in this PR's diff:

  • The failing tests are all LocalInstallerNuGetPackagingTests, NixPackagingWrapperTests, and other packaging/UI fixtures this PR never touches (only LocalInstaller.Core/Features/UbuntuInstallation/* and its tests changed here).
  • The root error is NU5019: File not found: '.../LocalInstaller/LICENSE', but LICENSE is tracked in git and present at the repo root (last touched in b2af464, unrelated to this PR).
  • The identical test suite passed cleanly on this branch's prior commit (1666d9c) just minutes earlier.
  • I re-ran the failed jobs once and they failed again, identically, on all three platforms.
  • All three job logs show the same working-directory path: /home/themassiveone/github/AgentUp-Workspace/LocalInstallerMigration/LocalInstaller/... — this doesn't look like an ephemeral GitHub-hosted runner path, which suggests these are self-hosted runners sharing a persistent, non-isolated checkout/build directory. My best guess is a stale obj//bin/ NuGet restore cache (the log shows "All projects are up-to-date for restore" right before the failure) left over from a concurrent or prior run, rather than anything in the working tree itself.

I don't have a way to clean that runner's working directory from here. Flagging so a human with access to that machine can clear its obj/bin directories (or investigate concurrent job contention on the same path) — the code change itself is otherwise green (CI passed in full on the prior commit, and CodeRabbit's three findings are confirmed fixed).


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EnvironmentOverrideConf_escapesEmbeddedQuotes was one closing quote
short in its hand-typed verbatim string literal, so the literal never
terminated and swallowed the rest of the file, producing cascading
CS1003/CS1056 syntax errors on a genuinely clean checkout. Build the
expected string from a quote constant instead of hand-counting
adjacent escaped quotes, and verified the exact output by simulating
the verbatim-string grammar rather than eyeballing it again.
The prior CodeRabbit fix changed cleanup from rm -rf <service.d> to
rm -f <service.d>/10-environment.conf so it only removes the file this
code owns. That cleanup line runs unconditionally, so it legitimately
contains "10-environment.conf" even when no environment variables are
declared - the "no drop-in" test's negative assertion on that string
was checking the wrong thing. Assert on the mkdir -p that only happens
when content is actually written instead.

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115-115: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Update the empty-variable assertion.

Line 194 now always emits cleanup for 10-environment.conf. This assertion fails even though no drop-in is created. Assert that the script removes the owned file and does not contain the cat > command for that file.

Proposed fix
-Assert.That(script, Does.Not.Contain("10-environment.conf"));
+Assert.That(script, Does.Contain(
+    "rm -f '/etc/systemd/system/agent-up-server.service.d/10-environment.conf'"));
+Assert.That(script, Does.Not.Contain(
+    "cat > '/etc/systemd/system/agent-up-server.service.d/10-environment.conf'"));
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In
`@LocalInstaller.Core.Tests/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Provider/UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapterTests.cs`
at line 115, Update the empty-variable assertion in the Ubuntu installer
platform adapter tests to expect removal of the owned 10-environment.conf file
while asserting the generated script does not contain the cat > command that
creates that file; preserve the no-drop-in behavior.
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- Line 44: Update SystemdAssignment to validate environment variable keys for
emptiness, equals signs, and control characters before formatting; escape the
complete key=value assignment, not only the value, before writing the root-run
heredoc. Add a regression test covering a key containing a newline and verify it
cannot inject additional heredoc content or commands.

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`@LocalInstaller.Core.Tests/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Provider/UbuntuInstallerPlatformAdapterTests.cs`:
- Line 115: Update the empty-variable assertion in the Ubuntu installer platform
adapter tests to expect removal of the owned 10-environment.conf file while
asserting the generated script does not contain the cat > command that creates
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Comment thread LocalInstaller.Core/Features/UbuntuInstallation/Models/UbuntuInstallerManifest.cs Outdated
SystemdAssignment validated the value for control characters but wrote
the key straight into a root-run SERVICE_ENVIRONMENT heredoc. A key
containing a newline (e.g. ending in the heredoc's own terminator)
could inject arbitrary content into a script that runs as root.
Validate the key the same way, and escape the whole key=value
assignment together rather than the value alone. Add a regression
test using a key that embeds the heredoc terminator.
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