rewrite the ws handling according to command example in websocket lib. Basically adding timeout for receive and send

assets/main.js

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function createTerminal() {
     fontSize: 12,
     theme: baseTheme,
     convertEol: true,
+    cursorBlink: true,
   });
 
   term.open(document.getElementById('terminal_view'));

go.mod

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module github.com/syssecfsu/wsterm
+module github.com/syssecfsu/web_terminal
 
 go 1.17
 

main.go

@@ -2,19 +2,37 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/creack/pty"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
-	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
 
-func createPty(cmdline string) (*os.File, *term.State, error) {
+const (
+	// Time allowed to write a message to the peer.
+	writeWait = 5 * time.Second
+
+	// Time allowed to read the next pong message from the peer.
+	pongWait = 30 * time.Second
+
+	// Maximum message size allowed from peer.
+	maxMessageSize = 8192
+
+	// Send pings to peer with this period. Must be less than pongWait.
+	pingPeriod = (pongWait * 9) / 10
+
+	// Time to wait before force close on connection.
+	closeGracePeriod = 10 * time.Second
+)
+
+func createPty(cmdline string) (*os.File, *exec.Cmd, error) {
 	// Create a shell command.
 	cmd := exec.Command(cmdline)
 
@@ -33,16 +51,7 @@ func createPty(cmdline string) (*os.File, *term.State, error) {
 		Rows: 36,
 	})
 
-	// Set stdin in raw mode. This might cause problems in ssh.
+	return ptmx, cmd, nil
-	// ignore the error if it so happens
-	termState, err := term.MakeRaw(int(os.Stdin.Fd()))
-
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-		return ptmx, nil, err
-	}
-
-	return ptmx, termState, nil
 }
 
 var host *string = nil
@@ -59,79 +68,140 @@ var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{
 		}
 
 		if (host == nil) || (*host != h.Host) {
-			fmt.Println("failed origin check of ", org, "against", *host)
+			log.Println("Failed origin check of ", org)
 		}
 
 		return (host != nil) && (*host == h.Host)
 	},
 }
 
-// handle websockets
+// Periodically send ping message to detect the status of the ws
-func wsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func ping(ws *websocket.Conn, done chan struct{}) {
-	conn, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(pingPeriod)
-
+	defer ticker.Stop()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println("Created the websocket")
-
-	ptmx, termState, err := createPty("bash")
-
-	defer func() {
-		//close the terminal and restore the terminal state
-		ptmx.Close()
-
-		if termState != nil {
-			term.Restore(int(os.Stdin.Fd()), termState)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("failed to create PTY", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// pipe the msgs from WS to pty, we need to use goroutine here
-	go func() {
 	for {
-			_, buf, err := conn.ReadMessage()
+		select {
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			err := ws.WriteControl(websocket.PingMessage,
+				[]byte{}, time.Now().Add(writeWait))
 
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Println(err)
+				log.Println("Failed to write ping message:", err)
-				// We need to close pty so the goroutine and this one can end
+			}
-				// using defer will cause problems
+
-				ptmx.Close()
+		case <-done:
+			log.Println("Exit ping routine as stdout is going away")
 			return
 		}
+	}
+}
+
+// shovel data from websocket to pty stdin
+func toPtyStdin(ws *websocket.Conn, ptmx *os.File) {
+	ws.SetReadLimit(maxMessageSize)
+
+	// set the readdeadline. The idea here is simple,
+	// as long as we keep receiving pong message,
+	// the readdeadline will keep updating. Otherwise
+	// read will timeout.
+	ws.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(pongWait))
+	ws.SetPongHandler(func(string) error {
+		ws.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(pongWait))
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	for {
+		_, buf, err := ws.ReadMessage()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("Failed to receive data from ws:", err)
+			break
+		}
 
 		_, err = ptmx.Write(buf)
 
 		if err != nil {
-				fmt.Println(err)
+			log.Println("Failed to send data to pty stdin: ", err)
-				ptmx.Close()
+			break
-				return
+		}
 	}
 }
-	}()
 
+// shovel data from websocket to pty stdin
+func fromPtyStdout(ws *websocket.Conn, ptmx *os.File, done chan struct{}) {
 	readBuf := make([]byte, 4096)
 
 	for {
 		n, err := ptmx.Read(readBuf)
 
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
+			log.Println("Failed to read from pty stdout: ", err)
-			ptmx.Close()
+			break
+		}
+
+		ws.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeWait))
+		if err = ws.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, readBuf[:n]); err != nil {
+			log.Println("Failed to write message: ", err)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	close(done)
+
+	ws.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeWait))
+	ws.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseMessage,
+		websocket.FormatCloseMessage(websocket.CloseNormalClosure, "Pty closed"))
+	time.Sleep(closeGracePeriod)
+}
+
+// handle websockets
+func wsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	ws, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to create websocket: ", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-		if err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, readBuf[:n]); err != nil {
+	defer ws.Close()
-			ptmx.Close()
+
-			fmt.Println(err)
+	log.Println("\n\nCreated the websocket")
+
+	ptmx, cmd, err := createPty("bash")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to create PTY: ", err)
 		return
 	}
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+
+	go fromPtyStdout(ws, ptmx, done)
+	go ping(ws, done)
+
+	toPtyStdin(ws, ptmx)
+
+	// cleanup the pty and its related process
+	ptmx.Close()
+	proc := cmd.Process
+
+	// send an interrupt, this will cause the shell process to
+	// return from syscalls if any is pending
+	if err := proc.Signal(os.Interrupt); err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to send Interrupt to shell process: ", err)
+	}
+
+	// Wait for a second for shell process to interrupt before kill it
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
+	log.Printf("Try to kill the shell process")
+
+	if err := proc.Signal(os.Kill); err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to send KILL to shell process: ", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := proc.Wait(); err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to wait for shell process: ", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -144,7 +214,7 @@ func fileHandler(c *gin.Context, fname string) {
 	}
 
 	fname = fname[1:] //fname always starts with /
-	fmt.Println(fname)
+	log.Println("Sending ", fname)
 
 	if strings.HasSuffix(fname, "html") {
 		c.HTML(200, fname, nil)
@@ -156,6 +226,14 @@ func fileHandler(c *gin.Context, fname string) {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	fp, err := os.OpenFile("web_term.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+
+	if err == nil {
+		defer fp.Close()
+		log.SetOutput(fp)
+		gin.DefaultWriter = fp
+	}
+
 	rt := gin.Default()
 
 	rt.SetTrustedProxies(nil)