From 6f257c33ef2478224cae448895e1f88b957f80f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Marcus <marcua@marcua.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 16:59:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make a few errors that new users are likely ot encounter
 easier to understand

---
 src/server/server_runner.rs | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/server/server_runner.rs b/src/server/server_runner.rs
index 5e2bf7c..d4d656c 100644
--- a/src/server/server_runner.rs
+++ b/src/server/server_runner.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use actix_web_httpauth::extractors::bearer::BearerAuth;
 use actix_web_httpauth::middleware::HttpAuthentication;
 use dyn_clone::clone_box;
 use std::fs;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 pub fn config(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
     cfg.service(confirm_endpoint);
@@ -82,10 +82,12 @@ fn build_cors(ayb_cors: AybConfigCors) -> Cors {
 pub async fn run_server(config_path: &PathBuf) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     env_logger::init();
 
-    let ayb_conf = read_config(config_path).unwrap();
+    let ayb_conf = read_config(config_path).expect("unable to find an ayb.toml configuration file");
     let ayb_conf_for_server = ayb_conf.clone();
-    fs::create_dir_all(&ayb_conf.data_path).expect("Unable to create data directory");
-    let ayb_db = connect_to_ayb_db(ayb_conf.database_url).await.unwrap();
+    fs::create_dir_all(&ayb_conf.data_path).expect("unable to create data directory");
+    let ayb_db = connect_to_ayb_db(ayb_conf.database_url)
+        .await
+        .expect("unable to connect to ayb database");
     let web_details = if let Some(web_conf) = ayb_conf.web {
         Some(
             WebFrontendDetails::from_url(&web_conf.info_url)
@@ -102,6 +104,12 @@ pub async fn run_server(config_path: &PathBuf) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     println!("Starting server {}:{}...", ayb_conf.host, ayb_conf.port);
     if ayb_conf.isolation.is_none() {
         println!("Note: Server is running without full isolation. Read more about isolating users from one-another: https://github.com/marcua/ayb/#isolation");
+    } else {
+        let isolation = ayb_conf.isolation.unwrap();
+        let nsjail_path = Path::new(&isolation.nsjail_path);
+        if !nsjail_path.exists() {
+            panic!("nsjail path {} does not exist", nsjail_path.display());
+        }
     }
     HttpServer::new(move || {
         let cors = build_cors(ayb_conf.cors.clone());