Remove file change detection logic

README.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ control.
 **Certificate hotswapping**: Ghostunnel can reload certificates at runtime
 without dropping existing connections. To trigger a reload, simply send
 `SIGUSR1` to the process (or set a time-based reloading interval). This will
-cause ghostunnel to reload the keystore files. Once successful, the reloaded
+cause ghostunnel to reload the certificate/key. Once successful, the reloaded
 certificate will be used for new connections going forward.
 
 **Monitoring and metrics**: Ghostunnel has a built-in status feature that

main.go

@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ var exitFunc = os.Exit
 
 // Context groups listening context data together
 type Context struct {
-	watcher         chan bool
 	status          *statusHandler
 	statusHTTP      *http.Server
 	shutdownTimeout time.Duration
@@ -305,12 +304,6 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	}
 	metrics := sqmetrics.NewMetrics(*metricsURL, *metricsPrefix, client, *metricsInterval, metrics.DefaultRegistry, logger)
 
-	// Set up file watchers (if requested)
-	watcher := make(chan bool, 1)
-	if *timedReload > 0 {
-		go watchFiles([]string{*keystorePath}, *timedReload, watcher)
-	}
-
 	cert, err := buildCertificate(*keystorePath, *keystorePass)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: unable to load certificates: %s\n", err)
@@ -332,7 +325,8 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 		logger.Printf("using target address %s", *serverForwardAddress)
 
 		status := newStatusHandler(dial)
-		context := &Context{watcher, status, nil, *shutdownTimeout, dial, metrics, cert}
+		context := &Context{status, nil, *shutdownTimeout, dial, metrics, cert}
+		go context.reloadHandler(*timedReload)
 
 		// Start listening
 		err = serverListen(context)
@@ -361,7 +355,8 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 		}
 
 		status := newStatusHandler(dial)
-		context := &Context{watcher, status, nil, *shutdownTimeout, dial, metrics, cert}
+		context := &Context{status, nil, *shutdownTimeout, dial, metrics, cert}
+		go context.reloadHandler(*timedReload)
 
 		// Start listening
 		err = clientListen(context)

signals.go

@@ -72,12 +72,19 @@ func (context *Context) signalHandler(p *proxy.Proxy) {
 
 			logger.Printf("received %s, reloading certificates", sig.String())
 			context.reload()
-		case <-context.watcher:
-			context.reload()
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func (context *Context) reloadHandler(interval time.Duration) {
+	if interval == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	for range time.Tick(interval) {
+		context.reload()
+	}
+}
+
 func (context *Context) reload() {
 	context.status.Reloading()
 	err := context.cert.Reload()