booot:early - trigger template reload without using configd

In rare cases the daemon might not be up yet when the templates are flushed to disk, to lower the risk of this happening, we will wrap the template command in its own script and call it from rc.syshook.d/early/15-templates.

src/etc/rc.syshook.d/early/15-templates

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 echo -n "Generating configuration: "
-configctl -w 10 template reload \*
+/usr/local/opnsense/service/template_ctl.py \*

src/opnsense/service/template_ctl.py

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/python3
+
+"""
+    Copyright (c) 2025 Ad Schellevis <ad@opnsense.org>
+    All rights reserved.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+    INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+    AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+    AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
+    OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+    SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+    INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+    CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+    ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    package : configd
+    function: commandline tool to send commands to configd (response to stdout)
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import os
+import syslog
+from modules import config, template, syslog_debug, syslog_error, syslog_notice
+
+__author__ = 'Ad Schellevis'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('template', help='template(s) to match')
+    parser.add_argument('-c', help='configuration path (/conf/config.xml)', type=str, default='/conf/config.xml')
+    parser.add_argument('-r', help='root directory (/)', type=str, default='/')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    syslog.openlog(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
+
+    # generate template
+    tmpl = template.Template(args.r)
+    conf = config.Config(args.c)
+    tmpl.set_config(conf.get())
+    filenames = tmpl.generate(args.template)
+    if filenames is None:
+        syslog_error('Unable to generate templates %s' % (args.template))
+        print('templates...failed')
+    else:
+        for filename in filenames:
+            syslog_debug(' %s generated %s' % (args.template, filename))
+        syslog_notice('%s %s finished successfully' % (os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]), args.template))
+        print('templates...done')
+
+