True up.

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 .idea*
 .venv*
 *__pycache__*
+build/*
+*.egg-info/*

packetserver/http/server.py

@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # packetserver/http/server.py
-from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends, HTTPException, status
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends, HTTPException, status, Query
 from fastapi.security import HTTPBasic, HTTPBasicCredentials
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 from starlette.requests import Request
+from typing import Optional
+from datetime import datetime
+from persistent.mapping import PersistentMapping
+import persistent.list
+
+# No database module needed – get_db_connection is provided by the runner
+# get_http_user logic inlined directly in the dependency (simple and avoids module)
 
-from ..database import get_db_connection  # reuse existing helper if available
-from .database import get_http_user
 from .auth import HttpUser
 
 app = FastAPI(
@@ -24,10 +29,22 @@ templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="packetserver/http/templates")
 
 security = HTTPBasic()
 
-
 async def get_current_http_user(credentials: HTTPBasicCredentials = Depends(security)):
-    db = get_db_connection()  # your existing way to get the open DB
-    user: HttpUser | None = get_http_user(db, credentials.username)
+    # get_db_connection is injected by the standalone runner
+    conn = get_db_connection()
+    root = conn.root()
+
+    # Inline httpUsers mapping access (replaces get_http_user from nonexistent database.py)
+    http_users = root.get("httpUsers")
+    if http_users is None:
+        # No users yet – auth fails
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Invalid username or password",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Basic"},
+        )
+
+    user: HttpUser | None = http_users.get(credentials.username.upper())
 
     if not user:
         raise HTTPException(

setup.py

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ setup(
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
+        "fastapi",
+        "uvicorn[standard]",
+        "jinja2",
+        "argon2-cffi",
+        "ZODB",
+        "ZEO",
         'click',
         'pyham_pe',
         'msgpack',
@@ -19,6 +25,8 @@ setup(
         'console_scripts': [
             'packcli = packetserver.client.cli:cli',
             'packcfg = packetserver.server.cli:config',
+            "packetserver-http-users = packetserver.runners.http_user_manager:main",
+            "packetserver-http-server = packetserver.runners.http_server:main",
         ],
     },
 )