feat(servers): take Main's restart backup through the AMP API

[ryanbarlow97]

The Main restart dialog asked staff for a "Backup for this restart" text that nothing checked: any three characters passed, and the text was only stored on the job.

What changes

• Helper (host.py): a small AMP API client acts as the TFWeb service account. The website sends the login (SERVER_CONTROL_AMP_USERNAME / SERVER_CONTROL_AMP_PASSWORD in its .env) with every control request except status; the helper keeps it in memory only and never writes it to its state files. With a login, console commands go through Core/SendConsoleMessage, and a Main countdown starts an AMP backup (Before restart <id>) when accepted. At the end of the countdown the helper waits up to 20 minutes for AMP to finish ("Finishing a backup before the restart."); a failed or overdue backup calls the restart off before maintenance. Dev restarts and Main's emergency override take no backup. Expired sessions log in again once; a connection failure makes the next call look the instance up again.
• No login: behaviour is as before: console through the sudo wrapper, no backup.
• Socket: backup_ref is no longer required (older sites that still send it are accepted); plans carry backup: bool; requests may carry amp: {username, password}.
• Site: the text box is gone. The dialog says a fresh backup is taken during the countdown, that the emergency option skips it, or that this site has no AMP login set, with the last AMP backup time. The countdown card shows "AMP backup running" / "done".

No root step: the earlier /etc/tfmc-server-control/amp-login.json design was dropped because the host administrator can't run anything. #235 (files through AMP) was closed for the same reason.

Rollout

1. Merge; once main's Build passes, ssh tf-hetzner sudo -n /usr/local/sbin/tfmc-server-control-update <sha> (helper modules only; ryan can run it). Dev's site deploys itself and stops sending backup_ref, so run the updater promptly.
2. Add the two SERVER_CONTROL_AMP_* lines to www's .env, then deploy www via Actions (it restarts the backend).

Tested against the live AMP API from the host earlier (status, backup list, Dev list, session expiry); a Dev TakeBackup took 4 min 40 s for 20 GB without stopping Paper.

Docs: TF-Minecraft/Docs#276

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• backend/src/api/admin_routes.py
• backend/src/servers/control.py
• backend/src/servers/host.py
• backend/src/servers/test_control.py
• frontend/app/components/admin/ServerControls.test.tsx
• frontend/app/components/admin/ServerControls.tsx
• frontend/lib/admin/serverControl.ts

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• New Features

  • Main-server restarts can now take a fresh backup automatically during the countdown, with progress shown in the restart status. The restart waits for the backup to finish.
  • Emergency and development restarts skip the automatic backup.
  • Console commands can use AMP when credentials are available.

• Bug Fixes

  • If a backup fails or takes longer than 20 minutes, the restart is called off before maintenance begins.
  • AMP sessions are refreshed after expiry, and connection or action failures are reported.

The change adds AMP authentication and console support, and creates automatic backups for eligible main-server countdown restarts. The admin API and interface no longer require staff to provide a backup reference. They expose and display backup availability and progress.

Changes: Server restart backup flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
AMP client and console access backend/src/servers/host.py, backend/src/servers/test_control.py	Adds AMP authentication, instance discovery, session retry and console-command support. Console commands continue to use the sudo wrapper when AMP is unavailable.
Main-server countdown backup lifecycle backend/src/servers/host.py, backend/src/api/admin_routes.py, backend/src/servers/test_control.py	Creates and awaits an AMP backup for eligible main-server countdown restarts. Records the completed backup and handles cancellation and backup failures. The dispatch path accepts a legacy backup_ref field but does not pass it to the start operation.
Admin backup status and request contract frontend/lib/admin/serverControl.ts, frontend/app/components/admin/ServerControls.tsx, frontend/app/components/admin/ServerControls.test.tsx	Removes backup_ref from the start request. Adds plan and job backup status, displays backup availability and progress, and updates the admin control tests.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AdminUI
  participant admin_routes
  participant Controller
  participant Amp
  participant ADS
  participant AMPInstance
  AdminUI->>admin_routes: Submit server start
  admin_routes->>Controller: Request start
  Controller->>Amp: Create local backup
  Amp->>ADS: Resolve server instance
  ADS-->>Amp: Return instance endpoint
  Amp->>AMPInstance: Create backup task
  AMPInstance-->>Amp: Return task identifier
  Controller->>Amp: Poll backup task
  Amp->>AMPInstance: Request task status
  AMPInstance-->>Amp: Return completed task and backup
  Amp-->>Controller: Return backup details
  Controller-->>AdminUI: Report backup status

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e512d

If an AMP instance changes ports, server-control operations can keep failing until the helper or its credentials are refreshed. Correct that recovery path before merging; also restore the previous backup time in the Main restart dialog.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @backend/src/servers/host.py:
- Around line 145-146: Update the session handling around self.sessions[server]
and _login to clear the cached instance URL after a confirmed connection failure
that raises amp_unavailable, so the next call rediscovers the instance and logs
in using its current port. Do not automatically retry the failed operation,
particularly TakeBackup.

Review comments at @frontend/app/components/admin/ServerControls.tsx:
- Line 374: Update the normal Main countdown branch in ServerControls so that
when plan.backup is true and emergency override is off, the dialog includes last
alongside the fresh-backup message. Preserve the existing message and countdown
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