Squashed commit of the following:

commit a504435151efbe1d19404fa44859b15c629f6d5d
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 24 20:55:01 2024 -0400

    chore: Updated compose and added some more logging

commit c74440ff12daa03cc4b7792d0c3baad46a11a465
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 18 21:57:57 2024 -0400

    feat: message checksum support & dynamic serializers

commit 9983582db08d3e6c456295ea96e482cbb4f31f42
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 10 21:58:28 2024 -0400

    source tree project location updated

commit 60f09bde87b5c59ef937c62ef64b7745bc3711b5
Merge: 2f75659 e5bb0ee
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 10 16:50:09 2024 -0400

    Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into develop

commit 2f7565976472f0f056db60520bf253a776112c10
Merge: 323ff67 6b87785
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 10 16:45:23 2024 -0400

    merge master

commit 323ff67badfc46ad638d75f059d60d9425ccb2fa
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 10 15:50:07 2024 -0400

    ci(server): Conainerize and add vncache server packages

commit 5d4192880654fd6e00e587814169415b42621327
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 9 19:13:21 2024 -0500

    chore: #2 Minor fixes and polish before release

commit a4b3504bb891829074d1efde0433eae010862181
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 9 16:30:44 2024 -0500

    package updates

commit 4d8cfc10382105b0acbd94df93ad3d05ff91db54
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 6 21:30:58 2024 -0500

    refactor: #2 Centralize server state, default discovery endpoints & more

commit 016a96a80cce025a86c6cf26707738f6a2eb2658
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 29 21:22:38 2024 -0500

    feat: add future support for memory diagnostics, and some docs

commit 456ead9bc8b0f61357bae93152ad0403c4940101
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 13 14:46:35 2024 -0500

    fix: #1 shared cluster index on linux & latested core updates

commit a481d63f964a5d5204cac2e95141f37f9a28d573
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 23 15:43:50 2024 -0500

    cache extension api tweaks

8 files changed, 39 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/Dockerfile b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/Dockerfile
index 6c466d4..725b9d1 100644
--- a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/Dockerfile
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ ENV MAX_ENTRIES=10000
 ENV CACHE_BUCKETS=100
 ENV CACHE_MAX_MESSAGE=20480
 ENV MAX_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS=1000
+ENV ENABLE_CHECKSUMS=true
 
 ENV VERIFY_IP=true
 ENV MAX_PEER_NODES=10
diff --git a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/config-templates/ObjectCacheServer-template.json b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/config-templates/ObjectCacheServer-template.json
index 765c3d7..564039a 100644
--- a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/config-templates/ObjectCacheServer-template.json
+++ b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/config-templates/ObjectCacheServer-template.json
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
     "buffer_recv_min": 8192,                  //min of 8k transfer buffer
     "buffer_header_max": 2048,                //2k max header buffer size
     "buffer_header_min": 128,                 //128 byte min request header buffer size
-    "max_message_size": ${CACHE_MAX_MESSAGE}  //Absolute maxium message size allowed, also the maxium size of cache entires
+    "max_message_size": ${CACHE_MAX_MESSAGE}, //Absolute maxium message size allowed, also the maxium size of cache entires
+    "enable_checksums":  ${ENABLE_CHECKSUMS}  //Enable checksums for cache entries
   },
 
   //Known peers array, must point to well-known endpoint for discovery
diff --git a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/docker-compose.yaml b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/docker-compose.yaml
index c1b61fa..5aa494e 100644
--- a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/container/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     hostname: vncache-server
     volumes:
+      - ./data/:/app/data:rw            #optional writes log files to the host (may be required in the future)
       - ./assets:/app/usr/assets:ro     #optional if assets are required
       - ./ssl:/app/ssl:ro               #optional only if SSL is enabled (currently not a feature)
     ports:
@@ -18,18 +19,19 @@ services:
       #System memory consumption is calculated as follows:
       # MAX_ENTIRES x CACHE_BUCKETS x CACHE_MAX_MESSAGE = max memory consumption
 
-      MAX_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS: "1000"    #max number of concurrent connections
+      MAX_CONCURRENT_CONNECTIONS: "1000"    #max number of concurrent client connections
       MAX_ENTRIES: "10000"                  #max number of cache entries per bucket
       CACHE_BUCKETS: "100"                  #number of cache buckets for load balancing
       CACHE_MAX_MESSAGE: "20480"            #20KB
       VERIFY_IP: "true"                     #verfies the IP address of clients during negotiation (recommended)
       MAX_PEER_NODES: "10"                  #max number of other peer nodes this node shoud connect to
       DISCOVERY_INTERVAL: "360"             #time (in seconds) between peer node discovery
-      KNOWN_PEERS: '[]'                     #array of known peer nodes in the cluster     
+      KNOWN_PEERS: '[]'                     #array of known peer nodes in the cluster  
+      ENABLE_CHECKSUMS: "true"              #enables checksums for messages
 
       #SECRETS (must be JWK formatted keys)
-      CACHE_PRIV_KEY: ""                    #REQUIRED local private key used to identify and sign messages to clients and other nodes
-      CLIENT_PUB_KEY: ""                    #REQUIRED used to verify client messages     
+      CACHE_PRIV_KEY: ''                    #REQUIRED local private key used to identify and sign messages to clients and other nodes
+      CLIENT_PUB_KEY: ''                    #REQUIRED used to verify client messages     
 
       #HC vault
       #HC_VAULT_ADDR: ""
diff --git a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/taskfile.yaml b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/taskfile.yaml
index 38eae79..9455451 100644
--- a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/taskfile.yaml
+++ b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/server/taskfile.yaml
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ tasks:
       VNLIB_SHARED_HEAP_FILE_PATH: lib/libvn_rpmalloc  
 
     cmds:   
-    - cmd: dotnet webserver/VNLib.WebServer.dll --config config/config.json --input-off --inline-scheduler {{.ARGS}}
+    - cmd: dotnet webserver/VNLib.WebServer.dll --config config/config.json --input-off --inline-scheduler {{.CLI_ARGS}}
       #setup sever environment
      
 
-  setup-debian:
-     desc: "Performs initial setup on Debian x64 based machines"
+  setup-apt:
+     desc: "Performs initial setup on Debian/APT x64 based machines"
      silent: true
      cmds:
      - apt update
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ tasks:
      - task: setup
      - echo "Setup complete" 
  
-  setup-fedora:
-     desc: "Performs initial setup on Fedora/Redhat x64 (dnf) based machines"
+  setup-dnf:
+     desc: "Performs initial setup on Fedora using DNF x64 (dnf) based machines"
      silent: true
      cmds:
      - dnf update
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ tasks:
      - echo "Setup complete"
  
   setup-alpine:
-     desc: "Performs initial setup on Alpine x64 based machines"
+     desc: "Performs initial setup on Alpine using APK x64 based machines"
      silent: true
      cmds:
      - apk update
diff --git a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/Cache/CacheMemoryConfiguration.cs b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/Cache/CacheMemoryConfiguration.cs
index c404cc5..0b81447 100644
--- a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/Cache/CacheMemoryConfiguration.cs
+++ b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/Cache/CacheMemoryConfiguration.cs
@@ -54,5 +54,8 @@ namespace VNLib.Data.Caching.ObjectCache.Server.Cache
 
         [JsonPropertyName("memory_lib_path")]
         public string? ExternLibPath { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("enable_checksums")]
+        public bool EnableChecksums { get; set; } = true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/Endpoints/ConnectEndpoint.cs b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/Endpoints/ConnectEndpoint.cs
index 8368d3a..42f406a 100644
--- a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/Endpoints/ConnectEndpoint.cs
+++ b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/Endpoints/ConnectEndpoint.cs
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ namespace VNLib.Data.Caching.ObjectCache.Server.Endpoints
         {
             WsUserState state = wss.UserState!;
 
+            Log.Debug("Client established websocket connection {sid}", wss.SocketID);
+
             //Notify peers of new connection
             Peers.OnPeerConnected(state);
 
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ namespace VNLib.Data.Caching.ObjectCache.Server.Endpoints
             //Notify monitor of disconnect
             Peers.OnPeerDisconnected(state);
 
-            Log.Debug("Server websocket exited");
+            Log.Debug("Client websocket disconnected {sid}", wss.SocketID);
         }
        
 
diff --git a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/ObjectCacheServer.csproj b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/ObjectCacheServer.csproj
index c903511..009e905 100644
--- a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/ObjectCacheServer.csproj
+++ b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/ObjectCacheServer.csproj
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\..\core\lib\Plugins.PluginBase\src\VNLib.Plugins.PluginBase.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\Extensions\lib\VNLib.Plugins.Extensions.Loading\src\VNLib.Plugins.Extensions.Loading.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\core\lib\Plugins.PluginBase\src\VNLib.Plugins.PluginBase.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\VNLib.Plugins.Extensions\lib\VNLib.Plugins.Extensions.Loading\src\VNLib.Plugins.Extensions.Loading.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\lib\VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions\src\VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\lib\VNLib.Data.Caching.ObjectCache\src\VNLib.Data.Caching.ObjectCache.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/ObjectCacheSystemState.cs b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/ObjectCacheSystemState.cs
index cd5bf1b..3b3e2c0 100644
--- a/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/ObjectCacheSystemState.cs
+++ b/plugins/ObjectCacheServer/src/ObjectCacheSystemState.cs
@@ -187,15 +187,27 @@ namespace VNLib.Data.Caching.ObjectCache.Server
 
             CacheListenerPubQueue queue = new(plugin, PeerEventQueue);
 
-            //Must register background worker to listen for changes
+            //Must register the queue background worker to listen for changes
             _ = plugin.ObserveWork(queue, 150);
 
+            BlobCacheListenerConfig conf = new()
+            {
+                Log = plugin.Log.CreateScope(CacheConstants.LogScopes.BlobCacheListener),
+                MemoryManager = new SharedHeapFBMMemoryManager(SharedCacheHeap),
+                EnableMessageChecksums = MemoryConfiguration.EnableChecksums,
+                LogTransactions = plugin.IsDebug() || plugin.HostArgs.HasArgument("--log-cache-events")
+            };
+
+            if (conf.LogTransactions)
+            {
+                plugin.Log.Information("Verbose cache event logging enabled");
+            }
+
             //Endpoint only allows for a single reader
             Listener = new(
                 plugin.LoadMemoryCacheSystem(config, manager, MemoryConfiguration),
-                queue,
-                plugin.Log.CreateScope(CacheConstants.LogScopes.BlobCacheListener),
-                new SharedHeapFBMMemoryManager(SharedCacheHeap)
+                conf,
+                queue
             );
 
             InternalStore = new CacheStore(Listener.Cache);