android-emulator: new stack — shared in-cluster Android 16 testing instance

Viktor is setting up an Android app development pipeline (tripit is the
first app) and wants agents to natively test changes on Android before
shipping. This adds the testing environment: an API-36 Google emulator
under KVM as a privileged pod (namespace joins the Kyverno exclude list),
SDK/system-image/AVD on a proxmox-lvm PVC, adb on the shared MetalLB IP
10.0.20.200:5555 (LAN only), noVNC screen view at
android-emulator.viktorbarzin.lan. Image is built manually from the
stack's docker/ dir (rare rebuilds; off-infra-CI rule targets repeated
builds). First infra ADR records the trade-offs (devvm/VM/redroid/budtmo
rejected).
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# android-emulator — shared in-cluster Android testing instance
Android 16 (API 36, `google_apis/x86_64`) emulator running under KVM in the
cluster, so agents can natively test app/PWA changes before shipping (first
tenant: tripit). Decision record: `docs/adr/0001-android-emulator-in-cluster.md`.
## Endpoints
| What | Where |
|---|---|
| adb | `adb connect 10.0.20.200:5555` (LAN only; adb is unauthenticated — never expose publicly) |
| Screen (noVNC) | <https://android-emulator.viktorbarzin.lan/vnc.html> (LAN only) |
## Agent quickstart (from a devvm)
```bash
# one-time: user-local platform-tools
wget -qO /tmp/pt.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
unzip -q /tmp/pt.zip -d ~/android-sdk # → ~/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb
adb="$HOME/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb"
$adb connect 10.0.20.200:5555
$adb -s 10.0.20.200:5555 install app-debug.apk # install an APK
$adb -s 10.0.20.200:5555 shell am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d https://tripit.viktorbarzin.me # open a URL
$adb -s 10.0.20.200:5555 shell input tap 540 1200 # drive the UI
$adb -s 10.0.20.200:5555 exec-out screencap -p > /tmp/screen.png # screenshot
```
The emulator is a single shared instance — `adb shell pm list packages`,
uninstall your test app when done, and presence-claim
(`presence claim service:android-emulator`) for long destructive sessions
(wipes, system-image changes).
## How it works
- The container image (built from `docker/`) holds only JDK 17, cmdline-tools,
emulator native libs, Xvfb/x11vnc/noVNC and socat — ~1GB.
- The SDK proper (platform-tools, emulator, system image, AVD, snapshots)
lives on the `android-emulator-sdk` PVC (`proxmox-lvm`); the entrypoint
installs it idempotently. **First boot downloads ~2.5GB (≈9GB unpacked on the PVC) and takes ~15 min**
(startup probe allows 30); subsequent restarts boot in ~12 min.
- The emulator renders via swiftshader (CPU) — deliberately NOT scheduled on
the contended T4 GPU node.
## Rebuilding the image (rare — tool/library bumps only)
```bash
cd stacks/android-emulator/docker
docker build -t forgejo.viktorbarzin.me/viktor/android-emulator:<new-tag> .
docker push forgejo.viktorbarzin.me/viktor/android-emulator:<new-tag>
# then bump var.image_tag default in variables.tf and land via CI
```
Built manually from a devvm on purpose: it changes rarely, and a one-off push
doesn't warrant CI plumbing (the off-infra-CI rule targets *repeated* build IO).
## Troubleshooting
- Pod CrashLoops with `FATAL: /dev/kvm not present` → node lost the device or
the privileged/Kyverno exclude regressed (`android-emulator` must be in
`security_policy_exclude_namespaces`, stacks/kyverno).
- Wedged Android (won't boot, storage full) → delete the PVC + pod: next boot
re-downloads cleanly. Snapshots/AVD state are disposable by design.
- Different API level: set `API_LEVEL` env on the deployment (entrypoint
installs that system image on the same PVC) or recreate the AVD.

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# Android emulator runner — slim on purpose: the SDK proper (platform-tools,
# emulator, system image, AVD) lives on the stack's PVC and is installed by
# entrypoint.sh on first boot, so this image carries only the JDK,
# cmdline-tools and the native libraries the emulator needs at runtime.
#
# Rebuild + push (rare — only when tool/library versions bump):
# docker build -t forgejo.viktorbarzin.me/viktor/android-emulator:api36-v1 .
# docker push forgejo.viktorbarzin.me/viktor/android-emulator:api36-v1
FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk-jammy
ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
# emulator runtime deps (Qt window into Xvfb)
libpulse0 libgl1 libglu1-mesa libnss3 libasound2 libfontconfig1 \
libx11-6 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 \
libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxtst6 libxkbcommon0 \
libxkbfile1 libsm6 libice6 libdbus-1-3 \
# virtual display + browser viewing
xvfb x11vnc novnc websockify openbox \
# adb TCP forwarding + fetch tooling
socat wget unzip ca-certificates \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Android cmdline-tools (sdkmanager/avdmanager). Pinned; SDK packages they
# install land on the PVC at /sdk, not in this image.
ARG CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION=13114758
RUN mkdir -p /opt/android/cmdline-tools && \
wget -q "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-${CMDLINE_TOOLS_VERSION}_latest.zip" -O /tmp/clt.zip && \
unzip -q /tmp/clt.zip -d /opt/android/cmdline-tools && \
mv /opt/android/cmdline-tools/cmdline-tools /opt/android/cmdline-tools/latest && \
rm /tmp/clt.zip
ENV ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/sdk \
ANDROID_USER_HOME=/sdk/.android \
ANDROID_AVD_HOME=/sdk/.android/avd \
PATH="/opt/android/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:/sdk/platform-tools:/sdk/emulator:${PATH}"
COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
# 5555 adb (socat → emulator adbd), 6080 noVNC web UI
EXPOSE 5555 6080
ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Boot sequence: ensure SDK + AVD on the PVC (/sdk), bring up a virtual
# display with browser viewing (Xvfb → x11vnc → noVNC :6080), start the
# emulator windowed into it, and expose its adbd on :5555 for the LAN.
set -euo pipefail
API_LEVEL="${API_LEVEL:-36}"
SYSTEM_IMAGE="system-images;android-${API_LEVEL};google_apis;x86_64"
AVD_NAME="${AVD_NAME:-lab}"
EMULATOR_RAM_MB="${EMULATOR_RAM_MB:-4096}"
SCREEN_GEOMETRY="${SCREEN_GEOMETRY:-1080x2280x24}"
[ -e /dev/kvm ] || { echo "FATAL: /dev/kvm not present — pod needs the kvm hostPath + privileged"; exit 1; }
mkdir -p "$ANDROID_USER_HOME"
# --- SDK packages on the PVC (idempotent; first boot downloads ~2.5GB) ------
if [ ! -x /sdk/platform-tools/adb ] || [ ! -x /sdk/emulator/emulator ] || \
[ ! -d "/sdk/system-images/android-${API_LEVEL}" ]; then
echo "Installing SDK packages into /sdk (first boot)..."
# (yes || true): yes dies of SIGPIPE (141) when sdkmanager stops reading,
# which set -o pipefail would otherwise turn into a fatal error.
(yes || true) | sdkmanager --sdk_root=/sdk --licenses >/dev/null
sdkmanager --sdk_root=/sdk "platform-tools" "emulator" "$SYSTEM_IMAGE"
fi
# --- AVD (idempotent) --------------------------------------------------------
if ! avdmanager list avd -c | grep -qx "$AVD_NAME"; then
echo "Creating AVD '$AVD_NAME' (${SYSTEM_IMAGE}, pixel_7)..."
(echo no || true) | avdmanager create avd -n "$AVD_NAME" -k "$SYSTEM_IMAGE" --device pixel_7
cat >> "${ANDROID_AVD_HOME}/${AVD_NAME}.avd/config.ini" <<EOF
hw.ramSize=${EMULATOR_RAM_MB}
disk.dataPartition.size=8192M
hw.keyboard=yes
EOF
fi
# --- virtual display + browser viewing ---------------------------------------
export DISPLAY=:0
Xvfb :0 -screen 0 "$SCREEN_GEOMETRY" -nolisten tcp &
sleep 1
openbox &
x11vnc -display :0 -nopw -forever -shared -quiet -bg
websockify --web /usr/share/novnc 6080 localhost:5900 &
# --- emulator -----------------------------------------------------------------
# swiftshader = CPU rendering (no GPU dependency); KVM does the heavy lifting.
emulator -avd "$AVD_NAME" \
-gpu swiftshader_indirect -accel on \
-memory "$EMULATOR_RAM_MB" \
-no-audio -no-boot-anim \
&
adb wait-for-device
echo "Emulator up; waiting for boot completion..."
until [ "$(adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')" = "1" ]; do
sleep 3
done
echo "Boot completed."
# Expose the emulator's adbd (localhost:5555) to the pod network. Plain TCP,
# no auth — reachable only inside the LAN via the MetalLB IP.
socat TCP-LISTEN:5555,fork,reuseaddr TCP:127.0.0.1:5555 &
# Supervise: if any background process dies, exit so the pod restarts.
wait -n
echo "A supervised process exited; restarting pod." >&2
exit 1

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# Android emulator shared in-cluster Android 16 (API 36) testing instance.
# Agents drive it over adb (10.0.20.200:5555); humans watch the screen at
# https://android-emulator.viktorbarzin.lan (noVNC). The SDK + system image +
# AVD live on the PVC; the container image is just JDK + cmdline-tools + libs
# (built manually from docker/, see README.md).
#
# Decision record: docs/adr/0001-android-emulator-in-cluster.md
# - privileged + /dev/kvm hostPath (namespace is on the Kyverno exclude list)
# - swiftshader rendering deliberately NOT on the contended T4 GPU node
resource "kubernetes_namespace" "android-emulator" {
metadata {
name = "android-emulator"
labels = {
"istio-injection" : "disabled"
tier = local.tiers.cluster
}
}
lifecycle {
ignore_changes = [metadata[0].labels["goldilocks.fairwinds.com/vpa-update-mode"]]
}
}
module "tls_secret" {
source = "../../modules/kubernetes/setup_tls_secret"
namespace = kubernetes_namespace.android-emulator.metadata[0].name
tls_secret_name = var.tls_secret_name
}
# SDK + system image + AVD + snapshots. First boot downloads ~2.5GB (9GB
# unpacked) into here;
# subsequent pod restarts reuse it (boot in ~1 min instead of ~15).
# DELIBERATE deviation from the proxmox-lvm backup convention: no backup
# CronJob everything on this PVC is a regenerable download/cache (wipe the
# PVC and the next boot rebuilds it; that's also the documented recovery path).
resource "kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim" "sdk" {
wait_until_bound = false
metadata {
name = "android-emulator-sdk"
namespace = kubernetes_namespace.android-emulator.metadata[0].name
annotations = {
"resize.topolvm.io/threshold" = "10%"
"resize.topolvm.io/increase" = "50%"
"resize.topolvm.io/storage_limit" = "60Gi"
}
}
spec {
access_modes = ["ReadWriteOnce"]
storage_class_name = "proxmox-lvm"
resources {
requests = {
storage = "30Gi"
}
}
}
lifecycle {
# Autoresizer grows requests.storage up to storage_limit; PVCs can't shrink.
ignore_changes = [spec[0].resources[0].requests]
}
}
resource "kubernetes_deployment" "android-emulator" {
metadata {
name = "android-emulator"
namespace = kubernetes_namespace.android-emulator.metadata[0].name
labels = {
app = "android-emulator"
}
}
spec {
replicas = 1
strategy {
type = "Recreate" # RWO PVC old pod must release it first
}
selector {
match_labels = { app = "android-emulator" }
}
template {
metadata {
labels = { app = "android-emulator" }
}
spec {
image_pull_secrets {
name = "registry-credentials"
}
container {
name = "emulator"
image = "forgejo.viktorbarzin.me/viktor/android-emulator:${var.image_tag}"
security_context {
privileged = true # /dev/kvm access
}
port {
name = "adb"
container_port = 5555
}
port {
name = "novnc"
container_port = 6080
}
volume_mount {
name = "sdk"
mount_path = "/sdk"
}
volume_mount {
name = "kvm"
mount_path = "/dev/kvm"
}
resources {
# No CPU limit (cluster-wide rule CFS throttling); requests=limits
# on memory. Emulator peak: qemu (-memory 4096) + guest overhead +
# Xvfb/VNC + JVM sdkmanager on first boot.
requests = {
cpu = "2"
memory = "8Gi"
}
limits = {
memory = "8Gi"
}
}
# First boot downloads the system image + cold-boots Android: allow
# up to ~30 min before the pod is declared failed.
startup_probe {
exec {
command = ["/bin/bash", "-c", "/sdk/platform-tools/adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed | grep -q 1"]
}
period_seconds = 20
failure_threshold = 90
}
readiness_probe {
exec {
command = ["/bin/bash", "-c", "/sdk/platform-tools/adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed | grep -q 1"]
}
period_seconds = 30
failure_threshold = 3
}
liveness_probe {
exec {
command = ["/bin/bash", "-c", "/sdk/platform-tools/adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed | grep -q 1"]
}
period_seconds = 60
failure_threshold = 10 # generous don't reboot mid-test on a hiccup
}
}
volume {
name = "sdk"
persistent_volume_claim {
claim_name = kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim.sdk.metadata[0].name
}
}
volume {
name = "kvm"
host_path {
path = "/dev/kvm"
type = "CharDevice"
}
}
}
}
}
lifecycle {
ignore_changes = [spec[0].template[0].spec[0].dns_config] # KYVERNO_LIFECYCLE_V1
}
}
# adb endpoint for agents/devvms: `adb connect 10.0.20.200:5555`.
# Unauthenticated by nature LAN-only via MetalLB, never exposed publicly.
resource "kubernetes_service" "adb" {
metadata {
name = "android-emulator-adb"
namespace = kubernetes_namespace.android-emulator.metadata[0].name
annotations = {
"metallb.universe.tf/loadBalancerIPs" = "10.0.20.200"
"metallb.io/allow-shared-ip" = "shared"
}
}
spec {
type = "LoadBalancer"
selector = {
app = "android-emulator"
}
port {
name = "adb"
port = 5555
target_port = 5555
}
}
}
resource "kubernetes_service" "novnc" {
metadata {
name = "android-emulator"
namespace = kubernetes_namespace.android-emulator.metadata[0].name
labels = {
app = "android-emulator"
}
}
spec {
selector = {
app = "android-emulator"
}
port {
name = "http"
port = 80
target_port = 6080
}
}
}
# Browser screen view (noVNC) LAN only.
module "ingress-internal" {
source = "../../modules/kubernetes/ingress_factory"
# auth = "none": LAN-only (allow_local_access_only) noVNC screen view of the
# shared test emulator no user data behind it; Authentik would break the
# websocket flow agents and users rely on.
auth = "none"
namespace = kubernetes_namespace.android-emulator.metadata[0].name
name = "android-emulator"
root_domain = "viktorbarzin.lan"
tls_secret_name = var.tls_secret_name
allow_local_access_only = true
ssl_redirect = false
extra_annotations = {
"gethomepage.dev/enabled" = "false"
}
}

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../../secrets

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include "root" {
path = find_in_parent_folders()
}

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variable "tls_secret_name" {
type = string
sensitive = true
}
variable "image_tag" {
type = string
default = "api36-v1"
description = "android-emulator image tag at forgejo.viktorbarzin.me/viktor/android-emulator. Built + pushed manually from stacks/android-emulator/docker/ (see README.md) — bump this when the image is rebuilt."
}

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"xray", "infra-maintenance", "metrics-server", "tigera-operator", "frigate",
# Additions discovered during wave 1 enforce flip these contain workloads
# that legitimately need privileged / hostNetwork / SYS_ADMIN:
"kured", # kured DaemonSet is privileged (manages node reboots)
"default", # etcd backup + defrag CronJobs use hostNetwork
"changedetection", # uses SYS_ADMIN for chromium sandbox
"woodpecker", # CI pipeline pods (wp-*) run privileged docker builds
"kured", # kured DaemonSet is privileged (manages node reboots)
"default", # etcd backup + defrag CronJobs use hostNetwork
"changedetection", # uses SYS_ADMIN for chromium sandbox
"woodpecker", # CI pipeline pods (wp-*) run privileged docker builds
"android-emulator", # emulator pod is privileged for /dev/kvm (ADR-0001)
]
}