kms: dedicate MetalLB IP 10.0.20.202 + filter probe noise

Two coupled fixes for the hourly Slack noise + missing client IPs:

1. Move windows-kms off shared 10.0.20.200 to a dedicated MetalLB IP
   10.0.20.202 with externalTrafficPolicy=Local, so vlmcsd sees real
   WAN client IPs (pfSense WAN forwards do DNAT-only; ETP=Local skips
   kube-proxy SNAT). Same pattern mailserver used pre-2026-04-19.
   Sharing 10.0.20.200 is blocked because all 10 services there are
   ETP=Cluster and MetalLB requires consistent ETP per shared IP.

2. Slack notifier now suppresses Slack posts for bare TCP open/close
   pairs (no Application/Activation block) — these are Uptime Kuma's
   port monitor and the new kubelet readiness/liveness probes. Probe
   counts go to a new metric kms_connection_probes_total{source} where
   source classifies the IP as internal_pod / cluster_node / external.
   Real activations are unaffected.

Pod fluidity: added TCP readiness/liveness probes on 1688 to gate Pod
Ready on the listener actually being up — required for ETP=Local so
MetalLB only advertises 10.0.20.202 from a node where vlmcsd is serving.

pfSense side (applied separately, not codified):
- New alias k8s_kms_lb = 10.0.20.202 (KMS-only)
- WAN:1688 NAT + filter rule retargeted from k8s_shared_lb to k8s_kms_lb
- All other forwards on k8s_shared_lb (WireGuard, HTTPS, shadowsocks,
  smtps, etc.) untouched

Runbook updated. Tests added for classify_source / is_probe / process_line.
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Viktor Barzin 2026-05-10 13:02:58 +00:00
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@ -9,15 +9,22 @@ how to tune the rate limit, how to revoke if abused.
## Architecture
- **K8s service**: `windows-kms` in namespace `kms`, MetalLB shared LB IP
`10.0.20.200:1688`. ETP=Cluster, so client IPs in vlmcsd logs are SNAT'd
k8s node IPs (not real-world client IPs). Trade-off accepted —
preserving real client IPs would require a dedicated MetalLB IP with
ETP=Local or a PROXY-protocol bounce; vlmcsd doesn't speak PROXY-v2.
- **pfSense WAN forward**: `WAN TCP/1688 → k8s_shared_lb:1688`
(alias = `10.0.20.200`). Description: `KMS public — kms.viktorbarzin.me`.
- **Filter rule** on the WAN interface, TCP/1688, with state-table
per-source caps:
- **K8s service**: `windows-kms` in namespace `kms`, MetalLB **dedicated**
LB IP `10.0.20.202:1688`. ETP=Local, so vlmcsd sees real WAN client IPs
in its log (pfSense WAN forwards do DNAT-only, no SNAT; ETP=Local skips
the kube-proxy SNAT too). Same pattern mailserver used pre-2026-04-19.
Sharing `10.0.20.200` isn't an option — all 10 services there are
ETP=Cluster and MetalLB requires a single ETP per shared IP.
- **Pod fluidity**: deployment has `replicas=1` (notifier dedup state is
per-pod) with no node affinity. TCP readiness/liveness probes on 1688
gate Pod Ready on the listener actually being up, so MetalLB only
advertises `10.0.20.202` from a node where vlmcsd is serving.
- **pfSense WAN forward**: `WAN TCP/1688 → k8s_kms_lb:1688`
(alias = `10.0.20.202`, dedicated to KMS). Description: `KMS public —
kms.viktorbarzin.me`. Other forwards using `k8s_shared_lb` (WireGuard,
HTTPS, shadowsocks, smtps, etc.) are unaffected.
- **Filter rule** on the WAN interface, TCP/1688 destination
`<k8s_kms_lb>`, with state-table per-source caps:
- `max-src-conn 50` — concurrent connections per source IP
- `max-src-conn-rate 10/60` — 10 new connections per 60 seconds per
source
@ -26,6 +33,13 @@ how to tune the rate limit, how to revoke if abused.
flushed. (`virusprot` is the only table pfSense's filter generator
targets for `overload`; see `/etc/inc/filter.inc`. Don't try to point
it at a custom table — the schema doesn't expose that knob.)
- **Probe filter in slack-notifier**: a bare TCP open/close (no
Application/Activation block from vlmcsd) is treated as a probe — Uptime
Kuma's port-type monitor on `windows-kms.kms.svc:1688` and the kubelet
readiness/liveness probes both hit this path. Probes increment
`kms_connection_probes_total{source}` (`source``internal_pod`,
`cluster_node`, `external`) and log to stdout, but never post to Slack.
Real activations still post.
## Where the logs are
@ -39,8 +53,11 @@ kubectl logs -n kms -l app=kms-service -c windows-kms --tail=50 -f
kubectl logs -n kms -l app=kms-service -c windows-kms | grep "Incoming KMS request"
```
Source IPs in this log are the SNAT'd node IPs because the LB Service uses
ETP=Cluster on a shared MetalLB IP. Don't expect real WAN client IPs here.
Source IPs from the WAN are real client IPs (pfSense DNAT-only + ETP=Local
preserve them through the chain). LAN clients hitting the LB IP directly
appear as their own IP. Pod-source probes (Uptime Kuma) appear as a Calico
pod IP in `10.10.0.0/16`. Kubelet readiness/liveness probes appear as the
hosting node IP in `10.0.20.0/24`.
### Slack notifier (kms namespace, k8s)
@ -53,6 +70,17 @@ also increment the Prometheus counter `kms_activations_total{product,status}`
exposed on the same pod at `:9101/metrics` (scraped by the cluster-wide
`kubernetes-pods` job; query via Prometheus or Grafana directly).
Probe-only TCP connections (open+close, no KMS RPC) are silently filtered
out of Slack and counted in `kms_connection_probes_total{source}`. Useful
queries:
```promql
# Probe rate by source
rate(kms_connection_probes_total[5m])
# Probes from the public WAN (a non-zero rate here means real port-scans
# are reaching us, not just internal monitoring)
rate(kms_connection_probes_total{source="external"}[5m])
```
### pfSense — virusprot table and filter hits
```bash
@ -93,18 +121,19 @@ The `overload` table entry survives pf reloads. Running
If the activation surface needs to come down (abuse, legal, audit):
1. **pfSense web UI**`Firewall → NAT → Port Forward` → find
`WAN TCP/1688 → k8s_shared_lb` → **delete** (or disable). Apply.
`WAN TCP/1688 → k8s_kms_lb` → **delete** (or disable). Apply.
2. **pfSense web UI**`Firewall → Rules → WAN` → find
`KMS public — kms.viktorbarzin.me`**delete** (or disable). Apply.
3. Verify externally: from a phone tether, `nc -zw3 kms.viktorbarzin.me 1688`
should now fail.
The k8s service stays reachable on the LAN
(`10.0.20.200:1688` and the internal `kms.viktorbarzin.lan` ingress for
the webpage) — only the WAN port-forward is removed.
(`10.0.20.202:1688` directly, and the website at `kms.viktorbarzin.lan`
via Traefik on `10.0.20.200:443`) — only the WAN port-forward is removed.
To put it back, recreate the NAT rule (target alias `k8s_shared_lb`,
port `1688`) and the filter rule with the same per-source caps.
To put it back, recreate the NAT rule (target alias `k8s_kms_lb`,
port `1688`) and the filter rule with the same per-source caps. The alias
itself is independent of any forward and persists across delete/restore.
## Related