## Context
Wave 5a of the state-drift consolidation plan. Two cluster-critical pieces
of infrastructure lived OUTSIDE Terraform — invisible to the repo's "all
cluster changes via TF" invariant and drifting silently:
1. **kured** (Helm release): deployed 265d ago via `helm install kured` on
the CLI. Values were edited only via `helm upgrade` — never captured.
Chart version `kured-5.11.0`, app `1.21.0`, configured for Mon–Fri
02:00–06:00 London reboot window, Slack notifyUrl, and a custom
`/sentinel/gated-reboot-required` sentinel file.
2. **kured-sentinel-gate**: a custom DaemonSet + ServiceAccount +
ClusterRole + ClusterRoleBinding. Built after the 2026-03 post-mortem
(memory 390) when kured rebooted nodes during a containerd overlayfs
outage and turned a single-node blip into a 26h cluster outage.
The gate DaemonSet creates `/var/run/gated-reboot-required` only when
(a) host has `/var/run/reboot-required`, (b) all nodes Ready, (c) all
calico-node pods Running, (d) no node transitioned Ready in the last
30 minutes (cool-down). kured's `rebootSentinel` then points at the
gated file so reboots are effectively gated by cluster health.
Applied 33d ago via `kubectl apply` — no TF footprint.
Both are now codified in the new `stacks/kured/` (Tier 1, PG state).
## This change
- New stack `stacks/kured/` with `main.tf` (247 lines) + `terragrunt.hcl`
(standard platform-dep) + `secrets` symlink.
- All 6 resources adopted via Wave 8's HCL `import {}` block pattern
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| ci | ||
| cli | ||
| diagram | ||
| docs | ||
| modules | ||
| playbooks | ||
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| secrets | ||
| stacks | ||
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| AGENTS.md | ||
| config.tfvars | ||
| CONTRIBUTING.md | ||
| LICENSE.txt | ||
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| README.md | ||
| setup-monitoring.sh | ||
| terragrunt.hcl | ||
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This repo contains my infra-as-code sources.
My infrastructure is built using Terraform, Kubernetes and CI/CD is done using Woodpecker CI.
Read more by visiting my website: https://viktorbarzin.me
Documentation
Full architecture documentation is available in docs/ — covering networking, storage, security, monitoring, secrets, CI/CD, databases, and more.
Adding a New User (Admin)
Adding a new namespace-owner to the cluster requires three steps — no code changes needed.
1. Authentik Group Assignment
In the Authentik admin UI, add the user to:
kubernetes-namespace-ownersgroup (grants OIDC group claim for K8s RBAC)Headscale Usersgroup (if they need VPN access)
2. Vault KV Entry
Add a JSON entry to secret/platform → k8s_users key in Vault:
"username": {
"role": "namespace-owner",
"email": "user@example.com",
"namespaces": ["username"],
"domains": ["myapp"],
"quota": {
"cpu_requests": "2",
"memory_requests": "4Gi",
"memory_limits": "8Gi",
"pods": "20"
}
}
usernamekey must match the user's Forgejo username (for Woodpecker admin access)namespaces— K8s namespaces to create and grant admin access todomains— subdomains underviktorbarzin.mefor Cloudflare DNS recordsquota— resource limits per namespace (defaults shown above)
3. Apply Stacks
vault login -method=oidc
cd stacks/vault && terragrunt apply --non-interactive
# Creates: namespace, Vault policy, identity entity, K8s deployer role
cd ../platform && terragrunt apply --non-interactive
# Creates: RBAC bindings, ResourceQuota, TLS secret, DNS records
cd ../woodpecker && terragrunt apply --non-interactive
# Adds user to Woodpecker admin list
What Gets Auto-Generated
| Resource | Stack |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes namespace | vault |
Vault policy (namespace-owner-{user}) |
vault |
| Vault identity entity + OIDC alias | vault |
| K8s deployer Role + Vault K8s role | vault |
| RBAC RoleBinding (namespace admin) | platform |
| RBAC ClusterRoleBinding (cluster read-only) | platform |
| ResourceQuota | platform |
| TLS secret in namespace | platform |
| Cloudflare DNS records | platform |
| Woodpecker admin access | woodpecker |
New User Onboarding
If you've been added as a namespace-owner, follow these steps to get started.
1. Join the VPN
# Install Tailscale: https://tailscale.com/download
tailscale login --login-server https://headscale.viktorbarzin.me
# Send the registration URL to Viktor, wait for approval
ping 10.0.20.100 # verify connectivity
2. Install Tools
Run the setup script to install kubectl, kubelogin, Vault CLI, Terraform, and Terragrunt:
# macOS
bash <(curl -fsSL https://k8s-portal.viktorbarzin.me/setup/script?os=mac)
# Linux
bash <(curl -fsSL https://k8s-portal.viktorbarzin.me/setup/script?os=linux)
3. Authenticate
# Log into Vault (opens browser for SSO)
vault login -method=oidc
# Test kubectl (opens browser for OIDC login)
kubectl get pods -n YOUR_NAMESPACE
4. Deploy Your First App
# Clone the infra repo
git clone https://github.com/ViktorBarzin/infra.git && cd infra
# Copy the stack template
cp -r stacks/_template stacks/myapp
mv stacks/myapp/main.tf.example stacks/myapp/main.tf
# Edit main.tf — replace all <placeholders>
# Store secrets in Vault
vault kv put secret/YOUR_USERNAME/myapp DB_PASSWORD=secret123
# Submit a PR
git checkout -b feat/myapp
git add stacks/myapp/
git commit -m "add myapp stack"
git push -u origin feat/myapp
After review and merge, an admin runs cd stacks/myapp && terragrunt apply.
5. Set Up CI/CD (Optional)
Create .woodpecker.yml in your app's Forgejo repo:
steps:
- name: build
image: woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx
settings:
repo: YOUR_DOCKERHUB_USER/myapp
tag: ["${CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER}", "latest"]
username:
from_secret: dockerhub-username
password:
from_secret: dockerhub-token
platforms: linux/amd64
- name: deploy
image: hashicorp/vault:1.18.1
commands:
- export VAULT_ADDR=http://vault-active.vault.svc.cluster.local:8200
- export VAULT_TOKEN=$(vault write -field=token auth/kubernetes/login
role=ci jwt=$(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token))
- KUBE_TOKEN=$(vault write -field=service_account_token
kubernetes/creds/YOUR_NAMESPACE-deployer
kubernetes_namespace=YOUR_NAMESPACE)
- kubectl --server=https://kubernetes.default.svc
--token=$KUBE_TOKEN
--certificate-authority=/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
-n YOUR_NAMESPACE set image deployment/myapp
myapp=YOUR_DOCKERHUB_USER/myapp:${CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER}
Useful Commands
# Check your pods
kubectl get pods -n YOUR_NAMESPACE
# View quota usage
kubectl describe resourcequota -n YOUR_NAMESPACE
# Store/read secrets
vault kv put secret/YOUR_USERNAME/myapp KEY=value
vault kv get secret/YOUR_USERNAME/myapp
# Get a short-lived K8s deploy token
vault write kubernetes/creds/YOUR_NAMESPACE-deployer \
kubernetes_namespace=YOUR_NAMESPACE
Important Rules
- All changes go through Terraform — never
kubectl apply/edit/patchdirectly - Never put secrets in code — use Vault:
vault kv put secret/YOUR_USERNAME/... - Always use a PR — never push directly to master
- Docker images: build for
linux/amd64, use versioned tags (not:latest)
git-crypt setup
To decrypt the secrets, you need to setup git-crypt.
- Install git-crypt.
- Setup gpg keys on the machine
git-crypt unlock
This will unlock the secrets and will lock them on commit