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Viktor Barzin 11082f7e83 [infra] Partial Calico adoption: namespaces only (Wave 5b)
## Context

Wave 5b of the state-drift consolidation plan. Calico has run this cluster's
pod networking since 2024-07-30, installed via raw kubectl manifests —
tigera-operator Deployment + ~20 CRDs + an Installation CR. The plan
flagged Calico as HIGH BLAST because the operator + Installation CR sit on
the critical path for pod scheduling; any mistake during adoption can
break CNI and block new pods cluster-wide within seconds.

This session takes the safe sub-step: adopt only the three namespaces.
Namespaces are label containers — TF managing their names + PSA labels
cannot disrupt Calico networking. Getting the operator, Installation CR,
and CRDs under TF requires dedicated prep (picking the right
`ignore_changes` fields to absorb operator-generated defaults in the
Installation CR, decoupling from the embedded PSA labels applied at
admission, and a low-traffic window). Deferred to `code-3ad`.

## This change

New Tier 1 stack `stacks/calico/` adopting via import `{}` blocks
(Wave 8 convention, commit 8a99be11):

- `kubernetes_namespace.calico_system` ← id `calico-system`
- `kubernetes_namespace.calico_apiserver` ← id `calico-apiserver`
- `kubernetes_namespace.tigera_operator` ← id `tigera-operator`

Apply: `3 imported, 0 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.` Followed by a
second `tg plan` that returns `No changes`. Zero cluster impact —
namespaces stayed exactly as they were cluster-side.

### terragrunt dependency choice
Deliberately no `dependency "platform"` clause — Calico is lower in the
stack than platform, so introducing a `platform → calico` or
`calico → platform` edge would invite cycle-like pain on first
bootstrap. The plan on this stack is always safe to run standalone.

### `ignore_changes` scope on each namespace
- `goldilocks.fairwinds.com/vpa-update-mode` — Kyverno ClusterPolicy
  stamp (Wave 3B sweep, commit 8b43692a).
- `pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce` + `-version` — tigera-operator
  stamps these on `calico-system` + `calico-apiserver` to opt them out
  of PSA. These labels aren't surfaced by the kubernetes provider as
  part of the import (they arrive through a different field manager),
  so left unmanaged to keep the plan clean. `tigera-operator` ns
  doesn't get the PSA labels so they aren't ignored there.

## What is NOT in this change

- The three live workloads: `tigera-operator` Deployment in
  `tigera-operator` ns, `calico-kube-controllers`/`calico-node`/
  `calico-typha` workloads in `calico-system`, the `calico-apiserver`
  in `calico-apiserver`. These are all reconciled by the tigera-operator
  from the Installation CR — importing them into TF is redundant with
  importing the CR itself.
- The `Installation` CR (`default`, apiVersion
  `operator.tigera.io/v1`) — the user-authored minimal spec has since
  been filled to 104 lines of operator-generated defaults. Adopting it
  requires a well-scoped `ignore_changes` list on the `manifest` field.
  Separate follow-up `code-3ad`.
- `.sops.yaml` / `tier0_stacks` updates — the original plan suggested
  Tier 0 (local SOPS state) for the full Calico stack on the theory
  that "network underpins all". With only three namespaces in the stack,
  the argument doesn't hold: a failed Tier 1 plan on calico namespaces
  cannot break networking, so no need to pay the Tier 0 tax.

## Verification

```
$ cd stacks/calico && ../../scripts/tg plan
No changes. Your infrastructure matches the configuration.

$ kubectl get pods -n calico-system
NAME                                       READY   STATUS    RESTARTS
calico-kube-controllers-...                1/1     Running   0
calico-node-...                            1/1     Running   0
... (all healthy, pre-existing)
```

Follow-up: code-3ad for operator + Installation CR adoption (needs
low-traffic window + ignore_changes scoping).

Closes: code-hl1 scope of Wave 5b (namespaces). Remaining subwave in code-3ad.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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-owners group (grants OIDC group claim for K8s RBAC)
  • Headscale Users group (if they need VPN access)

2. Vault KV Entry

Add a JSON entry to secret/platformk8s_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"
  }
}
  • username key must match the user's Forgejo username (for Woodpecker admin access)
  • namespaces — K8s namespaces to create and grant admin access to
  • domains — subdomains under viktorbarzin.me for Cloudflare DNS records
  • quota — 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/patch directly
  • 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.

  1. Install git-crypt.
  2. Setup gpg keys on the machine
  3. git-crypt unlock

This will unlock the secrets and will lock them on commit