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Viktor Barzin 17a3e03e07 [owntracks] Bridge Recorder → Dawarich via Lua hook script
## Context

Viktor wanted live forwarding from Owntracks to Dawarich so his map
stays in sync without a periodic backfill. The original plan assumed
ot-recorder honoured an `OTR_HTTPHOOK` environment variable — but
Recorder 1.0.1 (latest on Docker Hub as of Aug 2025) has no such
feature:

```
$ kubectl -n owntracks exec deploy/owntracks -- \
    strings /usr/bin/ot-recorder | grep -iE 'hook|webhook|http_post'
(no matches)
```

Lua hooks, on the other hand, are first-class: `--lua-script` loads a
file and calls the `otr_hook(topic, _type, data)` function for every
publish. That is the pivot this commit makes.

## This change

Mount a Lua script via ConfigMap and tell ot-recorder to load it:

```
Phone POST /pub ---> Traefik ---> Recorder pod
                                     |
                                     | handle_payload() writes .rec
                                     | otr_hook(topic,_type,data)
                                     |   |
                                     |   +---> os.execute("curl … &")
                                     |             |
                                     |             v
                                     |         Dawarich /api/v1/owntracks/points
                                     |
                                     +---> HTTP 200 to phone
```

Per-publish cost: one `curl` subprocess, `--max-time 5`, backgrounded
with `&` so it doesn't block the HTTP response to the phone. A
Dawarich 5xx drops exactly one point — the `.rec` write still happens,
so the one-shot backfill Job can always re-play.

`DAWARICH_API_KEY` is injected from K8s Secret `owntracks-secrets`
(sourced from Vault `secret/owntracks.dawarich_api_key` via the
existing `dataFrom.extract` ExternalSecret). The Lua reads it with
`os.getenv()` so the key never lands in Terraform state.

### Key discoveries in the verification loop (why iteration count > 1)

1. The hook function must be named `otr_hook`, not `hook` (recorder's
   `luasupport.c` calls `lua_getglobal(L, "otr_hook")`). The recorder
   logs `cannot invoke otr_hook in Lua script` when missing — the
   plan's `hook()` naming was wrong.
2. Dawarich's `latitude`/`longitude` scalar columns are legacy and
   always NULL; the authoritative geometry is in the `lonlat` PostGIS
   column (`ST_AsText(lonlat::geometry)`). Early "it's broken" readings
   were me querying the wrong columns.
3. Default Recreate-strategy rollouts cause ~30s 502/503 windows on
   the ingress — tolerable, but every apply is visible as an outage
   to the phone. Batching edits is important.

## What is NOT in this change

- **Not** OTR_HTTPHOOK. Removed with this commit (dead env var).
- **Not** the one-shot backfill Job — that comes after the phone
  buffer has flushed to avoid racing against incoming hook POSTs
  (follow-up: code-h2r).
- **Not** Anca's bridge — a second Recorder instance or a smarter
  hook is needed to route her posts under her own Dawarich api_key
  (follow-up: code-72g).
- No Ingress or Service change — Commit 1 (`a21d4a44`) already landed
  those.

## Test Plan

### Automated

```
$ ../../scripts/tg apply --non-interactive
Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 1 changed, 0 destroyed.

$ kubectl -n owntracks logs deploy/owntracks --tail=5
+ initializing Lua hooks from `/hook/dawarich-hook.lua'
+ dawarich-bridge: init
+ HTTP listener started on 0.0.0.0:8083, without browser-apikey
...
+ dawarich-bridge: tst=1 lat=0 lon=0 ok=true
```

### Manual Verification

```
$ VIKTOR_PW=$(vault kv get -field=credentials secret/owntracks | jq -r .viktor)
$ TST=$(date +%s)
$ kubectl -n owntracks run t --rm -i --image=curlimages/curl -- \
    curl -s -w 'HTTP %{http_code}\n' -X POST -u "viktor:$VIKTOR_PW" \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'X-Limit-U: viktor' -H 'X-Limit-D: iphone-15pro' \
    -d "{\"_type\":\"location\",\"lat\":51.5074,\"lon\":-0.1278,\"tst\":$TST,\"tid\":\"vb\"}" \
    https://owntracks.viktorbarzin.me/pub
HTTP 200

$ sleep 3 && kubectl -n dbaas exec pg-cluster-1 -c postgres -- \
    psql -U postgres -d dawarich -c \
    "SELECT timestamp, ST_AsText(lonlat::geometry) FROM points \
     WHERE user_id=1 AND timestamp=$TST"
 timestamp  |        st_astext
------------+-------------------------
 1776555707 | POINT(-0.1278 51.5074)
```

Real phone traffic (from in-flight buffer flush) lands in Dawarich too:
`traefik logs -l app.kubernetes.io/name=traefik | grep 'POST /api/v1/owntracks/points'`
shows ingress POSTs from `owntracks` namespace to `dawarich` backend
with status 200.

### Reproduce locally

1. `vault login -method=oidc`
2. `kubectl -n owntracks logs deploy/owntracks --tail=20` — expect
   `dawarich-bridge: init` after the Lua loader line.
3. Do the curl above, poll the DB, expect `POINT(lon lat)`.

Closes: code-z9b

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