## 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 (`
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| .github | ||
| .planning | ||
| .woodpecker | ||
| ci | ||
| cli | ||
| diagram | ||
| docs | ||
| modules | ||
| playbooks | ||
| scripts | ||
| secrets | ||
| stacks | ||
| state/stacks | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .sops.yaml | ||
| AGENTS.md | ||
| config.tfvars | ||
| CONTRIBUTING.md | ||
| LICENSE.txt | ||
| MEMORY.md | ||
| README.md | ||
| setup-monitoring.sh | ||
| terragrunt.hcl | ||
| tiers.tf | ||
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