Workstreams A, B, G, H, I of the DNS reliability plan (code-q2e). Follow-ups for C, D, E, F filed as code-2k6, code-k0d, code-o6j, code-dw8. **Technitium (WS A)** - Primary deployment: add Kyverno lifecycle ignore_changes on dns_config (secondary/tertiary already had it) — eliminates per-apply ndots drift. - All 3 instances: raise memory request+limit from 512Mi to 1Gi (primary was restarting near the ceiling; CPU limits stay off per cluster policy). - zone-sync CronJob: parse API responses, push status/failures/last-run and per-instance zone_count gauges to Pushgateway, fail the job on any create error (was silently passing). **CoreDNS (WS B)** - Corefile: add policy sequential + health_check 5s + max_fails 2 on root forward, health_check on viktorbarzin.lan forward, serve_stale 3600s/86400s on both cache blocks — pfSense flap no longer takes the cluster down; upstream outage keeps cached names resolving for 24h. - Scale deploy/coredns to 3 replicas with required pod anti-affinity on hostname via null_resource (hashicorp/kubernetes v3 dropped the _patch resources); readiness gate asserts state post-apply. - PDB coredns with minAvailable=2. **Observability (WS G)** - Fix DNSQuerySpike — rewrite to compare against avg_over_time(dns_anomaly_total_queries[1h] offset 15m); previous dns_anomaly_avg_queries was computed from a per-pod /tmp file so always equalled the current value (alert could never fire). - New: DNSQueryRateDropped, TechnitiumZoneSyncFailed, TechnitiumZoneSyncStale, TechnitiumZoneCountMismatch, CoreDNSForwardFailureRate. **Post-apply readiness gate (WS H)** - null_resource.technitium_readiness_gate runs at end of apply: kubectl rollout status on all 3 deployments (180s), per-pod /api/stats/get probe, zone-count parity across the 3 instances. Fails the apply on any check fail. Override: -var skip_readiness=true. **Docs (WS I)** - docs/architecture/dns.md: CoreDNS Corefile hardening, new alerts table, zone-sync metrics reference, why DNSQuerySpike was broken. - docs/runbooks/technitium-apply.md (new): what the gate checks, failure modes, emergency override. Out of scope for this commit (see beads follow-ups): - WS C: NodeLocal DNSCache (code-2k6) - WS D: pfSense Unbound replaces dnsmasq (code-k0d) - WS E: Kea multi-IP DHCP + TSIG (code-o6j) - WS F: static-client DNS fixes (code-dw8) 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-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