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Viktor Barzin 9b55d53be0 t3: differential drop-attribution probe + devvm metrics
Closes the loop on Viktor's ask to find the t3 disconnect root cause and
definitively rule infra in or out. Server logs alone cannot separate
'client network broke' from 'Cloudflare/tunnel broke' from 't3-serve
stalled' — every cause collapses into the same 20s-watchdog reconnect.

The t3-probe (stacks/t3code) holds three permanent legs that differ only
in path segment: 'cloudflare' (WS via DoH-resolved public DNS -> WAN ->
CF edge -> tunnel -> Traefik -> dispatch), 'internal' (same WS pinned to
the Traefik LB, no Cloudflare), 't3serve' (HTTP straight to the serve
process). Whichever leg drops convicts its segment; all legs clean while
a user drops exonerates infra with data. Dispatch gains an
unauthenticated /probe/ws echo + /probe/healthz (gorilla/websocket,
test-first) behind an auth=none path carve-out, guarded by the
authentik-walloff probe.

Also starts scraping devvm's node_exporter (job 'devvm') — it ran
unscraped, so the box whose memory/IO stalls cause the drops had zero
pressure history. Alerts T3ProbeLegDown + T3ProbeDropBurst; runbook
docs/runbooks/t3-drop-attribution.md.
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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