Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Hosts
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# One entry per VPS. The same module is instantiated for each (see main.tf's
# for_each). This config manages TWO hosts: prod (new 48 GB / 12-core VPS, branch
# `release`, thermograph.org) and beta (the old VPS 75.119.132.91, branch `main`,
# no public domain by default). The `dev` branch deploys to the LAN dev server via
# deploy/deploy-dev.sh (a self-hosted runner) and is NOT managed here.
#
# A host with `domain = ""` gets no Caddy/TLS: the app port is opened on the firewall
# and the app is reached directly (beta does this by default; set a domain to front
# it with Caddy TLS).
#
# Resource sizing (workers / app_cpus / db_cpus / db_memory) defaults to the historical
# 4 / 4 / 2 / 8g budget (right for beta). The prod box is 48 GB / 12 cores — raise these
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# there (the example uses app_cpus 8, db_cpus 4, db_memory "16g"). The Postgres internal
# budget scales from db_memory automatically (deploy/db/init/20-tuning.sh), so no
# separate tuning edit is needed to exploit the RAM.
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
2026-07-20 07:42:15 +00:00
variable " hosts " {
description = " Map of hosts to manage, keyed by a short name (e.g. \ " prod \ " , \ " dev \ " ). "
type = map ( object ( {
host = string # IP or hostname to SSH to
ssh_user = optional ( string , " deploy " ) # SSH login user
ssh_private_key_path = string # path to the private key for that user
role = string # "prod" | "dev" (informational + outputs)
git_branch = string # branch the checkout is reset to
domain = optional ( string , " " ) # public domain; "" => no Caddy/TLS
compose_files = optional ( list ( string ) , [ " docker-compose.yml " ] )
app_dir = optional ( string , " /opt/thermograph " ) # checkout path on the host
workers = optional ( number , 4 ) # uvicorn workers (WORKERS)
app_cpus = optional ( number , 4 ) # app container CPU cap (APP_CPUS)
db_cpus = optional ( number , 2 ) # db container CPU cap (DB_CPUS)
db_memory = optional ( string , " 8g " ) # db container memory cap (DB_MEMORY)
Have Terraform generate its own internal secrets, with sizing tiers (#239)
Terraform generates the secrets that have no external meaning
(POSTGRES_PASSWORD, AUTH_SECRET, METRICS_TOKEN, INDEXNOW_KEY) via the random
provider instead of requiring the operator to hand-generate and paste each
into terraform.tfvars. Each is pinned with a static keepers value (secrets.tf)
so apply never regenerates a value already in use - the exact incident class
this guards against: every session invalidated, the app<->DB password
mismatched. Rotation is now a deliberate keepers edit, never a side effect.
postgres_password/auth_secret move from required inputs to optional (default
"") - explicit var wins when supplied (seeding an EXISTING live secret during
a migration onto Terraform, hop-1 cutover runbook Stage 0), else Terraform
generates and owns it. metrics_token/indexnow_key are new: neither existed in
Terraform before, both previously left for the app's own fallback generation.
VAPID deliberately stays a required, non-generated input - an EC keypair
where regeneration breaks every existing push subscription outright, unlike
an opaque token.
Sizing tiers: a locals.sizes t-shirt map (nano/small/medium/large ->
{workers, app_cpus, db_cpus, db_memory}), toward the target Proxmox
sizing-tier model (architecture doc SS6) ahead of actually provisioning VMs -
Proxmox itself stays deferred; today a tier just sizes container caps on the
existing SSH-managed hosts. A host can reference one by name (hosts.<name>.
size) or keep hand-picking the four fields, so existing tfvars are
unaffected; prod's example now uses size = "large" (identical numbers),
beta keeps explicit numbers, and a commented uat example demonstrates the
shortcut for a future ephemeral host.
Strengthened terraform/README.md's local-state caveat: more Terraform-
generated secrets landing in tfstate raises the stakes of the existing
never-commit-cleartext-state guidance, not just the sizing.
Verified: terraform validate + fmt clean. A real `terraform plan` against
fake hosts (prod/beta/uat, mixing size="large"/explicit-numbers/size="nano")
resolved every sizing correctly (prod 8/8/4/16g, beta 4/4/2/8g, uat
1/1/1/1g) and planned exactly one instance of each random_password/random_id
resource. Applied just those four resources (real generation, -target to
avoid touching the fake SSH-only host resources) and re-planned: "No
changes" - confirming the keepers pinning holds. Adding an explicit
postgres_password override afterward left the random_password resource
itself completely untouched (0 replace/destroy), confirming the override
path never disturbs the generated resource.
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# A named size tier (see locals.sizes in main.tf: nano/small/medium/large) —
# when set, overrides the four fields above with the tier's preset. Leave
# null (default) to keep hand-picking workers/app_cpus/db_cpus/db_memory,
# as prod/beta already do below.
size = optional ( string , null )
Add the Swarm interim stack file, a pinnable TimescaleDB tag, and a Caddy health-gate (#235)
* Split web/worker duties with THERMOGRAPH_ROLE
Background work (the subscription notifier) is welded to the same process
that serves requests, so scaling the web tier to N replicas would also scale
notifier instances unless something restricts it further than leader
election alone.
Add THERMOGRAPH_ROLE (web|worker|all, default all - unchanged single-process
behavior). Every replica runs the same image; ROLE only gates whether a
process is allowed to own the notifier at all, layered on top of the
existing leader election: web replicas never start it even if they'd win
leader election, worker replicas start it if they win. The decision is
pulled into _should_run_notifier() so it's unit-testable without booting the
full app (DB init, places index, neighbor warmer).
Add a minimal /healthz liveness route (no DB/upstream I/O, not under BASE)
so a worker replica - which serves no real traffic - still has something
Swarm can health-check.
* Add the Swarm interim stack file, a pinnable TimescaleDB tag, and a Caddy health-gate
Three changes toward the hop-1 interim cutover, all inert until Track B
stands up the platform:
docker-stack.yml: the Swarm stack file for the interim cutover, distinct
from docker-compose.yml (today's plain-compose deploy, unaffected). Pulls a
pre-built image (IMAGE_TAG) instead of building in place; app/worker publish
no host port (127.0.0.1:8137:8137 has no Swarm equivalent - Swarm's routing
mesh publishes on 0.0.0.0, which would expose the plaintext app un-fronted),
reaching Caddy only over an MTU-lowered overlay network (VXLAN-over-WireGuard
needs a smaller MTU or large payloads silently stall); db is placement-
pinned to a labelled node; app/worker skip inline migrations
(RUN_MIGRATIONS=0) so the runbook's one-shot migrate task is the only thing
that ever runs Alembic; secrets are real Swarm secrets mounted at
/run/secrets, read by the entrypoint shim rather than plain env vars.
TIMESCALEDB_TAG: docker-compose.yml's db image now reads this (default
latest-pg18, today's behavior unchanged), wired through Terraform
(timescaledb_tag, default "latest-pg18") so it can actually be pinned to an
exact minor without hand-editing the host - required before any host of the
stack could replicate with another (a floating tag risks mismatched
extension minors, which blocks a physical replica and risks compressed-
chunk corruption on restore).
Caddy active health-gate: both the Terraform-rendered Caddyfile and the live
deploy/Caddyfile now health-check the app on the same cheap /healthz route
its own Docker HEALTHCHECK uses (now /healthz instead of the SSR homepage,
so it's cheap enough for a tight interval and works identically for a
worker replica, which serves no public traffic at all) - Caddy won't
forward into a container that's still booting or unhealthy.
Verified live: built and booted the real image via docker compose - both
containers report healthy via the new /healthz-based HEALTHCHECK, and GET /
still renders the full SSR homepage unchanged. Both Caddyfiles validated
with the real caddy binary. docker-stack.yml validated with docker compose
config (required-var guards fire with clear messages; secrets correctly
mount at /run/secrets/<name>, matching the entrypoint shim's mapping).
docker-compose.yml validated with and without TIMESCALEDB_TAG set, alongside
the existing openmeteo overlay. terraform validate + fmt clean.
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# The floating tag matches today's behavior everywhere until you pin it. Pin to
# an exact minor (SELECT extversion FROM pg_extension WHERE extname='timescaledb'
# on the live DB) before any host of this stack could ever replicate with
# another — a floating tag risks mismatched extension minors, which blocks a
# physical replica (hop-1 cutover runbook hazard #7). Use the SAME tag everywhere.
timescaledb_tag = optional ( string , " latest-pg18 " )
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# Self-host the ERA5 archive (docker-compose.openmeteo.yml + a host rclone mount
# of the object-storage bucket). Only the self-hosting host (prod) sets true.
openmeteo = optional ( bool , false )
om_data_dir = optional ( string , " /mnt/om-archive " ) # host rclone mount point (OM_DATA_DIR)
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
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} ) )
}
variable " repo_url " {
description = " Git remote to clone from when a host has no checkout yet (a fresh prod box). "
type = string
default = " https://github.com/griffemi/thermograph.git "
}
variable " app_port " {
description = " Port the app binds inside the container / is health-checked on. "
type = number
default = 8137
}
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Self-hosted Open-Meteo (object storage) — consumed only by hosts with openmeteo=true
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The ERA5 .om archive lives in an object-storage bucket, surfaced on the host by an
# rclone FUSE mount at each host's om_data_dir. These describe that bucket + mount.
# om_rclone_conf holds credentials, so it's sensitive and lands in state — keep the
# real value in terraform.tfvars (gitignored), never committed.
variable " om_bucket_remote " {
description = " rclone remote:path for the archive bucket, e.g. \ " om - archive : thermograph - era5 \ " (matches a [remote] in om_rclone_conf). "
type = string
default = " "
}
variable " om_rclone_conf " {
description = " Full rclone.conf contents defining the archive remote (installed to /etc/rclone/rclone.conf, 0600). Sensitive. "
type = string
default = " "
sensitive = true
}
variable " om_vfs_cache_max " {
description = " rclone --vfs-cache-max-size: bounds the on-disk hot cache for the mount (keep within the disk budget). "
type = string
default = " 80G "
}
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
2026-07-20 07:42:15 +00:00
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Shared secrets (rendered into /etc/thermograph.env on every host)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# These live in terraform.tfvars (gitignored) and land in local state — never commit
# real values. Every host in this config shares the same secret set; split the config
# if prod and dev must diverge on a credential.
Have Terraform generate its own internal secrets, with sizing tiers (#239)
Terraform generates the secrets that have no external meaning
(POSTGRES_PASSWORD, AUTH_SECRET, METRICS_TOKEN, INDEXNOW_KEY) via the random
provider instead of requiring the operator to hand-generate and paste each
into terraform.tfvars. Each is pinned with a static keepers value (secrets.tf)
so apply never regenerates a value already in use - the exact incident class
this guards against: every session invalidated, the app<->DB password
mismatched. Rotation is now a deliberate keepers edit, never a side effect.
postgres_password/auth_secret move from required inputs to optional (default
"") - explicit var wins when supplied (seeding an EXISTING live secret during
a migration onto Terraform, hop-1 cutover runbook Stage 0), else Terraform
generates and owns it. metrics_token/indexnow_key are new: neither existed in
Terraform before, both previously left for the app's own fallback generation.
VAPID deliberately stays a required, non-generated input - an EC keypair
where regeneration breaks every existing push subscription outright, unlike
an opaque token.
Sizing tiers: a locals.sizes t-shirt map (nano/small/medium/large ->
{workers, app_cpus, db_cpus, db_memory}), toward the target Proxmox
sizing-tier model (architecture doc SS6) ahead of actually provisioning VMs -
Proxmox itself stays deferred; today a tier just sizes container caps on the
existing SSH-managed hosts. A host can reference one by name (hosts.<name>.
size) or keep hand-picking the four fields, so existing tfvars are
unaffected; prod's example now uses size = "large" (identical numbers),
beta keeps explicit numbers, and a commented uat example demonstrates the
shortcut for a future ephemeral host.
Strengthened terraform/README.md's local-state caveat: more Terraform-
generated secrets landing in tfstate raises the stakes of the existing
never-commit-cleartext-state guidance, not just the sizing.
Verified: terraform validate + fmt clean. A real `terraform plan` against
fake hosts (prod/beta/uat, mixing size="large"/explicit-numbers/size="nano")
resolved every sizing correctly (prod 8/8/4/16g, beta 4/4/2/8g, uat
1/1/1/1g) and planned exactly one instance of each random_password/random_id
resource. Applied just those four resources (real generation, -target to
avoid touching the fake SSH-only host resources) and re-planned: "No
changes" - confirming the keepers pinning holds. Adding an explicit
postgres_password override afterward left the random_password resource
itself completely untouched (0 replace/destroy), confirming the override
path never disturbs the generated resource.
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#
# postgres_password / auth_secret / metrics_token / indexnow_key default to "" —
# Terraform generates and owns each one (see secrets.tf), pinned so `apply` never
# regenerates a live value. Supply an explicit value only to seed an EXISTING live
# secret during a migration onto Terraform (hop-1 cutover runbook Stage 0).
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
2026-07-20 07:42:15 +00:00
variable " postgres_password " {
Have Terraform generate its own internal secrets, with sizing tiers (#239)
Terraform generates the secrets that have no external meaning
(POSTGRES_PASSWORD, AUTH_SECRET, METRICS_TOKEN, INDEXNOW_KEY) via the random
provider instead of requiring the operator to hand-generate and paste each
into terraform.tfvars. Each is pinned with a static keepers value (secrets.tf)
so apply never regenerates a value already in use - the exact incident class
this guards against: every session invalidated, the app<->DB password
mismatched. Rotation is now a deliberate keepers edit, never a side effect.
postgres_password/auth_secret move from required inputs to optional (default
"") - explicit var wins when supplied (seeding an EXISTING live secret during
a migration onto Terraform, hop-1 cutover runbook Stage 0), else Terraform
generates and owns it. metrics_token/indexnow_key are new: neither existed in
Terraform before, both previously left for the app's own fallback generation.
VAPID deliberately stays a required, non-generated input - an EC keypair
where regeneration breaks every existing push subscription outright, unlike
an opaque token.
Sizing tiers: a locals.sizes t-shirt map (nano/small/medium/large ->
{workers, app_cpus, db_cpus, db_memory}), toward the target Proxmox
sizing-tier model (architecture doc SS6) ahead of actually provisioning VMs -
Proxmox itself stays deferred; today a tier just sizes container caps on the
existing SSH-managed hosts. A host can reference one by name (hosts.<name>.
size) or keep hand-picking the four fields, so existing tfvars are
unaffected; prod's example now uses size = "large" (identical numbers),
beta keeps explicit numbers, and a commented uat example demonstrates the
shortcut for a future ephemeral host.
Strengthened terraform/README.md's local-state caveat: more Terraform-
generated secrets landing in tfstate raises the stakes of the existing
never-commit-cleartext-state guidance, not just the sizing.
Verified: terraform validate + fmt clean. A real `terraform plan` against
fake hosts (prod/beta/uat, mixing size="large"/explicit-numbers/size="nano")
resolved every sizing correctly (prod 8/8/4/16g, beta 4/4/2/8g, uat
1/1/1/1g) and planned exactly one instance of each random_password/random_id
resource. Applied just those four resources (real generation, -target to
avoid touching the fake SSH-only host resources) and re-planned: "No
changes" - confirming the keepers pinning holds. Adding an explicit
postgres_password override afterward left the random_password resource
itself completely untouched (0 replace/destroy), confirming the override
path never disturbs the generated resource.
2026-07-21 01:08:57 +00:00
description = " PostgreSQL password (initializes the db container AND builds THERMOGRAPH_DATABASE_URL). \ " \ " (default) => Terraform-generated. "
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
2026-07-20 07:42:15 +00:00
type = string
sensitive = true
Have Terraform generate its own internal secrets, with sizing tiers (#239)
Terraform generates the secrets that have no external meaning
(POSTGRES_PASSWORD, AUTH_SECRET, METRICS_TOKEN, INDEXNOW_KEY) via the random
provider instead of requiring the operator to hand-generate and paste each
into terraform.tfvars. Each is pinned with a static keepers value (secrets.tf)
so apply never regenerates a value already in use - the exact incident class
this guards against: every session invalidated, the app<->DB password
mismatched. Rotation is now a deliberate keepers edit, never a side effect.
postgres_password/auth_secret move from required inputs to optional (default
"") - explicit var wins when supplied (seeding an EXISTING live secret during
a migration onto Terraform, hop-1 cutover runbook Stage 0), else Terraform
generates and owns it. metrics_token/indexnow_key are new: neither existed in
Terraform before, both previously left for the app's own fallback generation.
VAPID deliberately stays a required, non-generated input - an EC keypair
where regeneration breaks every existing push subscription outright, unlike
an opaque token.
Sizing tiers: a locals.sizes t-shirt map (nano/small/medium/large ->
{workers, app_cpus, db_cpus, db_memory}), toward the target Proxmox
sizing-tier model (architecture doc SS6) ahead of actually provisioning VMs -
Proxmox itself stays deferred; today a tier just sizes container caps on the
existing SSH-managed hosts. A host can reference one by name (hosts.<name>.
size) or keep hand-picking the four fields, so existing tfvars are
unaffected; prod's example now uses size = "large" (identical numbers),
beta keeps explicit numbers, and a commented uat example demonstrates the
shortcut for a future ephemeral host.
Strengthened terraform/README.md's local-state caveat: more Terraform-
generated secrets landing in tfstate raises the stakes of the existing
never-commit-cleartext-state guidance, not just the sizing.
Verified: terraform validate + fmt clean. A real `terraform plan` against
fake hosts (prod/beta/uat, mixing size="large"/explicit-numbers/size="nano")
resolved every sizing correctly (prod 8/8/4/16g, beta 4/4/2/8g, uat
1/1/1/1g) and planned exactly one instance of each random_password/random_id
resource. Applied just those four resources (real generation, -target to
avoid touching the fake SSH-only host resources) and re-planned: "No
changes" - confirming the keepers pinning holds. Adding an explicit
postgres_password override afterward left the random_password resource
itself completely untouched (0 replace/destroy), confirming the override
path never disturbs the generated resource.
2026-07-21 01:08:57 +00:00
default = " "
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
2026-07-20 07:42:15 +00:00
}
variable " auth_secret " {
Have Terraform generate its own internal secrets, with sizing tiers (#239)
Terraform generates the secrets that have no external meaning
(POSTGRES_PASSWORD, AUTH_SECRET, METRICS_TOKEN, INDEXNOW_KEY) via the random
provider instead of requiring the operator to hand-generate and paste each
into terraform.tfvars. Each is pinned with a static keepers value (secrets.tf)
so apply never regenerates a value already in use - the exact incident class
this guards against: every session invalidated, the app<->DB password
mismatched. Rotation is now a deliberate keepers edit, never a side effect.
postgres_password/auth_secret move from required inputs to optional (default
"") - explicit var wins when supplied (seeding an EXISTING live secret during
a migration onto Terraform, hop-1 cutover runbook Stage 0), else Terraform
generates and owns it. metrics_token/indexnow_key are new: neither existed in
Terraform before, both previously left for the app's own fallback generation.
VAPID deliberately stays a required, non-generated input - an EC keypair
where regeneration breaks every existing push subscription outright, unlike
an opaque token.
Sizing tiers: a locals.sizes t-shirt map (nano/small/medium/large ->
{workers, app_cpus, db_cpus, db_memory}), toward the target Proxmox
sizing-tier model (architecture doc SS6) ahead of actually provisioning VMs -
Proxmox itself stays deferred; today a tier just sizes container caps on the
existing SSH-managed hosts. A host can reference one by name (hosts.<name>.
size) or keep hand-picking the four fields, so existing tfvars are
unaffected; prod's example now uses size = "large" (identical numbers),
beta keeps explicit numbers, and a commented uat example demonstrates the
shortcut for a future ephemeral host.
Strengthened terraform/README.md's local-state caveat: more Terraform-
generated secrets landing in tfstate raises the stakes of the existing
never-commit-cleartext-state guidance, not just the sizing.
Verified: terraform validate + fmt clean. A real `terraform plan` against
fake hosts (prod/beta/uat, mixing size="large"/explicit-numbers/size="nano")
resolved every sizing correctly (prod 8/8/4/16g, beta 4/4/2/8g, uat
1/1/1/1g) and planned exactly one instance of each random_password/random_id
resource. Applied just those four resources (real generation, -target to
avoid touching the fake SSH-only host resources) and re-planned: "No
changes" - confirming the keepers pinning holds. Adding an explicit
postgres_password override afterward left the random_password resource
itself completely untouched (0 replace/destroy), confirming the override
path never disturbs the generated resource.
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description = " THERMOGRAPH_AUTH_SECRET — signs email-confirm / password-reset tokens. \ " \ " (default) => Terraform-generated. "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}
variable " metrics_token " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_METRICS_TOKEN — optional remote-access token for the ops metrics endpoint. \ " \ " (default) => Terraform-generated. "
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
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type = string
sensitive = true
Have Terraform generate its own internal secrets, with sizing tiers (#239)
Terraform generates the secrets that have no external meaning
(POSTGRES_PASSWORD, AUTH_SECRET, METRICS_TOKEN, INDEXNOW_KEY) via the random
provider instead of requiring the operator to hand-generate and paste each
into terraform.tfvars. Each is pinned with a static keepers value (secrets.tf)
so apply never regenerates a value already in use - the exact incident class
this guards against: every session invalidated, the app<->DB password
mismatched. Rotation is now a deliberate keepers edit, never a side effect.
postgres_password/auth_secret move from required inputs to optional (default
"") - explicit var wins when supplied (seeding an EXISTING live secret during
a migration onto Terraform, hop-1 cutover runbook Stage 0), else Terraform
generates and owns it. metrics_token/indexnow_key are new: neither existed in
Terraform before, both previously left for the app's own fallback generation.
VAPID deliberately stays a required, non-generated input - an EC keypair
where regeneration breaks every existing push subscription outright, unlike
an opaque token.
Sizing tiers: a locals.sizes t-shirt map (nano/small/medium/large ->
{workers, app_cpus, db_cpus, db_memory}), toward the target Proxmox
sizing-tier model (architecture doc SS6) ahead of actually provisioning VMs -
Proxmox itself stays deferred; today a tier just sizes container caps on the
existing SSH-managed hosts. A host can reference one by name (hosts.<name>.
size) or keep hand-picking the four fields, so existing tfvars are
unaffected; prod's example now uses size = "large" (identical numbers),
beta keeps explicit numbers, and a commented uat example demonstrates the
shortcut for a future ephemeral host.
Strengthened terraform/README.md's local-state caveat: more Terraform-
generated secrets landing in tfstate raises the stakes of the existing
never-commit-cleartext-state guidance, not just the sizing.
Verified: terraform validate + fmt clean. A real `terraform plan` against
fake hosts (prod/beta/uat, mixing size="large"/explicit-numbers/size="nano")
resolved every sizing correctly (prod 8/8/4/16g, beta 4/4/2/8g, uat
1/1/1/1g) and planned exactly one instance of each random_password/random_id
resource. Applied just those four resources (real generation, -target to
avoid touching the fake SSH-only host resources) and re-planned: "No
changes" - confirming the keepers pinning holds. Adding an explicit
postgres_password override afterward left the random_password resource
itself completely untouched (0 replace/destroy), confirming the override
path never disturbs the generated resource.
2026-07-21 01:08:57 +00:00
default = " "
}
variable " indexnow_key " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_INDEXNOW_KEY — IndexNow key, published at /{key}.txt. \ " \ " (default) => Terraform-generated. "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
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}
variable " vapid_private_key " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_VAPID_PRIVATE_KEY — signs Web Push. Pin it or existing subscriptions break. "
type = string
sensitive = true
}
variable " vapid_public_key " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY — public half of the VAPID pair. "
type = string
sensitive = true
}
variable " vapid_contact " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_VAPID_CONTACT — mailto: or https URL sent to push services. "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}
# ---- Optional: search-engine verification -------------------------------------
variable " google_verify " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_GOOGLE_VERIFY — Search Console HTML-tag content value. "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}
variable " bing_verify " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_BING_VERIFY — Bing Webmaster msvalidate.01 content value. "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}
# ---- Optional: outbound email (SMTP) ------------------------------------------
variable " mail_backend " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_MAIL_BACKEND — console | smtp | disabled. Empty => unset (console default). "
type = string
default = " "
}
variable " smtp_host " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_SMTP_HOST (usually 127.0.0.1 for the local Postfix null client). "
type = string
default = " "
}
variable " smtp_port " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_SMTP_PORT. "
type = string
default = " "
}
variable " smtp_user " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_SMTP_USER (only for a remote relay). "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}
variable " smtp_password " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_SMTP_PASSWORD (only for a remote relay). "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}
variable " smtp_starttls " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_SMTP_STARTTLS — \ " 1 \ " to enable. Empty => unset. "
type = string
default = " "
}
variable " mail_from " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_MAIL_FROM — From: header, e.g. \ " Thermograph < no - reply @ thermograph . org > \ " . "
type = string
default = " "
}
variable " mail_reply_to " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_MAIL_REPLY_TO. "
type = string
default = " "
}
# ---- Optional: Discord --------------------------------------------------------
variable " discord_webhook " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_DISCORD_WEBHOOK — the URL IS the credential. "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}
variable " discord_public_key " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_DISCORD_PUBLIC_KEY — verifies interaction requests. "
type = string
default = " "
}
variable " discord_app_id " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_DISCORD_APP_ID. "
type = string
default = " "
}
variable " discord_bot_token " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN — a credential (command registration only). "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}
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variable " registry_token " {
description = " Forgejo registry pull credential (read:package scope) -- deploy.sh's docker login + docker compose pull (repo-split Stage 6). Required; no default -- deploys fail loud without it rather than silently falling back to a build. "
type = string
sensitive = true
}
Add Terraform to provision the VPS hosts (compose keeps running the app) (#223)
Terraform config under terraform/ manages the two existing VPS hosts and hands the
app to docker-compose, with local state:
- prod: the new 48GB/12-core VPS (release branch, thermograph.org), sized larger.
- beta: the old VPS 75.119.132.91 (main branch, testing tier), no public domain.
- The LAN dev box stays on deploy/deploy-dev.sh (dev branch) — out of Terraform.
A reusable module (modules/thermograph-host) SSHes each host to install docker/
compose/ufw (+ Caddy when a domain is set), sync the checkout to the host's branch,
render /etc/thermograph.env from Terraform variables (secrets pushed via provisioner
content, never on local disk), `docker compose up -d`, and health-check. Named
volumes are preserved on re-apply, so the Postgres data is never recreated.
Container resources are now env-driven in docker-compose.yml (APP_CPUS/DB_CPUS/
DB_MEMORY/WORKERS) with unchanged defaults, so Terraform can size each host.
2026-07-20 07:42:15 +00:00
variable " discord_client_secret " {
description = " THERMOGRAPH_DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET — OAuth2 account linking (a credential). "
type = string
sensitive = true
default = " "
}