infra/.gitignore

@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ __pycache__/
 deploy/.image-tags.env
 deploy/.deploy.lock
 deploy/.stack-image-tags.env
+
+# LAN dev's mirror of the rendered secrets, for snap-confined Docker (see
+# deploy-dev.sh / render-secrets.sh) -- plaintext, re-rendered every deploy.
+deploy/dev-secrets.env

infra/deploy/deploy-dev.sh

@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ export COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME="${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME:-thermograph-dev}"
 # genuinely needs, and nothing else.
 export THERMOGRAPH_SECRETS_SKIP_COMMON=1
 
+# (1b) Docker on this box is the snap package, confined to $HOME (plus a short
+# allowlist) -- it silently can't see /etc/thermograph.env at all, so
+# env_file: /etc/thermograph.env resolves to nothing for every container no
+# matter how correctly it's rendered. Mirror the render to a path under
+# $APP_DIR too; docker-compose.dev.yml points env_file at this copy instead of
+# /etc/thermograph.env. Untracked (see infra/.gitignore); re-rendered on every
+# deploy, never committed.
+export THERMOGRAPH_SECRETS_ENV_FILE_MIRROR="$APP_DIR/infra/deploy/dev-secrets.env"
+
 # (2) The age key is read from wherever it is READABLE, not necessarily
 # /etc/thermograph/age.key. render-secrets.sh falls back to `sudo cat` for a
 # root-owned 0400 key, and this box has no passwordless sudo -- under the Forgejo

infra/deploy/render-secrets.sh

@@ -127,6 +127,21 @@ render_thermograph_secrets() {
     echo "!! cannot write /etc/thermograph.env (need file write access or passwordless sudo)" >&2
     rc=1
   fi
+
+  # Optional second copy under $HOME, for a host whose docker CLI cannot read
+  # /etc/thermograph.env at all -- the LAN dev box's snap-packaged Docker is
+  # confined to $HOME (plus a short allowlist) and silently treats anything
+  # under /etc as nonexistent, so env_file: /etc/thermograph.env resolves to
+  # nothing for every container even though the file is right there and the
+  # shell that rendered it can read it fine. deploy-dev.sh sets this;
+  # prod/beta (apt-installed Docker, no snap confinement) leave it unset and
+  # this is a no-op for them.
+  if [ "$rc" = 0 ] && [ -n "${THERMOGRAPH_SECRETS_ENV_FILE_MIRROR:-}" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$THERMOGRAPH_SECRETS_ENV_FILE_MIRROR")" \
+      && install -m 0600 "$tmp" "$THERMOGRAPH_SECRETS_ENV_FILE_MIRROR" \
+      || { echo "!! cannot write mirror at $THERMOGRAPH_SECRETS_ENV_FILE_MIRROR" >&2; rc=1; }
+  fi
+
   rm -f "$tmp"
   return "$rc"
 }

infra/docker-compose.dev.yml

@@ -27,12 +27,23 @@
 #     prod's backend=4 / frontend=2 / db=2 allocation. `!reset` drops the base
 #     value (both the top-level `cpus:` and the Swarm-style `deploy.resources`
 #     block the base file carries for parity).
+#  4. backend/daemon/lake get a second env_file entry pointing at a copy of the
+#     render under $APP_DIR (deploy-dev.sh sets THERMOGRAPH_SECRETS_ENV_FILE_MIRROR
+#     to produce it). This box's Docker is the snap package, confined to $HOME --
+#     it can't see /etc/thermograph.env at all (not a permissions error, it just
+#     doesn't exist as far as snap-confined Docker is concerned), so the base
+#     file's env_file entry silently loads nothing here. compose appends env_file
+#     lists across overlays (last-wins on duplicate keys), so this is additive:
+#     prod/beta never set the mirror var, so they only ever get the base entry.
 services:
   backend:
     ports: !override
       - "8137:8137"
     cpus: !reset null
     deploy: !reset null
+    env_file:
+      - path: ./deploy/dev-secrets.env
+        required: false
   frontend:
     ports: !reset null
     cpus: !reset null
@@ -42,6 +53,9 @@ services:
   daemon:
     cpus: !reset null
     deploy: !reset null
+    env_file:
+      - path: ./deploy/dev-secrets.env
+        required: false
   db:
     cpus: !reset null
     deploy: !reset null
@@ -53,3 +67,6 @@ services:
     # the default DB_MEMORY (raise DB_MEMORY to give dev more); shm_size stays (it's
     # required shared memory for parallel query, not a limit).
     mem_limit: !reset null
+    env_file:
+      - path: ./deploy/dev-secrets.env
+        required: false