thermograph/deploy/forgejo/README.md
Emi Griffith 7ff3873661 Realign Swarm/Forgejo infra to the 3-node design (#243)
Bring the Swarm+Forgejo layer in line with the canonical topology in
docs/runbooks/implementation-handoff.md: three nodes (prod, beta, and
the desktop LAN dev machine) instead of two, with the Forgejo Actions
runner registered on the desktop as a plain systemd service rather than
a Swarm-scheduled Docker-in-Docker sidecar.

- setup-wireguard.sh: full N-peer mesh instead of point-to-point
- docker-stack.yml: drop the runner/runner-dind services, volumes, and
  runner-token secret; only forgejo_db_password remains
- register-lan-runner.sh: register under both docker and
  thermograph-lan labels, since one runner now covers both job types
- init-swarm.sh, join-swarm.sh, swarm/README.md, forgejo/README.md,
  INFRA.md: updated node lists, order of operations, and access-state
  table for three nodes
- deploy.yml: renamed to "Deploy to beta VPS" and reconciled the
  main-vs-release branch question against terraform.tfvars.example
  (this workflow already targets beta; a release-triggered prod
  deploy doesn't exist yet and isn't invented here)
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# Forgejo on the Swarm cluster
Runs as `deploy/forgejo/docker-stack.yml` — the only Swarm-scheduled workload
this cluster carries (the Thermograph app itself stays on the
Terraform-managed `docker compose` deploys; see `terraform/README.md`).
Pinned to the **beta** node (old VPS) via the `role=forge` label from
`deploy/swarm/label-forge-node.sh`.
The Actions **runner** is deliberately *not* part of this stack — it runs on
the **desktop** as a plain systemd service (`register-lan-runner.sh` below),
per `docs/runbooks/implementation-handoff.md` Track B step 5. That's the
canonical placement; an earlier revision of this stack ran the runner as a
Swarm-scheduled Docker-in-Docker sidecar pinned to beta, which is gone now.
## Prerequisites
1. All three nodes have joined the swarm (`deploy/swarm/`) and beta is
labeled `role=forge`.
2. `docker node ls` (from the manager) shows all three `Ready`.
## One-time setup: Swarm secret
One secret the stack expects to already exist (a Swarm secret, not a file —
`external: true` in the stack file, so `docker stack deploy` never creates or
sees the value, only references it):
```bash
# A strong random password for Forgejo's own Postgres (NOT related to
# Thermograph's app database — entirely separate instance/network).
openssl rand -base64 32 | docker secret create forgejo_db_password -
```
## Deploy / update
```bash
docker stack deploy -c deploy/forgejo/docker-stack.yml forgejo
```
Re-running is safe — Swarm only touches services whose spec actually changed.
## Register the Actions runner (on the desktop, not through Swarm)
Once Forgejo answers at its domain:
```bash
# On the desktop:
# Forgejo web UI -> Site Administration -> Actions -> Runners -> Create new Runner
# (or, for a repo-scoped runner: <repo> -> Settings -> Actions -> Runners)
# copy the registration token, then:
bash deploy/forgejo/register-lan-runner.sh https://<forgejo-domain> <token>
```
See that script's header for exactly what it replaces (the pre-Forgejo GitHub
self-hosted runner on this same machine) and why it registers with two
labels where there used to be two separate runners.
## DNS
Point the Forgejo domain (default `git.thermograph.org`; override with
`FORGEJO_DOMAIN=...` before `docker stack deploy`, Swarm reads it from the
deploying shell's environment) at **prod's or beta's** public IP — not the
desktop's, which isn't a stable publicly-reachable address. The routing mesh
forwards published ports to wherever the task actually landed, so either VPS
IP works.
## Why Postgres here and not the Thermograph app's TimescaleDB
Separate instance, separate network (`forgejo_net`, not the app's compose
network), separate volume. Forgejo is a distinct product with its own schema
and its own backup/restore lifecycle — sharing a database with the app would
couple two things that should be able to fail, migrate, and restore
independently.
## Verifying
```bash
docker service ls # forgejo_db, forgejo_forgejo, forgejo_traefik all Running, 1/1
curl -I https://git.thermograph.org/ # 200, valid cert
# On the desktop, after registering the runner:
systemctl --user status forgejo-runner # active, both labels registered
```
## Rollback / removal
```bash
docker stack rm forgejo
# volumes (forgejo_data, forgejo_db, ...) survive a stack rm — remove them
# explicitly only if you actually want to destroy the Forgejo instance's data.
```