thermograph/INFRA.md
Emi Griffith 0a848e39af Document the current agent VPS access state in INFRA.md (#237)
Records the concrete, live state of Track 1 rather than just the setup
procedure: both boxes' roles/IPs, the ssh invocation, where the private key
lives (~/.ssh/thermograph_agent_ed25519, same convention DEPLOY.md already
uses for the CI deploy key), and how to rotate it. Also notes that neither
box has Docker yet and Terraform hasn't been applied to either, which is why
Track 2 is currently paused.

Checks off the two verification-checklist items that are actually confirmed
now (SSH access, password auth dead) rather than leaving them unchecked.
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# Agent access, Docker Swarm, and Forgejo CI/CD
This covers three additive infrastructure layers on top of the two VPS boxes
Terraform already provisions (see `terraform/README.md` and
`terraform.tfvars.example`, where they're named **prod** — the new 48 GB /
12-core box, `thermograph.org` — and **beta** — the old VPS,
`75.119.132.91`). **None of this touches `backend/`, `Dockerfile`,
`docker-compose*.yml`, `terraform/`, or `deploy/db/`** — those stay owned by
the app-containerization work; this is strictly the layer above it.
```
Track 1: deploy/provision-agent-access.sh — a dedicated full-root login for me
Track 2: deploy/swarm/ — Swarm cluster spanning both boxes
Track 3: deploy/forgejo/ + .forgejo/ — Forgejo + Forgejo Actions, replacing GitHub
```
## Track 1 — Agent access
Run `sudo bash deploy/provision-agent-access.sh` on **both** boxes. Creates a
dedicated `agent` user (not raw root login — a distinct name gives a clean
audit trail) with passwordless sudo, installs the agent's public key, disables
SSH password auth fleet-wide, and turns on `auditd` logging of every
root-effective command. See the script's header comment for the full
rationale and revocation steps (one line to delete, or delete the whole
account — your own access is never affected).
### Current access state (live)
Both boxes are provisioned and reachable as of this writing:
| Host | Role | Public IP | Login |
|------|------|-----------|-------|
| prod | manager (Swarm), Thermograph's eventual home | `169.58.46.181` | `agent` |
| beta | worker (Swarm), old VPS | `75.119.132.91` | `agent` |
```
ssh -i ~/.ssh/thermograph_agent_ed25519 agent@169.58.46.181 # prod
ssh -i ~/.ssh/thermograph_agent_ed25519 agent@75.119.132.91 # beta
```
The private half of the agent's dedicated keypair lives at
`~/.ssh/thermograph_agent_ed25519` on the operator's own machine (never in
this repo, never in a CI secret) — same convention `DEPLOY.md` already uses
for the separate CI deploy key (`~/.ssh/thermograph_ci`). If you're setting
this up fresh elsewhere, generate a new pair the same way
(`ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -a 100 -C "claude-agent@thermograph-infra" -f
~/.ssh/thermograph_agent_ed25519 -N ""`), embed the new public half in
`AGENT_PUBKEY` at the top of `provision-agent-access.sh`, and re-run it on
both boxes — that replaces the authorized key wholesale rather than
appending, so an old key stops working the moment the new one lands.
**Keep the private key somewhere that survives** — not a scratch/temp
directory that gets cleaned up, not anywhere-in-repo. Losing it just means
regenerating and re-running the provisioning script; it does not lock either
box, since your own login is untouched.
As of this writing, neither box has Docker installed yet and Terraform has
not been applied to either (`prod` is a bare OS install; `beta` has an old
`/opt/thermograph` checkout but no Docker) — Track 2 is paused on that.
## Track 2 — Swarm
See `deploy/swarm/README.md` for the exact order of operations (WireGuard
tunnel first, then swarm init/join, then lock the Swarm ports down to the
tunnel interface, then label beta for Forgejo placement). This cluster's only
job is hosting Forgejo — it does not orchestrate the Terraform-managed app
deploys.
## Track 3 — Forgejo, replacing GitHub
### 3a. Stand up Forgejo
See `deploy/forgejo/README.md` — deploys the stack, walks through minting the
two Swarm secrets it needs (`forgejo_db_password`, `forgejo_runner_token`).
### 3b. Migrate the repo (mirror first, verify, then cut over)
1. In Forgejo: **+ New Migration → GitHub**. Point it at
`https://github.com/griffemi/thermograph`, pull code + issues + PRs +
releases + labels. This is non-destructive to GitHub — do this as a mirror
and leave GitHub live and untouched until you're confident.
2. Spot-check: branch list matches, a few PRs/issues render correctly, LFS (if
any) came across.
3. **Don't retarget any secret or disable a GitHub workflow yet** — see 3d.
### 3c. Workflows
`.forgejo/workflows/*.yml` already mirror `.github/workflows/*.yml` in this
PR — copied with the mechanical changes Forgejo needs:
- `runs-on: ubuntu-latest``runs-on: docker` (the label the Swarm-hosted
runner in `deploy/forgejo/docker-stack.yml` registers under).
- `appleboy/ssh-action` referenced by full GitHub URL (not mirrored in
Forgejo's default action registry, unlike `actions/checkout` /
`actions/setup-python`, which resolve unchanged).
- **The custom auto-merge workflow step is gone.** It existed only because
GitHub's native branch protection/auto-merge is paywalled on private
free-tier repos. Forgejo has no such tier — configure it directly:
**Settings → Branches → protect `dev` → Enable Status Check → list `build`
→ merge style: squash.** Then a ready PR gets a real "Auto merge when checks
succeed" button.
- One knock-on simplification: a native auto-merge is an ordinary git push
(unlike GitHub's token-based merge commit, which doesn't re-trigger `push`),
so `deploy-dev.yml`'s push trigger fires naturally after auto-merge — no
more "direct push vs. PR-merge" double-trigger logic to maintain.
- `.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yml` still targets `main` faithfully mirroring
the current GitHub workflow, but `terraform.tfvars.example` describes prod's
branch as `release`. That mismatch is flagged in the file's own header
comment — reconcile with whoever's driving the Terraform/deploy side rather
than guessing here.
### 3d. Cut over
Only after 3a3c are verified:
1. Move the deploy secrets (`SSH_HOST`, `SSH_USER`, `SSH_KEY`, `SSH_PORT`) into
Forgejo's repo Secrets (Settings → Actions → Secrets).
2. Re-point the LAN dev runner: `bash deploy/forgejo/register-lan-runner.sh
<forgejo_url> <token>` — stops/disables the old GitHub runner service on
that same machine and registers `forgejo-runner` in its place, same
`systemd --user` pattern as before (see `DEPLOY-DEV.md` for the original;
this supersedes it for the runner specifically).
3. Open a test PR against `dev` in Forgejo, confirm the required check runs,
auto-merge fires, and the LAN deploy lands.
4. Only once that's solid: disable/archive the `.github/workflows/*.yml`
triggers (or the whole GitHub repo) — GitHub was the fallback during this
whole migration; retire it deliberately, not by accident.
## Verification checklist
- [x] `ssh agent@<prod>` and `ssh agent@<beta>` both work; `sudo whoami``root`
- [x] Password SSH auth confirmed dead on both boxes (tested with an actual
failed login attempt, not just config inspection)
- [ ] `docker node ls` (from prod) shows both nodes `Ready`
- [ ] Swarm ports (2377/7946/4789) unreachable from outside the WireGuard tunnel
- [ ] `https://git.thermograph.org` (or your chosen domain) serves Forgejo over TLS
- [ ] A test PR: required check runs → auto-merges → LAN dev deploy lands
- [ ] GitHub retired only after all of the above hold