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Summary

  • Update infrastructure docs for the move from AKS and ArgoCD to a single K3s node managed with Ansible and Flux.
  • Add guides for the K3s node, Flux, encrypted backups, and the revised storage, secret, setup, and application deployment workflows.
  • Refresh Terraform and Kubernetes day-to-day documentation to match the current production architecture.

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- Replace AKS-era guidance with the Terraform, Ansible, K3s, and Flux setup
- Add node provisioning, GitOps, and encrypted backup documentation
- Update access, storage, monitoring, CI/CD, and app deployment guides
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The infrastructure documentation now describes production on a single Azure VM running K3s. It updates Terraform, node access, Flux deployment, secret management, storage, backup, and monitoring guidance to match that environment.

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K3s infrastructure documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Production architecture and Terraform workflow
docs/infrastructure/01-Introduction.md, docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/01-terraform.md, docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/index.md
Describes the K3s production architecture and divides responsibilities between Terraform, Ansible, and Flux. Documents separate k3s and legacy Terraform roots, state files, and plan and apply workflows.
K3s node provisioning and access
docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/02-k3s-node.md, docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/setup.md, docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/k8s-basics/intro.md, docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/k8s-basics/day-to-day/ssh.md
Documents node configuration and Ansible provisioning, WARP and SSH access, and running Kubernetes commands on the node.
Flux application delivery
docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/03-flux.md, docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/index.md, docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/pipelines/*, docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/deploy-a-new-app.md
Describes Flux reconciliation, GHCR image updates, CI and CD workflows, app registration, and Cloudflare Tunnel and Traefik routing.
Key Vault secrets in Kubernetes
docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/add-a-new-secret.md
Replaces CSI-driver instructions with External Secrets Operator resources, namespace access conditions, secret consumption, and refresh guidance.
Storage, backups, and monitoring
docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/k8s-basics/day-to-day/monitoring.md, docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/add-storage.md, docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/backups.md
Documents local-path storage, backup and restore procedures, monitoring alerts, and Kubernetes inspection commands.

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Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f4f04

The new guides contain mismatches that can disrupt automatic image updates and infrastructure operations, and leave important backup-recovery steps unclear. Resolve these documentation gaps before relying on the guides for deployment or recovery.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/pipelines/ci.md:
- Line 10: Update the `test.yml` description in the CI pipelines documentation
to say it runs on pushes to `main` and on pull requests, rather than on every
push.

Review comments at @docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/setup.md:
- Line 76: Update the Azure CLI link text in the setup instructions, replacing
“here” with descriptive text such as “Azure CLI installation instructions” so
the destination is clear out of context.

Review comments at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/add-a-new-secret.md:
- Line 66: Update the comment beside deletionPolicy in the add-a-new-secret
example to clarify that Retain keeps the target Secret when the provider secret
is deleted, not when Key Vault is unreachable.

Review comments at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/add-storage.md:
- Around line 25-26: Update the storage guide’s `ReadWriteOnce` warning to
clarify that access is limited to one node, not one pod; multiple pods on that
node may mount and write concurrently, so require application-level coordination
to prevent concurrent writers.

Review comments at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/backups.md:
- Around line 117-118: Set a restrictive umask before the backup-age-identity
output file is created by the az keyvault secret show command, so the decryption
key is not readable by other local users.

Review comments at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/deploy-a-new-app.md:
- Around line 339-340: Update the pause guidance for ResourceSet-generated
Kustomizations to explain how to apply the `fluxcd.controlplane.io/reconcile:
disabled` annotation or use a declarative pause procedure so the pause persists;
qualify the suspension tip accordingly. In
docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/deploy-a-new-app.md, change lines 339-340; in
docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/03-flux.md, change
lines 139-140 to qualify the suspension guidance for generated Kustomizations.

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  • docs/infrastructure/01-Introduction.md
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  • docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/02-k3s-node.md
  • docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/03-flux.md
  • docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/index.md
  • docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/k8s-basics/day-to-day/monitoring.md
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  • docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/setup.md
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  • docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/add-storage.md
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- ci: test.yml runs on pushes to main and pull requests
- setup: descriptive Azure CLI link text
- secrets: correct what deletionPolicy Retain does
- storage: ReadWriteOnce limits nodes, not pods
- backups: create the age identity file with umask 077
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🟠 Major · Normalize the app slug before building ResourceSet input names. · deploy-a-new-app.md:296-323

docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/deploy-a-new-app.md:296-323
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Normalize the app slug before building ResourceSet input names.

For an app slug such as bot-ts, the provider name is bot-ts-image, which exposes inputs.bot_ts_image. The template currently generates inputs.bot-ts_image, so the tag and digest inputs can remain unresolved. Update the template placeholders.

Suggested fix
-            newTag: << inputs.<app>_image.tag | quote >>
-            digest: << inputs.<app>_image.digest | quote >>
+            newTag: << inputs.<app_slug_with_hyphens_replaced_by_underscores>_image.tag | quote >>
+            digest: << inputs.<app_slug_with_hyphens_replaced_by_underscores>_image.digest | quote >>
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Review comment at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/deploy-a-new-app.md around
lines 296 - 323:
Update the `images` placeholders in the `Kustomization` example so the app slug
is normalized by replacing hyphens with underscores before constructing the
ResourceSet `inputs` names for `tag` and `digest`. Keep the existing image
configuration and quoting unchanged.
🟠 Major · Add the control-plane recovery procedure. · backups.md:19-26

docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/backups.md:19-26
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add the control-plane recovery procedure.

The guide lists the control-plane archive but does not explain how to retrieve, decrypt, verify, or restore it. The application commands use only the application archive path. During a node rebuild, the operator cannot restore the K3s datastore and signing key from this documentation. Add the supported procedure or an authoritative external runbook link at docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/backups.md:153.

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Review comment at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/backups.md around lines 19 -
26:
Add a control-plane recovery procedure to the backups guide, or link to an
authoritative runbook, covering how to retrieve, decrypt, verify, and restore
the K3s datastore and signing key during node rebuilds. Keep the existing
application-archive commands distinct from the control-plane recovery steps.
🟠 Major · Document the inner archive restore steps. · backups.md:136-155

docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/backups.md:136-155
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Document the inner archive restore steps.

The extracted application archive contains influxdb-backup.tar and *-files.tar, but the restore section only says to put files under a generic PVC path. An operator can copy these inner tar files without restoring their contents, leaving service data unavailable. Add the exact archive-to-PVC mapping, extract each *-files.tar, and apply the upstream InfluxDB restore procedure to influxdb-backup.tar before scaling the services up.

Suggested fix
-For the other services, stop the app (`kubectl scale --replicas=0`), put the files back
-in its volume under `/srv/<fast|standard>/volumes/<namespace>/<pvc>/`, and scale it up
-again. Follow the upstream docs for
+For the other services, stop the app (`kubectl scale --replicas=0`). Restore the inner
+archives before scaling the app up: extract each `*-files.tar` into its mapped PVC
+directory under `/srv/<fast|standard>/volumes/<namespace>/<pvc>/`, and use the upstream
+InfluxDB restore procedure with `influxdb-backup.tar`. Do not copy the inner tar files
+into the PVC. Document the exact archive-to-PVC mapping here. Follow the upstream docs for
 [Redis](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/management/persistence/) and
 [InfluxDB](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/admin/backup-restore/restore/).
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Review comment at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/backups.md around lines 136 -
155:
Update the restore instructions in the “Restore the data” section to document
the exact mapping from each inner `*-files.tar` archive to its PVC directory and
instruct operators to extract its contents there, not copy the tar file. Specify
that `influxdb-backup.tar` must be restored using the upstream InfluxDB
procedure before scaling services back up.
🟡 Minor · Scope the boundary statement to current K3s production. · index.md:60-72

docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/index.md:60-72
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Scope the boundary statement to current K3s production.

The unqualified boundary statement can direct operators to use Ansible/Flux for legacy Kubernetes and Helm resources. The Terraform guide assigns those resources to environments/legacy and its separate state. Clarify that the statement applies only to the current K3s production root.

Suggested fix
-Terraform stops at the Azure boundary: it creates the VM, but it doesn't configure
-what runs inside it.
+For the current K3s production root, Terraform stops at the Azure boundary: it
+creates the VM, but it doesn't configure what runs inside it. The
+`environments/legacy` root remains responsible for the legacy AKS Kubernetes and
+Helm resources.
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Review comment at
@docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/index.md around
lines 60 - 72:
Qualify the opening Terraform boundary statement as applying only to the current
K3s production root, and clarify that the environments/legacy root remains
responsible for legacy AKS Kubernetes and Helm resources.

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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at
@docs/infrastructure/02-getting-started/cloud-infrastructure/index.md:
- Around line 60-72: Qualify the opening Terraform boundary statement as
applying only to the current K3s production root, and clarify that the
environments/legacy root remains responsible for legacy AKS Kubernetes and Helm
resources.

Review comments at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/backups.md:
- Around line 19-26: Add a control-plane recovery procedure to the backups
guide, or link to an authoritative runbook, covering how to retrieve, decrypt,
verify, and restore the K3s datastore and signing key during node rebuilds. Keep
the existing application-archive commands distinct from the control-plane
recovery steps.
- Around line 136-155: Update the restore instructions in the “Restore the data”
section to document the exact mapping from each inner `*-files.tar` archive to
its PVC directory and instruct operators to extract its contents there, not copy
the tar file. Specify that `influxdb-backup.tar` must be restored using the
upstream InfluxDB procedure before scaling services back up.

Review comments at @docs/infrastructure/03-Guides/deploy-a-new-app.md:
- Around line 296-323: Update the `images` placeholders in the `Kustomization`
example so the app slug is normalized by replacing hyphens with underscores
before constructing the ResourceSet `inputs` names for `tag` and `digest`. Keep
the existing image configuration and quoting unchanged.

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