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# Kubernetes Cluster - GitOps Configuration

> **Kubernetes cluster bootstrapping and GitOps configuration repository** using ArgoCD for UpCloud Managed Kubernetes

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## 📚 Complete Documentation

**New developers and operators**: Please refer to our comprehensive documentation for detailed guides and references:

### 🎯 [**START HERE: Documentation Index**](docs/README.md)

| Document | Description | Audience |
|----------|-------------|----------|
| **[GitOps Architecture](docs/GITOPS-ARCHITECTURE.md)** | System architecture, repository structure, GitOps workflows, security model | Everyone (start here) |
| **[Developer Guide](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md)** | Local setup, deploying apps, managing secrets, troubleshooting | Developers |
| **[Operations Runbook](docs/OPERATIONS-RUNBOOK.md)** | Cluster bootstrap, day-to-day operations, incident response, maintenance | Platform Engineers, SREs |
| **[Technical Reference](docs/REFERENCE.md)** | Component specs, Helm charts, ArgoCD config, Kyverno policies, API docs | Everyone (reference) |

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## 🚀 Quick Start

### For New Developers
```bash
# 1. Clone repositories
git clone https://git.forteapps.net/Forte/launchpad.git
git clone ssh://git@git.forteapps.net:2222/Forte/helm-prod-values.git

# 2. Read the guides
# - Start: docs/GITOPS-ARCHITECTURE.md
# - Follow: docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md

# 3. Deploy your first app (see Developer Guide)
```

### For Operators
```bash
# 1. Bootstrap new cluster
./bootstrap.sh

# 2. Verify deployment
kubectl get applications -n argocd
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces

# 3. Read Operations Runbook for day-to-day tasks
```

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## 📋 Overview

This repository contains the complete GitOps configuration for our Kubernetes cluster, using the **App-of-Apps pattern** with ArgoCD.

### What's Inside

- **Infrastructure Applications**: Traefik, Cert-Manager, Kyverno, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Sealed Secrets
- **Business Applications**: MCP10X, MusicMan, Dot-AI Stack, ArgoCD MCP
- **Policies**: Kyverno security policies for secret management, namespace controls, pod verification
- **Monitoring**: Full observability stack with metrics, logs, traces, and alerting
- **Secrets**: Sealed Secrets for secure Git storage

### Key Features

✅ **GitOps-Native**: Git is the single source of truth
✅ **Auto-Sync**: Changes automatically deployed (60s reconciliation)
✅ **Self-Healing**: Manual cluster changes are reverted
✅ **Multi-Source**: Separate chart templates from configuration
✅ **Policy Enforcement**: Kyverno ensures security and compliance
✅ **Authentication**: Automatic sidecar injection (token & OIDC support)
✅ **TLS Everywhere**: Automatic Let's Encrypt certificates
✅ **Full Observability**: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo integration

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## 🗂️ Repository Structure

```
.
├── bootstrap.sh                # Cluster initialization script
├── _app-of-apps.yaml          # Root ArgoCD Application (App-of-Apps pattern)
│
├── infra/                     # Infrastructure ArgoCD Applications (Kustomize multi-cluster)
│   ├── base/                  # Base ArgoCD Application manifests (EU defaults)
│   │   ├── kustomization.yaml
│   │   ├── traefik-application.yaml
│   │   ├── keycloak.yaml
│   │   ├── grafana.yaml
│   │   ├── gitea.yaml
│   │   ├── gitea-actions.yaml
│   │   ├── tempo.yaml
│   │   ├── renovate.yaml
│   │   ├── ...                # All other Application manifests
│   │   └── secrets.yaml
│   ├── overlays/              # Per-cluster overrides
│   │   ├── upc-dev/           # UpCloud Dev cluster (uses base as-is)
│   │   └── upc-prod/         # UpCloud Prod cluster (patches value paths)
│   ├── dashboards/            # Grafana dashboard ConfigMaps
│   └── values/                # Helm value overrides
│       ├── base/              # Shared values (all clusters)
│       ├── upc-dev/           # UpCloud Dev-specific values
│       └── upc-prod/         # UpCloud Prod-specific values
│
├── apps/                      # Business Applications
│   ├── mcp10x.yaml
│   ├── musicman.yaml
│   ├── dot-ai-stack.yaml
│   └── argo-mcp.yaml
│
├── cluster-resources/         # Cluster-wide Kubernetes resources
│   ├── letsencrypt-issuer.yaml
│   ├── kyverno-config.yaml
│   ├── *-sealed.yaml          # Sealed secrets
│   └── policies/              # Kyverno policies
│       ├── secret-cloner.yaml
│       ├── default-ns-blocker.yaml
│       ├── bare-pod-cleaner.yaml
│       └── auth-sidecar-injector.yaml
│
├── secrets/                   # Application secrets (sealed)
│   └── *-credentials-sealed.yaml
│
├── private/                   # Local-only files (Git-ignored)
│   └── *.yaml                 # Unsealed secrets (never committed)
│
└── docs/                      # 📚 Comprehensive documentation
    ├── README.md              # Documentation index
    ├── GITOPS-ARCHITECTURE.md # Architecture guide
    ├── DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md     # Developer onboarding
    ├── OPERATIONS-RUNBOOK.md  # Operations procedures
    └── REFERENCE.md           # Technical reference
```

**See [GitOps Architecture - Repository Structure](docs/GITOPS-ARCHITECTURE.md#repository-structure) for detailed explanation.**

---

## 🏗️ Architecture

### Three-Repository Pattern

| Repository | Purpose | Who Edits | How Often |
|------------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| **[launchpad](https://git.forteapps.net/Forte/launchpad)** (this repo) | ArgoCD Applications, cluster resources | Platform / DevOps engineers | ✅ Often |
| **[forte-helm](https://git.forteapps.net/Forte/forte-helm)** | Generic Helm chart templates | Platform engineers | ❌ Rarely |
| **[helm-prod-values](ssh://git@git.forteapps.net:2222/Forte/helm-prod-values.git)** | App-specific configuration & versions | Developers / CI pipelines | ✅ Sometimes |

### GitOps Workflow

```
Developer commits code → CI/CD builds image → Updates helm-prod-values → ArgoCD syncs → Deployed to cluster
```

**Learn more**: [GitOps Architecture - GitOps Workflow](docs/GITOPS-ARCHITECTURE.md#gitops-workflow)

---

## 🔧 Common Tasks

### Deploy a New Application

**See detailed guide**: [Developer Guide - Deploying Your First Application](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#deploying-your-first-application)

**Quick version**:
1. Create `apps/myapp.yaml` (ArgoCD Application manifest)
2. Create `helm-prod-values/myapp/values.yaml` (configuration)
3. Create sealed secrets if needed
4. Commit and push - ArgoCD auto-syncs!

### Update an Existing Application

**See detailed guide**: [Developer Guide - Updating an Existing Application](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#updating-an-existing-application)

**Quick version**:
- **Update code**: Push to app repo → CI/CD updates image tag in helm-prod-values
- **Update config**: Edit `helm-prod-values/myapp/values.yaml` → commit → push

### Manage Secrets

**See detailed guide**: [Developer Guide - Working with Secrets](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#working-with-secrets)

```bash
# Create plain secret
kubectl create secret generic myapp-creds \
  --from-literal=KEY=value \
  --dry-run=client -o yaml > private/myapp-creds.yaml

# Seal it
kubeseal --format=yaml --cert=pub-cert.pem \
  < private/myapp-creds.yaml > secrets/myapp-creds-sealed.yaml

# Commit sealed version
git add secrets/myapp-creds-sealed.yaml
git commit -m "Add myapp credentials"
git push
```

### Enable Authentication

**See detailed guide**: [Developer Guide - Enabling Authentication](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#enabling-authentication-for-applications)

**Quick version**:
```yaml
# In helm-prod-values/myapp/values.yaml

# Token-based auth (simple)
auth:
  enabled: true
  type: token
  tokens:
  - your-secret-token-here

# OIDC auth (SSO)
auth:
  enabled: true
  type: oidc
  oidc:
    authority: https://auth.example.com/realms/master
    clientId: myapp
```

Then create OIDC secret (if using OIDC):
```bash
kubectl create secret generic auth-oidc \
  --from-literal=client-secret=your-oidc-secret \
  --from-literal=cookie-secret=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
  --namespace=myapp | \
  kubeseal --format=yaml --cert=pub-cert.pem --namespace=myapp | \
  kubectl apply -f -
```

### Bootstrap Cluster

**See detailed guide**: [Operations Runbook - Cluster Bootstrap](docs/OPERATIONS-RUNBOOK.md#cluster-bootstrap)

```bash
# Initialize new cluster
./bootstrap.sh

# Verify
kubectl get applications -n argocd
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
```

---

## 🛠️ Quick Reference

### Monitor Applications

```bash
# List all ArgoCD applications
kubectl get applications -n argocd

# Watch sync status
kubectl get applications -n argocd -w

# Check specific application
kubectl describe application myapp -n argocd

# View application logs
kubectl logs -n myapp <pod-name>
```

### Access UIs

```bash
# ArgoCD UI
kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443
# Access: https://localhost:8080 (no auth required)

# Grafana
kubectl port-forward -n monitoring svc/grafana 3000:80
# Access: http://localhost:3000

# Prometheus
kubectl port-forward -n monitoring svc/prometheus-server 9090:80
# Access: http://localhost:9090
```

### Troubleshooting

```bash
# Check pod status
kubectl get pods -n myapp

# View pod logs
kubectl logs -n myapp <pod-name>

# Check pod events
kubectl describe pod -n myapp <pod-name>

# Check ArgoCD sync errors
kubectl describe application myapp -n argocd

# Force sync
kubectl patch application myapp -n argocd \
  --type merge -p '{"metadata":{"annotations":{"argocd.argoproj.io/refresh":"hard"}}}'
```

**Full troubleshooting guide**: [Developer Guide - Troubleshooting](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#troubleshooting)

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## 🔐 Security

### Secret Management
- ✅ Sealed Secrets for Git storage
- ✅ Kyverno auto-clones secrets to namespaces
- ❌ Never commit plain secrets

### Network Security
- ✅ All traffic TLS-encrypted (Let's Encrypt)
- ✅ HTTP → HTTPS redirect
- ✅ Traefik IngressRoute per application

### Policy Enforcement
- ✅ Kyverno policies for security
- ✅ Default namespace blocked
- ✅ Bare pods not allowed
- ✅ Optional authentication sidecar injection

**Learn more**: [GitOps Architecture - Security Model](docs/GITOPS-ARCHITECTURE.md#security-model)

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## 📊 Infrastructure Components

| Component | Purpose | Namespace | Replicas |
|-----------|---------|-----------|----------|
| **ArgoCD** | GitOps controller | `argocd` | 1 |
| **Traefik** | Ingress controller | `traefik` | 2 |
| **Cert-Manager** | TLS certificates | `cert-manager` | 1 |
| **Kyverno** | Policy engine | `kyverno` | 1 |
| **Sealed Secrets** | Secret encryption | `kube-system` | 1 |
| **Prometheus** | Metrics | `monitoring` | 1 |
| **Grafana** | Dashboards | `monitoring` | 1 |
| **Loki** | Logs | `monitoring` | 1 |
| **Tempo** | Distributed tracing | `monitoring` | 1 |
| **Fluent-Bit** | Log shipping | `monitoring` | DaemonSet |
| **OpenCost** | Cost monitoring | `monitoring` | 1 |
| **Renovate** | Dependency updates | `renovate` | CronJob |
| **Trivy** | Vulnerability scanning | `trivy-system` | 1 |

**Full specs**: [Technical Reference - Infrastructure Components](docs/REFERENCE.md#infrastructure-components)

---

## 🌐 Domains & Networking

- **Local development**: `*.127.0.0.1.nip.io`
- **Production**: `*.forteapps.net`
- **DNS**: Manual configuration (contact platform team)
- **TLS**: Automatic via Let's Encrypt

---

## 📖 Key Concepts

### App-of-Apps Pattern
`_app-of-apps.yaml` is the root Application that manages all other Applications in `infra/`. Kustomize overlays in `infra/overlays/{upc-dev,upc-prod}/` render the base Applications with per-cluster patches (e.g., swapping value file paths from `upc-dev` to `upc-prod`).

### Multi-Source Pattern
Applications reference both:
1. **Helm charts** from `forte-helm` (templates)
2. **Values** from `helm-prod-values` (configuration)

This separates reusable templates from environment-specific config.

### Sync Waves
Applications deploy in order using `argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave`:
- Wave `-1`: Namespaces
- Wave `0`: Kyverno (policies)
- Wave `1`: Infrastructure
- Wave `2+`: Applications

### Auto-Sync & Self-Heal
- **Auto-Sync**: ArgoCD automatically deploys Git changes (60s polling)
- **Self-Heal**: Manual cluster changes are reverted to match Git
- **Prune**: Deleted resources in Git are removed from cluster

**Learn more**: [GitOps Architecture - GitOps Workflow](docs/GITOPS-ARCHITECTURE.md#gitops-workflow)

---

## ⚙️ Configuration

### ArgoCD Settings
- **Reconciliation**: Every 60 seconds
- **Sync timeout**: 5 minutes per application
- **Retry policy**: 5 attempts with exponential backoff
- **Authentication**: Disabled (internal use only)

### Application Defaults
- **Auto-sync**: Enabled
- **Self-heal**: Enabled
- **Prune**: Enabled
- **Validation**: Server-side validation enabled
- **Server-side apply**: Enabled

**Full configuration**: [Technical Reference - ArgoCD Configuration](docs/REFERENCE.md#argocd-configuration)

---

## 🆘 Getting Help

### Documentation
1. **Start here**: [Documentation Index](docs/README.md)
2. **For development**: [Developer Guide](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md)
3. **For operations**: [Operations Runbook](docs/OPERATIONS-RUNBOOK.md)
4. **For reference**: [Technical Reference](docs/REFERENCE.md)

### Support
- **Slack**: #platform-support
- **Issues**: Contact platform team
- **Emergencies**: Escalate via Slack

### Common Questions

| Question | Answer |
|----------|--------|
| How do I deploy an app? | [Developer Guide - Deploying Your First Application](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#deploying-your-first-application) |
| How do I manage secrets? | [Developer Guide - Working with Secrets](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#working-with-secrets) |
| App won't sync? | [Developer Guide - Troubleshooting](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#troubleshooting) |
| How do I bootstrap a cluster? | [Operations Runbook - Cluster Bootstrap](docs/OPERATIONS-RUNBOOK.md#cluster-bootstrap) |
| Where are the logs? | [Operations Runbook - Monitoring & Alerting](docs/OPERATIONS-RUNBOOK.md#monitoring--alerting) |

---

## 🤝 Contributing

### Adding a New Application
1. Read [Developer Guide - Deploying Your First Application](docs/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md#deploying-your-first-application)
2. Create ArgoCD Application manifest in `apps/`
3. Create Helm values in `helm-prod-values/`
4. Create sealed secrets if needed
5. Commit and push - ArgoCD handles the rest!

### Modifying Infrastructure
1. Read [Operations Runbook](docs/OPERATIONS-RUNBOOK.md)
2. Update relevant files in `infra/` or `cluster-resources/`
3. Test changes in isolated namespace if possible
4. Commit and push
5. Monitor sync status in Slack/ArgoCD UI

### Updating Documentation
Documentation lives in `docs/`. To update:
1. Edit relevant markdown file
2. Update "Last Updated" date
3. Submit PR or push directly
4. Notify team of significant changes

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## 📝 Notes

### Current Environment
- **Provider**: UpCloud Managed Kubernetes
- **Environment**: Production (internal use only)
- **Clusters**: Multi-cluster (upc-dev, upc-prod) via Kustomize overlays
- **Auth**: Disabled for ArgoCD (internal access)
- **Backup**: None (cluster rebuildable via GitOps)

### Known Limitations
- No automated backups (yet)
- Secret rotation not automated
- Multi-cluster limited to upc-dev and upc-prod environments
- DNS management is manual

**Future improvements**: See [Operations Runbook - Disaster Recovery](docs/OPERATIONS-RUNBOOK.md#disaster-recovery)

---

## 📚 Additional Resources

### External Documentation
- [ArgoCD Documentation](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/)
- [Kyverno Documentation](https://kyverno.io/docs/)
- [Traefik Documentation](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/)
- [Cert-Manager Documentation](https://cert-manager.io/docs/)
- [Grafana Tempo Documentation](https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/)
- [Sealed Secrets](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets)

### Related Repositories
- [forte-helm](https://git.forteapps.net/Forte/forte-helm) - Helm chart templates
- [helm-prod-values](git@github.com:fortedigital/helm-prod-values.git) - Application values

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## 📄 License

Internal use only. Not for public distribution.

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## 👥 Maintainers

**Platform Team**
- Contact: #platform-support on Slack
- Issues: Create issue in repository or contact team directly

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**Last Updated**: 2026-03-16
**Documentation Version**: 1.0.0

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