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CTO Agent 63aa116ef1 Add dedicated Prometheus data backup CronJob (DEV-465)
After the DEV-464 split, `monitoring/backup-volumes` only backs up
grafana + loki (pinned to k3s-worker-2 with `backup-storage`), leaving
Prometheus data unbacked. `prometheus-data-encrypted` is an RWO Hetzner
Cloud volume attached to whichever node currently runs the Prometheus
pod (typically k3s-worker-1), so it cannot join the shared backup-volumes
job without provoking Multi-Attach errors.

This introduces a dedicated `monitoring/prometheus-backup` CronJob that:

- Streams `prometheus-data-encrypted` to Hetzner S3 via rclone
  (`basicstack-backup/prometheus/prometheus-<DATE>/`).
- Uses `podAffinity` to co-schedule with the Prometheus pod so the RWO
  PVC always attaches on the same node.
- Runs at 03:30 daily, `Forbid` concurrency, 60m hard deadline.
- Retains 7 days of dated backups (rclone delete --min-age 7d).
- Tolerates the expected TSDB compaction race (Prometheus deletes old
  block dirs mid-copy): rclone's non-zero exit from those transient
  errors is captured, then success is validated by comparing dest
  bytes to source bytes (>= 80% and > 100 MiB floor).

S3 credentials are the same Hetzner Object Storage account used by
`opencloud-backup` and `stalwart-backup`, resealed for the `monitoring`
namespace as `SealedSecret monitoring-s3-backup`.

Verified with a manual job on k3s-worker-1 (see DEV-465 for logs).

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-08-09 17:18:21 +00:00
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stack.basicstack.de

CD/CI deployment manifests and configurations for the basicstack.de Kubernetes cluster.

Repository Structure

stack.basicstack.de/
├── apps/                    # Application deployments
│   ├── stalwart/           # Stalwart mail server (example)
│   └── forgejo/            # Forgejo Git service (placeholder)
├── infrastructure/          # Infrastructure-level configurations
│   ├── networking/         # Network policies, ingress, DNS
│   └── monitoring/         # Monitoring, logging, observability
└── docs/                   # Documentation and guides

Purpose

This repository serves as the central source of truth for all deployment configurations targeting the basicstack.de Kubernetes cluster. It follows GitOps principles where infrastructure and application state is declaratively defined and version-controlled.

Directory Details

apps/

Contains deployment configurations for individual applications and services running on the cluster. Each application should have its own subdirectory with:

  • Kubernetes manifests (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, etc.)
  • Helm values files
  • Configuration files
  • Application-specific documentation

Example: The stalwart/ directory contains the complete deployment configuration for the Stalwart mail server, including multiple deployment variants, monitoring setup, and operational guides.

infrastructure/

Contains cluster-wide infrastructure configurations:

  • networking/: Ingress controllers, network policies, DNS configurations, load balancers
  • monitoring/: Prometheus, Grafana, logging infrastructure, observability tools

docs/

General documentation including:

  • Deployment procedures
  • Cluster architecture
  • Troubleshooting guides
  • Best practices

GitOps with Argo CD

This repository is managed via Argo CD, the GitOps deployment platform for the cluster.

All changes pushed to the main branch are automatically synchronized to the cluster. Applications are defined in apps/app-*.yaml files and reference subdirectories for their manifests.

For details on managing applications, repository credentials, troubleshooting, and emergency procedures, see the Argo CD documentation.

Getting Started

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Review the example Stalwart deployment in apps/stalwart/
  3. Follow the pattern for new application deployments
  4. Ensure all manifests are tested before committing
  5. Argo CD will automatically sync changes to the cluster (or use manual sync for critical changes)

Contributing

All changes should be:

  1. Committed with clear, descriptive messages
  2. Tested in a development environment when possible
  3. Documented appropriately
  4. Reviewed before deployment to production

Cluster Information

  • Cluster: basicstack.de
  • Platform: K3s on Hetzner Cloud
  • Namespace Strategy: One namespace per application (recommended)
  • Ingress: Traefik (default K3s ingress controller)