feat(prod): SOPS decryption (same age key as dev) + GitOps source on main
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Operator decisions, 2026-09-01:
  1. Prod uses the SAME SOPS age key as dev.
  2. Prod tracks the SAME BRANCH as dev (`main`). Dev is a temporary instance and will be
     decommissioned once prod is deemed stable.

SOPS: eight `decryption: {provider: sops, secretRef: sops-age}` patches mirroring dev
exactly — platform, apps-wave-0/1/2, oauth2-proxy, headlamp, crafty, velero. The sops-age
Secret is still created OUT OF BAND on prod (bootstrap/sops/install-age-key.sh); the
overlay references it by name only, never inlines key material.

RECORDED CONSEQUENCE of the shared branch: once prod is live, EVERY MERGE TO main
RECONCILES BOTH CLUSTERS. There is no promotion step and no soak window — dev and prod
move together. That is a deliberate consequence of dev being temporary, not an oversight,
but it removes the "prove it on dev first" safety net that the last few days have leaned
on heavily. Worth revisiting if dev outlives its expected life.

*** BOOTSTRAP BLOCKER recorded, NOT papered over *** — the source URL cannot work on a
cold prod cluster, for two independent reasons found while wiring this:

1. SELF-HOSTING CIRCULARITY. Gitea runs ON THE DEV CLUSTER — the one slated for
   decommission. Prod syncing from it means prod's source of truth lives inside the
   cluster being retired. Gitea must move to prod (or off-cluster) BEFORE dev is torn
   down. This makes Gitea migration the FIRST task of the decommission plan, not the last.

2. SPLIT-HORIZON DNS SENDS IT TO THE WRONG PLACE. platform/coredns/coredns-custom.yaml
   answers the ENTIRE home.keithjackson.dev zone with ${GATEWAY_VIP} via a template
   plugin. On prod that is 192.168.2.20 — PROD's own gateway, where no Gitea listens. Prod
   Flux would resolve gitea.home.keithjackson.dev to itself and never reach a repository.
   This is the same split-horizon mechanism that makes dev work, inverted against us.

Bring-up therefore needs a TEMPORARY source (the bootstrap host-Gitea, or an off-cluster
mirror) with a cutover to the in-cluster URL once Gitea actually runs on prod — precisely
the sequence docs/05 describes for dev's own Phase-6 cutover. The branch is settled and
correct; only the host is blocked. Documented at the patch site and in
PROD-PROVISIONING.md §7.

Gate: MERGE GATE: PASS.

Serves: R-SEC-01, R-GITOPS-01, R-ENV-02, R-ENV-03. Task: T-7.1.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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@@ -20,6 +20,129 @@ resources:
- ../base
- sync.yaml # self-managing root Kustomization -> ./clusters/prod (REQUIRED: see below)
patches:
# --- SOPS decryption (operator decision 2026-09-01: prod uses the SAME age key as dev) ---
# Mirrors clusters/dev exactly, one stanza per Kustomization that carries encrypted Secrets.
# The `sops-age` Secret is created OUT OF BAND on the prod cluster
# (bootstrap/sops/install-age-key.sh) — referenced by NAME only, never inlined.
# Add a stanza here whenever `render.py --emit-waves` introduces a new deepest wave.
- patch: |-
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
name: platform
namespace: flux-system
spec:
decryption:
provider: sops
secretRef:
name: sops-age
- patch: |-
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
name: apps-wave-0
namespace: flux-system
spec:
decryption:
provider: sops
secretRef:
name: sops-age
- patch: |-
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
name: apps-wave-1
namespace: flux-system
spec:
decryption:
provider: sops
secretRef:
name: sops-age
- patch: |-
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
name: apps-wave-2
namespace: flux-system
spec:
decryption:
provider: sops
secretRef:
name: sops-age
- patch: |-
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
name: oauth2-proxy
namespace: flux-system
spec:
decryption:
provider: sops
secretRef:
name: sops-age
- patch: |-
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
name: headlamp
namespace: flux-system
spec:
decryption:
provider: sops
secretRef:
name: sops-age
- patch: |-
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
name: crafty
namespace: flux-system
spec:
decryption:
provider: sops
secretRef:
name: sops-age
- patch: |-
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
name: velero
namespace: flux-system
spec:
decryption:
provider: sops
secretRef:
name: sops-age
# --- GitOps source (operator decision 2026-09-01: prod tracks the SAME BRANCH as dev) ---
#
# *** BOOTSTRAP BLOCKER — this URL CANNOT work on a cold prod cluster. READ BEFORE BRING-UP. ***
#
# Two independent reasons, both consequences of the split-horizon design:
# 1. SELF-HOSTING CIRCULARITY. Gitea runs ON THE DEV CLUSTER. Prod syncing from it means prod's
# GitOps source lives inside the very cluster slated for decommission. Gitea must move to
# prod (or off-cluster) BEFORE dev is retired, or prod loses its source of truth.
# 2. SPLIT-HORIZON DNS SENDS IT TO THE WRONG PLACE. platform/coredns/coredns-custom.yaml
# answers the ENTIRE home.keithjackson.dev zone with ${GATEWAY_VIP}. On prod that is
# 192.168.2.20 — PROD's own gateway, where no Gitea is listening. Prod's Flux would resolve
# gitea.home.keithjackson.dev to itself and never reach a repository.
#
# Bring-up therefore needs a TEMPORARY source (the bootstrap host-Gitea, or an off-cluster
# mirror), with a cutover to the in-cluster URL once Gitea actually runs on prod — exactly the
# sequence docs/05 describes for dev's own Phase-6 cutover. Tracked in PROD-PROVISIONING.md §7.
#
# The BRANCH below is settled and correct: prod tracks `main`, the same branch as dev.
# CONSEQUENCE, recorded deliberately: once prod is live, EVERY MERGE TO main RECONCILES BOTH
# CLUSTERS. There is no promotion step and no soak window — dev and prod move together.
- patch: |-
apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: GitRepository
metadata:
name: flux-system
namespace: flux-system
spec:
url: https://gitea.home.keithjackson.dev/Home-Network/home-network-k3s-impl.git
ref:
branch: main
- target:
kind: ConfigMap
name: cluster-vars
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@@ -317,13 +317,26 @@ no extra vars is byte-for-byte the dev behaviour it always had (verified by a be
*load-bearing*, not cosmetic: `clusters/base/platform.yaml` now carries
`dependsOn: [flux-system]`, so without a root object on prod, `platform` would block
forever on a dependency that does not exist and nothing downstream would reconcile.
- [ ] **SOPS decryption** — `clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml` patches every Kustomization with
`decryption: {provider: sops, secretRef: sops-age}`. Prod has no equivalent, so every
SOPS-encrypted Secret would fail to decrypt. Needs the prod age key decision first
(same key as dev, or a prod-specific key — a real security choice, not a copy).
- [ ] **GitRepository source URL** — dev patches in the real Gitea URL. Prod needs its own,
plus a decision on whether prod tracks the same branch as dev or a separate one.
Tracking the same branch means a dev-facing merge reconciles prod.
- [x] **SOPS decryption** — DONE. Operator decision 2026-09-01: **prod uses the SAME age key
as dev**. Eight `decryption: {provider: sops, secretRef: sops-age}` patches mirror dev
exactly. The `sops-age` Secret is still created OUT OF BAND on the prod cluster
(`bootstrap/sops/install-age-key.sh`) — the overlay references it by name only.
- [~] **GitRepository source** — BRANCH settled, URL still blocked. Operator decision
2026-09-01: **prod tracks `main`, the same branch as dev**, because dev is temporary and
will be decommissioned once prod is stable. Recorded consequence: once prod is live,
**every merge to `main` reconciles BOTH clusters** — no promotion step, no soak window.
The URL is patched in but **cannot work on a cold prod cluster**, for two independent
reasons found 2026-09-01:
1. **Self-hosting circularity** — Gitea runs on the DEV cluster, the one slated for
decommission. Gitea must move to prod (or off-cluster) BEFORE dev is retired, or prod
loses its source of truth. **This is the decommission plan's first task, not its last.**
2. **Split-horizon sends it to the wrong place** — `coredns-custom` answers the entire
`home.keithjackson.dev` zone with `${GATEWAY_VIP}`, which on prod is `192.168.2.20`:
prod's OWN gateway, where no Gitea listens. Prod's Flux would resolve
`gitea.home.keithjackson.dev` to itself and never reach a repository.
Bring-up needs a TEMPORARY source (bootstrap host-Gitea, or an off-cluster mirror) and a
cutover once Gitea runs on prod — the same sequence `docs/05` describes for dev's own
Phase-6 cutover.
- [ ] Confirm prod's backup target: dev's S3 (`versitygw` on the Proxmox host, `192.168.1.9`) is on
the dev side of the network. Off-cluster backup is DR-critical (R-STATE-03).