correction: credential-forward + unified graph; activate SOPS (author-first)

Operator directive: don't diverge architecture to avoid asking for credentials;
provision them upfront via SOPS and keep the existing (unified) graph.

Roadmap reconciliation: Phase 2 = Network/Storage/TLS/DNS/Ingress, so
cert-manager/externaldns/gateway (the credential-gated pieces) ARE Phase 2;
monitoring is Phase 4. Earlier A2/rollout scope was inverted by credential-avoidance.

Reverts (credential-driven): remove clusters/dev/rollout/ + the $patch:delete's;
restore unified base graph (dev = ../base + cluster-vars + SOPS decryption,
R-ENV-02 intact); restore monitoring files (Phase 4). Kept non-credential
improvements: tofu for_each/rejoin, Kyverno parametrization + webhook excludes.

platform/kustomization.yaml now phased (single shared list): Phase-2 set =
kyverno, cilium, longhorn, cert-manager, externaldns, gateway; later components
commented with phase markers.

SOPS activated: .sops.yaml at repo root; bootstrap/sops/secret-templates/*.yaml.example
for all secrets (cloudflare x2, grafana, alertmanager-smtp, keycloak, oauth2-proxy, pia);
bootstrap/sops/CREDENTIALS.md checklist; pre-wired commented cloudflare-api-token lines
in cert-manager + externaldns; filled non-secret ACME email. Agents never touch real
secret values (operator encrypts).

Validated: kubectl kustomize dev(unified)/prod/platform(Phase-2 only), templates inert,
make -C ci gate PASS.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>

clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml

@@ -2,38 +2,39 @@
 # clusters/dev — the ACTIVE build target overlay.
 #
 # `flux bootstrap ... --path=clusters/dev` points the dev cluster's Flux here.
-# TRANSITIONAL (Phase-2 bootstrap): this overlay reuses the base source + cluster-vars, but
-# REPLACES the monolithic base `platform`/`apps` Kustomizations with a per-component NO-SECRET
-# rollout (./rollout) — so dev brings up cilium/longhorn/monitoring/kyverno in order WITHOUT
-# dragging in the secret-blocked components. It patches cluster-vars with dev values (R-ENV-02)
-# and softens Kyverno for bootstrap. CONVERGENCE: delete ./rollout + the two $patch:delete
-# below to return to the unified base graph once all operator hand-offs land. See DECISIONS-LOG.
+# This overlay adds NO resources of its own. Its ONLY job is to patch the shared cluster-vars
+# ConfigMap with dev-scoped values (R-ENV-02). The base reconciliation graph is reused verbatim.
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - ../base
-  - rollout
 patches:
-  # --- Drop the monolithic base platform/apps Kustomizations. They reconcile ALL 11 components
-  #     as one unit (incl. secret-blocked cert-manager/externaldns/velero/keycloak/oauth2-proxy/
-  #     image-automation/gateway/kubevirt); ./rollout replaces them with the per-component
-  #     no-secret set for dev bootstrap. Remove these two deletes to re-adopt the unified graph.
-  #     (No decryption patch is needed here: the rollout components carry no SOPS content, so
-  #     the `sops-age` Secret is not required for the dev bootstrap tier.) ---
+  # --- SOPS decryption + bootstrap source (PM-inlined from bootstrap/flux/patches/, 2026-08-16) ---
+  # Inlined (not cross-dir file refs) to stay within kustomize's default load restrictions.
+  # Realises the commented decryption TODOs in clusters/base and sets the real source URL.
+  # The `sops-age` Secret is created out-of-band (bootstrap/sops/install-age-key.sh) — name only.
   - patch: |-
-      $patch: delete
       apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
       kind: Kustomization
       metadata:
         name: platform
         namespace: flux-system
+      spec:
+        decryption:
+          provider: sops
+          secretRef:
+            name: sops-age
   - patch: |-
-      $patch: delete
       apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
       kind: Kustomization
       metadata:
         name: apps
         namespace: flux-system
+      spec:
+        decryption:
+          provider: sops
+          secretRef:
+            name: sops-age
   - patch: |-
       apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
       kind: GitRepository
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ patches:
         path: /data/VELERO_RETENTION
         value: "72h"
       # dev-softened Kyverno for cold-start (base defaults Enforce/Fail/3 = prod posture).
+      # Not credential-driven — bootstrap-safety knobs so a cold cluster comes up before
+      # admission is proven/HA; flip dev to the strict posture once green.
       - op: replace
         path: /data/KYVERNO_VALIDATION_ACTION
         value: "Audit"
@@ -93,8 +96,3 @@ patches:
       - op: replace
         path: /data/KYVERNO_ADMISSION_REPLICAS
         value: "1"
-      # dev: no Grafana admin Secret yet → empty makes the chart use its default admin password
-      # (dev-only, NAT-isolated). Prod keeps the by-name SOPS secret from the base default.
-      - op: replace
-        path: /data/GRAFANA_ADMIN_SECRET
-        value: ""