jakman85andClaude Opus 5
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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]>