Controller now reaches the kube-API directly through the pfSense NAT (192.168.2.50:6443 -> kube-vip VIP 192.168.1.49:6443), validating TLS against the VIP via tls-server-name. Removes the dev.sh SSH-tunnel scaffolding and updates the ansible source-of-truth so a rebuild regenerates a direct-access kubeconfig. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>