## Why
The grafana-operator estate has no dashboard for Redis/Valkey; redis_exporter instances are being added in a parallel PR and need visibility.
## Changes
- Adds `apps/base/grafana/dashboards/redis.yaml`, a GrafanaDashboard CR embedding grafana.com dashboard 763 ("Redis Dashboard for Prometheus Redis Exporter 1.x") as gzipJson like the sibling dashboards, with namespace/instance template variables over `redis_up` for multi-instance use and all datasource refs pinned to the VictoriaMetrics datasource uid (`det2y55dac4jkc`), registered in the grafana kustomization
Reviewed-on: #396
Co-authored-by: unkin-agent <unkin-agent@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: unkin-agent <unkin-agent@unkin.net>
Final step of the ec migration: the old buckets were purged in #315, so the operator will now create fresh ones on the ec placement target. Restores the nine Bucket CRs with placementTarget: ec and retainOnDelete: true (purge disabled again for safety).
- re-add the nine cnpg backup Bucket resources on ec, retainOnDelete: true
Reviewed-on: #316
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Step 2 of the ec placement migration: with purge-on-delete now allowed (#313), removing the Bucket CRs makes the operator delete the underlying RGW buckets and their objects, freeing the names to be recreated on ec in step 3.
- remove the nine cnpg backup Bucket resources
- keep ObjectStoreUser and ScheduledBackup so the backup-s3 secrets and schedules survive
Reviewed-on: #315
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Authentik is canonical at https://identity.unkin.net, served by the internal
unkin.net CA. Grafana, LiteLLM and NetBox failed OIDC discovery because their
images don't trust that CA (x509: unknown authority); NetBox also still pointed
at the secondary admin host.
- grafana: mount the reflected vault-ca-cert; set generic_oauth `tls_client_ca`.
- litellm: `combine-certs` init builds public+internal CA bundle; `SSL_CERT_FILE`
+ `REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE` point at it.
- netbox: flip OIDC issuer to identity.unkin.net; same combine bundle for
python-social-auth (`requests`).
- docs: record the Rancher manual runtime step (issuer + CA in the auth config).
Validated: kustomize build + kubeconform + pre-commit.
https://claude.ai/code/session_015ur3i7D2azsMAWTSVABApv
Reviewed-on: #314
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Step 1 of moving the CNPG backup buckets to ec placement: RGW can't move an existing bucket, so they must be dropped and recreated. This lets the operator actually delete the buckets (with their objects) when the CRs are removed in step 2.
- set retainOnDelete: false and purgeOnDelete: true on all nine cnpg backup Bucket CRs
- leave ObjectStoreUser/BucketAccess untouched so the backup-s3 secrets persist
Reviewed-on: #313
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
cephrgw-operator v0.4.0 adds immutable placementTarget selection on Buckets; the nine CNPG backup buckets should live on the ec (4/1) placement instead of 3-replica. Existing buckets cannot change placement, so after this merges the buckets get deleted and recreated on ec and fresh base backups are triggered (day-old backups are accepted losses, per Ben).
- bump cephrgw-operator image and CRD ref to v0.4.0
- add placementTarget: ec to all nine cnpg backup Bucket CRs
Reviewed-on: #312
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
## Why
None of the 8 CNPG Postgres clusters in this repo had **any** backup configured. A
lost PVC, a fat-fingered migration, or a bad app deploy meant permanent, unrecoverable
data loss for authentik, litellm, artifactapi, woodpecker, puppet, encapi, paperclip
and grafana. This adds continuous WAL archiving + a nightly base backup to Ceph RGW for
every cluster, plus code-forward restore docs.
## What
- **`spec.backup.barmanObjectStore`** on each `cnpg_cluster.yaml` — turns on continuous
WAL archiving to `s3://cnpg-<app>`, WAL compressed with zstd, base backups with bzip2,
30-day retention. TLS to `s3.ceph.unkin.net` is trusted via the reflected
`vault-ca-cert` (`endpointCA`).
- **`cnpg_backup.yaml`** per app — a cephrgw `ObjectStoreUser` + `Bucket` (operator
provisions the bucket and mints the S3 key into `cnpg-<app>-backup-s3`; **nothing is
hardcoded**) and a staggered nightly `ScheduledBackup`.
- **`schemas/ceph.unkin.net/*.json`** — the three cephrgw CRD schemas so kubeconform can
validate the new CRs.
- **`docs/`** — new docs folder (README index + `cnpg-backups.md` + `cnpg-restore.md`).
## Design decisions (answers to the open questions)
**One bucket for all, or per-database?** → **Per-database (one bucket + owner user per
cluster).** The cephrgw CRDs are namespace-scoped (`BucketRef`/`OwnerRef` resolve only
*within the same namespace*), and CNPG reads its S3 credential Secret from its *own*
namespace. A single shared bucket would require either cross-namespace bucket refs
(unsupported) or hand-copying the S3 secret into all 8 namespaces (defeats "operator
mints the keys"). Per-namespace `s3://cnpg-<app>` with a dedicated owner user is the
simplest correct topology and needs zero manual seeding. Each user owns exactly one
bucket, so owner-level (full) access is already tightly scoped — no extra `BucketAccess`
grant needed.
**Backup mechanism.** The deployed CNPG operator is **v1.28** (helm chart
`cloudnative-pg-0.27.0`, appVersion 1.28.0). 1.26+ deprecates the in-tree
`barmanObjectStore` in favour of the Barman Cloud Plugin, but the plugin is **not
deployed**, and `barmanObjectStore` is still fully functional on 1.28. So this uses the
in-tree mechanism. Migrating to the plugin is a follow-up (noted in `docs/cnpg-backups.md`).
## Schedule / retention (defaults — Ben to adjust)
| App | Cluster | Bucket | Nightly base backup |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| authentik | postgres | cnpg-authentik | 01:00 |
| litellm | litellm-postgres | cnpg-litellm | 01:20 |
| artifactapi | postgres | cnpg-artifactapi | 01:40 |
| woodpecker | woodpecker-postgres | cnpg-woodpecker | 02:00 |
| puppet | puppet-postgres | cnpg-puppet | 02:20 |
| encapi | postgres | cnpg-encapi | 02:40 |
| paperclip | paperclip-postgres | cnpg-paperclip | 03:00 |
| grafana | postgres | cnpg-grafana | 03:20 |
Retention is **30d** across the board — flagged as a default to tune per cluster.
Schedules are staggered 20 min apart so 8 base backups don't hit RGW at once.
## Validation
- `kustomize build --enable-helm` + `kubeconform` (repo CI args, incl. the new ceph
schemas) pass on all 8 affected overlays (paperclip validated at base — it has no
overlay yet). ceph CRs resolve their schemas (`Skipped: 0`).
- `pre-commit run` passes on all changed files (yamllint, no-plain-secrets, etc.).
- Note: a full `ci/validate-apps.sh` run aborts locally on the unrelated
`cattle-system` overlay (`chart requires kubeVersion < 1.35 vs host helm v1.36.0`) —
pre-existing, reproduces on `origin/main`, unrelated to this change.
## Notes / caveats
- No overlap with the woodpecker chart-bump PR (#297, overlay files only) or the logging
PR (#296) beyond the three **identical** generated `schemas/ceph.unkin.net/*.json`
files, which merge cleanly whichever lands first.
- Credentials: no manual seeding — the cephrgw-operator mints the RGW user + keys. The
only prerequisite is the operator being healthy (it is, in `cephrgw-system`).
## Follow-ups
- Barman Cloud Plugin migration (deploy plugin, move clusters to `ObjectStore` CRs).
- Tune per-cluster retention / schedule if the defaults don't fit.
https://claude.ai/code/session_015ur3i7D2azsMAWTSVABApv
Reviewed-on: #298
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
## Why
Consume the two-tier Authentik RBAC from terraform-authentik#7. Grafana should grant Admin to the `akP-grafana-admin` permission group, which `akR-global-admin` members inherit.
## Change
- **grafana.yaml** (`auth.generic_oauth`): add `ak_groups` to `scopes`; `role_attribute_path` now keys off `ak_groups` and `akP-grafana-admin` (replaces the flat `grafana-admins`). Non-admins who can log in (gated to `akP-grafana-*` by the Authentik access policy) get Viewer; `role_attribute_strict: false` retained.
## Depends on
terraform-authentik#7 (creates `akP-grafana-admin`, the access binding, and the `ak_groups` mapping).
## Validation
`kustomize build` (base + overlay) renders; pre-commit clean.
Reviewed-on: #264
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Follow-up to #239, pairing with the CNPG VMPodScrape (#242). Imports the **CloudNativePG** dashboard (grafana.com 20417) as a `GrafanaDashboard` (gzipJson, datasources resolved to the in-cluster VictoriaMetrics uid). Now that #242 collects the postgres metrics, this dashboard renders real data for all CNPG clusters.
Reviewed-on: #243
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
## Why
Deploys Grafana in-cluster (observability project) via the grafana-operator, mirroring the puppet Grafana but modernised — **CNPG** for state, **Authentik OIDC** for auth — and ports the live datasource + dashboards in as CRs.
Depends on: grafana-operator (#235, merged), grafana schemas (#236, merged), Authentik OIDC (terraform-authentik #2), Vault seeds (done), and `^grafana/` image proxy (terraform-artifactapi #5).
## Changes (`apps/base/grafana`)
- **CNPG** postgres Cluster + rw Pooler (db `grafana`); **VaultAuth** + **VaultStaticSecrets** pulling `postgres`/`oauth` credentials from `kv/kubernetes/namespace/grafana/default/*`.
- **Grafana CR**: postgres backend via the pooler; Authentik `generic_oauth` (client id/secret from the Vault-synced secret, openid/email/profile scopes, group→role mapping); `root_url` grafana.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net.
- **1 GrafanaDatasource** — k8s VictoriaMetrics via the operator `vmselect-main` service; reuses the previous default datasource uid so the imported dashboards resolve unedited.
- **13 GrafanaDashboards** (gzipJson) exported from the current grafana.
- **Gateway API** (traefik-internal) + HTTPRoute for grafana.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net.
- Registered in the observability ApplicationSet + project.
## Review notes
- OAuth `role_attribute_path` maps Authentik group `grafana-admins` → Admin, else Viewer — **confirm the group name**.
- `database.ssl_mode: require` against the CNPG pooler — adjust if the pooler isn't serving TLS.
- The `VictoriaLogs - cluster` dashboard has no in-cluster logs datasource yet (no VictoriaLogs in k8s) — included for completeness, will be empty until one exists.
- `make kubeconform` clean (24 resources, validated against the strict grafana schemas).
Reviewed-on: #238
Co-authored-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
Co-committed-by: Ben Vincent <ben@unkin.net>
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