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benvin 5ec89b0028 Initial implementation: NATS->S3 archiver + search/retrieve CLI
logarchiver replaces the plain Vector archiver leg of the centralized
logging stack (argocd-apps #296) with a Go service that archives raw logs
from NATS JetStream to S3 as zstd-compressed, OpenPGP-encrypted, indexed
objects, plus an operator CLI to search the index and retrieve/decrypt
archived logs. It adds the things that outgrew Vector: zstd compression,
encryption keyed from Ben's Vault GPG secrets engine, a searchable
ClickHouse index, and sink-conditional acks (a batch is acknowledged to
JetStream only after the object is durably in S3 AND indexed).

Service (`logarchiver run`):
- Durable JetStream pull consumer (stream LOGS, durable archiver, subject
  filter default logs.k8s.vault.>), explicit acks, independent offsets.
- Batch per subject by size/count/time -> NDJSON -> zstd -> encrypt -> S3
  PUT -> ClickHouse index row -> ack. On any failure the batch is Nak'd and
  redelivered, so nothing is lost on a sink outage.
- Encryption is a wrapped-DEK envelope (container LARC1): the bulk is
  AES-256-GCM framed under a random data key, and only that 32-byte key is
  OpenPGP-encrypted to the engine's public key. This is because the Vault
  GPG engine does whole-payload decrypt only; retrieval round-trips just the
  tiny wrapped key regardless of object size. Public key fetched from the
  engine or a mounted file (configurable); key fingerprint recorded per
  object; periodic pubkey refresh for rotation.
- Prometheus metrics, structured slog, graceful drain on shutdown.

CLI:
- `search` queries the index (subject/host/time) and lists matching objects.
- `fetch` downloads, decrypts via the Vault GPG engine, unzstds and emits
  NDJSON (optionally re-filtered by host/time).
- `init-schema` creates/prints the ClickHouse archive_index DDL.
- cobra `completion` subcommands.

Config via file+env (k8s-friendly, secrets from env), boundaries (NATS/S3/
ClickHouse/Vault) behind interfaces with unit tests (config, batching,
host/subject extraction, crypto roundtrip with a test key, ack-after-persist
with fakes, search query building). go build/vet/test -race clean;
golangci-lint v2 clean. Woodpecker CI: build/test/pre-commit on PR; on v*
tag a container image plus a Gitea binary release + rpm-internal RPM. Docs
per subcommand + architecture + retrieval runbook + deployment drop-in.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015ur3i7D2azsMAWTSVABApv
2026-07-27 22:11:54 +10:00

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logarchiver run

Runs the archiver service: binds the JetStream pull consumer and drains it to S3 + the ClickHouse index, acking only after each object is durably persisted.

logarchiver run [-c config.yaml]

Behaviour

  • Creates/updates the durable consumer (nats.stream / nats.durable) with the configured subject filters, explicit acks, and nats.ack_wait.
  • Batches events per subject and flushes on batch.max_bytes / max_events / max_age. Each flush seals a LARC1 object, PUTs it to S3, writes one index row, then acks the batch. On any failure the batch is Nak'd for redelivery.
  • Loads the OpenPGP public key from crypto.pubkey_source (file or vault) and refreshes it every crypto.refresh_interval.
  • Serves Prometheus metrics and /healthz on metrics.address (default :9090) when metrics.enabled.
  • Handles SIGINT/SIGTERM: stops fetching, drains open batches (bounded), exits.

Key env vars

Env Purpose
NATS_CONSUMER_PASSWORD NATS log-consumer password (nats-auth secret).
ARCHIVE_SUBJECTS Space-separated subject filters (overrides nats.subjects).
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID / AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY S3 creds (cephrgw logs-archive-s3).
S3_ENDPOINT / BUCKET_NAME Optional S3 endpoint/bucket from the cephrgw secret.
CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD ClickHouse vector user password.
VAULT_ADDR Vault address when pubkey_source: vault.
LOGARCHIVER_CONFIG Config file path (same as -c).

Metrics

logarchiver_objects_stored_total, _events_archived_total, _raw_bytes_total, _stored_bytes_total, _store_failures_total, _index_failures_total, _messages_fetched_total, _acks_total, _batches_flushed_total{trigger}, logarchiver_pending_events.