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+project: pbs-infrastructure-intelligence
+type: project-plan
+status: active
+path: PBS/Tech/Projects
+tags:
+  - pbs
+  - monitoring
+  - docker
+  - go
+  - python
+  - mysql
+  - n8n
+  - streamlit
+  - security
+created: 2026-04-16
+updated: 2026-04-16
+---
+
+# PBS Infrastructure Intelligence (PBSII)
+
+## Goal
+
+Build a self-healing, intelligent monitoring system for the PBS
+infrastructure. Four interconnected layers: a metrics collector, a
+visualization dashboard, a threshold monitor, and an AI-powered healer.
+
+## Problem Being Solved
+
+- DoS attacks cause server thrashing with no early warning
+- Container memory leaks go undetected until crashes occur
+- Existing monitoring (Uptime Kuma) only detects hard-down states, not
+degradation trends
+- Manual log grepping is unsustainable as the site grows
+- No visibility into what traffic reaches the server vs what Cloudflare
+blocks
+- Apache worker exhaustion causes memory crashes with no forensic data
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+```
+Layer 1: Collector (Go, systemd)
+  → JSONL file (30s interval)
+  → MySQL sync (every few minutes)
+  → HTTP API (/metrics/current, /metrics/history, /health)
+
+Log Parser (Python, n8n-scheduled)
+  → docker logs --since
+  → MySQL pbs_security_events + pbs_security_summary
+
+Layer 2: Dashboard (Streamlit)
+  → Reads MySQL
+  → System metrics + security events + healer activity
+
+Layer 3: Monitor (n8n, every 5 min)
+  → Evaluates threshold rules against MySQL data
+  → Fires warnings (Google Chat) or invokes healer
+
+Layer 4: Healer (n8n + Claude API)
+  → Gathers diagnostic context from all layers
+  → Claude API reasons about the problem
+  → Executes allowed actions or escalates
+  → Logs all decisions to pbs_healer_actions
+```
+
+## Layer 1: Collector (Go Microservice)
+
+### Purpose
+
+Collect system and container metrics. Write to disk first, sync to MySQL
+second. Serve current state via HTTP. No opinions, just data.
+
+### Technology
+
+- Language: Go (standard library first)
+- Deployment: Single static binary, systemd service on host (not
+containerized)
+- Why systemd: Survives Docker daemon restarts, no Docker socket mount
+needed for host metrics, resource-limited via unit file
+
+### Metrics Collected
+
+- Docker memory per container (replaces existing bash cron)
+- Host total memory usage
+- Host swap usage
+- Host CPU usage
+- Apache active worker count
+
+### Collection Architecture
+
+- Two goroutines in a single binary:
+  - **Collector goroutine:** Gathers metrics every 30 seconds, appends JSON
+line to `/var/log/pbs-monitor/metrics.jsonl`. Cannot be slowed by MySQL.
+  - **Sync goroutine:** Reads new JSONL entries every few minutes, bulk
+INSERTs to MySQL. If MySQL is unavailable, retries next cycle. File still
+has the data.
+- Log rotation via standard logrotate config
+
+### HTTP API Endpoints
+
+- `GET /metrics/current` — latest metrics snapshot
+- `GET /metrics/history?range=1h` — recent history from MySQL
+- `GET /health` — service health check
+- Binds to localhost only; n8n reaches via Docker host bridge IP
+
+### Data Retention
+
+- Raw 30-second samples: 30 days in `pbs_system_metrics`
+- Hourly rollup: kept indefinitely in `pbs_system_metrics_hourly`
+- n8n handles both the hourly aggregation job and the 30-day cleanup job
+
+### Systemd Unit File
+
+```ini
+[Unit]
+Description=PBS Monitor - system metrics collector
+After=network.target docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/pbs-monitor
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+User=pbs-monitor
+Group=pbs-monitor
+
+# Resource limits - blast radius containment
+MemoryMax=256M
+TasksMax=100
+CPUQuota=20%
+
+# Security hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=true
+ReadWritePaths=/var/log/pbs-monitor
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+### Ansible Deployment
+
+- New Ansible role for systemd service deployment
+- Tasks: copy binary, create config, create system user (in docker group),
+install unit file, install logrotate config, enable and start service
+- Follows existing staging-first deployment pattern
+
+## Log Parser (Python)
+
+### Purpose
+
+Parse WordPress Docker logs for security events and request patterns. Feeds
+both the dashboard and Layer 3 alert rules.
+
+### Technology
+
+- Language: Python (UV + venv, PyCharm Professional)
+- Orchestration: n8n schedules execution every 15 minutes
+- Log source: `docker logs wordpress --since` command (no container changes
+required)
+
+### Incremental Parsing
+
+- Query `MAX(logged_at)` from `pbs_security_events` to determine where to
+start
+- Use `--since` flag on `docker logs` to avoid reprocessing
+- Self-healing on restart — just picks up from last stored timestamp
+
+### Fields Extracted
+
+- `logged_at` — timestamp
+- `ip_address` — source IP
+- `method` — GET/POST
+- `uri` — request path
+- `status_code` — HTTP response code
+- `response_size` — bytes sent
+- `user_agent` — client user agent
+- `event_type` — derived category (e.g., `login_attempt`, `404`, `normal`)
+- Note: `response_time_ms` deferred — requires custom Apache LogFormat, not
+needed for v1
+
+### MySQL Tables
+
+#### pbs_security_events (raw log entries)
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE pbs_security_events (
+    id BIGINT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+    logged_at DATETIME NOT NULL,
+    ip_address VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL,
+    method VARCHAR(10),
+    uri TEXT,
+    status_code SMALLINT,
+    response_size INT,
+    user_agent TEXT,
+    event_type VARCHAR(50),
+    created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    INDEX idx_logged_at (logged_at),
+    INDEX idx_ip (ip_address),
+    INDEX idx_uri (uri(100))
+);
+```
+
+#### pbs_security_summary (hourly aggregates)
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE pbs_security_summary (
+    id BIGINT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+    hour_bucket DATETIME NOT NULL,
+    total_requests INT,
+    unique_ips INT,
+    login_attempts INT,
+    login_page_loads INT,
+    status_2xx_count INT,
+    status_3xx_count INT,
+    status_4xx_count INT,
+    status_404_count INT,
+    status_5xx_count INT,
+    top_ip VARCHAR(45),
+    top_ip_count INT,
+    avg_requests_per_minute DECIMAL(10,2),
+    peak_requests_per_minute INT,
+    created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    UNIQUE INDEX idx_hour (hour_bucket)
+);
+```
+
+- Hourly rollup performed by n8n workflow (separate from the parser)
+- Raw events retention: grow unbounded initially, add cleanup policy when
+volume is understood
+- Summary table retention: indefinite
+
+## Layer 2: Dashboard (Streamlit)
+
+### Purpose
+
+Visualize system health and security data. Read-only, human-facing.
+
+### Technology
+
+- Streamlit, Python, reads from MySQL
+- Charts via Plotly or Altair (time series)
+
+### Pages
+
+#### Page 1: System Metrics
+
+- Time series graphs: Docker memory per container, host memory, swap, CPU,
+Apache workers
+- Horizontal threshold lines showing Layer 3 warning and healer trigger
+levels
+- Time range selector: 24h (default), 7 days, 30 days
+
+#### Page 2: Security / Log Events
+
+- wp-login.php attempts over time
+- Top attacking IPs (table)
+- Status code distribution
+- Request volume trends (avg and peak requests/min)
+
+#### Page 3: Healer Activity
+
+- Log of healer invocations: trigger, decision, action, outcome
+- Timeline view of actions taken
+- Deferred actions and their resolution (executed, auto-cancelled,
+overridden)
+
+## Layer 3: Monitor (n8n)
+
+### Purpose
+
+Early warning system. Detects degradation trends before they become
+outages. Evaluates rules, fires alerts or invokes the healer.
+
+### Mechanism
+
+- n8n workflow, scheduled every 5 minutes
+- Queries MySQL for recent metrics
+- Evaluates threshold rules
+- Works alongside Uptime Kuma (not replacing it for now)
+
+### Starter Rules
+
+| Rule | Threshold | Action |
+|---|---|---|
+| Host RAM usage | >85% sustained 10 min | Google Chat warning |
+| Host RAM usage | >95% sustained 5 min | Invoke healer |
+| Swap usage | >50% of total swap | Google Chat warning |
+| Container memory | >90% of cap sustained 5 min | Google Chat warning |
+| Container memory | >98% of cap sustained 3 min | Invoke healer |
+| Host CPU | >80% sustained 15 min | Google Chat warning (info only) |
+| Apache workers | >80% of max sustained 10 min | Google Chat warning |
+| wp-login.php POSTs | >30 in 5-min window | Google Chat warning |
+
+"Sustained" = all samples in the window exceed the threshold. Prevents
+single-spike false positives.
+
+### Alert Tiers
+
+- **Warning** — Google Chat notification, no action taken
+- **Invoke Healer** — hands off to Layer 4 with trigger context
+
+## Layer 4: Healer (n8n + Claude API)
+
+### Purpose
+
+Take corrective action when Layer 3 invokes it. Reason about the problem,
+execute a safe response, report results.
+
+### Mechanism
+
+- n8n workflow triggered by Layer 3 or Uptime Kuma webhooks
+- Portainer REST API for container operations
+- Claude API for diagnostic reasoning
+
+### Available Actions
+
+| Action | Timing | Safety Rails |
+|---|---|---|
+| Container restart (non-protected) | Immediate | Max 1/hour, 3/24h per
+container |
+| WordPress restart | Deferred to quiet hours | Same caps + admin override
+window |
+| MySQL restart | Deferred to quiet hours | Same caps + admin override
+window |
+| Server reboot | Deferred to quiet hours | Max 1/24h + admin override
+window |
+| Alert only | Immediate | Always an option |
+| Escalate | Immediate | When limits exceeded |
+
+**Protected containers** (deferred to quiet hours only): WordPress, MySQL
+
+### Quiet Hours
+
+- Window: 0200–0500 ET
+- Deferred actions are standing orders, not scheduled events
+- During quiet hours, n8n checks: is there a pending action? Is it still
+pending (not overridden)? Do the original conditions still exist?
+- If conditions resolved → auto-cancel with Google Chat notification
+- If overridden → mark as overridden
+
+### Deferred Action Flow
+
+1. Healer decides a protected container or server needs restart
+2. Sets flag in `pbs_healer_actions`: `deferred_action`, `deferred_status =
+'pending'`
+3. Google Chat notification with action ID and reasoning
+4. During quiet hours, n8n evaluates:
+   - Pending action exists? → Check if overridden → Check if conditions
+persist → Execute or auto-cancel
+5. Status transitions: `pending` → `executed` | `auto_cancelled` |
+`overridden`
+
+### Override Mechanism
+
+#### V1
+
+- **pbs-hub web page:** Shows pending healer actions, click to
+cancel/approve
+- **Google Chat webhook:** Text command with action ID (e.g., "override
+1234", "cancel 1234")
+- Both hit the same pbs-hub API endpoint
+- pbs-hub API also available for future integrations
+
+#### V2 (future)
+
+- Google Chat interactive cards with approve/cancel/defer buttons
+
+### Iteration Limits (Anti-Loop Protection)
+
+- Per-container cooldown: 1 hour between automatic restarts
+- Per-container daily cap: 3 automatic restarts per 24 hours
+- Global healer cap: 10 healer-initiated actions per 24 hours
+- Cooldown on escalation: 6 hours of no auto-action for that container
+after escalation
+- If any limit hit → escalate instead of acting
+
+### Healer Decision Flow
+
+1. Receive trigger from Layer 3 or Uptime Kuma
+2. Check iteration limits → if exceeded, escalate and stop
+3. Gather context:
+   - Current metrics from pbs-monitor HTTP API
+   - Recent log events from pbs_security_events
+   - Container inspect + recent logs from Portainer API
+4. Send structured context to Claude API
+5. Claude returns: recommended action, reasoning, confidence
+6. If action is allowed AND confidence is high → execute (or defer if
+protected)
+7. Else → escalate with Claude's reasoning
+8. Log decision + action + outcome to `pbs_healer_actions`
+9. Google Chat notification with: what happened, what healer did (or
+didn't), Claude's reasoning
+
+### Claude API Prompt Shape
+
+- Structured input: trigger reason, current metrics snapshot, 30-min
+history, recent logs, container inspect
+- Structured output: diagnosis, recommended action (enum:
+`restart_container`, `defer_restart`, `reboot_server`, `no_action`,
+`escalate`), reasoning, confidence level
+
+### pbs_healer_actions Table
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE pbs_healer_actions (
+    id BIGINT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+    triggered_at DATETIME NOT NULL,
+    trigger_source VARCHAR(50),
+    trigger_rule VARCHAR(100),
+    container_name VARCHAR(100),
+    metrics_snapshot JSON,
+    claude_reasoning TEXT,
+    action_recommended VARCHAR(50),
+    action_taken VARCHAR(50),
+    action_result TEXT,
+    deferred_action VARCHAR(50),
+    deferred_status VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT NULL,
+    iteration_limit_hit BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
+    escalated BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
+    created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    INDEX idx_triggered (triggered_at),
+    INDEX idx_container (container_name),
+    INDEX idx_deferred (deferred_status)
+);
+```
+
+### Starting Conservatism
+
+- First period (target ~30 days): **dry-run mode** — healer makes
+decisions, logs them, sends Google Chat with "I would have done X" but does
+not execute
+- After validation: flip to live mode, container restarts first
+- Server reboot: enabled after container restart trust is established
+- System reboot scheduling added only after override mechanism is validated
+
+## Existing Infrastructure Context
+
+- Docker/Traefik/Linode production stack
+- Portainer running with REST API available
+- Uptime Kuma operational for up/down checks and Google Chat alerts
+- `pbs_automation` MySQL database exists with separate permissions
+- n8n operational, Claude API integration is a known pattern
+- Existing bash cron (60s, Docker memory only, flat file) — replaced by
+Layer 1
+- Crowdsec security hardening is a separate project (not duplicated here)
+
+## Implementation Order
+
+- [ ] Phase 1: Layer 1 — Go collector (systemd, JSONL, MySQL sync, HTTP API)
+- [ ] Phase 2: Log Parser — Python WordPress log parser + MySQL schema
+- [ ] Phase 3: Layer 2 — Streamlit dashboard (system metrics + security +
+thresholds)
+- [ ] Phase 4: Layer 3 — n8n monitor workflow (threshold rules, Google Chat
+alerts)
+- [ ] Phase 5: Layer 4 — n8n healer workflow (dry-run mode, Claude API
+integration)
+- [ ] Phase 6: Layer 4 live — enable live actions, override page in pbs-hub
+- [ ] Phase 7: Deferred actions — quiet hours logic, WordPress/MySQL/server
+restart scheduling
+
+## Open Questions
+
+- [ ] Go project structure — standard layout or flat? Decide during Phase 1
+- [ ] Docker multi-stage build for Go binary — needed for CI, decide during
+Phase 1
+- [ ] MySQL schema for `pbs_system_metrics` and `pbs_system_metrics_hourly`
+— design during Phase 1
+- [ ] Apache max_workers value — needed to calculate percentage for Layer 3
+rules
+- [ ] Portainer API auth — how is it currently secured? Needed for Layer 4
+- [ ] Claude API prompt engineering — detailed prompt design during Phase 5
+- [ ] pbs-hub override page routing — how does it fit into existing pbs-hub
+Flask app?
+- [ ] Google Chat webhook for override commands — new webhook or extend
+existing?
+- [ ] Streamlit deployment — containerized or host-level? Decide during
+Phase 3
+
+...sent from Jenny & Travis