# second-brain web app — deploy notes

Target host: **herbys-dev** (10.0.21.207). Runs the FastAPI + Jinja UI
under `docker compose`, on the existing `homelab` bridge network so it
can reach `homelab-postgres:5432` and `ollama:11434` by service DNS.

Traefik (file-provider VM at **10.0.11.20**) handles TLS + the public
hostname `brain.herbylab.dev`. The compose file does NOT carry
`traefik.*` labels — file-provider Traefik can't see them.

---

## ⚠ Security note (no SSO)

Travis opted **not** to put this behind Authentik for the initial roll-out.
The web app has **no authentication, no CSRF, no rate limiting**, and it
exposes mutating endpoints (accept/reject sources, edit pipeline settings).

→ The Traefik route should be reachable **from LAN / trusted networks
only**. If you ever publish this past Cloudflare for off-LAN access, gate
it behind the Authentik forward-auth middleware first, or add an
`auth_required` decorator to the FastAPI app.

---

## 1. One-time setup on herbys-dev

```bash
cd /opt/projects/homelab/second-brain/deploy/web

# Real env file — paste the lovebug password.
cp .env.example .env
chmod 0600 .env
$EDITOR .env
# SECOND_BRAIN_DATABASE_URL must use host=homelab-postgres (NOT 127.0.0.1).
# Password lives at /opt/backups/postgres-consolidation/credentials.env.

# Build + start. Compose will join the existing external `homelab` net.
docker compose up -d --build

# Confirm it's healthy.
docker compose ps
docker compose logs --tail 50
curl -fsS http://10.0.21.207:8080/dashboard | head
```

Day-to-day:

```bash
docker compose logs -f                        # tail
docker compose restart                        # bounce (config reload)
docker compose pull && docker compose up -d   # if image were registry-hosted
git pull && docker compose up -d --build      # build-on-host update path
```

---

## 2. INFRA STEPS — Travis applies these manually

The compose stack is *up* once `docker compose up -d --build` returns.
The **public URL** at `https://brain.herbylab.dev` only resolves after
the two steps below land on their respective infra. They live on
machines outside this repo's authority (Knot on the DNS box; Traefik on
10.0.11.20), so this README documents them rather than executing them.

### 2a. Knot DNS — A record for `brain.herbylab.dev`

Add this to the `herbylab.dev` zone file on the Knot host (file path /
include layout matches the existing per-service A records — pick the
spot used for the other `*.herbylab.dev` services):

```zone
brain.herbylab.dev.   300   IN   A   10.0.11.20
```

300s TTL matches the existing convention. Reload Knot:

```bash
sudo knotc reload
dig +short brain.herbylab.dev @<knot-host>     # should return 10.0.11.20
```

### 2b. Traefik file-provider router on 10.0.11.20

Add the snippet below to the Traefik dynamic config (same file the rest
of the `*.herbylab.dev` services live in — file-provider config picks
up changes without a restart):

```yaml
http:
  routers:
    second-brain:
      rule: "Host(`brain.herbylab.dev`)"
      entryPoints:
        - websecure
      tls:
        certResolver: cloudflare
      service: second-brain
      # No middleware on day one. If/when SSO lands, prepend the
      # authentik forward-auth chain here (see other routers for the
      # shape) and remove the LAN restriction.

  services:
    second-brain:
      loadBalancer:
        servers:
          - url: "http://10.0.21.207:8080"
        passHostHeader: true
```

Verify on the Traefik host:

```bash
# Watch for config-reload events:
docker logs traefik --tail 20 -f
# Or hit the API if it's exposed:
curl -fsS http://localhost:8080/api/http/routers/second-brain@file
```

Once both 2a and 2b are in place, `https://brain.herbylab.dev/dashboard`
should resolve through Cloudflare → Traefik → 10.0.21.207:8080 → the
`second-brain-web` container.

---

## 3. Verification checklist

After `docker compose up -d --build`:

| Check | Command | Expect |
|---|---|---|
| Container up | `docker compose ps` | `second-brain-web` is `Up`, not restarting |
| Startup log clean | `docker compose logs --tail 50` | uvicorn `Started server process` + `Application startup complete`, no tracebacks |
| Local-host reachable | `curl -fsS http://10.0.21.207:8080/dashboard \| head -1` | `<!DOCTYPE html>` or similar |
| DB reachable | `curl -fsS http://10.0.21.207:8080/dashboard` | dashboard renders status counts (proves the homelab-net path to Postgres) |
| Settings round-trip | open `/settings` in a browser, save | green "Saved." flash + new `updated_at` |

After Travis's 2a + 2b infra steps:

| Check | Command | Expect |
|---|---|---|
| DNS | `dig +short brain.herbylab.dev` | `10.0.11.20` |
| TLS | `curl -fsS https://brain.herbylab.dev/dashboard \| head -1` | dashboard HTML |
| Cert | `openssl s_client -connect brain.herbylab.dev:443 -servername brain.herbylab.dev <<<''` | Cloudflare-issued cert |

---

## 4. Follow-ups (not built this round)

- **SSO via Authentik.** Add the existing forward-auth middleware to the
  Traefik router once we want this off-LAN. Authentik lives at
  10.0.21.207:9000 (same host as this container — different port).
- **CSRF.** Settings save is an HTMX POST with no token; trivial to
  forge from a same-origin browser. Acceptable while LAN-restricted.
- **Image registry.** Currently build-on-host. Push to Gitea's container
  registry (`gitea.plantbasedsoutherner.com/petal-power/second-brain-web`)
  when there's a second box that needs to pull the image.
- **Dev-side extraction systemd timer.** Travis is running extraction
  manually for now; the timer/cron path is deferred.