Add conditional debug output in constructor stage to display all Ansible
group memberships of the current host when MODE_DEBUG is set. This helps
with inventory, persona, and stack debugging.
https://chatgpt.com/share/696567d5-9808-800f-b3fc-75080cb7d422
- Refactor shared `user` role to use `user_key` exclusively (remove user_name)
- Resolve system username, home, group, and ownership via users[user_key]
- Update SSH authorized_keys handling to read from users[user_key]
- Adjust documentation to clearly describe user_key-based SPOT model
- Migrate all calling roles (administrator, backup, root) to pass user_key
- Introduce new `user-workstation` role with dedicated README, vars, tasks, and metadata
- Add workstation stage integration to ensure workstation user setup runs explicitly
- Ensure consistent variable naming (lowercase internals, uppercase constants)
- Improve robustness and clarity of user management across all roles
https://chatgpt.com/share/695ea93e-3fa0-800f-b848-ec2ced2a8291
- Replace DEFAULT_SYSTEM_EMAIL merge with flat SYSTEM_EMAIL_* variables
- Update templates across apps to new variable names
- Fix msmtp health check to use -t and local username fallback
- Improve postfix localhost config (localdomain, mydestination, timeouts)
- Extend sys-hostname to ensure /etc/hosts mapping once
https://chatgpt.com/share/695e8f39-0694-800f-b91c-a74f4b78d7c8
- switch CI DNS to CoreDNS-based *.localhost resolution (A/AAAA → loopback)
- set PRIMARY_DOMAIN to localhost for CI deploys
- add explicit DNS resolution assert for test.localhost
- deploy explicit default_server vhost returning 404 text/plain
- assert default vhost behavior via HTTP before app domains exist
https://chatgpt.com/share/6952cf2a-bbd4-800f-b2b8-c4baba66e301
Introduce `system_service_run_final` to defer service execution until the end
of the play. Services marked with this flag are collected during setup and
executed later by the new `sys-service-runner` role.
Key changes:
- Add `system_service_run_final` flag to sys-service
- Automatically suppress flush for deferred services
- Collect deferred services into a final run list
- Introduce sys-service-runner role with per-unit rescue diagnostics
- Migrate health check services to deferred execution
https://chatgpt.com/share/6951921d-0c20-800f-8d42-1ff01a1f08ef
- Install systemd and dbus in Docker image for CI service tests
- Run systemd as PID 1 with proper container conventions
- Mark container environment explicitly via ENV container=docker
- Simplify container detection to rely on explicit env flag
- Skip host-only tasks (timezone, systemctl handlers) inside containers
- Adjust docker-compose runner for privileged systemd execution
- Reduce CI parallelism to avoid OOM kills
This makes systemd-based Ansible roles reliable in Docker/CI
and avoids fragile virtualization heuristics.
https://chatgpt.com/share/6950110b-111c-800f-bbcd-83a551d5a3b8
- Renamed test-cli.yml to test-code.yml and updated job name.
- Extended timeout for test-deploy workflow from 30 to 240 minutes.
- Skipped Ansible timezone configuration inside Docker/Podman/containerd to avoid write errors in CI.
- Added --skip-tests to the initial deploy step for improved CI stability.
Origin: https://chatgpt.com/share/69301c58-6628-800f-9e3a-f026c01b6e17
This commit updates multiple roles to ensure compatibility with Ansible 2.20.
Several include paths and task-loading mechanisms required adjustments,
as Ansible 2.20 applies stricter evaluation rules for complex Jinja expressions
and no longer resolves certain relative include paths the way Ansible 2.18 did.
Key changes:
- Replaced legacy once_finalize.yml and once_flag.yml with the new structure
under tasks/utils/once/finalize.yml and tasks/utils/once/flag.yml.
- Updated all include_tasks statements to use 'path_join' with playbook_dir,
ensuring deterministic and absolute file resolution across roles.
- Fixed all network helper includes by converting direct relative paths such as
'roles/docker-compose/tasks/utils/network.yml' to proper Jinja-evaluated paths.
- Normalized MATOMO_* variable names for consistency with the updated variable
scope behavior in Ansible 2.20.
- Removed deprecated patterns that were implicitly supported in Ansible 2.18
but break under the more strict variable and path resolution model in 2.20.
These changes are part of the full migration step required to ensure the
infinito-nexus roles remain stable, deterministic, and forward-compatible with
Ansible 2.20.
Details of the discussion and reasoning can be found in this conversation:
https://chatgpt.com/share/69300a8d-24d4-800f-bec0-e895a695618a
- Replace legacy utils/run_once.yml with the new helpers utils/once_flag.yml and utils/once_finalize.yml
- Introduce utils/compose_up.yml to ensure docker-compose stacks are up and to flush handlers safely without coupling to run-once flags
- Migrate all affected roles (desk-*, dev-*, sys-ctl-*, sys-svc-*, web-app-*, web-svc-*, util-*) to the new run-once helpers
- Rework sys-svc-msmtp to auto-load Mailu once per deploy, check reachability, and reuse the running stack instead of requiring multiple playbook passes
- Adjust web-app-mailu to integrate cert deployment, handler flushing, and run-once handling so Mailu is fully initialized in a single deploy
- Improve Matomo, CDN, logout and CSP/health-check related roles to cooperate with the new compose_up / once_* pattern
- Simplify alarm/backup/timer/service orchestration (sys-ctl-alm-*, sys-bkp-provider, sys-timer-cln-bkps, etc.) by moving run-once logic into dedicated 01_core.yml files
- Update integration tests so utils/once_flag.yml and utils/once_finalize.yml are recognised as valid run-once providers, keeping the global run_once_* guarantees consistent
- Align frontend injection and service dependencies so Mastodon- and Mailu-related services can be brought up coherently within a single deployment cycle rather than several iterations
Refactored constructor logic to always include core webserver applications (web-svc-logout, web-svc-cdn) by using a dict2items → selectattr → items2dict merge pipeline.
Conversation reference: https://chatgpt.com/share/692cbd03-19d8-800f-a8a8-f42d73481a0d
This commit introduces several improvements to the Matomo initialization workflow:
- Moves the Matomo reachability check into sys-front-inj-all/tasks/01_dependencies.yml.
- Ensures web-app-matomo is only initialized when the endpoint is unreachable.
- Avoids condition inheritance on include_role by removing block-level when conditions.
- Adds explicit guarding conditions (inj_enabled.matomo, run_once_web_app_matomo usage).
- Ensures Matomo-dependent injections (CSS, Desktop, Logout, CDN) are skipped for Matomo itself.
- Fixes incorrect status_code format (now using YAML list format).
- Moves utils/run_once.yml to the top of 01_core.yml to prevent recursive re-invocation of web-app-matomo.
- Cleans Matomo config/main.yml feature definitions and clarifies which features are disabled during initial bootstrap.
- Removes legacy global Matomo bootstrap from 02_server.yml, centralizing logic in sys-front-inj-all.
- Fixes typo in inj_enabled task name.
This results in a robust, idempotent, recursion-safe Matomo bootstrap sequence that works across all injected web domains.
- use lookup(template) for redis resource injection
- add cpus/mem/pids configs for all Mailu services
- switch antivirus to dedicated clamav_db volume
- add MAILU_CLAMAV_VOLUME var
- cleanup set service_name per service in docker-compose template
https://chatgpt.com/share/68d3d69b-06f0-800f-8c4d-4a74471ab961
• Add svc-ai category under roles and load it in constructor stage
• Create new 'svc-ai-ollama' role (vars, tasks, compose, meta, README) and dedicated network
• Refactor former AI stack into separate app roles: web-app-flowise and web-app-openwebui
• Add web-app-minio role; adjust config (no central DB), meta (fa-database, run_after), compose networks include, volume key
• Provide user-focused READMEs for Flowise, OpenWebUI, MinIO, Ollama
• Networks: add subnets for web-app-openwebui, web-app-flowise, web-app-minio; rename web-app-ai → svc-ai-ollama
• Ports: rename ai_* keys to web-app-openwebui / web-app-flowise; keep minio_api/minio_console
• Add group_vars/all/17_ai.yml (OLLAMA_BASE_LOCAL_URL, OLLAMA_LOCAL_ENABLED)
• Replace hardcoded include paths with path_join in multiple roles (svc-db-postgres, sys-service, sys-stk-front-proxy, sys-stk-full-stateful, sys-svc-webserver, web-svc-cdn, web-app-keycloak)
• Remove obsolete web-app-ai templates/vars/env; split Flowise into its own role
• Minor config cleanups (CSP flags to {}, central_database=false)
https://chatgpt.com/share/68d15cb8-cf18-800f-b853-78962f751f81
- Added 'solo' flag support for A/AAAA, CNAME/MX/TXT, and SRV records in sys-dns-cloudflare-records.
- Simplified sys-svc-dns: removed NS management tasks and CLOUDFLARE_NAMESERVERS default.
- Renamed 03_apex.yml back to 02_apex.yml, adjusted AAAA task name.
- Updated web-app-bluesky DNS tasks: marked critical records with 'solo'.
- Updated web-app-mailu DNS tasks: removed cleanup block, enforced 'solo' on all records.
- Adjusted constructor stage to call domain_mappings with AUTO_BUILD_ALIASES parameter.
Conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/68cd20d8-9ba8-800f-b070-f7294f072c40
Updated tests/integration/test_vars_usage_in_yaml.py:
- Variables immediately followed by '(' are now treated as function calls,
not as set variables. This prevents false errors.
- Fixed detection of redirect_domain_mappings so it is no longer flagged
as unused.
See: https://chatgpt.com/share/68c3542d-f44c-800f-a483-b3e43739f315
- Move all domain→expected-status mapping to filter `web_health_expectations`.
- Require explicit app selection via non-empty `group_names`; only those apps are included.
- Add `www_enabled` flag (wired via `WWW_REDIRECT_ENABLED`) to generate/force www.* → 301.
- Support `redirect_maps` to include manual redirects (sources forced to 301), independent of app selection.
- Aliases always 301; canonicals use per-key override or `server.status_codes.default`, else [200,302,301].
- Remove legacy fallbacks (`server.status_codes.home` / `landingpage`).
- Wire filter output into systemd ExecStart script as JSON expectations.
- Normalize various templates to use `to_json` and minor spacing fixes.
- Update app configs (e.g., YOURLS default=301; Confluence default=302; Bluesky web=405; MediaWiki/Confluence canonical/aliases).
- Constructor now uses `WWW_REDIRECT_ENABLED` for domain generation.
Tests:
- Add comprehensive unit tests for filter: selection by group, keyed/default codes, aliases, www handling, redirect_maps, input sanitization.
- Add unit tests for the standalone checker script (JSON parsing, OK/mismatch counting, sanitization).
See conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/68c2b93e-de58-800f-8c16-ea05755ba776
- Added new filter plugin 'timeout_start_sec_for_domains' to calculate TimeoutStartSec based on number of domains.
- Updated sys-ctl-hlth-csp and sys-ctl-hlth-webserver tasks to use the filter.
- Removed obsolete systemctl.service.j2 in sys-ctl-hlth-csp.
- Adjusted variable naming (CURRENT_PLAY_DOMAINS_ALL etc.) in multiple roles.
- Updated srv-letsencrypt and sys-svc-certs to use uppercase vars.
- Switched pretix role to sys-stk-full-stateful and removed leftover javascript.js.
- Added unittests for the new filter under tests/unit/filter_plugins.
See conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/68b1ae9a-1ac0-800f-b49d-2915386a1a23
- Improved CSP filter to properly include web-svc-cdn and use protocol-aware domains
- Added Todo.md with redis and OIDC notes
- Enhanced Akaunting role config with CSP flags and redis option
- Updated schema to include app_key validation
- Reworked tasks to handle first-run marker logic cleanly
- Fixed docker-compose template (marker, healthcheck, setup flag)
- Expanded env.j2 with cache, email, proxy, and redis options
- Added javascript.js.j2 template for SSO warning
- Introduced structured vars for Akaunting role
- Removed deprecated update-repository-with-files.yml task
See conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/68af00df-2c74-800f-90b6-6ac5b29acdcb
- Added missing 'Iterable' import in 'canonical_domains_map' to avoid NameError.
- Introduced 'seed' parameter so the filter can start traversal from current play apps
while still emitting canonical domains for discovered dependencies (e.g. web-svc-collabora).
- Updated 01_constructor.yml to pass full 'applications' and a clean 'seed' list
(using dict2items → key) instead of '.keys()' method calls, fixing integration
test error: 'reference to application keys is invalid'.
This resolves issues where collabora domains were missing and integration tests failed.
Ref: https://chatgpt.com/share/68a51f9b-3924-800f-a41b-803d8dd10397
- Improved get_service_name filter plugin (clearer suffix handling, consistent var names).
- Added MODE_ASSERT flag to optionally execute validation/assertion tasks.
- Fixed systemd unit handling: consistent use of %I instead of %i, correct escaping of instance names.
- Unified on_failure behavior and alarm composer scripts.
- Cleaned up redundant logging, handlers, and debug config.
- Strengthened sys-service template resolution with assert (only active when MODE_ASSERT).
- Simplified timer and suffix handling with get_service_name filter.
- Hardened sensitive tasks with no_log.
- Added conditional asserts across roles (Keycloak, DNS, Mailu, Discourse, etc.).
These changes improve consistency, safety, and validation across the automation stack.
Conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/68a4ae28-483c-800f-b2f7-f64c7124c274
- Unified service templates into generic systemctl templates
- Introduced reusable filter plugins for script path handling
- Updated path variables and service/timer definitions
- Migrated roles (backup, cleanup, repair, etc.) to use systemctl role
- Added sys-daemon role for core systemd cleanup
- Simplified timer handling via sys-timer role
Note: This is a large refactor and some errors may still exist. Further testing and adjustments will be needed.
This commit restructures systemctl service definitions and category mappings.
Motivation: Alarm-related bugs revealed inconsistencies in service and role handling.
Preparation step: lays the groundwork for fixing the alarm issues by aligning categories, roles, and service templates.
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