# Kubernetes Deployment ## Secrets Management Secrets are managed directly in the cluster and must be created before deploying the application. Required secrets in the `towerops` namespace: - `gitlab-registry` - Docker registry credentials for pulling images - `towerops-secrets` - Application secrets (RELEASE_COOKIE, SECRET_KEY_BASE) - `towerops-db` - Database connection credentials - `towerops-aws` - AWS credentials (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_REGION) Optional secrets: - `towerops-llm` - DeepSeek API credentials for LLM-powered insight enrichment. Optional — when missing, insights still display without an AI summary. See `k8s/towerops-llm-secret.example.yaml` for the template, or create with: ```bash kubectl create secret generic towerops-llm \ --from-literal=DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="" \ --from-literal=DEEPSEEK_MODEL="deepseek-v4-pro" \ -n towerops kubectl rollout restart deployment/towerops -n towerops ``` For local development, the project root `.envrc` is used by direnv. ## Deployment Timestamp The application footer displays the deployment timestamp to track when the current version was deployed. This is automatically set by GitLab CI during deployment: ```yaml # GitLab CI sets this during deploy - kubectl set env deployment/towerops DEPLOY_TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") -n towerops ``` All pods in the deployment share the same timestamp (when the deployment was initiated), regardless of when individual pods were created. This is displayed in the footer as "Last deployed X ago · YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC". For manual deployments without GitLab CI, set the timestamp: ```bash kubectl set env deployment/towerops DEPLOY_TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") -n towerops ``` ## Deploying Apply all resources using kustomize: ```bash kubectl apply -k k8s/ ``` Or individually: ```bash kubectl apply -f k8s/namespace.yaml kubectl apply -f k8s/secret.yaml kubectl apply -f k8s/deployment.yaml kubectl apply -f k8s/service.yaml kubectl apply -f k8s/service-headless.yaml kubectl apply -f k8s/certificate.yaml kubectl apply -f k8s/ingressroute.yaml ```