towerops/k8s
Graham McIntire 5836925166
Fix Redis connection in production with startup probe and explicit 127.0.0.1
Changes:
- Added startupProbe to towerops container to allow up to 70s for startup
  (gives Valkey sidecar time to be ready)
- Changed REDIS_HOST from 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1' for explicit loopback
- Removed initialDelaySeconds from liveness/readiness probes (handled by startup)
- Added comment clarifying Redis connects to Valkey sidecar

This ensures the app waits for Valkey to be ready before accepting traffic.
2026-01-17 17:20:14 -06:00
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certificate.yaml Remove www subdomain from certificate and IngressRoute 2026-01-02 15:06:21 -06:00
deployment.yaml Fix Redis connection in production with startup probe and explicit 127.0.0.1 2026-01-17 17:20:14 -06:00
Dockerfile Silence debconf warnings in Docker builds 2026-01-03 16:00:54 -06:00
ingressroute.yaml Remove www subdomain from certificate and IngressRoute 2026-01-02 15:06:21 -06:00
kustomization.yaml Add zero-downtime deployment configuration 2026-01-17 12:44:22 -06:00
namespace.yaml Add Kubernetes deployment manifests for towerops.net 2026-01-02 14:38:52 -06:00
poddisruptionbudget.yaml Add zero-downtime deployment configuration 2026-01-17 12:44:22 -06:00
README.md Set DEPLOY_TIMESTAMP from GitLab CI instead of pod metadata 2026-01-17 11:17:07 -06:00
service-headless.yaml cluster 2026-01-02 15:29:02 -06:00
service.yaml Add Kubernetes deployment manifests for towerops.net 2026-01-02 14:38:52 -06:00

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)

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:

# 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:

kubectl set env deployment/towerops DEPLOY_TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") -n towerops

Deploying

Apply all resources using kustomize:

kubectl apply -k k8s/

Or individually:

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