Marks the k3s half of section 1.1 done: bluecap-website-tls is Ready for both production hostnames, valid to 2027-01-07, and the cluster serves it. Verified by resolving straight to a control-plane node, so the public site stayed on Cloudflare/Bluehost throughout. Also records the Pangolin target table for step 2, and adds section 2.7 for cert-manager validating DNS-01 propagation through CoreDNS rather than public resolvers. That is not confirmed as the cause of the four-hour stall - Cloudflare's own authoritative nameservers were returning NXDOMAIN for records its API reported as present - but it is standard hardening worth doing before renewals matter.
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# Launch Checklist — DNS Cutover to the Astro Rebuild
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**Single source of truth** for everything standing between today and pointing
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`bluecapstrategies.com` at the homelab k3s deployment.
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Verified against the working tree, the cluster, and ArgoCD on **2026-09-18**. Supersedes the
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task lists that were scattered across `planning/parity-checklist.md` (git-ignored, content-only)
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and `docs/seo-aeo-optimization.md` §2/§7 (SEO-only, stale) — those now point here.
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Status legend: `[ ]` open · `[x]` done · `[?]` needs verification · 🛑 owner decision
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---
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## 0. As-built state (2026-09-18)
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| Thing | State |
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|-------|-------|
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| ArgoCD app `bcs-website` | Synced / Healthy |
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| Pods | 2/2 Running, ns `bluecap-strategies` |
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| Deployed image | `git.7tl-homelab.com/bmr_bluecap/bcs-website:fc64909f3df1` (built **2026-07-20**) |
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| `k8s/kustomization.yaml` newTag | `fc64909f3df1` — same, so ArgoCD is correct; CI never bumped it |
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| HEAD | `9f1cbca` (2026-08-03), pushed to `origin/main`, **never deployed** |
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| Ingress | `bluecap-website` (traefik), hosts apex + `www`, **port 80 only, no TLS** |
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| `npm run build` | green, 21 pages, 0 errors / 0 warnings |
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| `npm run typecheck` | green, 28 files, 0/0/0 |
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| `npm run seo:lint` | green, 21 pages clean |
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| `npm run test:e2e` | **44 passed / 4 failed** (the 4 are stale assertions, see §2.1) |
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| CI root cause | **found + fixed in-repo 2026-09-22** — see §1.2; needs a green run to confirm |
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| Staging URL | **https://bcs.int.7tl-homelab.com** — LAN-only, valid cert (§2.6) |
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| Public traffic path | Cloudflare → Pangolin VPS 23.94.111.133 → newt tunnel → k3s :443 (§1.1) |
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| Pangolin | org `rhh-homelab`, site `7tl_lab` (newt, online), 23 resources, Pangolin 1.22.2 |
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| Contact form | **working** — Formspree, verified end to end 2026-10-09 (§1.4) |
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| Old WordPress site | untouched and serving — must stay that way until cutover |
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| Gitea host | KVM VM `gitea-1` (10.66.15.22), **Debian 12**, docker compose — *not* in k3s |
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| Gitea / act_runner | 1.27.3 / 3.4.2 — both healthy |
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| CI job image | **`node:22-bookworm`** (Debian 12) as of 2026-09-22 — was EOL bullseye; see §1.2 |
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**The headline:** the public-facing deployment is ~7 weeks behind `main`. The Aug 3 exact-copy
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work is not live.
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---
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## 1. Cutover blockers
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Nothing below is optional. Cutover is unsafe until all of §1 is closed.
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### 1.1 Cutover runbook — traffic path and TLS 🛑 hard blocker
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Verified against the live Cloudflare zone, the Pangolin VPS and the cluster on **2026-10-09**.
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#### The actual traffic path
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Public traffic cannot reach k3s directly; it has to transit the Pangolin VPS.
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```
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visitor → Cloudflare DNS (bluecapstrategies.com)
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→ Pangolin VPS 23.94.111.133 (Traefik v3.7.13 + CrowdSec, terminates TLS)
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→ gerbil/newt tunnel → site `7tl_lab` (org `rhh-homelab`)
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→ k3s traefik 10.66.15.30/.31/.32 :443 (second TLS hop)
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→ bluecap-website service
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```
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**Two certificates are needed, from two different systems:**
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| Hop | Issued by | Challenge | Can pre-issue? |
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|-----|-----------|-----------|----------------|
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| edge (Pangolin Traefik) | its own `letsencrypt` resolver | **HTTP-01** on entrypoint `web` | **No** |
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| internal (k3s ingress) | cert-manager `letsencrypt-prod` | **DNS-01** via Cloudflare | **Yes** |
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#### Corrections to earlier assumptions in this doc
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- There is **one** Cloudflare token, not two. Pangolin's Traefik has **no** Cloudflare
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credentials — it uses HTTP-01. Nothing to configure on the VPS for DNS.
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- The "ordering problem SOLVED" claim was **half right**. cert-manager does use DNS-01 and can
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pre-issue (proven on the staging host, §2.6). But **Pangolin cannot** — its
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`certificatesResolvers.letsencrypt.acme.httpChallenge.entryPoint: web` means the edge cert is
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only obtainable once DNS already points at the VPS. A short window at cutover is unavoidable
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unless the edge resolver is converted to DNS-01, which would change renewal behaviour for all
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23 existing resources and is not worth it to save seconds.
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- Earlier advice said "use DNS-only, matching your existing pattern." The BlueCap zone is in fact
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**already fully proxied** (orange cloud) while the homelab zones are DNS-only. It is a real
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decision — see below.
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#### Prerequisites (all invisible to the public; the old site keeps serving)
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- [x] Cloudflare token now covers the zone — `7tl-homelab.com`, **`bluecapstrategies.com`**,
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`rodgersweb.com` (done 2026-10-09). Token is DNS-edit-only, which is correct least privilege.
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- [x] **k3s ingress — DONE 2026-10-09 (commit `6f80282`).** Both production hostnames added to
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the `tls:` block as `bluecap-website-tls`. Certificate **Ready**, issued by Let's Encrypt
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via DNS-01: `CN=www.bluecapstrategies.com`, SANs `bluecapstrategies.com` +
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`www.bluecapstrategies.com`, valid to **2027-01-07**, auto-renewing. Verified the cluster
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serves it for both names (`--resolve` straight to 10.66.15.30 → 200, correct cert, rebuild
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content). The public site is untouched and still on Cloudflare/Bluehost throughout.
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Both names are on one cert, so the canonical-host decision stays open.
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- Issuance stalled ~4h: the TXT records were present in Cloudflare's API immediately but
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Cloudflare's own authoritative nameservers returned NXDOMAIN for them for a long while.
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It cleared on its own. If this recurs, cert-manager's DNS-01 self-check resolver is the
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thing to look at — it is currently CoreDNS (`nameservers=["10.43.0.10:53"]`), and the
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usual hardening is to point it at public resolvers instead:
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`--dns01-recursive-nameservers-only=true --dns01-recursive-nameservers=1.1.1.1:53,8.8.8.8:53`.
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Worth doing before cutover day so renewals do not inherit this fragility (§2.7).
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- [ ] **Pangolin:** add `bluecapstrategies.com` as a domain under org **`rhh-homelab`**
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(`orgDomains`), `certResolver=letsencrypt`.
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- [ ] **Pangolin:** create the resource(s) with **three targets**, matching the established
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pattern for every k3s-backed resource (Authentik, paperless, immich, dav all do this):
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`10.66.15.30`, `10.66.15.31`, `10.66.15.32` — method **https**, port **443**.
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Set the host header so k3s traefik routes on the real hostname.
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- [ ] 🛑 **Check Cloudflare's SSL/TLS mode in the dashboard** (the API token cannot read zone
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settings). If it is **Flexible**, Cloudflare talks HTTP to Pangolin, Pangolin redirects to
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HTTPS, and you get a redirect loop. Must be **Full (strict)** if the record stays proxied.
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- [ ] **Test before any DNS change:** `curl --resolve bluecapstrategies.com:443:23.94.111.133`
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and confirm the full path serves the site.
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#### Pangolin resource targets (for step 2)
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Three targets, matching every other k3s-backed resource:
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| Target | Method | Port |
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|--------|--------|------|
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| `10.66.15.30` | https | 443 |
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| `10.66.15.31` | https | 443 |
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| `10.66.15.32` | https | 443 |
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`k3-control-1/2/3`. Three gives node-level failover. Set the host header to the real hostname so
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k3s traefik routes on it. The cluster now holds a valid cert for both production names, so the
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https hop verifies properly.
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#### Proxied vs DNS-only — decide before cutover 🛑
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The zone is currently **proxied**: apex `A → 50.87.136.52 PROXIED`, `www CNAME → apex PROXIED`.
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- **DNS-only (recommended for cutover):** the exact path all 23 working resources use. CrowdSec
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sees real client IPs as currently configured; HTTP-01 goes direct. Cost: no Cloudflare CDN/DDoS,
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and the VPS IP becomes visible.
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- **Stay proxied:** keeps CDN/DDoS and hides the origin, but CrowdSec will see Cloudflare IPs
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unless it is configured to trust `CF-Connecting-IP` — bans would land on the wrong addresses or
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on Cloudflare itself. Also requires Full (strict) per above.
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Revisit proxying after launch as a deliberate change with the CrowdSec real-IP config done
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properly — not as part of cutover.
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#### Cutover
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- [ ] Point apex + `www` at **23.94.111.133** in Cloudflare (replacing `50.87.136.52`).
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- [ ] **Immediately** `curl https://bluecapstrategies.com` yourself to trigger Pangolin's HTTP-01
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issuance, before a real visitor hits an unissued cert.
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- [ ] Verify a valid chain on both hostnames and that HTTP→HTTPS redirects.
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- [ ] Apply the canonical-host decision (§1.6): redirect the non-canonical name.
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**Rollback:** set the A record back to `50.87.136.52`. All records are `ttl=1` (Cloudflare "Auto",
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~300s for DNS-only), so propagation and rollback are both ~5 minutes — not hours.
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#### Mail is not affected
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MX (`eagle.mxlogin.com` / `eagle-relay.mxlogin.com`) and `mail.bluecapstrategies.com` are **not
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proxied** and are untouched by the cutover. MXroute keeps serving mail throughout. See
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`mxroute-mail-setup` notes.
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- [ ] Minor cleanup (post-launch): `autoconfig` and `autodiscover` still point at Bluehost
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(`50.87.136.52`) while mail is on MXroute — stale records that can hand mail clients the
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wrong settings.
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### 1.2 CI/CD is stalled — no deploy since 2026-07-20 🛑 hard blocker
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**ROOT CAUSE FOUND AND FIXED IN-REPO 2026-09-22.** Not a runner problem — the runner was online
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and the run *did* execute.
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Evidence (Gitea 1.27.3 on `gitea-1`, sqlite `action_run` for repo_id 3):
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- Run #6, commit `9f1cbca1b148`, created 2026-08-03 13:46:53, **status 2 = failure**, ran 13m
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(13:47:02 → 14:00:11) on runner 59.
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- No `9f1cbca1b148` entry in `package_version` → it died **at or before** the image push.
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- Job logs are past retention (`/data/gitea/actions_log` no longer holds run 205), so the cause
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was reproduced directly instead.
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**The cause:** the `Ensure docker + kustomize are available` step ran
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`apt-get install -y docker.io`. The job container image is **`node:18-bullseye`** (Debian 11),
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and bullseye went EOL — `debian-security` no longer serves those package versions. `apt-get
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update` still succeeds, so this fails only at install time, with 404s on `docker.io`,
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`containerd`, `systemd`, `libcap2`. Reproduced verbatim in a `node:18-bullseye` container on the
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runner host. That timing matches exactly: last green run 2026-07-20, first failure 2026-08-03.
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**The fix (applied to `.gitea/workflows/ci.yml`):** fetch the docker CLI and kustomize as pinned
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**static binaries** (`download.docker.com` / GitHub releases) instead of distro packages. Verified
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in the real job environment: the static client installs, reports `server=28.1.1` through the
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mounted socket, and `docker ps` succeeds. kustomize tarball and `git` are fine.
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Everything else on the runner path checked out and needs no change:
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- [x] act_runner container up, `v3.4.2`, registered and polling (the daily 07:30 "connection
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refused" entries are the Gitea restart window, harmless).
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- [x] Runner scope **already fixed** — runner id 59 is `owner_id=0, repo_id=0` (instance-scoped),
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so the old user-scoped problem is resolved. 58 stale duplicate runner rows remain; cosmetic,
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prune with the role's `gitea_runner_prune` tag when convenient.
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- [x] Runner host dockerd trusts `10.66.15.22:3000` as insecure — confirmed in `docker info`.
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- [x] `config.yaml` pins jobs to `gitea_network` and passes the docker socket — correct.
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- [x] `CI_TOKEN` repo secret present (repo_id 3).
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- [x] `paths-ignore` did not swallow the push — the commit touched `src/**`.
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- [x] `docker build` of the current tree succeeds locally, so the Dockerfile and lockfile are fine.
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Remaining:
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- [ ] **Re-trigger CI and confirm a green run** — the fix is verified at the step level but the
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full pipeline has not run end-to-end since July. Requires a push touching a non-ignored path.
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- [ ] Confirm the tag-bump commit lands and ArgoCD syncs the new image.
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- [ ] Do not cut DNS onto a stale image — confirm the deployed tag matches HEAD.
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- [x] **CI job image upgraded 2026-09-22.** `gitea_runner_labels` in
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`~/Homelab/ansible/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml` changed `node:18-bullseye` →
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**`node:22-bookworm`**; playbook run succeeded (ok=40 changed=8 failed=0). Runner **60**
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registered and online, `owner_id=0` (instance-scoped), label confirmed in `/data/.runner`.
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The job image now matches the host VM and k3s nodes (Debian 12) and the Node 22 that
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workflows install anyway.
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- Gotcha for next time: `--tags gitea_runner_prune` restricts the run to *only* that tag, so
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it cannot be combined with `-e gitea_runner_force_reregister=true`. Two separate runs.
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- Gotcha 2: `gitea_admin` had `must_change_password=1` (set during the 1.27.3 container
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recreate on 2026-09-14), which made Gitea reject **all** admin API calls with 403 — not
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401, so credentials were fine. Cleared 2026-09-22 with
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`docker exec -u git gitea gitea admin user must-change-password --unset gitea_admin`
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(password unchanged; vault still valid). The admin API works again.
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- [ ] Optional cleanup: prune the stale duplicate runner rows (59 of them now). Unblocked by the
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admin-API fix above. `ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts.ini gitea-deploy.yml --tags
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gitea_runner_prune`. Purely cosmetic — deletes only runners the API reports offline.
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**Note on the two fixes:** CI now has *two* independent reasons to work — the workflow no longer
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uses apt at all, and the job image is no longer EOL (bookworm still serves `docker.io` fine). The
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static-binary approach remains the more durable of the two; keep it regardless.
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### 1.3 Developer-facing copy on the contact page ✅ FIXED 2026-09-23
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Two notes written for developers, not visitors, were being rendered:
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- the form note explaining `PUBLIC_CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT`, and
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- a "Discovery note" about the WordPress page holding placeholder contact values.
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Replaced the first with reader-facing copy and dropped the second (the deviation it described is
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already recorded in `docs/content-deviations.md`). Commit `4e354d2`.
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### 1.4 Contact form endpoint — plumbing DONE 2026-09-23, needs your Formspree ID 🛑
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**Correction to the original entry:** it said to set `PUBLIC_CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT` in
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`k8s/configmap.yaml`. That would never have worked.
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- The Deployment has **no `env`/`envFrom`** referencing that ConfigMap — it is dead config.
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(`PUBLIC_SITE_URL` is in the same state; it only appears to work because the default baked into
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`astro.config.mjs` is already correct.)
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- Even wired up it could not work: `output: "static"` means Astro **inlines** `PUBLIC_*` at image
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build time, and the pod only runs nginx over pre-built HTML. There is no runtime knob.
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**Done (commit `af4cc4a`):**
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- [x] `Dockerfile` takes `ARG PUBLIC_CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT` / `PUBLIC_SITE_URL` → `ENV` before build.
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- [x] CI passes `--build-arg` from a `CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT` Actions secret.
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- [x] ConfigMap rewritten as documentation, with a warning not to add `envFrom`.
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- [x] Submit posts in the background via `fetch()` and redirects to our own `/thank-you/` instead
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of navigating to the provider's page.
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- [x] Failure path: stays on the page, re-enables the button, shows the phone/email fallback.
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- [x] Honeypot `_gotcha` (Formspree treats it as spam), positioned off-screen rather than
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`display:none` so bots that skip hidden fields still fill it.
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- [x] e2e covers the real fetch path (mocked endpoint, asserts the payload) and the failure case.
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**Still needs you:**
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- [ ] 🛑 Create the Formspree form for **info@bluecapstrategies.com** and confirm the address.
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- [ ] 🛑 Add the endpoint as a Gitea repo Actions secret named **`CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT`**
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(Settings → Actions → Secrets on `bmr_bluecap/bcs-website`), value
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`https://formspree.io/f/<your-id>`.
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- [ ] Push any commit touching `src/**` so CI rebuilds with the secret baked in.
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- [ ] Verify on the staging URL: submit a real inquiry, confirm it arrives, confirm the browser
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lands on `/thank-you/`.
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- [ ] Confirm the destination inbox is actually monitored. A working form delivering into an
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unwatched inbox is its own kind of failure.
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**Degradation if the secret is missing:** the build still succeeds and the form falls back to
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opening a `mailto:` draft. Survivable, but it fails silently for webmail users with no OS mail
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client — so treat a missing secret as a launch blocker, not a warning.
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### 1.5 Draft insight was being published and indexed ✅ FIXED 2026-09-23
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`src/pages/insights/[slug].astro` called `getCollection("insights")` unfiltered, so the
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`draft: true` placeholder built to `/insights/example-draft/` **and** appeared in
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`sitemap-0.xml`. The schema declared the flag and `rss.xml.ts` already honoured it — only the page
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route ignored it. Filtered in `getStaticPaths`, matching the RSS pattern. Build is 21 → 20 pages
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and the URL is gone from the sitemap. Commit `4e354d2`.
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- [ ] 🛑 **Still open (owner):** whether `/insights/` should ship at all with zero real articles.
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It is currently in the primary nav. See also §2.5.
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### 1.6 Canonical host is undecided 🛑 owner
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The ingress answers on **both** apex and `www`; `astro.config.mjs`, `robots.txt`, and the
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ConfigMap all hardcode `https://www.bluecapstrategies.com`. Serving identical content on two
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hosts with no redirect splits SEO signal from day one.
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- [ ] Owner picks apex or `www`.
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- [ ] Configure a 301 from the loser to the winner (traefik middleware or edge).
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- [ ] Reconcile `PUBLIC_SITE_URL`, canonical tags, `robots.txt` Sitemap line, and the ingress.
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---
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## 2. Should-fix before cutover
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### 2.5 `/insights/` index still renders developer-facing copy
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Found while fixing §1.5. `src/pages/insights/index.astro` shows visitors two cards written for a
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developer, not a reader:
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- *"Publishing path"* — "Future posts can be added as Markdown or MDX in
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`src/content/insights` with typed frontmatter for title, description, publish date…"
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- *"RSS support"* — "The feed is ready for future article imports even though no public posts are
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published yet."
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The hero also announces the section as a "Future publishing home", i.e. it tells visitors the
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section is empty. Same defect class as §1.3, but left alone deliberately: what the page *should*
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say depends on the owner's call in §1.5 on whether `/insights/` ships at all.
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- [ ] If `/insights/` ships: delete both note-cards and rewrite the hero as reader-facing copy.
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- [ ] If it does not: drop it from the primary nav and exclude the route from the sitemap.
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### 2.7 cert-manager DNS-01 self-check uses CoreDNS
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`cert-manager` logs `configured acme dns01 nameservers nameservers=["10.43.0.10:53"]`, i.e. it
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validates DNS-01 propagation through the cluster's own CoreDNS rather than public resolvers. That
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makes issuance sensitive to internal caching — including negative caching of the `_acme-challenge`
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name it is waiting on.
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- [ ] Point it at public resolvers before cutover:
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`--dns01-recursive-nameservers-only=true --dns01-recursive-nameservers=1.1.1.1:53,8.8.8.8:53`.
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Not confirmed as the cause of the 4h stall on 2026-10-09 (Cloudflare's authoritative NS were
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themselves returning NXDOMAIN for records its API reported as present), but it is the
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standard hardening and removes one variable from certificate renewal.
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### 2.6 Staging URL ✅ LIVE 2026-09-23
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**https://bcs.int.7tl-homelab.com** — review the rebuild in a browser, valid cert, no warning.
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- LAN-only: `*.int.7tl-homelab.com` resolves to the internal traefik LB (10.66.15.30). Not
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reachable from the internet; the real domain is untouched and WordPress still serves it.
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- Cert issued by Let's Encrypt via cert-manager DNS-01 in ~75s, `CN=bcs.int.7tl-homelab.com`,
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valid to 2026-12-21, auto-renewing.
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- All 9 public routes verified 200.
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- Commit `171c8c9`. Note it also corrected the issuer name in `k8s/ingress.yaml`: the commented
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placeholder said `letsencrypt-production`, but the ClusterIssuer is **`letsencrypt-prod`** —
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uncommenting it as written at cutover would have silently failed to issue.
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- ArgoCD may take a few minutes to poll a push; force it with
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`kubectl annotate application bcs-website -n argocd argocd.argoproj.io/refresh=hard --overwrite`.
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### 2.1 e2e suite is red — stale assertions, not a regression
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4 of 46 tests fail. Both failures assert **invented copy that the exact-copy work correctly
|
||
removed**:
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- `tests/site.spec.ts:67` waits for a link named `Explore services`; the homepage CTA is now
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`All services` (matches live WP).
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- `tests/site.spec.ts:101` waits for a heading matching `/Focused expertise/`, which no longer
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exists on `/focus-areas/`.
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Navigation itself works. The tests are wrong, not the site.
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- [ ] Update the two tests to assert current copy.
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- [ ] Get back to 46/46 so the suite is trustworthy at cutover.
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### 2.2 Repo hygiene
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Commit `9f1cbca` committed ~50 `.playwright-mcp/` screenshots and YAML snapshots plus a 2.8 MB
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`home-full.png` at the repo root.
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- [ ] Add `.playwright-mcp/` to `.gitignore`; remove the tracked artifacts and `home-full.png`.
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||
|
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### 2.3 Uptime monitoring is not deployed
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Per ADR-0004 the plan is to reuse the homelab `monylog` stack (not Uptime Kuma). Pod metrics and
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||
nginx logs already flow via Alloy; the external-availability piece was never added.
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||
- [?] Verify current state on monylog-1 — the items below are from notes, not re-verified today.
|
||
- [ ] Add `blackbox_exporter` + `web-bluecap.yml` alert rules; re-run the monylog ansible role to
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||
reload Prometheus.
|
||
- [ ] Confirm an external HTTPS check fires to Pushover on a simulated outage. **Do this before
|
||
cutover** — the first hours on new infrastructure are when you most need paging.
|
||
|
||
### 2.4 Analytics is a no-op
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||
`src/components/Analytics.astro` is wired into `BaseLayout` but gated on `PUBLIC_` env vars that
|
||
are absent from `k8s/configmap.yaml`, so nothing is collected.
|
||
- [ ] Decide whether to launch with analytics or add it after (ADR-0005: PostHog + Umami trial).
|
||
- [ ] **PostHog requires a privacy/consent notice before production use** — that gates it, not
|
||
the code.
|
||
- [ ] Set the env vars and confirm pageviews plus a consultation/CTA event.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## 3. Owner decisions (Brad)
|
||
|
||
These are yours, not mine. Several block content that is otherwise ready.
|
||
|
||
- [ ] 🛑 **Canonical host** — apex vs `www` (also §1.6).
|
||
- [ ] 🛑 **Contact details** — confirm `804-332-6618` / `info@bluecapstrategies.com` are the
|
||
production values. (The live WP contact page carries placeholders `123-456-8912` /
|
||
`info@gmail.com`, deliberately **not** reproduced; see `docs/content-deviations.md`.)
|
||
- [ ] 🛑 **AI training-bot policy** — `GPTBot` and `ClaudeBot` are currently **Allow: /** in
|
||
`public/robots.txt`, with a ready-to-uncomment `Disallow: /`. Search and answer crawlers
|
||
stay allowed either way. Decide before the site is publicly crawlable.
|
||
- [ ] 🛑 **Brad Rodgers bio + credentials + portrait** — gates `Person` schema, the About
|
||
buildout, and principal-led E-E-A-T/GEO positioning. Core asset, still missing.
|
||
- [ ] 🛑 **Real insights articles** — no fabricated or unreviewed AI content. Until one exists,
|
||
`/insights/` is an empty section in the nav (see §1.5).
|
||
- [ ] 🛑 **Social profiles** — the live site only has per-page share links and empty `#` hrefs.
|
||
Provide real profiles or omit the footer block.
|
||
- [ ] 🛑 **`/test/` page** — the live site has a staging duplicate of the homepage. Default: omit.
|
||
- [ ] 🛑 **Proof modules / representative engagements** — no fabricated client work or dollar
|
||
figures. Provide real ones or ship without.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## 4. Post-cutover (not blocking)
|
||
|
||
- [ ] Google Search Console + Bing Webmaster verified; `sitemap-index.xml` submitted.
|
||
- [ ] Per-page 1200×630 OG images. Every page currently shares one fallback; `BaseLayout.astro:49`
|
||
emits a single `og:image`.
|
||
- [ ] `robots` meta wired to a `noindex` frontmatter flag. `/thank-you/` is excluded from the
|
||
sitemap but emits **no** `noindex` meta tag.
|
||
- [ ] `article:published_time` / `article:modified_time` OG tags on insights posts (absent today).
|
||
- [ ] `lastmod` in the sitemap from content dates.
|
||
- [ ] Lighthouse ≥ 95 on SEO / Perf / Best-Practices / Accessibility; watch CLS from unsized images.
|
||
- [ ] Trailing-slash audit — `trailingSlash: "always"`; confirm canonicals and internal links agree.
|
||
- [ ] Decommission plan for the WordPress/Bluehost instance (keep it live and reachable through
|
||
cutover + a rollback window; see the "keep old site live" constraint).
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## 5. Already done — do not redo
|
||
|
||
Recorded because the older checklists still list several of these as open.
|
||
|
||
- [x] Full copy parity: home, about, services, focus areas, all 8 service detail pages, all 4
|
||
focus-area detail pages — verbatim live copy in Markdown content collections (ADR-0002).
|
||
- [x] Real imagery imported to `public/assets/live-site/` (+ `/icons`); placeholders deleted.
|
||
- [x] Zod `seoSchema` in `src/content.config.ts` — build **fails** on title/description/OG
|
||
violations.
|
||
- [x] `scripts/seo-lint.mjs` + `npm run seo:lint` — single-h1, heading order, canonical, alt text,
|
||
JSON-LD parse. Green on 21 pages.
|
||
- [x] `BreadcrumbList` schema (`src/utils/schema.ts`) applied across detail pages — the SEO doc
|
||
still lists this as to-do; it is done.
|
||
- [x] Per-agent `public/robots.txt`; `@astrojs/sitemap` excluding `/thank-you/`.
|
||
- [x] Deviations logged in `docs/content-deviations.md`.
|
||
- [x] GitOps: Gitea Actions CI, Gitea Packages registry, ArgoCD Application, External-Secrets
|
||
registry pull auth over public HTTPS (ADR-0007, ADR-0008). Proven end-to-end in July —
|
||
currently stalled, see §1.2.
|
||
- [x] Monitoring approach decided: reuse `monylog`, not Uptime Kuma (ADR-0004). The SEO doc's
|
||
"Uptime Kuma" line is superseded.
|