Initial import: nuc and ks4 infrastructure documentation

README with instance tables and nuc<->ks4 network flow chart;
per-container install/troubleshooting docs for nuc (jellyfin
server/client, transmission-bt, bare-metal reinstall) and the
ks4 two-leg backup scheme (incus-copy over wireguard).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# incus-copy — ks4 instance replication
Incremental replication of all ks4 Incus instances via
[`scripts/incus-copy.sh`](../scripts/incus-copy.sh)
(`incus copy --refresh`: ZFS-incremental, produces ready-to-start
replicas instead of tarballs). Two legs replace the historical nightly
push to `ks2` (decommissioning):
1. **local** — replicas + dumps on a dedicated `backup` zpool on ks4's
second disk (`sdb5`), survives `sda` death
2. **off-site** — replicas pulled by **nuc** into pool `ks4backup`
(dataset `usb4t/backup/ks4`), survives losing ks4 entirely
## The script
```
incus-copy.sh -d <dest-remote> [-m pull|push|relay] [-s <dest-pool>] # push local → remote
incus-copy.sh -r <src-remote> [-m pull|push|relay] [-s <dest-pool>] # pull remote → local
incus-copy.sh -p <dest-project> -s <dest-pool> # local → local project
```
- Copies **all** instances, running and stopped — a stopped instance's
filesystem never changes, so its refresh transfers nothing after the
first copy.
- `flock` on `/run/lock/incus-copy.lock` — overlapping cron runs abort
instead of racing the same instance.
- After each successful copy it sets `boot.autostart=false` on the
**replica** — otherwise the copy inherits autostart and would start
itself on the backup host after a reboot (or, for the local-project
leg, fight the live instance for its static IP on the same bridge).
- Exits non-zero if any instance failed (cron/monitoring can alert);
per-instance failures go to stderr, progress to stdout.
- Snapshot history is the **source's** job — set on ks4, e.g.:
`incus profile set default snapshots.schedule="0 3 * * *" snapshots.expiry=7d`.
`--refresh-exclude-older` keeps expired snapshots from being re-sent.
- Consistency: copies of running instances are crash-consistent;
databases may need recovery on restore. Snapshot history mitigates,
and [`incus-backup.sh`](../scripts/incus-backup.sh) (proper
`mariadb-dump`s + selected paths, manifest-driven) covers the DBs.
- **VMs**: `--refresh` re-sends a VM's **full block volume** every run
unless source and replica share a common snapshot — containers diff
cheaply regardless (verified on nuc: homeassistant re-sent 3.3 GiB,
containers only KBs). Set `snapshots.schedule` on sources *before*
enabling the crons, especially for the WAN leg.
## Leg 1 — local backup pool on ks4 (sdb5)
One-time setup (root on ks4). `sdb1-4` mirror the OS (mdraid); `sdb5`
was unused:
```sh
# find sdb's serial: ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/ | grep sdb5
zpool create -m none backup /dev/disk/by-id/ata-HGST_HUS726T6TALE6L1_<sdb-serial>-part5
zfs create backup/incus # incus-managed (replicas)
zfs create -o mountpoint=/backup backup/dumps # incus-backup.sh output
incus storage create backup zfs source=backup/incus
# replicas live in their own project so names don't collide with the
# live instances; it shares the default project's profiles
incus project create backup -c features.images=false -c features.profiles=false
```
Cron (root on ks4) — replaces both ks2 jobs:
```cron
0 1 * * * /root/scripts/incus-copy.sh -p backup -s backup >> /var/log/incus-copy.log 2>&1
0 4 * * * /root/scripts/incus-backup.sh -f /root/scripts/incus-backup.db -s data >> /var/log/incus-backup.log 2>&1
```
(`incus-backup.sh` without `-d` now writes locally to
`/backup/$(hostname -s)/` — the `backup/dumps` dataset.)
⚠️ Replicas in the `backup` project must stay **stopped** — they keep
the live containers' static `192.168.1.x` addresses.
## Leg 2 — off-site pull from nuc
Storage pool on nuc (done 2026-08-09): `ks4backup`, backed by the
dataset `usb4t/backup/ks4` on the USB 4 TB pool (quota on `usb4t/backup`
removed 2026-08-09 — full replica set is ~1.75 TiB):
```sh
incus storage create ks4backup zfs source=usb4t/backup/ks4
```
Replicas live only on the USB drive — if it fails, only backups are
lost; nuc's own instances (pool `data` on the SSD) are unaffected.
**Direction: nuc pulls, through the WireGuard tunnel.** Verified
2026-08-09: ks4's API listens on wildcard `:8443` (so it answers on
`192.168.1.1`, the `incusbr0` host address) but is **firewalled from
the internet** — the VPN path keeps it that way, needs no inbound port
at home, and doesn't care that nuc's public IP is dynamic. The
`wireguard` container (`192.168.1.18`, `wg0` `10.8.0.1/24`) is exposed
via a proxy device on public UDP `51845`.
Setup (✅ **done 2026-08-09**, verified end-to-end with
`incus list ks4:` from nuc):
- **wireguard container** (ks4): forwards + masquerades wg0→eth0
(pre-existing); nuc added as peer `10.8.0.20/32`
(`wg set wg0 peer 31Tlgloc… allowed-ips 10.8.0.20/32` +
`wg-quick save wg0`).
- **ufw** (ks4): `ufw allow in on incusbr0 from 192.168.1.18 to any
port 8443 proto tcp` — the API stays firewalled from the internet
and the connection arrives masqueraded as the WG container.
- **nuc**: `/etc/wireguard/wg-ks4.conf` (`wg-quick@wg-ks4` enabled;
peer = container pubkey `TVs6d7…`, endpoint `193.70.35.17:51845`,
`AllowedIPs = 10.8.0.0/24, 192.168.1.1/32`, keepalive 25s) and
`incus remote add ks4 https://192.168.1.1:8443 --accept-certificate
--token '…'` (fingerprint cross-checked against the token).
In pull mode all control + migration traffic flows over that single
API connection, so nothing else needs routing. Copying the `wireguard`
container over its own tunnel is fine (crash-consistent, tiny, no
interruption); if the tunnel is down the cron job fails loudly instead
of hanging.
Then cron (root on nuc) — stagger after ks4's local leg:
```cron
30 2 * * * /root/scripts/incus-copy.sh -r ks4 -s ks4backup >> /var/log/incus-copy.log 2>&1
```
The **initial seed is ~1.75 TiB** over the home downlink — run the
first `incus-copy.sh -r ks4 -s ks4backup` manually (tmux), enable the
cron once it completes.
## Cutover checklist (then kill ks2)
1. First full cycle of all three jobs clean (logs above).
2. Restore test: on nuc, start a small replica (e.g. `freshrss`) with
its NIC detached, check app data, then stop it.
3. Remove both ks2 cron lines on ks4, `incus remote remove ks2`,
cancel the server (`164.132.173.57` = ks2, rsync target of the old
4 AM job).
## Restore
```sh
# from nuc (off-site replica):
incus copy <instance> ks4:<instance> --mode push
# from the local backup project (sda replaced, pool data rebuilt):
incus copy <instance> <instance> --project backup --target-project default -s data
```
Remember replicas have `boot.autostart=false`; re-enable after a real
failover, and re-check it after copying back to ks4.
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# ks4 — prod server setup & rebuild procedure
Prod Incus host at OVH (`ks4.lutran.fr``193.70.35.17`, SSH on port
**2233**). This is a scan-derived snapshot of how the box is currently
laid out plus the steps to rebuild the host layer. Per-instance rebuild
docs are still TODO — see [Instances](#instances).
> Scanned 2026-08-09 as `julien` (in groups `sudo`, `incus`) with
> passwordless `sudo incus …` only. Anything needing root beyond incus
> (`zpool status`, host firewall dumps, container internals) is marked
> **verify** below.
## Hardware / hosting
- OVH dedicated server, hostname `ns3061243`, up ~90 days at scan time
- CPU: Intel Xeon D-1521 @ 2.40 GHz (4c/8t)
- RAM: 31 GiB (+1 GiB swap)
- Disks: 2× 6 TB HGST `HUS726T6TALE6L1` (`sda`, `sdb`)
- `sda1/2/3` + `sdb1/2/3`**mdraid RAID1** mirrors:
`md1``/boot/efi` (vfat), `md2``/boot` (ext4),
`md3``/` (ext4, 40 GB)
- `sda4` / `sdb4` → swap (512 MB each)
- `sda5` (5.4 TB) → ZFS pool `data` (all Incus instance disks),
single vdev `ata-HGST_…_V9K2UX7L-part5`, `ONLINE`, weekly scrub
(Sundays, last clean run 2026-08-09)
- `sdb5` (5.4 TB) → **unused** (no fstype)
- Network: `eno3` up, `193.70.35.17/24`, gw `193.70.35.254`,
IPv6 `2001:41d0:303:711::1/128`. `eno4` down.
- OS: Debian 13 (trixie), kernel `6.12.86+deb13-amd64`
### ⚠️ Data pool is NOT mirrored
Confirmed via `zpool status`: the OS (`md1/2/3`) is RAID1 across both
disks, but the ZFS `data` pool is a **single vdev on `sda5`**. If `sda`
dies, every instance disk is lost even though the OS survives on `sdb`.
Decision (2026-08-09): instead of mirroring, `sdb5` hosts a dedicated
`backup` zpool receiving nightly replicas + dumps, with a second
off-site replica on nuc — see [incus-copy.md](incus-copy.md).
(`zpool status` also notes some pool features are disabled — an
optional `zpool upgrade data` would enable them, at the cost of
compatibility with older ZFS.)
## Software layer
- **Incus** from the Zabbly stable repo (`pkgs.zabbly.com/incus/stable`,
suite `trixie`), packages `incus`, `incus-base`, `incus-client`,
`incus-ui-canonical`, version `1:7.2-debian13-…`.
- ZFS `2.4.3-1~bpo13+1` (`zfs-dkms`, `zfsutils-linux`, `zfs-zed`).
- Incus daemon: `core.https_address: :8443` (web UI reachable; TLS auth),
firewall driver **nftables**, storage driver **zfs**, not clustered.
Repo + install (matches nuc):
```sh
mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://pkgs.zabbly.com/key.asc -o /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc
cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbly-incus-stable.sources <<EOF
Enabled: yes
Types: deb
URIs: https://pkgs.zabbly.com/incus/stable
Suites: trixie
Components: main
Architectures: amd64
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc
EOF
apt update && apt install -y incus zfs-dkms zfsutils-linux zfs-zed
```
## Networking / public ingress
Unlike nuc (macvlan → real LAN IPs), ks4 uses a **NAT bridge**: all
instances sit on `incusbr0` (`192.168.1.1/24`) with static
`192.168.1.x` addresses. Public traffic reaches them through Incus
**proxy devices** on the host's public IP:
| Host port(s) | → Instance | Proxy notes |
|---|---|---|
| 80, 443/tcp | `gateway` (192.168.1.2) | `proxy_protocol=true` → nginx reverse proxy fans out to the app containers |
| 25, 587, 993/tcp | `mail` (192.168.1.3) | `proxy_protocol=true` (SMTP/submission/IMAPS) |
| 2244/tcp | `git` (192.168.1.6) | → container `:22` (git-over-SSH) |
| 51845/udp | `wireguard` (192.168.1.18) | → WireGuard; VPN subnet `10.8.0.0/24` (server `wg0` 10.8.0.1) |
| 2233/tcp | host `sshd` | admin SSH (not a proxy device) |
| 8443/tcp | host `incus` daemon | remote API + web UI |
So **`gateway` is the single HTTP/S entry point** and terminates TLS for
the web apps; the app containers are not directly exposed. The `gateway`
and `mail` proxies use the PROXY protocol, so nginx/postfix inside must
be configured to expect it.
Other bridges present: `incusbr-1001` (`10.183.142.1/24`) and
`incusbr-1002` (`10.10.112.1/24`), one per restricted user project
(see below). The host also runs a DNS resolver (dnsmasq) on each bridge
IP `:53`.
## Incus projects
| Project | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `default` | all the service containers below |
| `user-1001` | restricted project for `julien` (own bridge + quota) |
| `user-1002` | restricted project for `franzz` |
| `incus-compose-images` | image cache for the `incus-compose` tool (see note) |
> `~/incus-compose` on the host is a Go project (own GitLab CI) — a
> docker-compose-style deployer for Incus that julien develops. The
> `incus-compose-images` project is its image store. Not required to run
> the existing containers.
## Instances
All in the `default` project, on the `default` profile
(`eth0``incusbr0`, `root` → pool `data`), unprivileged
(`security.nesting=true`), with daily snapshots
(`snapshots.schedule=@daily`, expiry 1w / 4w manual, ~7 kept).
**Running:**
| Name | IP | Role (inferred) | Base image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gateway | .2 | **nginx reverse proxy / TLS** — HTTP(S) ingress | Ubuntu 18.04 | proxy 80/443, PROXY protocol |
| mail | .3 | **mail server** (Postfix/Dovecot stack) | Debian 9.9 (Apache/MariaDB/PHP) | proxy 25/587/993; ~20 GB |
| nextcloud | .4 | **Nextcloud** | Debian stretch | ~726 GB data |
| freshrss | .5 | **FreshRSS** reader | — | dedicated `root` disk device |
| git | .6 | **Git server** (Gitea/GitLab-class) | Ubuntu 18.04 | SSH proxy host:2244→:22 |
| seafile | .7 | **Seafile** file sync | — | ~950 GB, dedicated `root` disk |
| databap | .8 | app (role unconfirmed — **verify**) | Ubuntu 18.04 | |
| spot | .9 | app (role unconfirmed — **verify**; joal/torrent?) | Debian 9.9 | ~25 GB |
| bitwarden | .15 | **Bitwarden / Vaultwarden** | Ubuntu 18.04 | ~23 GB |
| solar | .17 | app (solar/PV monitoring? — **verify**) | Debian 9.9 | |
| wireguard | .18 | **WireGuard VPN** | Debian trixie (rebuilt 2025-11-28) | proxy udp:51845; wg0 10.8.0.1/24 |
| login | .19 | **SSO / auth** (runs Docker inside) | Debian 9.9 | `docker0`+bridge; nesting, syscall intercepts |
| outline | .20 | **Outline** wiki (runs Docker inside) | Debian 9.9 | `docker0`+bridge; nesting, syscall intercepts |
**Stopped (legacy / occasional):** `catc`, `mythoughts`, `qcm`,
`wedding`, `wow` — no snapshots, kept around; roles not documented.
> Most base images are old (Ubuntu 18.04 / Debian 9 "stretch", both EOL).
> Treat these as pets to migrate, not reproduce. Per-instance install
> docs (one `.md` each, per repo convention) still need to be written —
> that requires shelling into each container, which the current
> incus-only sudo grant doesn't allow.
## Backups
> **Migration in progress** (2026-08-09): the `ks2` destination below is
> being replaced by a local `backup` zpool on `sdb5` + off-site pull
> from nuc — plan and setup in [incus-copy.md](incus-copy.md). The
> cron blocks here describe what runs **today**; update on cutover.
Two **root** cron jobs (this repo's [`scripts/`](../scripts/) are the
copies that run here) — the primary safety net for the non-mirrored
`data` pool:
```cron
0 1 * * * /root/scripts/incus-copy.sh -d ks2 -m push
0 4 * * * /root/scripts/incus-backup.sh -d 164.132.173.57 -u rsyncbackup \
-i /root/.ssh/id_rsyncbackup -p 2233 \
-f /root/scripts/incus-backup.db -s data
```
- **01:00 — `incus-copy.sh``ks2`**: differential `incus copy … \
--refresh --refresh-exclude-older --mode push` of every *running*
instance to remote incus host `ks2` (a near-live replica). `ks2` must
exist as an `incus remote`.
- **04:00 — `incus-backup.sh` → `164.132.173.57`**: rsync-over-ssh (user
`rsyncbackup`, key `/root/.ssh/id_rsyncbackup`, port 2233) of the incus
local+global DB dumps, each container's `backup.yaml`, MariaDB dumps
(`incus exec … mariadb-dump`), and selected rootfs paths into
`/backup/ks4/` on the remote. **Which** containers/DBs/paths are
backed up is driven by the JSON manifest
`/root/scripts/incus-backup.db` — keep it current when adding a
service.
Both scripts run as root (they use `incus exec` / `incus admin sql`),
not through the `julien` incus-only sudo grant. Logs:
`/var/log/incus-copy.log`, `/var/log/incus-backup.log`.
Manual export of a single instance:
```sh
sudo incus export <name> /path/to/<name>.tar.gz # --instance-only to skip snapshots
```
## Host rebuild outline
OVH reinstalls provide Debian; the ks4-specific layer is:
1. **OS**: Debian 13, mdraid RAID1 (`md1`/`md2`/`md3`) across both disks
for `/boot/efi`, `/boot`, `/` — OVH's guided partitioning, or restore
the layout above. Leave `sda5` (and ideally `sdb5`) for ZFS.
2. **SSH**: move sshd to port **2233**; restore
`/root/.ssh/authorized_keys` (incl. `id_rsa_claude.pub` from this
repo) and the `julien` account (groups `sudo`, `incus`) +
`/etc/sudoers.d/incus`.
3. **ZFS pool**:
```sh
zpool create data /dev/disk/by-id/<sda5-id>
# recommended: mirror it (see warning above)
zpool attach data <sda5-id> /dev/disk/by-id/<sdb5-id>
```
4. **Incus**: install from Zabbly (above), then `incus admin init`
with pool `data` and bridge `incusbr0` (`192.168.1.1/24`, NAT):
```sh
cat <<EOF | incus admin init --preseed
config:
core.https_address: :8443
storage_pools:
- name: data
driver: zfs
config: {source: data}
networks:
- name: incusbr0
type: bridge
config: {ipv4.address: 192.168.1.1/24, ipv4.nat: "true", ipv6.address: none}
profiles:
- name: default
devices:
eth0: {name: eth0, network: incusbr0, type: nic}
root: {path: /, pool: data, type: disk}
EOF
```
5. **Restore instances** from exports, re-pin each static IP
(`incus config device set <name> eth0 ipv4.address 192.168.1.x`),
and re-add the proxy devices from the
[ingress table](#networking--public-ingress), e.g.:
```sh
incus config device add gateway https proxy \
listen=tcp:0.0.0.0:443 connect=tcp:127.0.0.1:443 proxy_protocol=true
```
6. **Re-enable** daily snapshots on each instance, restore root's
crontab + `/root/scripts/` + `/root/.ssh/id_rsyncbackup`, add the
`ks2` incus remote, and confirm both backup jobs run (see
[Backups](#backups)).