Root cause: pinned to temporalio/helm-charts @ 0.74.0, which uses the OLD
flat persistence schema (server.config.persistence.<store>.driver/.sql),
NOT the datastores:-wrapped schema shown in the CURRENT chart's
values/values.postgresql.yaml example (that key was introduced in a later
major version). Our old values.yaml used the datastores: key, which doesn't
exist in 0.74.0 - Helm doesn't validate unknown keys, so it was silently a
no-op. persistence.default.driver / persistence.visibility.driver stayed at
their chart default ("cassandra", with empty hosts: []) the entire time,
regardless of anything nested under datastores:.
Verified before writing this fix: cloned temporalio/helm-charts, checked out
tag temporal-0.74.0 (exact pin), ran +
against our actual values.yaml - confirmed the rendered
schema-setup Job used CASSANDRA_HOST/temporal-cassandra-tool the whole time.
Re-rendered with the corrected flat schema - zero Cassandra references,
correct postgres12 pluginName/connectAddr wired to ddb-cluster-rw.
Also fixed two compounding no-ops found the same way:
- -> real keys are schema.setup.enabled /
schema.update.enabled / schema.createDatabase.enabled (jobs.autoSetup
doesn't exist anywhere in this chart's templates or values.yaml).
- cassandra.enabled was never actually set to false (stayed at chart
default true) - now explicitly false, along with mysql/elasticsearch/
prometheus/grafana (none of which we want).
Password wiring: existingSecret: temporal-db-role + secretKey: password,
pointing at the CNPG-generated Secret - avoids storing the DB password as
plaintext in this values file. Added a new temporal-db-secret-sync
Application (sync-wave 7, one before temporal's wave 8) with a PreSync hook
Job that copies that Secret from the ddb namespace into temporal (Secrets
are namespace-scoped; CNPG creates it in ddb, but Temporal's pods run in
temporal). Deliberately a standalone directory/Application rather than
folded into temporal/'s own kustomization.yaml, which has a The Temporal CLI manages, monitors, and debugs Temporal apps. It lets you run
a local Temporal Service, start Workflow Executions, pass messages to running
Workflows, inspect state, and more.
* Start a local development service:
`temporal server start-dev`
* View help: pass `--help` to any command:
`temporal activity complete --help`
Usage:
temporal [command]
Available Commands:
activity Operate on Activity Executions
batch Manage running batch jobs
completion Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
config Manage config files (EXPERIMENTAL)
env Manage environments
help Help about any command
operator Manage Temporal deployments
schedule Perform operations on Schedules
server Run Temporal Server
task-queue Manage Task Queues
worker Read or update Worker state
workflow Start, list, and operate on Workflows
Flags:
--client-connect-timeout duration
The client connection timeout. 0s means no timeout.
(default 0s)
--color string
Output coloring. Accepted values: always, never, auto.
(default "auto")
--command-timeout duration
The command execution timeout. 0s means no timeout.
(default 0s)
--config-file $CONFIG_PATH/temporalio/temporal.toml
File path to read TOML config from, defaults to
$CONFIG_PATH/temporalio/temporal.toml where
`$CONFIG_PATH` is defined as `$HOME/.config` on Unix,
`$HOME/Library/Application Support` on macOS, and
`%AppData%` on Windows.
--disable-config-env
If set, disables loading environment config from
environment variables.
--disable-config-file
If set, disables loading environment config from config file.
--env ENV
Active environment name (ENV). (default "default")
--env-file $HOME/.config/temporalio/temporal.yaml
Path to environment settings file. Defaults to
$HOME/.config/temporalio/temporal.yaml.
-h, --help
help for temporal
--log-format string
Log format. Accepted values: text, json. (default "text")
--log-level string
Log level. Default is "never" for most commands and
"warn" for "server start-dev". Accepted values: debug,
info, warn, error, never. (default "never")
--no-json-shorthand-payloads
Raw payload output, even if the JSON option was used.
-o, --output string
Non-logging data output format. Accepted values: text,
json, jsonl, none. (default "text")
--profile string
Profile to use for config file.
--time-format string
Time format. Accepted values: relative, iso, raw.
(default "relative")
-v, --version
version for temporal
Use "temporal [command] --help" for more information about a command. transformer that would silently rewrite the copy-job's ddb-scoped
RoleBinding back to temporal (same class of bug just fixed in
k8s/security/iam/kustomization.yaml).
1. prometheus CRD sync failure (OutOfSync, permanently failing):
- helm.skipCrds: true on the prometheus Application - stop ArgoCD from
managing these CRDs through client-side apply (kube-prometheus-stack's
CRDs are large enough that the kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-
configuration annotation exceeds etcd's 262144-byte limit on every sync).
- New prometheus-crds Application: plain git-sourced YAML (extracted via
helm show crds, committed under k8s/platform/monitoring/crds/), synced
with ServerSideApply=true. Chosen over a Helm-sourced 'CRDs only' app
because there's no clean way to ask ArgoCD's Helm source for 'render only
the crds/ directory' - a committed plain-YAML source is unambiguous.
- ServerSideApply=true can't go on the main prometheus Application: it
conflicts with managedNamespaceMetadata's forced namespace apply
('--force cannot be used with --server-side'), hence the split.
2. minio-tenant stuck OutOfSync (blocked 97+ minutes):
- minio-policy-setup PostSync hook Job was NAME:
mc alias set - set a new alias to configuration file
USAGE:
mc alias set ALIAS URL ACCESSKEY SECRETKEY
FLAGS:
--path value bucket path lookup supported by the server. Valid options are '[auto, on, off]' (default: "auto")
--api value API signature. Valid options are '[S3v4, S3v2]'
--config-dir value, -C value path to configuration folder (default: "/Users/rockliang/.mc") [$MC_CONFIG_DIR]
--quiet, -q disable progress bar display [$MC_QUIET]
--disable-pager, --dp disable mc internal pager and print to raw stdout [$MC_DISABLE_PAGER]
--no-color disable color theme [$MC_NO_COLOR]
--json enable JSON lines formatted output [$MC_JSON]
--debug enable debug output [$MC_DEBUG]
--resolve value resolves HOST[:PORT] to an IP address. Example: minio.local:9000=10.10.75.1 [$MC_RESOLVE]
--insecure disable SSL certificate verification [$MC_INSECURE]
--limit-upload value limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s, MiB/s, GiB/s. (default: unlimited) [$MC_LIMIT_UPLOAD]
--limit-download value limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s, MiB/s, GiB/s. (default: unlimited) [$MC_LIMIT_DOWNLOAD]
--custom-header value, -H value add custom HTTP header to the request. 'key:value' format.
--help, -h show help
EXAMPLES:
1. Add MinIO service under "myminio" alias. For security reasons turn off bash history momentarily.
$ set +o history
$ mc alias set myminio http://localhost:9000 minio minio123
$ set -o history
2. Add MinIO service under "myminio" alias, to use dns style bucket lookup. For security reasons
turn off bash history momentarily.
$ set +o history
$ mc alias set myminio http://localhost:9000 minio minio123 --api "s3v4" --path "off"
$ set -o history
3. Add Amazon S3 storage service under "mys3" alias. For security reasons turn off bash history momentarily.
$ set +o history
$ mc alias set mys3 https://s3.amazonaws.com \
BKIKJAA5BMMU2RHO6IBB V8f1CwQqAcwo80UEIJEjc5gVQUSSx5ohQ9GSrr12
$ set -o history
4. Add Amazon S3 storage service under "mys3" alias, prompting for keys.
$ mc alias set mys3 https://s3.amazonaws.com --api "s3v4" --path "off"
Enter Access Key: BKIKJAA5BMMU2RHO6IBB
Enter Secret Key: V8f1CwQqAcwo80UEIJEjc5gVQUSSx5ohQ9GSrr12
5. Add Amazon S3 storage service under "mys3" alias using piped keys.
$ set +o history
$ echo -e "BKIKJAA5BMMU2RHO6IBB\nV8f1CwQqAcwo80UEIJEjc5gVQUSSx5ohQ9GSrr12" | \
mc alias set mys3 https://s3.amazonaws.com --api "s3v4" --path "off"
$ set -o history against
http://minio.storage.svc.cluster.local:9000 - stale port. The minio
Service's port now tracks requestAutoCert on the Tenant (443 when
auto-TLS is on, 80 when off - we set it to false earlier), so 9000
doesn't exist on that Service anymore and the job hung in its 'waiting
for minio...' retry loop indefinitely, blocking ArgoCD's sync operation
(PostSync hooks block the sync from completing until they succeed).
- Fixed to use minio-cluster-hl.storage.svc.cluster.local:9000 - the
headless per-pod Service, which always listens on 9000 regardless of
the Tenant's TLS mode, so this can't silently break again the same way.
Root cause of widespread 'Unknown' sync status / Skipping auto-sync across
almost every Application: CoreDNS rewrites forgejo.riotpiao.com to the nginx
ingress controller service (rewrite name forgejo.riotpiao.com -> ingress-nginx-
controller...), which only listens on 80/443, not 3000. Every git fetch from
argocd-repo-server to the :3000 repoURL was timing out (context deadline
exceeded), so ArgoCD couldn't compare desired vs live state for any app.
Fix: use https://forgejo.riotpiao.com (no port, TLS via nginx + wildcard cert)
consistent with the 'all external endpoints HTTPS' requirement. Verified git
smart-http response 200 on the new URL before committing.
Correct CMP setup (prior attempt used unsupported config): repoServer.initContainers
fetches sops v3.9.0 + yq v4.44.3 into a shared volume; repoServer.extraContainers
runs argocd-cmp-server with plugin.yaml from the sops-cmp-plugin ConfigMap, age key
from sops-age Secret. Plugin emits authentik/loki-s3-creds/grafana-admin/grafana-oidc
Secrets from decrypted enc files. sops-secrets Application (wave 0) uses the plugin at
repo root. Unblocks authentik/loki/grafana which were Degraded on missing secrets.
Substrate had no owner since Terraform was deleted (Pure GitOps). Adds 5 wave-0/1
Applications: cert-manager v1.21.0 (installCRDs, CP tolerations), ingress-nginx
4.15.1 (LB 192.168.1.160), reloader 2.2.14 at wave 0; LE ClusterIssuers +
*.riotpiao.com wildcard cert at wave 1 (DNS-01 via Cloudflare). Adds 3 chart
repos to AppProject sourceRepos and SOPS-encrypted cloudflare-api-token secret.
Cert starts on letsencrypt-staging; flip to prod after clean issue.
The operator chart moved to https://operator.min.io/; https://charts.min.io/ only
ships the standalone minio chart, causing 'chart operator not found in index'.
Pin to 5.0.18 (v5.x schema matches minio-operator-values.yaml operator.image.tag v5.0.0);
targetRevision '*' was fragile. Unblocks minio-tenant (needs operator CRDs).
Reverts complex CMP plugin setup (helm chart doesn't support repoServer.extraContainers).
Instead: sops-secrets Application uses directory source (no plugin), emits placeholder
README. Manually-created Secrets (grafana-admin) live in target namespaces.
Full CMP plugin work deferred to future stage. Grafana values still wired to
admin.existingSecret (no-op until Secret exists, which it now does).
This unblocks cluster deployment without waiting for ArgoCD CMP plumbing.
- Create SOPS-encrypted cloudflared-secrets.enc.yaml with tunnel token
- Add Cloudflare vars to .env.example (CLOUDFLARE_CONNECTOR_TOKEN, ACCOUNT_ID, TUNNEL_ID, API_TOKEN)
- Document Phase 0 cloudflared-token Secret creation in BOOTSTRAP.md (manual step until CMP plugin wires it)
- Note: Cloudflare-side TCP routing (cp1.homelab -> 192.168.1.213:6443, etc.) must be configured manually in Zero Trust dashboard
Tunnel already deployed as ArgoCD Application in k8s/argocd/apps/60-applications.yaml (wave 8); this closes the missing Secret gap and documents the bootstrap path.
Reverting Phase 4 Pod Job implementation in favor of CI runner (Forgejo Actions).
Deleted:
- k8s/argocd/apps/phase4-terraform-0.yaml
- k8s/hooks/phase4/ (terraform-apply-hook.yaml, terraform-rbac.yaml, terraform-s3-secrets.enc.yaml)
Reason: Pod Job approach had limitations (eviction, timeouts, pod security policies).
Next: Implement Forgejo Actions CI workflow for terraform apply.
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