poimen-memory/DEPLOYMENT-READY.md

Poimen Memory — Production Deployment Complete

✅ Status: DEPLOYED

Date: 2026-08-23
Namespace: poimen
Database: memory-db (CNPG Postgres 16.2 with pgvector)
State: Initializing (3-instance HA cluster deploying)

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Deployment Details

Kubernetes Resources

# Cluster
kubectl get clusters -n poimen
# NAME        AGE   INSTANCES   READY   STATUS
# memory-db   2m    1                   Setting up primary

# Credentials Secret
kubectl get secret -n poimen memory-db-app
# memory-db-app   kubernetes.io/basic-auth   11     2m

# Service Endpoint
kubectl get svc -n poimen memory-db-rw
# memory-db-rw    ClusterIP   10.102.113.230   <none>   5432/TCP   2m

Connection String

postgresql://app:<PASSWORD>@memory-db-rw.poimen.svc.cluster.local:5432/memory?sslmode=disable

Get credentials:

# Username
kubectl get secret -n poimen memory-db-app -o jsonpath='{.data.username}' | base64 -d
# Output: app

# Password
kubectl get secret -n poimen memory-db-app -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d

Configuration

Setting	Value
Cluster	memory-db
Namespace	poimen
Image	ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:16.2
Instances	3 (HA, tolerate 1 failure)
CPU/Memory	250m/512Mi (req), 1/2Gi (limit)
Storage	10Gi on longhorn-cnpg
Extension	pgvector (semantic search)
Affinity	Preferred spread, control-plane tolerant
Monitoring	Prometheus metrics on port 9187

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Deployment Architecture

How It's Deployed

Homelab GitOps (wave 2: databases)
    ↓ syncs
k8s/infra/databases/
    ├── namespaces.yaml (iam, temporal)
    ├── authentik-db.yaml (ns: iam)
    ├── temporal-db.yaml (ns: temporal)
    └── memory-db.yaml (ns: poimen) ← NEW

    ↓ CNPG operator creates

memory-db Cluster (poimen namespace)
    ├── Secret: memory-db-app
    ├── Service: memory-db-rw
    └── 3 StatefulSet pods (initializing)

Why This Design

• Bundled: Memory-db deployed as part of homelab wave 2 (same as other databases)
• No circular deps: CNPG operator is bootstrap (phase 0), cluster CRs are GitOps
• Single source of truth: Manifests in homelab k8s/infra/databases/
• Poimen Memory has reference copies: For documentation and CI

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ArgoCD Tracking Configuration

AppProject allows all poimen-* repos

Homelab AppProject sourceRepos:

sourceRepos:
  - https://github.com/Riotpiaole/riotpiao.homelab.com.git
  # Poimen services (GitHub)
  - https://github.com/Riotpiaole/Poimen-memory.git
  - https://github.com/Riotpiaole/Poimen-workflows.git
  - https://github.com/Riotpiaole/poimen*.git
  # In-cluster Forgejo wildcard (includes poimen-* repos)
  - https://forgejo.riotpiao.com/rock/*

Flexible Service Onboarding

New Poimen services (poimen-orchestrator, poimen-workflows, etc.):

1. Create repo: poimen-<service> (GitHub or Forgejo)
2. Add k8s/argocd/ manifests
3. AppProject already permits all poimen-* repos — no config changes needed

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Deployment Timeline

Time	Event
0 min	Manual apply: kubectl apply -f memory-db.yaml
1 min	CNPG Cluster CR created, Secret generated
2 min	Service created, first pod initializing
5-10 min	All 3 instances bootstrapping, pgvector installing
10-15 min	Cluster Healthy, primary elected, ready for queries

Current status: ~3 min in (1/3 instances ready, primary setting up)

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Health Checks

Monitor Cluster Initialization

# Watch cluster status
kubectl get clusters -n poimen -w

# Check pods
kubectl get pods -n poimen
# memory-db-1 (primary, initializing)
# memory-db-2 (standby, pending)
# memory-db-3 (standby, pending)

# Check logs
kubectl logs -n poimen memory-db-1 -f

# Describe for detailed status
kubectl describe cluster memory-db -n poimen

Verify Connection (once ready)

# Port-forward
kubectl port-forward -n poimen svc/memory-db-rw 5432:5432 &

# Test connection
PASS=$(kubectl get secret -n poimen memory-db-app -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d)
psql -h localhost -U app -d memory -c "SELECT * FROM pg_extension WHERE extname='vector';"
# Output: pgvector extension confirmed

Check Metrics

# Port-forward metrics
kubectl port-forward -n poimen svc/memory-db-metrics 9187:9187 &

# View Prometheus metrics
curl http://localhost:9187/metrics | grep pg_

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What's Deployed

✅ M2.2: CNPG Postgres cluster (in progress)

• 3-instance HA Postgres 16.2
• pgvector extension for embeddings
• Auto-generated credentials secret
• Persistent storage (10Gi)
• Monitoring enabled

⏳ M3: Poimen Memory app (next)

• Reads memory-db-app secret
• Runs PgRepo against memory-db-rw
• Exposes HTTP API (7 endpoints)
• Handles gated memory queries

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Commits & References

Homelab repo:

f654e9e Track all poimen-* repos in AppProject
8209e8b Remove separate memory app, bundle into wave 2 databases
b100a20 Add Poimen Memory to ArgoCD wave 2 deployment

Poimen Memory repo:

6147137 Bundle memory database into homelab orchestration

Manifests:

• k8s/infra/databases/memory-db.yaml (cluster definition)
• k8s/infra/databases/kustomization.yaml (resources list)
• ARGOCD-TRACKING.md (deployment guide)
• K8S-DEPLOYMENT.md (reference)

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Next Steps

1. Wait for cluster to be Healthy (10-15 min)

   kubectl get clusters -n poimen -w
   # Watch for: STATUS = Healthy, INSTANCES = 3/3 Ready
   

2. Verify database is ready

   kubectl get secret -n poimen memory-db-app  # Should exist
   kubectl port-forward -n poimen svc/memory-db-rw 5432:5432
   psql -h localhost -U app -d memory -c "SELECT 1"  # Should succeed
   

3. Deploy Poimen Memory app (M3)

   • Create Deployment/Helm chart
   • Read memory-db-app secret for connection
   • Start PgRepo, HTTP server, endpoints

4. Test API endpoints (M3.5+)

   • POST /ingest (submit chunks)
   • POST /query (retrieve memories)
   • GET /skills (list available)
   • GET /projects (list vaults)

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Production Checklist

• Manifest created (memory-db.yaml)
• Namespace configured (poimen)
• AppProject allows all poimen-* repos
• Wave 2 deployment (bundled with other DBs)
• Credentials auto-generated (memory-db-app secret)
• Service endpoint created (memory-db-rw)
• Persistent storage configured (longhorn-cnpg)
• Monitoring enabled (Prometheus metrics)
• HA configured (3 instances, anti-affinity)
• Cluster Healthy (ETA 10-15 min)
• M3 app deployment (next phase)

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References

• Homelab repo: k8s/infra/databases/
• Poimen Memory repo: k8s/infra/databases/ (reference mirror)
• CNPG docs: https://cloudnative-pg.io/
• pgvector docs: https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector

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Status: ✅ DEPLOYED & INITIALIZING

Cluster will be production-ready in ~10 minutes.