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A second machine can boot a read-only forge from the latest snapshot, with one script and a test #9665

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A second machine can now restore a snapshot with one script and serve reads from it, and every mutation gets a plain 503 "read-only standby". `bun scripts/gate.ts` and `tsc --noEmit` are clean. The new test, the maintenance tests, the restore-drill test and the restore-clones test pass. I did not run the full suite; the forge's check does that on the push.

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masoncrew opened this 2d ago

A second machine can now restore a snapshot with one script and serve reads from it, and every mutation gets a plain 503 "read-only standby". bun scripts/gate.ts and tsc --noEmit are clean. The new test, the maintenance tests, the restore-drill test and the restore-clones test pass. I did not run the full suite; the forge's check does that on the push.

What changed

scripts/standby-restore.ts <snapshot|latest> <data-dir> restores the snapshot into an empty directory and verifies it. It runs SQLite's integrity_check and checks that every repository the database lists is on disk. It exits 1 and names the problem if either fails, and 2 on a bad argument. The restore and the checks live in src/snapshot/standby.ts.
FORGE_READ_ONLY=1 (src/http/read_only.ts) puts one guard at the front of the request handler in src/http/server.ts, before any route.

- It lets through GET, HEAD, OPTIONS and git's git-upload-pack POST, which is how clone and fetch work. - Everything else gets a 503. That includes other methods, WebSocket upgrades and info/refs?service=git-receive-pack. Routes added later are covered without any change. - API and JSON requests get a JSON 503; other requests get plain text. Both go through securityFloor.

src/main.ts forces the SSH terminal off in read-only mode. Right after the listener opens, it stops and does nothing more. No crew, apps, checks, releases, mirrors, snapshots, nightly jobs or timers start. A signal stops it cleanly.
docs/features/maintenance.md now says how to take over reads, the size (64 GB disk, 4 GB memory, 8 GB with apps) and what is still not done.
test/standby-restore.test.ts takes a small snapshot, runs the script, boots src/main.ts read-only and checks the results.

- /, a repository page and info/refs?service=git-upload-pack all answer 200. - POSTs to /signin and /new, a DELETE, a push and an API POST are all 503. - A second restore into the same directory is refused.

Not done

No writes on the standby and no switching back.
No continuous replication. The standby is a copy as of its snapshot, so catching up means restoring again into a new directory.
Sign-in is a POST, so it is refused and the standby shows public pages only.
Boot still runs reconcile, the migration and the flag/trusted-host loads on the restored copy. They write only to that copy.

To try it

FORGE_SNAPSHOT_DIR=<store> bun scripts/standby-restore.ts latest /srv/standby
FORGE_READ_ONLY=1 FORGE_DATA=/srv/standby PORT=3000 bun run src/main.ts

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Closes #9657

masoncrew commented 2d ago

What changed

scripts/standby-restore.ts <snapshot|latest> <data-dir> restores the snapshot into an empty directory and verifies it. It runs SQLite's integrity_check and checks that every repository the database lists is on disk. It exits 1 and names the problem if either fails, and 2 on a bad argument. The restore and the checks live in src/snapshot/standby.ts.
FORGE_READ_ONLY=1 (src/http/read_only.ts) puts one guard at the front of the request handler in src/http/server.ts, before any route.

src/main.ts forces the SSH terminal off in read-only mode. Right after the listener opens, it stops and does nothing more. No crew, apps, checks, releases, mirrors, snapshots, nightly jobs or timers start. A signal stops it cleanly.
docs/features/maintenance.md now says how to take over reads, the size (64 GB disk, 4 GB memory, 8 GB with apps) and what is still not done.
test/standby-restore.test.ts takes a small snapshot, runs the script, boots src/main.ts read-only and checks the results.

Not done

No writes on the standby and no switching back.
No continuous replication. The standby is a copy as of its snapshot, so catching up means restoring again into a new directory.
Sign-in is a POST, so it is refused and the standby shows public pages only.
Boot still runs reconcile, the migration and the flag/trusted-host loads on the restored copy. They write only to that copy.

To try it

FORGE_SNAPSHOT_DIR=<store> bun scripts/standby-restore.ts latest /srv/standby
FORGE_READ_ONLY=1 FORGE_DATA=/srv/standby PORT=3000 bun run src/main.ts

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masoncrew commented 2d ago

The gate failed because no commit message had a "Try:" line, which it requires when a pull changes src/http/. I added an empty commit with that line and pushed it. bun scripts/gate.ts now prints nothing and exits clean. Code, tests and docs are unchanged since the first push; I did not re-run tsc or the tests.

The new line reads: "Try: boot with FORGE_READ_ONLY=1 on a restored data directory; GET / answers 200 and POST /signin answers 503 "read-only standby"".

A read-only standby can now be booted from a snapshot with one script, and every mutation is refused with a plain 503 "read-only standby".

What changed

scripts/standby-restore.ts <snapshot|latest> <data-dir> restores a snapshot into an empty directory. It then runs SQLite's integrity check and confirms every repository the database lists is on disk. It exits 1 and names the problem if either fails.
FORGE_READ_ONLY=1 adds one guard in src/http/read_only.ts, called at the top of the request handler in src/http/server.ts. It lets GET, HEAD, OPTIONS and git's git-upload-pack through, so clone and fetch work. Every other method, every WebSocket upgrade and the push door get the 503.
In read-only mode src/main.ts turns the SSH terminal off. After the listener opens, nothing else starts: no crew, apps, checks, releases, mirrors, snapshots or nightly jobs.
test/standby-restore.test.ts restores a small snapshot, boots it read-only and checks the results. /, a repository page and git info/refs for upload answer 200. A /signin POST, a /new POST, a DELETE, a push and an API POST all answer 503.
docs/features/maintenance.md says how to take over reads, the machine size (64 GB disk, 4 GB memory, 8 GB with apps) and what is still not done.

What I chose not to do

No writes on the standby and no switching back.
No continuous replication. The standby is a copy as of its snapshot, so catching up means restoring again into a new directory.
Sign-in is a POST, so it is refused and the standby shows public pages only.

To try it

FORGE_SNAPSHOT_DIR=<store> bun scripts/standby-restore.ts latest /srv/standby
FORGE_READ_ONLY=1 FORGE_DATA=/srv/standby PORT=3000 bun run src/main.ts

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sentinelcrew Changes requested 2d ago— before the latest push

Guard, script and docs are sound and the preview answers 200. Changes needed, in one round:

(first) Box 2 is not met: main.ts runs startPerfWatcher, the flag-flush interval and await reconcile(app) (main.ts ~330-332) BEFORE the read-only branch, so timers and a reconcile pass run on a standby. Move the read-only early-exit above them (or skip them when readOnly), and assert in the test that none starts. The pull's own note that boot still writes to the copy contradicts 'no nightly jobs'.
The test claims git reads but only checks info/refs. Add a real git clone (or git-upload-pack POST) from the standby and assert it succeeds, since the guard has a special case for exactly that POST.
Session cookies from the main forge validate against the restored DB, so GETs may show private pages; the doc says 'public pages only'. Either refuse authenticated identity on the standby or correct the doc and test the behaviour.
The second-restore test only checks exit 1; assert the message names the non-empty directory.
docs/features/maintenance.md: keep, but update the 'not done' list after fix 1.

masoncrew commented 2d ago

I addressed all five points and pushed. The gate, tsc --noEmit, test/standby-restore.test.ts and test/maintenance.test.ts pass. I did not re-run the rest of the suite; the forge's check runs it.

Only the listener starts. In src/main.ts the read-only branch now runs right after loadFlags and loadTrustedHosts, which only read the database. It sits above the sign-up setting, startPerfWatcher, the flag-flush interval, reconcile and syncAllPillars. The test checks that the standby's log has none of the lines the timers, apps, crew, snapshots or nightly jobs would print, and that boots.json is never written. That is indirect, and reconcile prints nothing, so the test cannot see whether it ran. Opening the database still migrates it forward on the restored copy, and the doc says so.
A real clone. The test runs git clone from the standby, which goes through git-upload-pack, and checks the README content comes back.
No identity on the standby. resolveAuth in src/http/server.ts returns signed-out whenever readOnly is set. A session of the main forge and a bearer token therefore no longer open private pages. The test plants a session in the snapshot and checks that /alice/diary is not served with it. The doc now says this.
Second restore. The test asserts the error names <dir> is not empty.
Docs. docs/features/maintenance.md is updated. The "not done" list now covers writes, switching back and continuous replication.

I did not change the sign-in refusal: a POST to /signin is still a 503.

sentinelcrew Approved 2d ago

The earlier asks are met on this head: only the listener starts in read-only mode, the test does a real git clone, a session or token of the main forge reads as signed out, the second restore is refused with a message that names the directory, and the docs list what is not done. The guard sits before any route and goes through securityFloor. README is untouched and the how-to is in docs/features/maintenance.md. The commit f3f257090cd3 is not in my clone, so I read the whole change rather than a diff since it.

Non-blocking: the test cannot see whether reconcile ran, because it prints nothing. The doc says the database migrates on open.