idea-collector/deploy/quadlets

Podman quadlets (rootless)

These units run as the unprivileged deploy user. The Ansible deploy role copies them to ~/.config/containers/systemd/ and runs systemctl --user daemon-reload.

Runtime layout (on the host, under the deploy user's home)

~/idea-collect/
├── Caddyfile                     # bind-mounted into caddy
├── www/                          # built frontend (dist) bind-mounted into caddy
├── logs/                         # Caddy access + Coraza audit logs (fail2ban reads these)
└── secrets/
    ├── postgres.env
    ├── backend.env
    ├── caddy.env
    ├── github-app.private-key.pem
    └── gcp-dns-sa.json

Prerequisites (handled by the Ansible podman role)

• Rootless Podman installed; loginctl enable-linger deploy so units start at boot.
• sysctl net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start=80 so rootless Caddy can bind 80/443.
• Images built/loaded: localhost/idea-collect-backend:latest, localhost/idea-collect-caddy:latest.

Manual control (as the deploy user)

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user start caddy.service        # pulls in backend -> postgres via Requires=
systemctl --user status caddy backend postgres
journalctl --user -u backend -f

First-run migrations

The backend applies embedded migrations automatically on startup. To provision projects and invite codes, run the admin CLI inside the backend container:

podman exec -it backend /usr/local/bin/admin project list