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# Deployment documentation
> **Note:** these pages are a work in progress and were **agent-generated** from the repository.
> They may be incomplete or out of date — treat the Nix configuration as the source of truth.
This directory documents the boxes managed by this flake: their roles, network assignments,
hierarchy, and the services they run. For the mechanics of the repo itself (conventions, module
system internals for contributors, agent guidance), see [`AGENTS.md`](../AGENTS.md).
The two big sites follow the pattern:
```
physical host (VM host)
└── VM (for things impractical to containerise)
└── container host VM
└── NixOS containers (one per application group)
```
Not every box fits this pattern, but **colony** and **home** are organised this way.
## General
- [`architecture.md`](architecture.md) — the custom module system, `my.*` namespace, multiple
nixpkgs channels, shared module inventory.
- [`networking.md`](networking.md) — network assignments, domains, site topologies, router HA,
the AS211024 L2 mesh, BGP, WireGuard, Tailscale.
- [`deployment.md`](deployment.md) — deploy-rs, devshell commands, secrets workflow, CI.
- [`nixpkgs-upgrade.md`](nixpkgs-upgrade.md) — guided procedure for the periodic upgrade of the four
nixpkgs channels and home-manager (fork rebase, stable bumps, input review).
- [`install-box.md`](install-box.md) — guided procedure for installing a new box, from the booted
installer through partitioning, the box config, `do-install` and documentation.
- [`openwrt-flash.md`](openwrt-flash.md) — guided procedure for flashing a flake-built image onto an
OpenWrt box, from the build through pre-flight, `sysupgrade` and verification.
- [`reference/dns.md`](reference/dns.md) — generated forward and reverse DNS record reference.
- [`reference/nixos-options.md`](reference/nixos-options.md) — generated per-option reference for
the custom `my.*` NixOS modules.
## Site: colony (Amsterdam)
Physical host and public-infrastructure hub — see [`sites/colony/README.md`](sites/colony/README.md).
```
colony (physical VM host, ams1)
├── estuary ── edge router: WAN, firewall/NAT, DNS, BGP (AS211024), WireGuard
├── shill ──── NixOS container host ──┬── middleman (reverse proxy, ACME, nginx-sso, librespeed)
│ ├── vaultwarden (password manager)
│ ├── colony-psql (shared PostgreSQL)
│ ├── chatterbox (Matrix Synapse + bridges)
│ ├── jackflix (media stack)
│ ├── object (MinIO, Harmonia Nix cache, HedgeDoc, wastebin)
│ ├── toot (Bluesky PDS; Mastodon disabled)
│ ├── waffletail (Tailscale subnet router / exit node)
│ ├── qclk (WireGuard management appliance)
│ ├── gam (Terraria server)
│ └── jam (raw nspawn customer container)
├── whale2 ─── podman/OCI host for game servers
├── git ────── Gitea + Gitea Actions runner
├── mail ───── Debian VM running mailcow (not NixOS)
└── darts ──── third-party/customer VM (opaque, not NixOS)
portcullis (bare-metal edge box for Nikhef — staged, not yet in service)
└── fergal OpenWrt SFP+ switch, staged and moving with it
```
## Site: home
Redundant routers, VM host, storage, IoT containers and the workstation — see
[`sites/home/README.md`](sites/home/README.md). The hand-configured switch fabric (jim/dave/brian)
and the Digiweb WAN path are documented in [`sites/home/switches.md`](sites/home/switches.md); the
5G modem being evaluated as a replacement for `stream`'s WAN is in
[`sites/home/wwan.md`](sites/home/wwan.md).
```
h.nul.ie
├── palace (physical VM host — AMD, 100G, SR-IOV)
│ ├── river ── primary router VM (PPPoE / Digiweb WAN)
│ ├── cellar ─ NVMe-oF / SPDK storage target VM
│ └── sfh ──── container host VM ("shill from home")
│ ├── hass ── Home Assistant + Frigate + MQTT (container)
│ └── unifi ─ UniFi controller (container)
├── stream (physical secondary router — Virgin Media WAN)
└── castle (workstation / gaming desktop — netboot, NVMe-oF root)
```
## Remote boxes
The edge VPSes and remote `kelder` site are indexed in [`remote/README.md`](remote/README.md).
## Mobile boxes
The laptop is indexed in [`mobile/README.md`](mobile/README.md).
## Misc
- [`misc/installer.md`](misc/installer.md) — the custom NixOS installer image.
## A note on the assignment tables
The consolidated [`Box assignments`](networking.md#box-assignments) tables in
[`networking.md`](networking.md) (one per site, between `<!-- assignments: <site> -->` markers)
are **generated from the flake** (`nixos.allAssignments`) by `nix run .#update-docs-assignments`
CI refreshes them on push. Individual box pages link to that section rather than carrying their
own table. Only the Notes column is hand-written; don't hand-edit the other cells.