Wiki Index
Read this file first when navigating the wiki.
Core
- homepage - Public-facing entry point and orientation page for the rendered wiki.
- overview - Top-level purpose, scope, and current shape of the wiki.
- log - Append-only history of ingests, durable queries, lint passes, and structural changes.
Sources
- sources/blog-zero-credentials-on-disk - TazPod migration toward AWS SSO and S3-backed encrypted vault recovery.
- sources/blog-tailscale-secure-backbone - Tailscale as declarative network backbone managed in
ephemeral-castle. - sources/blog-lushycorp-vault-security-architecture - Design-first rationale for the Hetzner Vault runtime security model.
- sources/blog-terraforming-the-cloud-vault-hetzner - Execution chronicle for the Hetzner Vault local lifecycle and remote durability runtime.
- sources/blog-recursive-memory-compact-context - Explanation of the recursive
memorylayer and why it was added after contexts. - sources/research-proxmox-and-talos-iac - Proxmox, Talos, and Terraform provisioning research.
- sources/research-tailscale-and-networking - Tailscale, Talos networking, VIP, and MetalLB research.
- sources/research-talos-storage-and-persistence - Longhorn, Talos storage, and Kubernetes persistence research.
- sources/research-kubernetes-core-models - Kubernetes controllers and storage primitive research.
- sources/research-kubernetes-secrets-and-sops - Talos security, Vault, Infisical, and SOPS research.
- sources/research-terminal-tooling - Operator terminal productivity stack research.
Entities
- entities/agents-ctx - Governance repository for contexts, active memory, and cross-project agent rules.
- entities/tazpod - Operator environment layer hub.
- entities/ephemeral-castle - Provider-specific infrastructure layer hub.
- entities/tazlab-k8s - Provider-agnostic Flux GitOps desired-state layer hub.
- entities/mnemosyne-mcp-server - Semantic memory service hub.
- entities/blog-src - Hugo blog source.
- entities/wiki-tazlab-net - Wiki repository hub.
Concepts
- concepts/tazlab-knowledge-layers - Roles of
memory,mnemosyne, andwiki.tazlab.net.
Topics
TazLab Ecosystem
- topics/tazlab-system-map - High-level system map.
- topics/tazlab-repository-map - Boundaries and relationships across repositories.
- topics/tazlab-cluster-delivery-flow - Bootstrap to GitOps handoff.
- topics/tazlab-secret-and-identity-flow - Secret-management strategy.
- topics/tazlab-crisp-program-map - Map of the main CRISP workstreams.
- topics/tazlab-infrastructure-tech-stack - Technology reference stack.
GitOps & Cluster (tazlab-k8s)
- topics/tazlab-k8s-flux-dag - Flux dependency graph (DAG) and synchronization logic.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-repository-mapping - Directory structure, file types, and variable substitution.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-operators-inventory - List and roles of all cluster controllers.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-bootstrap-logic - Cluster cold-start handling and wait-for-db pattern.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-conventions - Coding standards, naming, and manifest purity.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-structure - Kustomize layering pattern (apps/base vs apps/cluster).
- topics/tazlab-k8s-image-automation - Flux image update policy and setter markers.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-secrets-mapping - ExternalSecret mapping to external providers.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-ingress-and-auth - Traefik stack and ForwardAuth with Dex/OAuth2Proxy.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-monitoring - Grafana and Prometheus observability.
- topics/tazlab-k8s-layers - Functional split of cluster resources.
Infrastructure (ephemeral-castle)
- topics/ephemeral-castle-architecture - Philosophy and Terragrunt structure.
- topics/ephemeral-castle-terragrunt-layers - The 6 sequential/parallel layers.
- topics/ephemeral-castle-rebirth-protocol - Create/Destroy lifecycle.
- topics/ephemeral-castle-vault-runtime-architecture - Hetzner Vault unseal and storage details.
- topics/ephemeral-castle-vault-bootstrap-and-restore - State classification and restore flow.
- topics/ephemeral-castle-tailnet-security - Tags, ACLs, and OAuth bootstrap.
- topics/ephemeral-castle-tailscale-bridge - Talos node integration into mesh.
Operator Tooling (tazpod)
- topics/tazpod-image-hierarchy - Docker layering and build policy.
- topics/tazpod-vault-security - RAM enclave, AES encryption, and AWS bridging.
- topics/tazpod-nomadic-workflow - Smart recovery path, local bootstrap, and host-to-host restoration via S3 and Vault.
- topics/tazpod-provisioning-and-dotfiles - Bashrc logic, persistence symlinks, and auto-init.
- topics/tazpod-sync-daemon - Background save/push mechanics.
Analyses
- analyses/ephemeral-castle-topology-drift - Notes the current 1 CP + 1 worker code truth versus older 2-worker prose.
Operations
- operations/tazlab-flux-dag-troubleshooting - Flux runbook.
- operations/ephemeral-castle-commands - Infrastructure cheat sheet.
- operations/tazpod-cli-reference - TazPod command guide.