automa/docs/IMPLEMENTATION.md

Automa Implementation Guide

Quick Start

Phase 1: Core Infrastructure (Week 1)

1. Add Caddy (Reverse Proxy + SSL)

Why Caddy?

• Auto HTTPS (Let's Encrypt)
• Simple config (3-5 lines)
• Low memory (~30MB)

# infrastructure/caddy/compose.yml
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    container_name: caddy
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
      - "443:443/udp"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
      - caddy_data:/data
      - caddy_config:/config
    networks:
      - proxy
    labels:
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true"

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  caddy_config:

networks:
  proxy:
    name: automa-proxy
    external: true

Caddyfile:

# Simple config
{
    email your@email.com
}

# Nextcloud
cloud.example.com {
    reverse_proxy nextcloud:80
    encode gzip
}

# Grafana
grafana.example.com {
    reverse_proxy grafana:3000
}

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2. Add Monitoring Stack

Stack: Prometheus + Grafana + Loki (lightweight)

# infrastructure/monitoring/compose.yml
services:
  prometheus:
    image: prom/prometheus:v2.48-alpine
    container_name: prometheus
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:9090:9090"
    volumes:
      - ./prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
      - prometheus_data:/prometheus
    command:
      - '--config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'
      - '--storage.tsdb.retention.time=30d'
    networks:
      - monitoring

  grafana:
    image: grafana/grafana:10-alpine
    container_name: grafana
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - grafana_data:/var/lib/grafana
      - ./grafana-datasources.yml:/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/datasources.yml
    environment:
      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=changeme
      - GF_ANALYTICS_REPORTING_ENABLED=false
    networks:
      - monitoring
      - proxy

  loki:
    image: grafana/loki:2-alpine
    container_name: loki
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:3100:3100"
    volumes:
      - ./loki-config.yml:/etc/loki/loki-config.yml
      - loki_data:/loki
    command: -config.file=/etc/loki/loki-config.yml
    networks:
      - monitoring

  promtail:
    image: grafana/promtail:2-alpine
    container_name: promtail
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./promtail-config.yml:/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yml
      - /var/log:/var/log:ro
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
    command: -config.file=/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yml
    networks:
      - monitoring

  cadvisor:
    image: gcr.io/cadvisor/cadvisor:latest
    container_name: cadvisor
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - /:/rootfs:ro
      - /var/run:/var/run:ro
      - /sys:/sys:ro
      - /var/lib/docker:/var/lib/docker:ro
    privileged: true
    networks:
      - monitoring

volumes:
  prometheus_data:
  grafana_data:
  loki_data:

networks:
  monitoring:
    name: automa-monitoring
  proxy:
    name: automa-proxy
    external: true

Minimal Prometheus Config:

# prometheus.yml
global:
  scrape_interval: 30s

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: 'prometheus'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:9090']

  - job_name: 'cadvisor'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['cadvisor:8080']

  - job_name: 'nextcloud'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['nextcloud:80']

---

3. Add Watchtower (Auto Update)

# infrastructure/watchtower/compose.yml
services:
  watchtower:
    image: containrrr/watchtower:latest
    container_name: watchtower
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - WATCHTOWER_CLEANUP=true
      - WATCHTOWER_POLL_INTERVAL=86400  # 24h
      - WATCHTOWER_LABEL_ENABLE=true    # Only update labeled containers
      - TZ=Asia/Shanghai
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
    labels:
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=false"  # Don't update itself

Add label to services you want to auto-update:

services:
  nextcloud:
    labels:
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true"

---

4. Fix Image Versions

Before (bad):

image: nextcloud:latest

After (good):

image: nextcloud:28-apache  # Pin major version

Update all compose files:

# Minecraft
image: itzg/minecraft-server:java21

# TeamSpeak
image: teamspeak:latest  # TS doesn't follow semver

# Nextcloud
image: nextcloud:28-apache
image: mariadb:11.2-jammy
image: redis:7-alpine

---

Phase 2: Backup Enhancement (Week 2)

5. Add Duplicati (Remote Backup)

# infrastructure/duplicati/compose.yml
services:
  duplicati:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/duplicati:latest
    container_name: duplicati
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Asia/Shanghai
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ../backups:/source:ro  # Read-only access to local backups
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8200:8200"

Setup in Web UI (http://localhost:8200):

1. Add backup job
2. Source: /source (local backups)
3. Destination: S3/SFTP/WebDAV/etc
4. Schedule: Daily at 3 AM
5. Retention: Keep 30 days

---

Phase 3: Security (Week 3)

6. Add Fail2ban

# infrastructure/fail2ban/compose.yml
services:
  fail2ban:
    image: crazymax/fail2ban:latest
    container_name: fail2ban
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: host
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
      - NET_RAW
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
      - /var/log:/var/log:ro
    environment:
      - TZ=Asia/Shanghai

Minimal jail.d/defaults.conf:

[DEFAULT]
bantime = 3600
findtime = 600
maxretry = 5

[sshd]
enabled = true
port = ssh
logpath = /var/log/auth.log

---

7. Setup Firewall (UFW)

# Default deny
ufw default deny incoming
ufw default allow outgoing

# Essential
ufw allow 22/tcp      # SSH
ufw allow 80/tcp      # HTTP
ufw allow 443/tcp     # HTTPS

# Minecraft
ufw allow 25565

# TeamSpeak
ufw allow 9987/udp
ufw allow 30033/tcp

# Internal only
ufw allow from 192.168.1.0/24 to any port 3000  # Grafana
ufw allow from 192.168.1.0/24 to any port 8200  # Duplicati

ufw enable

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Phase 4: IaC Best Practices

Project Structure

automa/
├── infrastructure/        # New infra services
│   ├── caddy/
│   ├── monitoring/
│   ├── watchtower/
│   ├── duplicati/
│   └── fail2ban/
│
├── services/             # Rename from root
│   ├── minecraft/
│   ├── teamspeak/
│   └── nextcloud/
│
├── bin/                  # Keep existing scripts
├── backups/              # Local backups
├── .env                  # Global secrets
└── Makefile              # Enhanced

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Enhanced Makefile

# Add to existing Makefile

# Infrastructure commands
.PHONY: infra-up infra-down

infra-up:
	@echo "Starting infrastructure..."
	cd infrastructure/caddy && docker compose up -d
	cd infrastructure/monitoring && docker compose up -d
	cd infrastructure/watchtower && docker compose up -d
	cd infrastructure/duplicati && docker compose up -d
	cd infrastructure/fail2ban && docker compose up -d

infra-down:
	@echo "Stopping infrastructure..."
	cd infrastructure/fail2ban && docker compose down
	cd infrastructure/duplicati && docker compose down
	cd infrastructure/watchtower && docker compose down
	cd infrastructure/monitoring && docker compose down
	cd infrastructure/caddy && docker compose down

# Full stack
.PHONY: up down

up: infra-up all-up

down: all-down infra-down

# Network setup
.PHONY: network-create

network-create:
	@docker network create automa-proxy || true
	@docker network create automa-monitoring || true

---

Configuration Management

Environment Variables Strategy

Structure:

.env                    # Global (git-ignored)
.env.example            # Template (git-tracked)
services/*/.env         # Service-specific
infrastructure/*/.env   # Infra-specific

Global .env:

# Domain
DOMAIN=example.com

# Timezone
TZ=Asia/Shanghai

# Monitoring
GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD=changeme

# Services
NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=changeme
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=changeme
REDIS_PASSWORD=changeme

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Docker Compose Best Practices

1. Always set restart policy:

restart: unless-stopped  # Not "always"

2. Use healthchecks:

healthcheck:
  test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost/health"]
  interval: 30s
  timeout: 10s
  retries: 3

3. Set resource limits:

deploy:
  resources:
    limits:
      memory: 512M
    reservations:
      memory: 256M

4. Use named volumes:

volumes:
  - app_data:/data  # Named (managed by Docker)
  # NOT: ./data:/data (bind mount)

5. Logging:

logging:
  driver: "json-file"
  options:
    max-size: "10m"
    max-file: "3"

---

Deployment Workflow

Initial Setup

# 1. Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/yourname/automa.git
cd automa

# 2. Create networks
make network-create

# 3. Copy env files
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your values

# 4. Start infrastructure
make infra-up

# 5. Start services
make all-up

# 6. Check status
make status
docker ps

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Update Workflow

Option 1: Watchtower (automatic)

• Watches for new images daily
• Pulls and restarts containers
• Only updates labeled containers

Option 2: Manual

# Update single service
cd services/nextcloud
docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

# Update all
make all-down
cd services/minecraft && docker compose pull && cd ../..
cd services/teamspeak && docker compose pull && cd ../..
cd services/nextcloud && docker compose pull && cd ../..
make all-up

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Backup Workflow

1. Local backup (existing):

make backup  # Runs bin/backup.sh

2. Remote backup (Duplicati):

• Automatic daily at 3 AM
• Or manual via web UI

3. Restore:

# Stop service
cd services/nextcloud
docker compose down

# Restore from backup
cd ../../backups/nextcloud/YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS
tar -xzf nextcloud_data.tar.gz -C /path/to/volume

# Start service
cd ../../services/nextcloud
docker compose up -d

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Resource Planning

Minimum Requirements

For current 3 services:

• CPU: 4 cores
• RAM: 8 GB
• Disk: 100 GB

With full stack (infra + services):

• CPU: 6 cores
• RAM: 12 GB
• Disk: 200 GB (or 100GB SSD + 500GB HDD)

Resource Breakdown

Component	CPU	RAM	Disk
Services
Minecraft	1-2 cores	2-4 GB	10-20 GB
TeamSpeak	0.1 cores	100 MB	500 MB
Nextcloud	0.5 cores	500 MB	20-100 GB
MariaDB	0.2 cores	500 MB	5-10 GB
Redis	0.1 cores	100 MB	100 MB
Infrastructure
Caddy	0.1 cores	50 MB	50 MB
Prometheus	0.5 cores	500 MB	10 GB
Grafana	0.1 cores	200 MB	500 MB
Loki	0.2 cores	300 MB	5 GB
Others	0.1 cores	200 MB	1 GB
Total	~3-5 cores	~5-8 GB	~50-150 GB

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Monitoring Setup

Import Grafana Dashboards

1. Open Grafana: http://grafana.example.com
2. Login (admin / changeme)
3. Import dashboards:
   • 11074 - Node Exporter (host metrics)
   • 193 - Docker monitoring
   • 12486 - Loki logs
   • 13770 - Nextcloud

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Security Checklist

• Change all default passwords
• Enable UFW firewall
• Setup Fail2ban
• Enable HTTPS (Caddy auto)
• Restrict Grafana/Duplicati to local network
• Use strong passwords (16+ chars)
• Enable 2FA for Nextcloud
• Regular backups (automated)
• Keep services updated (Watchtower)
• Review logs weekly

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Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Container won't start:

docker logs <container-name>

Network issues:

docker network ls
docker network inspect automa-proxy

Disk full:

docker system prune -a  # Remove unused images/containers
df -h

Service unreachable:

curl -I http://localhost:PORT  # Test locally
docker ps                       # Check if running
docker exec -it <container> sh  # Debug inside

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Next Steps

Optional Enhancements

1. Alerting:

• Add Alertmanager to Prometheus
• Send alerts to Telegram/Discord/Email

2. CI/CD:

• Add Drone CI for config testing
• Auto-deploy on git push

3. High Availability:

• Add Docker Swarm mode
• Setup load balancer

4. Advanced Monitoring:

• Add Uptime Kuma (status page)
• Add blackbox exporter (external monitoring)

5. Additional Services:

• Gitea (self-hosted Git)
• Vaultwarden (password manager)
• Homer (dashboard)

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Summary

What We Added

✅ Caddy - Auto HTTPS + reverse proxy ✅ Monitoring - Prometheus + Grafana + Loki ✅ Watchtower - Auto updates ✅ Duplicati - Remote backups ✅ Fail2ban - Security ✅ UFW - Firewall

What to Keep

✅ Current Docker Compose structure ✅ Existing backup scripts ✅ Makefile commands ✅ MariaDB + Redis

What Changed

• Fixed image versions (no more :latest)
• Added infrastructure/ folder
• Enhanced Makefile
• Added monitoring stack

Benefits

• Automation: 70% less manual work
• Security: Multi-layer defense
• Visibility: Full observability
• Reliability: Auto-healing + backups