slides(tappaas): a slide per lifecycle script; correct the identity claim
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install.sh, update.sh and test.sh get one slide each, with the real content of
each — including why a 401 from Cockpit is a passing test and why test.sh uses
curl -s rather than --fail.

Corrects the identity story: Cockpit is not an OIDC client and cannot be
configured into one, so the contract shows identity:accessControl and the demo
slide is honest that Authentik gates the URL while Cockpit still asks for a
local account. Full analysis in the module's DESIGN.md.
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Lars Rossen 2026-08-22 20:42:04 +02:00
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@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ That is the whole surface. Everything else is the platform's job.
"description": "Podman container host — Debian 13 VM with rootless Podman + Cockpit",
"vmname": "podman", "vmid": 812,
"dependsOn": ["cluster:vm", "templates:debian", "backup:vm",
"network:proxy", "identity:identity"],
"network:proxy", "identity:accessControl"],
"config": {
"cluster:vm": { "cores": 2, "memory": "2048", "diskSize": "20G",
"image": "debian-13-generic-amd64.qcow2" },
@ -190,15 +190,55 @@ That is the whole surface. Everything else is the platform's job.
---
## The three scripts, honestly
## `install.sh` — called once, at add
| Script | Called | Does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `install.sh` | once, at add | For podman: `exec update.sh` — install *is* update here |
| `update.sh` | every schedule | apt: `podman`, `podman-compose`, `cockpit`, `cockpit-podman`; enable the rootless socket |
| `test.sh` | on demand + before every update merge | VM reachable · podman present · plugin present · console answers on `:9090` |
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
exec "${SCRIPT_DIR}/update.sh" "$@"
```
If `test.sh` is honest, unattended updates are safe. That is the entire deal.
By the time it runs, `cluster:vm` has built the VM and `templates:debian` has
apt-upgraded it and installed the guest agent.
For podman there is nothing install-only — **install *is* update**. Five lines is a
perfectly good `install.sh`.
---
## `update.sh` — where the work is
Runs on the **mothership**, not on the VM. It:
1. finds the node hosting the VM via `pvesh` — HA-safe, the VM may have moved
2. resolves the VM's IP through the **Proxmox guest agent**, then waits for SSH
3. `apt-get install podman podman-compose slirp4netns uidmap cockpit cockpit-podman`
4. enables the **rootless** `podman.socket`, `loginctl enable-linger`, `cockpit.socket`
5. records `/etc/tappaas-podman.version`
6. polls `https://localhost:9090` until the console answers, then prints the URL
Every step is re-runnable: apt is a no-op when current, the marker is overwritten,
the sockets are `enable --now`. That is what "idempotent" has to mean in practice.
---
## `test.sh` — the one that earns trust
| Check | How |
| --- | --- |
| VM reachable | IP resolves via the guest agent |
| podman installed | version marker + `podman --version` actually runs |
| plugin present | `dpkg -s cockpit-podman` |
| console alive | `:9090` answers `200`, `302`, `401` or `403` |
A login page **is** a pass — pre-auth, `401` is the healthy answer.
Prints `N passed, M failed` and exits non-zero on any failure. Note `curl -s`, not
`--fail`: `--fail` exits 22 on 4xx and would corrupt the `-w '%{http_code}'` we read.
Run on demand, and again before every update is merged. If `test.sh` is honest,
unattended updates are safe — that is the entire deal.
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@ -208,7 +248,7 @@ If `test.sh` is honest, unattended updates are safe. That is the entire deal.
- OS prep — `templates:debian` did apt + guest agent
- A VLAN, an interface, DHCP, firewall rules — the zone came with the environment
- `https://podman.lab1.makerfloss.eu` with a real certificate — `network:proxy`
- A login — `identity:identity`, so it is your TAPPaaS account, not a local one
- An access gate — `identity:accessControl`: only the bound groups reach the URL
- Nightly backup to PBS, scheduled updates, health reporting
A few lines of json bought all of it.
@ -262,8 +302,9 @@ module-manager module test podman
Then open **`https://podman.lab1.makerfloss.eu`** — Cockpit, with the Podman page.
- Reachable from the `mgmt` zone only. Not from the internet, by declaration.
- You log in with your **TAPPaaS identity** — that is what the `identity:identity`
dependency buys; no per-VM Linux passwords to hand out.
- Authentik gates the URL: no `devops` group, no console. Then Cockpit asks *again* —
it is not an OIDC client, and a local Unix account is not optional for it.
- Two logins, honestly. `DESIGN.md` in the repo says what it would take to fix.
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