# Deploying Siftlode to the public VPS

The public test instance runs on a VPS at **https://siftlode.b1fr0st.eu**, behind
Caddy (which terminates TLS and reverse-proxies to the app on `127.0.0.1:8080`).

## Layout on the host

```
/srv/siftlode/
  src/                 git clone of this repo (build context + compose file)
  .env                 secrets, mode 0600 — NEVER committed
```

The hardened compose is [`docker-compose.prod.yml`](../docker-compose.prod.yml): Postgres is
never published, the app binds to localhost only, and every service is memory/CPU-capped for
the small VPS.

## First-time setup

1. DNS `A`/`AAAA` for `siftlode` → the VPS (via your DNS provider).
2. Caddy vhost block `siftlode.b1fr0st.eu { reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:8080 }` (+ the shared
   security-headers snippet), then reload Caddy.
3. `git clone` this repo to `/srv/siftlode/src`.
4. Create `/srv/siftlode/.env` (mode 0600) with the required keys — see
   [`.env.example`](../.env.example). Generate the secrets:
   - `SECRET_KEY`: `python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(48))"`
   - `TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY`: `python -c "from cryptography.fernet import Fernet; print(Fernet.generate_key().decode())"`
   - `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`: any long random string.
   - `OAUTH_REDIRECT_URL=https://siftlode.b1fr0st.eu/auth/callback`
   - `GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID` / `GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET` / `YOUTUBE_API_KEY` from Google Cloud Console.
   - `ALLOWED_EMAILS` / `ADMIN_EMAILS` = the invited Google accounts.

   > The app refuses to start in production (an `https` redirect URL) if `SECRET_KEY` is the
   > placeholder/too short or `TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY` is missing — by design.

## Rolling out a new version

```bash
/srv/siftlode/src/deploy/deploy.sh
```

It pulls `main`, rebuilds the image on the host, and restarts the stack (migrations run
automatically via the entrypoint's `alembic upgrade head`).

## CI

`.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml` type-checks/builds the frontend and byte-compiles the backend on
every push to `main`. It does not auto-deploy; rollout is the script above. (A future
improvement: a Forgejo-triggered or watchtower-based auto-rollout.)
