pal-e-docs

Review: Apply terraform + salt highstate to go live

review-1510-2026-06-18 Review

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Verdict: READY

Re-review: Prior NEEDS_REFINEMENT verdict had one [SCOPE] finding -- missing arch-edge-proxy note. That note now exists (created 2026-06-19, status: active). All findings resolved. Verdict upgraded to READY.

Template Completeness

  • [x] Type -- Feature
  • [x] Lineage -- documents 5 blockers with issue refs
  • [x] Repo -- lists pal-e-platform, pal-e-services
  • [x] User Story -- present ("As a visitor, I can reach myvibes.world and see the Drake vibe page live")
  • [x] Context -- thorough explanation of tofu apply + salt highstate workflow and dependency ordering
  • [x] File Targets -- 3 specific targets across 2 repos, all verified against live code
  • [x] Feature Flag -- "No" (correct for ops/infra task)
  • [x] Test Expectations -- dig + curl + browser check
  • [x] Acceptance Criteria -- 6 items, all verifiable
  • [x] Constraints -- blocker ordering documented
  • [x] Checklist -- 7 items covering full ops workflow
  • [x] Related -- project reference + blocker cross-refs

Traceability

  • [x] story:instagram-visitor label -- "Tap an Instagram link, land on a full-screen vibe page with phrase + music, no friction"
  • [x] story note verified -- found in project-my-vibes-world user-stories section (key: instagram-visitor)
  • [x] arch:edge-proxy label -- edge proxy component
  • [x] arch note verified -- arch-edge-proxy note exists in pal-e-docs (status: active, created 2026-06-19). Documents: Hetzner VPS + Caddy reverse proxy, Tailscale Funnel, GoDaddy DNS via Terraform, Salt highstate for config mgmt.
  • [x] Forgejo issue -- ldraney/my-vibes-world#5, state: open
Traceability triangle is complete. All three legs verified with backing notes.

File Targets

  • [x] ldraney/pal-e-services: terraform/services.tf -- verified: file exists. Contains per-service for_each creating Harbor project, robot accounts, namespace, ArgoCD app, Funnel resources. No my-vibes-world entry yet (expected -- created after pal-e-services#128 merges and tofu apply runs).
  • [x] ldraney/pal-e-platform: terraform/dns.tf -- verified: file exists. Contains GoDaddy DNS A records pointing to Hetzner edge IP. No myvibes.world entry yet (expected -- created after pal-e-platform#457 merges and tofu apply runs).
  • [x] ldraney/pal-e-platform: salt/pillar/caddy.sls -- verified: file exists. Contains Caddy site config pillar with domain/proxy_target/www_redirect entries per site. Existing sites: palinks.app, landscaping-assistant.app. myvibes.world entry will be added by blocker PR.

Repo Placement

OK. Issue is filed on my-vibes-world but actual work happens in pal-e-platform (terraform apply + salt highstate) and pal-e-services (terraform apply). Acceptable -- this is a coordinating go-live ops issue. Both target repos are correctly identified in the issue body.

Dependencies

  • #1508 Fix pal-e-platform DNS PR (pal-e-platform#457) -- in_progress, status:approved, BLOCKER
  • #1509 pal-e-services tofu plan + merge (pal-e-services#128) -- in_progress, status:approved, BLOCKER
  • #1519 Update deployments overlay port 80 to 3000 (my-vibes-world#12) -- backlog, BLOCKER
  • #1517 Rails 8 app scaffold + Dockerfile + CI (my-vibes-world#10) -- backlog, BLOCKER
  • #1518 Drake vibe page (my-vibes-world#11) -- backlog, BLOCKER
All 5 blockers are documented in the issue Lineage and Constraints sections with explicit issue references. Two are in_progress with approved labels; three are in backlog. This ticket cannot advance to next_up until all five are done.

Acceptance Criteria

6 AC items, all verifiable:
  • tofu apply on pal-e-services -- verifiable via exit code
  • tofu apply on pal-e-platform -- verifiable via exit code
  • salt highstate -- verifiable via exit code
  • dig myvibes.world -- verifiable via CLI
  • curl -I https://myvibes.world -- verifiable via CLI
  • myvibes.world/drake loads -- verifiable via browser/screenshot
Manual ops task. AC are clear and testable.

Blast Radius

Low. Follows the identical pattern proven by palinks.app and landscaping-assistant.app (both in dns.tf and caddy.sls). Adding a new service entry follows the established for_each pattern -- tofu plan will show only additive changes. Salt highstate regenerates the Caddyfile from pillar data via Jinja2 template iteration, so existing sites remain unchanged. Risk limited to a wrong Tailscale funnel hostname causing proxy failure for the new domain only.

Decomposition Assessment

3 file targets across 2 repos. 6 AC items. Slightly over numeric thresholds, but this is a manual ops task (tofu apply + salt highstate), not agent-coded PR. The commands are sequential and take minutes. No decomposition needed.

Recommendation

No action needed. Prior [SCOPE] finding (missing arch-edge-proxy note) has been resolved. Scope is solid, traceability is complete, all file targets verified, dependencies documented.