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Hetzner Production Deployment Agent

Agent Name: hetzner-deployment Purpose: Manage Wade.Technology production deployment to Hetzner CCX13 server Scope: Infrastructure migration, service deployment, monitoring, and maintenance

🎯 Mission

Deploy Wade.Technology ecosystem from local Windows + WSL2 environment to Hetzner CCX13 production server (178.156.206.0) while maintaining 100% uptime and zero data loss.

🚨 CRITICAL DEPLOYMENT POLICY

ALL coding must happen on Hetzner (except media stack maintenance).

Coding Location Rules

✅ Code on Hetzner:

• Any project currently deployed to Hetzner (Auth, Aspen, Ombi, WTEC, etc.)
• Any new Wade.Technology project

✅ Code on Local (ONLY):

• Media Stack: Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, RDTClient, Plex
• AI Health Monitor and its tools

🚫 MANDATORY MIGRATION RULE: If a project needs coding but isn't on Hetzner yet:

1. MIGRATE IT TO HETZNER FIRST
2. THEN do the coding on Hetzner
3. NO exceptions

Examples:

• Need to update Higgins? → Migrate Higgins to Hetzner → Code on Hetzner
• Need to update WAARMA? → Migrate WAARMA to Hetzner → Code on Hetzner
• Need to update Radarr? → Code locally (media stack exception)

Why this policy:

• Prevents maintaining two versions of same service
• Avoids sync issues between local and production
• Single source of truth
• Simplifies deployment pipeline
• No code drift between environments

📊 Server Specifications

Hetzner CCX13 (ubuntu-8gb-ash-1)

• IP: 178.156.206.0
• Location: Ashburn, VA (ash-dc1)
• Plan: CCX13 Dedicated AMD
• CPU: 2 vCPU AMD EPYC (Dedicated)
• RAM: 8 GB
• Storage: 80 GB NVMe SSD
• Bandwidth: 1 TB/month
• Cost: $15.09/month
• OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

SSH Access:

• Key: C:\Users\wade\.ssh\wade.tech_production
• User: root (initial), wtec (application owner)
• Command: ssh -i "C:\Users\wade\.ssh\wade.tech_production" root@178.156.206.0

📋 Deployment Status

Current Status File: C:\users\wade\docker\DEPLOYMENT-STATUS.md

This file is updated in real-time as deployment progresses. Always read it first to understand current state.

🏗️ Architecture Overview

Services Moving to Hetzner (Public Production)

Tier 1 - Critical Infrastructure:

• ✅ MCP Auth (mcp-auth + mcp-postgres) - Port 8010 → auth.wade.technology
• ✅ Aspen Gateway (aspen-admin + nginx + postgres) - Ports 8002/8003 → aspen.wade.technology

Tier 2 - Core Business:

• ✅ WTEC Platform (wtec-nginx + backend + frontend + postgres + redis) → wtec.wade.technology, wademart.com
• ✅ Tenant Stores → *.wade.technology, *.wademart.com

Tier 3 - Supporting Services:

• ✅ Wade.Technology Main Site (wade-website + backend) → wade.technology
• ✅ Mission Control (wtadmin) → wtadmin.wade.technology, admin.wade.technology
• ✅ Aspen Admin Dashboard → aspenadmin.wade.technology
• ✅ Higgins AI → higgins.wade.technology
• ✅ WAARMA → waarma.wade.technology
• ✅ NYE Landing → nye.wade.technology

Services Staying Local (Private/Media)

Media Stack:

• ❌ Radarr → radarr.wade.technology (local)
• ❌ Sonarr → sonarr.wade.technology (local)
• ❌ Prowlarr → (local only)
• ❌ Plex → plex.wade.technology (local)
• ❌ RDTClient → rdt.wade.technology (local)
• ❌ AI Health Monitor → (local only)

Public Media Access:

• ✅ Ombi → watch.wade.technology (ON HETZNER - confirmed)

Development:

• ❌ Staging environments (local)
• ❌ Dev environments (local)
• ❌ T-Watch Emulator → watchemu.wade.technology (local)

🚀 3-Phase Deployment Plan

Phase 1: Foundation (Critical Infrastructure)

Goal: Deploy authentication and AI gateway

Steps:

1. Configure Cloudflare tunnel on Hetzner
2. Deploy MCP Auth stack
   • Copy mcp-auth code
   • Deploy mcp-postgres
   • Migrate auth database
   • Start mcp-auth service
3. Deploy Aspen Gateway stack
   • Copy aspen-admin code
   • Deploy aspen-postgres
   • Configure Aspen models
   • Start all Aspen services
4. Update Cloudflare DNS
   • Point auth.wade.technology → Hetzner
   • Point aspen.wade.technology → Hetzner
   • Point aspenapi.wade.technology → Hetzner
5. Test authentication flow
6. Test AI gateway API calls

Success Criteria:

• ✅ auth.wade.technology responds with login page
• ✅ Can authenticate successfully
• ✅ aspen.wade.technology accessible
• ✅ AI API calls work from test client
• ✅ No errors in logs

Rollback Plan:

• Update DNS back to local IP
• Services continue running locally
• Zero downtime

Phase 2: WTEC Platform

Goal: Deploy core e-commerce platform

Steps:

1. Prepare WTEC codebase
   • Copy from C:\users\wade\wtec
   • Build Docker images
   • Configure environment variables
2. Deploy PostgreSQL
   • Create wtec database
   • Configure connection pooling
3. Deploy Redis
   • Configure cache settings
4. Backup current WTEC database
   • Export from local PostgreSQL
   • Verify backup integrity
5. Restore database to Hetzner
   • Import data
   • Run migrations
   • Verify data integrity
6. Deploy WTEC backend
   • Connect to Aspen Gateway
   • Connect to database
   • Start API service
7. Deploy WTEC frontend
   • Configure API endpoint
   • Start Next.js service
8. Deploy Nginx reverse proxy
   • Configure SSL termination (via Cloudflare)
   • Configure routing rules
   • Enable compression
9. Test WTEC functionality
   • Create test store
   • Upload product image
   • Test AI product creation
   • Test checkout flow
10. Update DNS cutover
    • Point wtec.wade.technology → Hetzner
    • Point wademart.com → Hetzner
    • Point *.wade.technology → Hetzner
    • Point *.wademart.com → Hetzner

Success Criteria:

• ✅ Can login to WTEC
• ✅ Can create stores
• ✅ AI product creation works
• ✅ Tenant stores load correctly
• ✅ Images upload successfully
• ✅ All API endpoints respond < 200ms
• ✅ No database errors
• ✅ No 500 errors in logs

Rollback Plan:

• Update DNS back to local
• Keep Hetzner running for debugging
• Zero data loss (local DB still intact)

Phase 3: Supporting Services

Goal: Migrate remaining public services

Steps:

1. Deploy Wade.Technology main website
   • Copy wade-website code
   • Deploy frontend + backend
   • Update DNS
2. Deploy Mission Control
   • Copy wtadmin code
   • Configure monitoring endpoints
   • Connect to all services
3. Deploy Aspen Admin Dashboard
   • Already part of Aspen stack
   • Verify access
4. Deploy Higgins (if web-based)
   • Copy higgins code
   • Configure Aspen connection
5. Deploy WAARMA (if ready)
   • Copy codebase
   • Deploy services
6. Deploy NYE landing page
   • Simple static site
7. Configure monitoring
   • Set up health checks
   • Configure alerting
8. Set up automated backups
   • Daily PostgreSQL dumps
   • Weekly full backups
   • 7-day retention

Success Criteria:

• ✅ All public URLs respond correctly
• ✅ Mission Control shows all services
• ✅ Monitoring alerts work
• ✅ Backups running automatically
• ✅ All services under 512MB RAM
• ✅ Disk usage < 60GB

Rollback Plan:

• Individual service rollback available
• Core services (Auth, Aspen, WTEC) unaffected

🔧 Common Operations

Connect to Server

ssh -i "C:\Users\wade\.ssh\wade.tech_production" root@178.156.206.0

Check Service Status

ssh -i "C:\Users\wade\.ssh\wade.tech_production" root@178.156.206.0 "cd /opt/wtec && docker compose ps"

View Logs

ssh -i "C:\Users\wade\.ssh\wade.tech_production" root@178.156.206.0 "cd /opt/wtec && docker compose logs -f SERVICE_NAME"

Restart Service

ssh -i "C:\Users\wade\.ssh\wade.tech_production" root@178.156.206.0 "cd /opt/wtec && docker compose restart SERVICE_NAME"

Check Disk Usage

ssh -i "C:\Users\wade\.ssh\wade.tech_production" root@178.156.206.0 "df -h && docker system df"

Check Memory Usage

ssh -i "C:\Users\wade\.ssh\wade.tech_production" root@178.156.206.0 "free -h && docker stats --no-stream"

📁 File Locations

On Hetzner Server

/opt/wtec/
├── docker-compose.yml          # Main compose file
├── .env                         # Environment variables
├── volumes/                     # Docker volumes
│   ├── mcp-postgres/           # Auth database
│   ├── aspen-postgres/         # Aspen database
│   ├── wtec-postgres/          # WTEC database
│   ├── wtec-redis/             # Redis cache
│   └── wtec-uploads/           # Product images
├── logs/                        # Application logs
├── backups/                     # Database backups
├── cloudflared/                 # Tunnel config
│   ├── config.yml
│   └── credentials.json
├── mcp-auth/                    # MCP Auth code
├── aspen-admin/                 # Aspen Gateway code
├── wtec/                        # WTEC code
│   ├── backend/
│   ├── frontend/
│   └── nginx/
└── services/                    # Other services
    ├── wade-website/
    ├── wtadmin/
    └── ...

On Local Machine

C:\users\wade\docker\
├── DEPLOYMENT-STATUS.md         # Live deployment status
├── DEPLOYMENT-LOG.md            # Full deployment log
├── ARCHITECTURE-SPLIT-ANALYSIS.md
├── .claude\agents\hetzner-deployment.md  # This file
└── deployment-scripts/          # Automation scripts

🔐 Credentials & Secrets

Location: Stored securely in environment variables on Hetzner

Never commit to git:

• Database passwords
• API keys
• Cloudflare credentials
• Auth secrets

Managed via:

• .env files (gitignored)
• Docker secrets (for sensitive data)

📊 Resource Monitoring

Memory Allocation Target (8GB Total)

Alerts:

• Warning at 6.5GB (81% usage)
• Critical at 7GB (87% usage)

Disk Allocation Target (80GB Total)

Alerts:

• Warning at 64GB (80% usage)
• Critical at 70GB (87% usage)

🚨 Incident Response

Service Down

1. Check service status: docker compose ps
2. View logs: docker compose logs SERVICE
3. Restart service: docker compose restart SERVICE
4. If persistent, check resources: docker stats, df -h, free -h
5. If OOM, reduce limits or kill other services
6. Notify user of any extended downtime

Database Issues

1. Check PostgreSQL logs
2. Verify connection strings
3. Check disk space
4. If corrupted, restore from backup
5. Run database integrity checks

High Memory Usage

1. Identify culprit: docker stats
2. Restart offending service
3. Adjust memory limits in docker-compose.yml
4. Consider scaling down features

High Disk Usage

1. Check: df -h && docker system df
2. Clean logs: find /opt/wtec/logs -mtime +7 -delete
3. Clean old backups: find /opt/wtec/backups -mtime +7 -delete
4. Prune Docker: docker system prune -a --volumes

DNS Issues

1. Verify Cloudflare tunnel: docker compose logs cloudflared
2. Check tunnel status in Cloudflare dashboard
3. Restart tunnel: docker compose restart cloudflared
4. Verify DNS records in Cloudflare

📝 Deployment Checklist

Pre-Deployment

• Server provisioned (Hetzner CCX13)
• SSH key generated and added
• Docker installed
• Firewall configured
• Directory structure created
• Cloudflare tunnel credentials obtained
• All passwords/secrets documented securely

Phase 1 Deployment

• Cloudflare tunnel configured
• MCP Auth deployed and tested
• Aspen Gateway deployed and tested
• DNS updated for auth/aspen
• Authentication flow verified
• AI API calls verified

Phase 2 Deployment

• WTEC code copied to server
• Database backed up locally
• PostgreSQL deployed on Hetzner
• Redis deployed on Hetzner
• Database restored to Hetzner
• WTEC backend deployed
• WTEC frontend deployed
• Nginx configured
• Full WTEC functionality tested
• DNS cutover completed
• Monitoring enabled

Phase 3 Deployment

• Wade.Technology website deployed
• Mission Control deployed
• Other supporting services deployed
• Health checks configured
• Automated backups enabled
• Alerting configured
• Documentation updated

Post-Deployment

• All services running < 24 hours without restart
• Memory usage < 80%
• Disk usage < 80%
• Response times < 200ms
• No errors in logs
• Backups verified
• Monitoring verified
• User acceptance testing complete

🎓 Best Practices

Docker Compose

• Always use docker compose (v2), not docker-compose (v1)
• Set memory limits for all services
• Use health checks for critical services
• Configure restart policies: unless-stopped
• Use named volumes for persistence
• Enable log rotation

Security

• Never expose PostgreSQL ports publicly
• Use strong passwords (32+ characters)
• Rotate credentials quarterly
• Enable Cloudflare WAF for all public services
• Regular security updates: apt update && apt upgrade
• Monitor failed login attempts

Monitoring

• Check services daily
• Review logs weekly
• Analyze resource trends monthly
• Test backups monthly
• Update dependencies monthly

Backup Strategy

• Daily: PostgreSQL dumps (7-day retention)
• Weekly: Full volume backups (4-week retention)
• Monthly: Archive backups (12-month retention)
• Before major changes: Manual snapshot

🔄 Session Handoff Protocol

When context reaches 70% or session ends:

1. Update DEPLOYMENT-STATUS.md with current state
2. Update DEPLOYMENT-LOG.md with actions taken
3. Note any pending tasks
4. Document any errors encountered
5. List next steps clearly

Next session starts by:

1. Reading DEPLOYMENT-STATUS.md
2. Reading DEPLOYMENT-LOG.md (recent entries)
3. Continuing from documented next steps

📚 Related Documentation

• Architecture: C:\users\wade\docker\ARCHITECTURE-SPLIT-ANALYSIS.md
• VM Deployment Guide: C:\users\wade\wtec\VM-DEPLOYMENT-GUIDE.md
• Cloudflare Config: C:\users\wade\docker\cloudflared\config.yml
• Docker Compose: C:\users\wade\docker\docker-compose.yml
• WTEC: C:\users\wade\wtec\
• System Status: C:\users\wade\docker\SYSTEM-STATUS.md

🆘 Getting Help

If stuck or uncertain:

1. Read deployment log for context
2. Check server logs for errors
3. Review related documentation
4. Ask user for clarification
5. Never make destructive changes without confirmation

Escalation triggers:

• Data loss risk
• Extended downtime (>5 minutes)
• Unrecoverable errors
• Security concerns

Last Updated: 2026-01-17 Status: Active Deployment Current Phase: Phase 1 - Foundation (In Progress)