Ansible provisions the k3d cluster and Flux controllers; Terraform modules deploy the simulated fleet and ground warehouse. Compose and k3d share var/t1 (live lake) and var/t3 (warehouse). The prototype gains a live mode fed by the explorer read-only SQL API.
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# GitOps — ground segment (Flux)
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Flux reconciles **long-lived ground configuration** from this repository. It does
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not run on drones and does not replace the fleet release manifest — those are
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different lifecycles by design ([11 — CI/CD](../../docs/11-cicd-delivery.md)).
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## Boundary: Terraform vs Flux vs fleet manifest
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| Layer | Tool | Owns |
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| Cluster + first boot | **Terraform** ([`../terraform/`](../terraform/)) | Namespaces, PVCs, Deployments, CronJobs, NodePorts — the shape of the simulation |
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| Ongoing ground config | **Flux** (this directory) | Policy labels, dashboard bundles, offload knobs — things that change without reprovisioning PVCs |
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| Drones | **Fleet release manifest** | Compose bundle digests, model weights, peer registry — atomic, dock-only delivery |
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Drones are **outside GitOps**: there is no reconciler in flight. A dock applies
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the pinned manifest once; mid-mission drift is impossible because the update
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endpoint does not exist in the radio profile.
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## Layout
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```
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infra/gitops/
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flux/ Flux GitRepository + Kustomization CRs (install into flux-system)
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ground/ Kustomize overlay reconciled into the ground namespace
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```
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## Bootstrap on the k3d simulation cluster
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`infra/ansible/sim-cluster.yml` installs Flux controllers and applies the CRs
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below. After the first `git push`, Flux polls `origin` and reconciles
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`infra/gitops/ground/` into the `ground` namespace.
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```bash
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# Manual bootstrap (if you skipped Ansible):
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flux install --namespace=flux-system
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kubectl apply -k infra/gitops/flux
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```
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To reconcile immediately without waiting for the poll interval:
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```bash
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flux reconcile source git swarm-house -n flux-system
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flux reconcile kustomization ground-segment -n flux-system
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```
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## What Flux manages here (example)
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The [`ground/`](ground/) overlay currently carries a **GitOps-managed ConfigMap**
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that tags the warehouse segment with fleet policy metadata. In production this
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pattern extends to Grafana dashboard bundles, Prometheus rule files, and
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offload-schedule ConfigMaps — all versioned in git, all auditable, none of
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them requiring a `terraform apply` to tweak a label.
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