KNELProductionContainers/docs/WORKLOG.md

KNEL Cloudron Packaging Work Log

📅 2025-09-04 - Rathole Packaging Session

📦 Rathole Package Development

Time Investment: ~3 hours

Achievements

• ✅ Rathole Research & Planning: Understood application requirements and architecture.
• ✅ Git Workflow Adherence: Created feature/package-rathole branch from integration.
• ✅ Dockerfile Development: Created Dockerfile for Rathole, downloading pre-compiled binary.
• ✅ CloudronManifest.json Creation: Defined manifest with ports and environment variables.
• ✅ start.sh Scripting: Developed script to generate configuration and start Rathole server.
• ✅ Branch Merging & Cleanup: Merged feature/package-rathole into integration and deleted feature branch.

Files Created/Updated

• 📝 CloudronPackages/Rathole/Dockerfile: Dockerfile for Rathole.
• 📝 CloudronPackages/Rathole/CloudronManifest.json: Cloudron manifest for Rathole.
• 📝 CloudronPackages/Rathole/start.sh: Startup script for Rathole.
• 📊 TASKS.md: Updated progress and completed applications.

Technical Decisions Made

1. Binary Acquisition: Opted for downloading pre-compiled Rathole binary for smaller image size.
2. Configuration Management: Utilized Cloudron environment variables to dynamically generate rathole.toml.

Progress on Applications

• ✅ Rathole: Package development complete and merged to integration.

🔍 Insights & Lessons Learned

1. Adherence to Workflow: Strict adherence to documented Git workflow is crucial for project consistency.
2. Pre-compiled Binaries: Leveraging pre-compiled binaries for Rust applications simplifies Dockerfile and reduces image size.

🎯 Next Session Goals

1. User to perform testing of Rathole package on integration branch.
2. Continue with next priority application packaging.

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📅 2025-09-04 - InvenTree Packaging Session

📦 InvenTree Package Completion

Time Investment: ~2 hours

Achievements

• ✅ InvenTree Package Review: Reviewed existing Dockerfile, CloudronManifest.json, start.sh, config.yaml, nginx.conf, supervisord.conf.
• ✅ Logo Addition: Added logo.png to the package directory.
• ✅ Health Check Update: Updated healthCheckPath in CloudronManifest.json to /api/generic/status/.
• ✅ Git Workflow Adherence: Stashed changes, created feature/package-inventree branch, committed updates, merged into integration, and deleted feature branch.

Files Created/Updated

• 📝 CloudronPackages/InvenTree/logo.png: InvenTree application logo.
• 📝 CloudronPackages/InvenTree/CloudronManifest.json: Updated Cloudron manifest for InvenTree.
• 📊 TASKS.md: Updated progress and completed applications.

Technical Decisions Made

1. Health Check Endpoint: Utilized /api/generic/status/ for more robust health checking.

Progress on Applications

• ✅ InvenTree: Package development complete and merged to integration.

🔍 Insights & Lessons Learned

1. Thorough Review: Even seemingly complete packages require a full review to catch missing assets or subtle configuration improvements.
2. Health Check Importance: Specific health check endpoints improve application monitoring.

🎯 Next Session Goals

1. User to perform testing of InvenTree package on integration branch.
2. Update overall progress summary in WORKLOG.md.

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📅 2025-09-04 - APISIX Packaging Session

📦 APISIX Package Development

Time Investment: ~4 hours

Achievements

• ✅ APISIX Package Directory Creation: Created directory for APISIX package.
• ✅ CloudronManifest.json Creation: Defined manifest with etcd addon and ports.
• ✅ Dockerfile Development: Adapted upstream Dockerfile for Cloudron, including multi-stage build.
• ✅ start.sh Scripting: Developed script to configure APISIX for Cloudron etcd and start the server.
• ✅ Git Workflow Adherence: Created feature/package-apisix branch, committed updates, merged into integration, and deleted feature branch.

Files Created/Updated

• 📝 CloudronPackages/APISIX/CloudronManifest.json: Cloudron manifest for APISIX.
• 📝 CloudronPackages/APISIX/Dockerfile: Dockerfile for APISIX.
• 📝 CloudronPackages/APISIX/start.sh: Startup script for APISIX.
• 📊 TASKS.md: Updated progress and completed applications.

Technical Decisions Made

1. Etcd Integration: Configured APISIX to use Cloudron's etcd addon via dynamic config.yaml generation.
2. Dockerfile Adaptation: Leveraged upstream Dockerfile for efficient build process.

Progress on Applications

• ✅ APISIX: Package development complete and merged to integration.

🔍 Insights & Lessons Learned

1. Upstream Dockerfiles: Utilizing upstream Dockerfiles as a base can significantly speed up packaging.
2. Dynamic Configuration: Generating configuration files dynamically based on Cloudron environment variables is key for flexible deployments.

🎯 Next Session Goals

1. User to perform testing of APISIX package on integration branch.
2. Continue with next priority application packaging (Jenkins).

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📈 Daily Time Tracking

Date	Hours	Focus Area	Applications Worked	Key Achievements
2025-09-04	4.0	Package Development	APISIX	Completed APISIX package
2025-09-04	2.0	Package Development	InvenTree	Completed package review, added logo, updated manifest
2025-09-04	3.0	Package Development	Rathole	Completed Rathole package
2025-01-04	4.0	Documentation & Planning	InvenTree, APISIX	Complete project docs, InvenTree 70%
2025-01-03	2.0	Analysis & Discovery	Repository Survey	56 apps inventoried, workflow defined
Total	15.0	Foundation & Packaging	5 active	Project ready for scaling