Phase 1 of observability plan: mapped the complete OVN topology at
logical (NB), physical (SB), and OVS layers. Traced packet path from
LAN through VIP LB to HAProxy backends. Documented naming conventions,
gateway failover, Geneve tunnels, and MTU implications.
Deliverables:
- notes/ovn-deep-dive.md: comprehensive OVN internals guide
- incusos/helpers/ovn-inspect: --nb/--sb/--ovs/--full/--trace actions
- .claude/rules/ovn-internals.md: context for AI assistants
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tear down and fully re-deploy HAProxy infrastructure from scratch to
validate the guide reads correctly. Key fixes from re-validation:
- Fix session API field names: lb_vip (not vip), target_ip/target_port
(not ip/port), health_check_enabled (not health_check)
- Document that Aether does NOT create the OVN load balancer — must be
created manually via incus network load-balancer
- Fix internal VIP test: OVN LB doesn't hairpin, use localhost instead
- Document OVN LB has no health checking (HAProxy failover not instant)
- Add cleanup step for manually-created OVN LB
- Add aether-browser Playwright helper and .mcp.json config
- Add deploy-haproxy script, haproxy-lb rules, full guide
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- AWX guide: fix wrong project ID (6→9), add dynamic ID lookups,
add missing Step 5 push commands, add migration pod to expected
output, replace PostgreSQL workaround with Aether UI instructions,
reference deploy-awx as automated path
- Aether guide: document JWT REST API (auth, clusters, ACLs),
swagger UI at /api/docs, rate limits, coverage vs UI-only features
- CLAUDE.md: add Aether API capability, add interaction hierarchy
(API first → UI fallback → never root/DB in guides)
- deploy-awx: fix PLAYBOOK_DIR from "ansible/playbooks" to "playbooks"
- post-deploy.yml: clarify cert push path vs EE runtime mount path
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Maarten