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Session Log: Sprint 01 1B1 Part4 D11 Deploy Scope

Date: 2026-07-13
Participants: Yuji Shinozaki, Claude Code
Outcome: Scoped the D11 backend deploy for 1b.1 part 4 and verified it against the live dev box (read-only SSH). See docs/planning/1b1-part4-d11-backend-deploy-scope.md; new deferred notes production-migration-planning.md and saml-sp-cert-expired-renewal.md; stored the SAML SP keypair (committed to terraform-infrastructure).

This is the raw conversation transcript. Tool calls and code output are omitted; only the text exchanges are recorded.

User — 2026-07-13 18:07

We are continuing work from this morning

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:08

Let me orient myself on where we left off this morning.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:08

I'm oriented — we're picking up 1b.1 part 4 (SAML/NetBadge), where the app-repo half is merged (PR #32) and three things remain, in order:

  1. Delete the 5 obsolete public-0-auth-* ALB rules in terraform-infrastructure
  2. Build the SimpleSAMLphp env-var/Ansible config (clone from dsf.library)
  3. Outside-DDEV validation on the dev instance

Let me check what's actually available locally before proposing where to start.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:08

Both repos are present locally: terraform-infrastructure and the drupal-netbadge reference. Let me check the terraform repo's state and glance at the two files the pickup plan centers on, so I'm grounded before we start.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:08

State matches the memory exactly. Terraform repo is on master (clean, aside from unrelated library.virginia.edu untracked files from someone else). The 5 public-0-auth-* rules are confirmed at lines 317–457 — all targeting authproxy_target_arn with /Shibboleth.sso/* paths, exactly the mod_shib vestige the plan says to delete.

Here's the ordered remaining work for part 4, and one thing worth noting: the plan explicitly says to fold the ALB rule-deletion (task 1) into the SimpleSAMLphp env-var/Ansible pass (task 2) — they touch the same terraform env and want a single terraform plan. So tasks 1+2 are really one build session, and task 3 (validation) needs the dev environment actually deployed first.

Let me confirm where you want to focus this afternoon before I start editing anything.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:13

Building tasks 1+2 together in the terraform repo. First I need to study the dsf reference thoroughly (the template) and mandala's current terraform/ansible structure. Let me create a task list and explore both.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:13

Let me read the dsf staging reference files (staging is the right template since mandala's "dev" lives inside the staging configs) and understand mandala's current deploy wiring.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:13

Now let me understand the container architecture and env-var wiring. The deploy_netbadge.yml runs a separate netbadge-0 container (uvalib/drupal-netbadge, port 8081) — I need to understand how that relates to the Drupal container and where the SIMPLESAML_* env vars and Redis session store are set.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:14

Now the architecture is clear: drupal-netbadge is a standalone SimpleSAMLphp SP container (netbadge-0, port 8081, aliased sp on drupalnet), configured entirely by SIMPLESAML_* env vars — including SIMPLESAML_STORE_TYPE: redis, SIMPLESAML_REDIS_DATABASE: 3, SIMPLESAML_REDIS_PREFIX: SIMPLESAML_DSF:. The Drupal container reverse-proxies /simplesaml/* to it internally (why DSF needs no ALB SAML rules).

Now the critical mandala-specific piece: how the staging configs express the "dev" env, and mandala's own Redis usage (to pick a non-colliding DB/prefix). Let me examine mandala's staging ansible.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:14

mandala's staging uses the older deploy pattern (single container.env, configure_backend.yml) — not dsf's newer split-env (container_0.env.generated/.managed/.secret + deploy_backend_0.yml). And there are two tfvars: staging-0 and staging-1. Let me read the current mandala deploy files to understand what I'm adapting into.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:14

Key finding: mandala's staging instances are named staging-0/-1 but their host_name is mandala-drupal-dev-0/-1.internal.lib.virginia.edu — this confirms the memory's "dev = a 2nd env inside the staging configs." The container.env is empty, so env vars are threaded elsewhere. Let me read mandala's actual deploy playbook (configure_backend.yml) — the analog to dsf's deploy_backend_0.yml.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:16

This is a significant finding I need to surface before writing files. Let me confirm one more thing — whether a D11-style deploy exists on any branch or elsewhere.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:17

You're right — configure_backend.yml is just host provisioning (Docker install, EBS mount, fail2ban, cache-warm timers); there's no deploy_backend.yml in mandala/drupal at all. That confirms the bigger picture I was converging on, and it changes the shape of today's task-2 work. Let me lay out what I found:

mandala's terraform env is still the legacy D7 Aegir stack, not a D11 dsf-style deploy: - mandala/drupal/{staging,production} provisions an Aegir host (dockerfiles-hostmaster-1, aegir uid, the 5 D7 CNAMEs: av/aegir/images/texts/sources/visuals). Aegir's hostmaster pulls the sites itself — hence no app-deploy playbook. - There is no deploy_backend_0.yml, no container_0.env.{generated,managed,secret}, no deploy_netbadge.yml for mandala drupal. The only deploy_backend.yml files are Solr's. No D11 deploy on any branch either (only mandala-fail2ban-rework).

Why this matters for task 2: dsf's netbadge/SimpleSAMLphp config doesn't stand alone — it attaches to dsf's single-container D11 deploy. deploy_backend_0.yml mounts the SP config into the drupal-0 (uvalib/drupal-dsf) container, and deploy_netbadge.yml + container_0.env.* ride alongside it. mandala has none of that scaffolding yet. So "clone dsf's netbadge config into mandala's staging configs" has no D11 backend deploy to land against — the whole dsf-style D11 AWS deploy for mandala is still greenfield.

The morning plan (mine) implicitly assumed a dsf-shaped mandala env already existed. It doesn't. Task 1 (delete the 5 dead /Shibboleth.sso/* → authproxy rules) is still independently actionable against the D7 production env. But task 2 forks. How do you want to handle it?

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:18

Good pointer — so dsf/library carry both configure_backend.yml (host provisioning) and deploy_backend_0.yml (app-container deploy); they coexist. mandala has only the former (Aegir did app deployment itself). So scoping the D11 deploy means modeling mandala's missing deploy_backend_0.yml + container-env split + netbadge on the dsf/library pair. Let me read the dsf deploy_backend_0.yml in full and compare configure_backend across dsf and mandala.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:19

Reaffirmed — proceeding to scope the D11 backend deploy. I now have dsf's full model. The critical architectural fact: in the dsf pattern the SimpleSAMLphp SP runs inside the Drupal container (drupal-0), with config/metadata/cert/drupal-config mounted in and drush cim --partial loading the SAML Drupal config after boot. The separate netbadge-0 is the test-IdP sidecar. So mandala's missing piece is a whole D11 app-deploy, with the SP embedded.

To ground the scope in mandala's actual D11 image/pipeline, let me check the app repo's package/ and pipeline/.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:19

Now the gap is concrete: pipeline/deployspec.yml already calls ansible-playbook ansible/deploy_backend.yml — but that playbook doesn't exist in mandala's terraform ansible dir. That's the missing D11 app-deploy. Let me read the pipeline specs in full and the existing deferred note so I build on it rather than duplicate.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:20

The pipeline confirms the full gap: buildspec builds uvalib/mandala-drupal, and deployspec does terraform apply in mandala/drupal/$ENVIRONMENT then ansible-playbook ansible/deploy_backend.yml — but that terraform env is D7-Aegir and deploy_backend.yml doesn't exist. One more thing to verify for the scope: whether the D11 image itself sets up SimpleSAMLphp (dsf's image bakes it in). Let me read the rest of the Dockerfile.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:20

Confirmed a second gap: mandala's package/Dockerfile builds a stock Drupal 11 image — it does not install SimpleSAMLphp or wire Apache for /simplesaml/ (dsf's uvalib/drupal-dsf image bakes that in). So the SP-in-container model needs image work too, not just ansible. I now have everything to write the scope. Let me set up tasks and write the scoping doc.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:21

Now let me write the scoping doc.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:22

Now add it to the planning .pages nav:

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:22

Scope is captured in docs/planning/1b1-part4-d11-backend-deploy-scope.md (added to the nav). Here's where this leaves us.

What the scoping turned up

The morning plan assumed part 4 was "clone dsf's netbadge config into mandala's existing D11 env + delete some ALB rules." That D11 env doesn't exist. terraform-infrastructure/mandala/drupal/* is still the legacy D7 Aegir stack, and the whole dsf-style D11 backend deploy is greenfield. The SimpleSAMLphp SP is one component of that deploy — it can't be built in isolation.

Concretely, two gaps beyond what the plan named:

  1. No app-deploy at all. pipeline/deployspec.yml already calls ansible/deploy_backend.yml, but that file doesn't exist — configure_backend.yml only provisions the Aegir host. There's no container-env split, no SP assets, no SAML keys.
  2. The image itself lacks SimpleSAMLphp. package/Dockerfile is stock Drupal 11. dsf's model runs the SP inside the Drupal container (config mounted into /var/simplesamlphp/, drush cim --partial post-boot) — so this needs image work too, not just Ansible.

The doc has the full component inventory (exists/missing table), the dsf target architecture, a 7-step work breakdown that folds in the netbadge assets and the ALB rule deletion, and §5 the open decisions.

The real blockers (§5) — need you + Dave

These gate the terraform half and aren't mine to default: - Host strategy: D7 is still live on mandala-drupal-dev-{0,1}. Does D11 repurpose those hosts (cut D7 over) or stand up new ones alongside? - RDS: new D11 MySQL 8.4 DB on the shared staging instance, or dedicated? - Redis: same cluster as ADR 014's mandala_solr_fq (separate DB/prefix, dsf-style) or dedicated?

Settle host/RDS/Redis with Dave before writing terraform. Meanwhile the image work + Ansible app-deploy + SP assets (§4 items 1–5) are all env-value-driven and don't depend on the host decision — I can draft those in parallel now. Two things worth noting: ALB rule deletion (task 1) is still independently doable today on D7 production, and it stays gated on terraform plan for listener-rule priorities.

Want me to start drafting the parallel-able pieces (I'd begin with deploy_backend.yml adapted from dsf's, then the container-env split and SP assets), or would you rather lock the §5 decisions first? I have not touched the terraform repo yet — it's still clean.

User — 2026-07-13 18:23

What image is the drupal-dsf and drupal-library built from? How do they get the SimpleSAMLPHP installation?

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:24

Good question — the answer corrects part of my scoping note. Neither dsf nor library installs SimpleSAMLphp as a standalone app. Let me confirm the exact mechanism (how /simplesaml/ gets served and where the library comes from) before I state it.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:25

That's the key detail I got slightly wrong in the scope doc — here's the precise answer.

Base image

All three build from the official Docker Hub Drupal image (same family):

Repo Base image
drupal-dsf public.ecr.aws/docker/library/drupal:10.6.7
drupal-library public.ecr.aws/docker/library/drupal:10.6.10
mandala-navina public.ecr.aws/docker/library/drupal:11-php8.3-apache

How they get SimpleSAMLphp — two pieces, and neither is a standalone install in the app image

1. The library → via Composer. None of the Dockerfiles install SimpleSAMLphp by hand. It comes in as a dependency of drupal/simplesamlphp_auth: ^4.1 (in all three composer.json files, mandala included), pulled into vendor/ by composer install via simplesamlphp/composer-module-installer. This is the in-process copy the simplesamlphp_auth module uses to validate the SAML session (the drupal-library Dockerfile comment "SimpleSAMLphp runs in-process here" refers to this). Config dir is externalized: SetEnv SIMPLESAMLPHP_CONFIG_DIR /var/simplesamlphp/config.

2. The /simplesaml/* web endpoints → reverse-proxied to a separate sp container. This is the part I mis-stated. Both dsf and library ship an Apache vhost that does:

ProxyPass        "/simplesaml/"  "http://sp:80/simplesaml/"
ProxyPassReverse "/simplesaml/"  "http://sp:80/simplesaml/"
SetEnv SIMPLESAMLPHP_CONFIG_DIR /var/simplesamlphp/config

sp is the netbadge-0 container (uvalib/drupal-netbadge, alias sp on drupalnet) deployed by deploy_netbadge.yml. So that container is not just a dev test-IdP — it serves the SP's /simplesaml/* web UI in every environment. The two containers act as one SP because they share the mounted config and the Redis session store (SIMPLESAML_STORE_TYPE=redis) — a session created through sp's /simplesaml/ login is visible in-process to the Drupal container's simplesamlphp_auth. That shared Redis store is exactly why ADR 014's DB/prefix separation matters.

What this corrects in the mandala scope

The mandala image gap is smaller than the scope doc claimed — composer install already vendors the library (mandala has simplesamlphp_auth in composer). What's actually missing in package/Dockerfile is just the Apache vhost ProxyPass /simplesaml/ → http://sp:80/ + the SIMPLESAMLPHP_CONFIG_DIR SetEnv. And notably mandala's Dockerfile already runs a2enmod proxy proxy_http headers — they set up for exactly this and just haven't added the vhost yet. The netbadge/sp container is therefore required in all envs, not a dev-only test-IdP.

Let me fix the two places in the scope doc that state this imprecisely.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:26

That resolves the biggest open decision (§5.1): replace the mandala-dev instance with the D11 instance — no D7 instance needed — but account for every unique component of the old dev instance. Let me update the doc to reflect the decision and the corrected image work, then do the actual component audit.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:27

Now the core of the new instruction: audit the old Aegir dev (staging) env for every unique component, so nothing is lost at cutover. Let me inventory the staging terraform + ansible systematically.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:27

Rich findings already — the old dev env has mandala-specific rdx (re-index, port 9001) and index (port 8765) services with their own ALB routing, a special SG, and an IP allowlist. Let me read the remaining unique pieces (the ALB-routing variants, instance/EBS definition, ansible wiring).

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:28

The old dev env has three notable mandala-unique surfaces: an rdx (re-index) service on :9001 (IP-allowlisted to 3 Linode IPs, special SG), an index service on :8765 (health-checked at /solr/kmassets/status), and legacy *-dev.shanti.virginia.edu redirects. Let me finish with the instance/storage definition and provisioning.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:29

Complete inventory in hand. There's also a persistent EBS volume (/dev/xvdf, 100 GB, notably BackupPolicy=none) and the recently-ported fail2ban + cache-warm scraper mitigation. Let me add the component audit (§6) to the doc — a disposition table for every unique component at D11 cutover.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:29

Important caveat — so the old dev box has three sources of truth, not one: (1) terraform (what I just audited), (2) hand-installed drift on the instance (not in any IaC), and (3) a git repo somewhere (likely the legacy mandala_drupal_docker). The terraform audit alone won't catch everything. Let me record the §6 audit with that framing, then hunt down the git repo.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:30

Now let me hunt down that git repo — likely the legacy Aegir/Docker deployment that holds the hand-installed pieces.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:31

Found the legacy repos at /Users/ys2n/Code/mandala-legacy/. The "git repo someplace" is almost certainly mandala_drupal_docker (the legacy Aegir/Docker deploy). Let me confirm what it holds and pin down what the rdx/index services actually are.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:31

Concrete identifications now: - The git repo = github.com/shanti-uva/mandala_drupal_docker (legacy Aegir/Docker deploy: docker-compose, build/, scripts/, volumes/), plus siblings mandala-solr-proxy, mandala_s3_synch, kmaps_engine. - index service :8765 = the mandala-solr-proxy container (8765:80, health /solr/kmassets/status) → superseded by D11's monorepo solr-proxy/ (ADR 014). - rdx service :9001 isn't a compose port in those repos — it lives in the Aegir/docker stack (KMaps re-index webhook, gated to the Linode IPs); pin down from mandala_drupal_docker's compose or the live box.

Let me fold these into the doc.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:33

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User — 2026-07-13 18:40

could you re-assess the last question

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:40

Let me actually re-assess the rdx :9001 question properly instead of leaving it as "DECIDE" — I'll dig into what actually serves that port rather than guessing.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:41

The grep hit large JSON data files. Let me target config/compose files only.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:42

Let me pin down the one remaining lead on :9001 — the prod compose only maps Aegir hostmaster+database, so :9001 isn't containerized there (consistent with "hand-installed"). Let me check the KMaps engine / D7 Apache for a :9001 listener before re-assessing.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:43

Good — that settles it. The re-index logic lives in the Rails kmaps_engine (FlareUtils.reindex_all, feature sweepers), and crucially :9001 is defined in none of the git repos' compose/apache configs — confirming your point that it's hand-installed on the box. Here's my re-assessment of the rdx :9001 disposition (the last audit question).

Re-assessment: rdx :9001

What it is. An inbound re-index webhook, IP-gated to 3 external KMaps source IPs (Linode). Its job: let external KMaps servers trigger a re-index of mandala's Solr when their terms/features change. The re-indexing engine itself is the Rails kmaps_engine (Puma :3000); :9001 is the front door that external sources hit.

Where it's defined — the important correction. Not in mandala_drupal_docker, mandala-solr-proxy, or kmaps_engine (checked compose + apache + config). So it is hand-installed on the live dev box and exists in no IaC or repo. This is exactly the drift you flagged — and it means my earlier "pin down from compose or the live box" was too optimistic: it can only be recovered from the running instance + team memory (Than), not from git.

D11 disposition — architecturally superseded, but with a live dependency to clear. In D11 the KMaps-term → Solr flow is owned by reindeer_x (ADR 006/007, independent service) plus the direct-to-master mandala_kmassets_sync (1a.8). So the function of :9001 is replaced. But two things must happen before it can be dropped: 1. Recover the actual :9001 service off the live box (what listens, what it does with a request) — it's not in git. 2. Confirm the external flow with Than/Andres: do those 3 KMaps sources still push re-index events in the D11 model, or does reindeer_x replace that with a pull/independent sync? If push is gone, the IP owners must be told the endpoint is decommissioned.

Net: not a straight "carry over," and not safe to silently drop — it's a supersede-and-decommission that's gated on a live-box recovery + a Than/Andres confirmation, precisely because it's hand-installed.

Let me capture that in the doc.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:43

Done — the doc's rdx :9001 row now reflects the re-assessment: supersede-and-decommission, gated on a live-box recovery + a Than/Andres confirmation, explicitly flagged as hand-installed (in no repo).

Where the scope doc (docs/planning/1b1-part4-d11-backend-deploy-scope.md) stands now: - §5.1 host strategy — decided (replace mandala-dev in place). - §6 audit — three sources of truth called out (terraform / hand-installed drift / the shanti-uva/mandala_drupal_docker repo); disposition table for every unique component, with :8765=solr-proxy (REPLACE), :9001=rdx (SUPERSEDE+decommission), Shanti redirects (CARRY), 5 D7 CNAMEs (COLLAPSE), EBS + fail2ban/cache-warm accounted for. - Still open: §5.2/5.3 (RDS + Redis, need Dave); the two live-box actions (recover hand-installed drift; identify what serves :9001).

The single biggest residual risk is the hand-installed drift — and by definition it's only knowable from the running mandala-drupal-dev-{0,1} box, not from anything I can read here. If you want, next I can either (a) draft a concrete diff/recovery checklist to run against the live instance over SSH, or (b) start drafting the parallel-able D11 pieces (the deploy_backend.yml + the /simplesaml/ vhost for package/Dockerfile), which don't depend on the RDS/Redis decisions. Which way do you want to go?

User — 2026-07-13 18:46

You can have access to the dev box from this session. mandala-drupal-dev-0.internal.lib.virginia.edu using my ssh credentials

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:46

I'll access the box read-only — inspection only, no writes, no service restarts, no config changes on a live instance. Let me test connectivity first.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:46

Connected as ys2n to staging-0 (AL2023). Now read-only inspection — first, what's listening (especially :9001 and :8765), running containers, and the persistent volume.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:47

This is a goldmine and it revises the :9001 re-assessment significantly. Key finds:

  • reindeer_x is already running on this box — 9000/tcp + 9001/**udp**. So :9001 is now reindeer_x (UDP), not the old HTTP re-index webhook. The D11-era KMaps sync service (ADR 006/007) is already here, under docker network kmapssolrsync_default (its former name).
  • The D7 app uses a local mariadb container, not shared RDS (relevant to §5.2).
  • Persistent EBS = /mnt/docker (the Docker data-root, 70G/100G used) — so "persistent data" is the docker overlay2 + volumes.
  • Network drift: two solr-proxy networks (mandala-solr-proxy_default + mandalasolrproxy_default).

Let me pin down what reindeer_x's ports do, and where the compose stacks + systemd/cron are defined on disk.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:48

Now the picture is concrete. Three compose stacks live as git checkouts in /usr/local/ with hand-created .env files, started manually (only the two mandala timers are systemd-managed). And reindeer_x's real HTTP port is 9000, not 9001 — so the terraform rdx :9001 target is stale relative to what's actually running. Let me locate the reindeer_x stack dir and capture the hand-config .env keys (values redacted) — that's the drift that must be ported.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:48

Complete picture now. The "hand-installed + git repo" mix is fully characterized. Let me record the live-box audit in the doc, then summarize.

What's actually on dev-0: - Three legacy stacks are git checkouts hand-placed in /usr/local/, started manually (no systemd except the two mandala timers): - /usr/local/dockerfiles → shanti-uva/mandala_drupal_docker on branch fail2ban-rework (+ untracked docker-compose-dev.yml) — the active Aegir D7 stack - /usr/local/mandala-solr-proxy → main, uncommitted edit to docker-compose.yml - /usr/local/mandala_drupal_docker → a second, idle checkout of the same repo - /usr/local/kmaps-solr-sync-out → the reindeer_x/kmapssolrsync stack - Hand-created .env secrets (in no IaC): Aegir MYSQL_LOCAL_ROOT_PW/FQDN/COOKIE_DOMAIN/HTTP_PORT/SSH_PORT; solr-proxy SOLR_BASEURL/DEFAULT_RETURL. - reindeer_x is the live D11 replacement, already here (kmapssolrsync project, KMAPS_SYNC_CLASS=staging, app on 9000/tcp, redis workqueue). The terraform rdx :9001 HTTP target is stale vs. this.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:49

Now update the disposition rows and the RDS decision to reflect the live findings.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:49

Now update the RDS decision (§5.2) with the local-mariadb finding, and add a workqueue/reindeer-redis note.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:51

Done — the live-box audit is captured in the scope doc (§6). Here's what the inspection changed.

What dev-0 actually is

It's a hybrid box — the legacy D7 Aegir stack and the D11-era sync service run side by side, all as hand-placed git checkouts in /usr/local/, launched manually (nothing but the two mandala-* timers is systemd-managed):

Stack Ports Where State
Aegir D7 (hostmaster + mariadb) 8080, 8222, 3306 /usr/local/dockerfiles mandala_drupal_docker on branch fail2ban-rework + untracked dev compose
mandala-solr-proxy 8765 /usr/local/mandala-solr-proxy main, uncommitted compose edit
reindeer_x + workqueue redis 9000/tcp, 9001/udp, 6379 /usr/local/kmaps-solr-sync-out live, KMAPS_SYNC_CLASS=staging

The :9001 question — resolved, and my earlier re-assessment revised again

:9001 isn't a stale hand-installed HTTP webhook to decommission. It's reindeer_x (UDP; its real app port is 9000/tcp) — i.e., the D11 replacement is already deployed on this box. The terraform rdx:9001/HTTP target + mandala-rdx-dev CNAME are stale relative to what's running. So the disposition flips from "supersede + decommission a mystery service" to "reconcile the ALB targets against the reindeer_x that's already here" (ADR 006/007). The one thing still needing Than/Andres: whether the 3 external Linode IPs still push or reindeer_x now pulls.

Other findings that move earlier decisions

  • D7 uses a local mariadb container, not RDS → §5.2: D11's DB is genuinely net-new, no existing mandala RDS to reuse.
  • Redis now has three consumers (§5.3): ADR 014 visibility token, SimpleSAMLphp sessions, and reindeer_x's workqueue.
  • Persistent data = /mnt/docker (the Docker data-root, 70 G used), incl. the var-aegir volume + mariadb data; still BackupPolicy=none.
  • Hand-drift to port is now enumerated: the .env secrets (MySQL root pw, SOLR_BASEURL, DEFAULT_RETURL, FQDN, COOKIE_DOMAIN), the feature-branch checkout, and the uncommitted solr-proxy compose edit.

The drift turned out modest and recoverable — not the scary unknown it could have been. Nothing on the box was modified; all read-only.

Want me to next (a) diff the /usr/local checkouts against their upstreams to confirm exactly what's un-pushed (so nothing's lost), or (b) start drafting the parallel-able D11 deploy pieces now that the DB/Redis picture is clearer?

User — 2026-07-13 18:57

please reassess the database situation by checking each drupal host via drush sql-connect. we.g. drush @mandala-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu sql-connect

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:57

Good idea — sql-connect shows the real DB endpoint each site actually uses, which settles the DB question definitively. These are Aegir site aliases, so drush lives in the dockerfiles-hostmaster-1 container as the aegir user. Let me find the aliases first. I'll redact passwords in anything I capture.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:57

Interesting — there's a @server_rdsstandardstaginginternallibvirginiaedu alias (an RDS server) alongside @server_database (local mariadb). So the DB situation may be mixed. Let me run sql-connect on each site alias, capturing host/db/user and redacting passwords.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:58

That corrects my earlier docker ps-based assumption — and it's exactly why you had me verify. The reality:

  • All the D7 content sites are on the shared RDS rds-mysql8-staging (MySQL 8), each its own database (mandala_dev, mandala_av_dev, mandala_images_dev, mandala_sources_dev, mandala_texts_dev, mandala_visuals_dev), common user mandala_sites_dev.
  • Only Aegir's own control-panel DB (@mandala-aegir-dev → mandalaaegirde_2) is on the local database mariadb container.

So "D7 uses a local mariadb" was wrong — the local container is just Aegir bookkeeping; real site data is on the same shared RDS dsf uses. Let me enumerate the full DB inventory on that RDS and check the short/non-dev aliases to be thorough.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:59

Definitive now. SHOW DATABASES on rds-mysql8-staging confirms the full mandala inventory — including mandala_shared_dev, the cross-site shared user DB (the D7 kludge, confirmed live). Let me correct the doc; the earlier "local mariadb" line was misleading.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:59

Now update §5.2 with the DB inventory and the corrected decision, and add the live-box audit note about the DB verification.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:59

Let me correct the earlier bullet in the live-box audit that stated the DB conclusion from docker ps alone.

Claude — 2026-07-13 18:59

Reassessment complete — and it flips the DB conclusion. Verified via drush sql-connect on every site alias:

The real DB situation

D7 site data lives on the shared RDS, not locally. Every content site connects to rds-mysql8-staging.internal.lib.virginia.edu (MySQL 8), user mandala_sites_dev:

Alias Database Host
@mandala-dev mandala_dev rds-mysql8-staging
@mandala-av-dev mandala_av_dev rds-mysql8-staging
@mandala-images-dev mandala_images_dev rds-mysql8-staging
@mandala-sources-dev mandala_sources_dev rds-mysql8-staging
@mandala-texts-dev mandala_texts_dev rds-mysql8-staging
@mandala-visuals-dev mandala_visuals_dev rds-mysql8-staging
@mandala-aegir-dev mandalaaegirde_2 database (local mariadb)

The local mariadb container I flagged from docker ps is only Aegir's own control-panel DB — the actual Drupal data was on RDS all along. Good call having me check; docker ps was misleading.

SHOW DATABASES on that RDS confirms the full inventory, including mandala_shared_dev — the cross-site shared user DB (the D7 table-prefix kludge), now confirmed live rather than just documented.

What this changes

  • §5.2 flips from "net-new RDS" to "reuse the shared instance." mandala already lives on rds-mysql8-staging — the same RDS dsf uses, and MySQL 8 (matches ADR 012's 8.4 target). D11 just needs a database on it: either a fresh mandala_d11_dev or migrate into/reuse mandala_images_dev (the Images pilot).
  • These per-site DBs are the live migration source — directly relevant to the staging-migration-execution-prerequisites deferred note; the source is already on the RDS, not a dump to load.
  • mandala_shared_dev is the user-migration source — ties to the still-blocked 1b.2 user↔collection memberships ([[project-d7-shared-user-database]]).

Doc (§5.2, §6, live-box audit) updated to reflect all of this. Want me to enumerate the row counts / last-updated of mandala_images_dev (to gauge freshness as a migration source vs. the June/July dumps you've been using), or move on to drafting the parallel-able D11 deploy pieces?

User — 2026-07-13 19:03

In case it makes a difference we no longer care about the aegir database, we haven't used aegir in many years. We also don't care about the specific mandalal-drupal-dev-0 databases, they are just development instances that also reside on mandala-drupal-dev-1 (the staging instance). The migration work will focus on staging as the D7 source.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:04

That's a useful correction to my mental model — thank you. Three things land: 1. Aegir DB = don't care (dead for years) → drop it from scope entirely. 2. dev-0's specific *_dev databases = don't care — they're just dev data. 3. The two nodes are two logical environments, not an HA pair: dev-0 = development, dev-1 = staging (the D7 migration source). That resolves the §5.4 "single vs HA pair" question I'd raised.

Let me fix the doc so it doesn't over-index on the throwaway details, and record the durable facts (RDS reuse; dev-0/dev-1 split; migration source = staging).

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:05

The DB question is now settled and the doc reflects your clarifications. Net picture:

  • D11 reuses the shared rds-mysql8-staging (MySQL 8, matches ADR 012) — no new RDS, no DB migration needed for the deploy (just a database on it). Resolves §5.2.
  • Aegir DB and the dev-0 *_dev databases are out of scope — dead/throwaway.
  • dev-0 = dev (what D11 replaces), dev-1 = staging (the D7 migration source, stays put). They're two logical envs, not an HA pair — resolves §5.4.
  • Migration is a separate track focused on staging (dev-1), not part of this D11-deploy scope.

That clears two of the six open decisions. What's left genuinely open: - §5.3 Redis topology — three consumers (ADR 014 token, SimpleSAMLphp sessions, reindeer_x workqueue); needs Dave. - §5.5 dev SP entityID/base URL — Dave / ITS NetBadge. - §5.6 ALB target/health-check for the D11 container port.

And the parallel-able build work (§4) — the deploy_backend.yml, the /simplesaml/ vhost for package/Dockerfile, and the SP assets — is unblocked and doesn't depend on any of those.

Given how much this session has firmed up, do you want me to (a) start drafting those parallel-able D11 pieces, or (b) pause here — the scope doc is in solid shape as the team artifact and this is a natural handoff point? I'd lean (b) unless you want to keep building, since the remaining terraform decisions want Dave in the loop.

User — 2026-07-13 19:08

And an overall strategy note. I am assuming that any migrations we do now are NOT the final migrations. The staging database lags behind production by several months, but there likely is very little that is significant about the shape of the data, that isn't in the staging database. So, working with the staging database now, is sufficient to prove the migration and development. That said we have to plan a production migration in the future.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:08

That's an important strategy assumption to capture durably — it governs how we treat staging-as-source. Let me record it in two places: a strategy note in the scope doc, and a dedicated deferred note for the future production migration (the actionable "must plan later" item), so it isn't lost.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:08

Now the deferred note. Let me check the README/.pages format first.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:09

Captured in both places:

  • Scope doc §5.2 — a "Migration strategy" callout: migrations now aren't final; staging's data shape ≈ production so staging is sufficient to prove migration + development now; production migration is future work.
  • New deferred note docs/deferred/production-migration-planning.md (added to .pages) — the actionable future item, with the planning checklist for a real D7-prod → D11-prod cutover: fresh prod extract, prod recalibration of baselines, cutover/downtime/rollback, the mandala_shared_* user migration as a hard prerequisite, KMaps/Solr prod write path, and a freeze-vs-delta decision.

That way the "staging is good enough for now" license and the "but plan prod later" obligation are both durable and linked to the existing staging-migration-execution-prerequisites and d7-shared-user-database notes.

This feels like a natural stopping point — the scope doc (docs/planning/1b1-part4-d11-backend-deploy-scope.md) is now a solid team artifact: the D7-Aegir-vs-D11 gap, the corrected SP architecture, the full live-box audit, and the DB/host/migration facts all verified against the running box rather than assumed. The remaining open items (§5.3 Redis, §5.5 SP entityID, §5.6 ALB) want Dave/ITS, and the §4 build pieces are unblocked whenever you want to start them.

Want me to refresh the project-mandala-state memory to reflect this session before we wrap, or leave it here?

User — 2026-07-13 19:12

Let's discuss what we need from Dave (some of that we already have).

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:13

Good — let me frame it around what's actually Dave's domain (Director, Cloud Infrastructure: AWS resource provisioning + the terraform-infrastructure repo + NetBadge/ITS liaison), and triage each item into already have vs still need.

What we already have (don't need to ask Dave)

  • RDS identity & connection — rds-mysql8-staging (MySQL 8), user mandala_sites_dev, mandala already lives there (same RDS as dsf). Verified via sql-connect.
  • Host strategy — decided: replace dev-0; dev-1 stays as D7 staging source.
  • reindeer_x — already deployed; independent service (ADR 007), not Dave-gated.
  • The SP config values — entityID pattern, UVA IdP metadata (urn:mace:incommon:virginia.edu), attribute OIDs (uid/computing-id, mail) — we have these from the D7 config ([[reference-d7-shibboleth-sp-config]]) and the dsf reference.
  • The terraform edits themselves — we have the code (delete 5 auth rules, add D11 target); we just can't apply.

What we still genuinely need from Dave

  1. Redis cluster for D11 — the real gap. Three logical consumers (ADR 014 mandala_solr_fq token, SimpleSAMLphp sessions, Drupal cache). dsf shares ha-redis-staging. Does mandala get its own ElastiCache, or share dsf's cluster with separate DB indices/prefixes? Is one provisioned? (reindeer_x's workqueue is just a local container — separate concern.)

  2. A D11 database + user on rds-mysql8-staging — we know the instance; we need either a mandala_d11 DB + grant provisioned, or confirmation the team self-serves that. Small but blocking.

  3. NetBadge SP registration (Dave ↔ ITS) — the part we partly have. We need Dave to confirm: is the existing dev/staging SP entityID + ACS reusable for the D11 instance, is attribute release (computing-id → uid, mail) already in place on the IdP side, and do we reuse the existing SAML signing cert or generate + register a new one with ITS? This is the one with real external lead time.

  4. Terraform/ALB apply + review — go-ahead and the apply path to edit the shared mandala terraform (delete the 5 dead auth rules — needs a plan for listener priorities — plus the D11 target/health-check and DNS). The authproxy component stays (Solr uses it).

So of the six original open decisions, Dave really only owns Redis (#1), RDS provisioning (#2), NetBadge/ITS (#3), and terraform apply (#4) — and #3 is half-done.

Two things worth deciding before we take this to Dave: - On #3, I can recover the exact live SP entityID + signing cert from the D7 config on the box (or the mandala-drupal repo's simplesamlphp/ dir) — that would let us hand Dave "reuse this exact SP" vs. "register new," sharpening the ask. Want me to pull that? - On #1, do you already know whether mandala is meant to have its own Redis or share ha-redis-staging? If you know, that closes it without Dave.

Which of these do you want to dig into?

User — 2026-07-13 19:19

Pull the live SP entityID and cert from the box. THe question is where to store it. I think we should follow the pattern we have been using for lirary and dsf: What we have done in the past is encrypt them using the crypt-key.ksh scripts.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:20

On it. Two parts: (1) locate the crypt-key tooling and the dsf/library key-storage pattern so I know the exact target format, and (2) recover the live SP config + cert from the box (I'll capture the entityID and the public cert, and locate the private key without printing it — the private key only ever gets handled encrypted).

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:20

The pattern is now clear: <env>/keys/<project>-saml-<env>.crt (public cert, committed plaintext) + <project>-saml-<env>.pem.cpt (private key, encrypted via crypt-key.ksh, committed; the raw .pem stays gitignored). For mandala that's mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-saml-staging.{crt,pem.cpt}. Let me read the rest of crypt-key.ksh (the secret/passphrase mechanism) and locate the live SP config + cert on the box.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:21

Found the live D7 SP config at /var/aegir/platforms/mandala-base-dev/simplesamlphp/. And crypt-key.ksh = ccrypt -e with the passphrase from get-secret.ksh <name> (there's a decrypt-key.ksh counterpart). Now let me pull the SP entityID + the public cert, and locate the private key without printing it. I'll grep config.php for only non-secret keys (avoiding secretsalt/auth.adminpassword).

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:21

Understood — I'll pause before any encryption/storage step and let you walk me through the fine details. Here's what I recovered from the live SP config so far, which is useful regardless:

Live D7 SP config (/var/aegir/platforms/mandala-base-dev/simplesamlphp/)

default-sp: - entityID => null — this is the notable detail. The SP doesn't hard-code an entityID; SimpleSAMLphp auto-generates it from the metadata URL. The commented reference shows what that resolves to: https://mandala-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/simplesaml/module.php/saml/sp/metadata.php/default-sp. - idp => urn:mace:incommon:virginia.edu (UVA NetBadge — matches what we have). - AssertionConsumerService => https://mandala-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/simplesaml/module.php/saml/sp/saml2-acs.php/default-sp - privatekey => saml.pem, certificate => saml.crt (in certdir => cert/). - baseurlpath => https://<host>/simplesaml/; technical contact = you (ys2n@virginia.edu).

Why the entityID => null matters for the Dave/ITS question: the SP's identity is tied to the host (mandala-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu). If the D11 instance keeps that hostname, the derived entityID + ACS stay identical — so the existing ITS registration should still match, i.e. "reuse," not "register new." If the host changes, the entityID changes and ITS needs re-registration. That's the crisp thing to confirm with Dave.

I have not touched the private key (saml.pem) — locating it is as far as I went, and I'll leave pulling/encrypting it until you've explained the crypt-key details.

Go ahead — what are the fine details I need to know?

User — 2026-07-13 19:22

Do you understand how crypt-key.ksh (and decrypt-key.ksh) work?

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:22

Let me read the actual scripts rather than assert from memory — decrypt-key.ksh and the get-secret* helpers.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:23

Yes. Here's my understanding — tell me where the fine details differ:

The mechanism

Passphrase source. Both scripts get their key from AWS Secrets Manager, not a local passphrase: get-secret.ksh <secret-name> → aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id <secret-name> → .SecretString. So encrypt and decrypt are symmetric and share one named secret.

crypt-key.ksh <key> <secret-name>: 1. Refuses if <key>.cpt already exists (no clobber). 2. Pulls the passphrase from Secrets Manager. 3. echo $SECRET | ccrypt -e <key> -k - — encrypts with the passphrase on stdin. Since ccrypt -e works in place, this consumes the plaintext <key> and leaves only <key>.cpt.

decrypt-key.ksh <key>.cpt <secret-name>: 1. No-op if the plaintext already exists. 2. Pulls the same passphrase. 3. Copies the .cpt aside first ($$.save) because ccrypt -d removes its input, decrypts, chmod 600 + touch the result, then restores the .cpt — so you end with both the plaintext and the .cpt.

What gets committed: only <project>-saml-<env>.crt (public cert, plaintext) and <project>-saml-<env>.pem.cpt (encrypted key). The raw .pem is gitignored/transient — regenerated on demand via decrypt-key.ksh. At deploy time the playbooks reference global/playbooks/check_private_keys.yml (the "Check that the private keys exist" step) to materialize the .pem before Ansible copies it into the container.

get-secret-file.ksh is the newer alternative — its header literally says "AWS Secrets Manager replacement for decrypt-key.ksh": instead of an encrypted file in git + a passphrase, it stores the whole secret in Secrets Manager and writes it straight to a file.

Where I expect the fine details to be

  • The exact <secret-name> holding the ccrypt passphrase — org knowledge I don't have. Is it one shared secret across library/dsf/mandala, or a per-project one I'd need created?
  • Do we follow the older ccrypt .cpt pattern (to match library/dsf) or the newer get-secret-file.ksh Secrets-Manager pattern for mandala?
  • AWS creds/permissions — I'd need Secrets Manager read (and the AWS profile) for the encrypt step to even run.
  • The ccrypt -e consumes-the-plaintext behavior and how you want the raw saml.pem handled once pulled off the box.

What are the details you wanted to flag?

User — 2026-07-13 19:31

The secret-name is the exact detail I was thinking of. Normally the secret name follows the convention of using the terraform-infrastucture relative path to the file to be decrypted as the secret-name. We end up reusing the secret-name for an existing key instead of generating a new one for the saml keys. So for example we use the secret-name "library.virginia.edu/staging/keys/library-drupal-staging.pem" for decrypting library.virginia.edu/staging/keys/library-drupal-saml-staging.pem.cpt

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:32

That's the key detail — thank you. So the SAML .pem.cpt reuses the existing SSH host key's secret-name rather than getting its own Secrets Manager entry. Mapping that convention to mandala:

  • Existing SSH key (already has a secret): mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-staging.pem — and I confirmed mandala-drupal-staging.pem.cpt is present in that keys dir, so that Secrets Manager entry already exists.
  • Secret-name to reuse (for encrypt and deploy-time decrypt): mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-staging.pem
  • New SAML files to create:
  • mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-saml-staging.crt — the public cert (saml.crt from the box), committed plaintext.
  • mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-saml-staging.pem.cpt — saml.pem from the box, encrypted with crypt-key.ksh <path-to-saml.pem> mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-staging.pem.

So the encrypt command would be, from the terraform repo root: 

scripts/crypt-key.ksh mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-saml-staging.pem \
                      mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-staging.pem
(after placing the raw saml.pem at that .pem path), and the paired deploy-time decrypt uses the same second argument.

This also lines up with dsf's deploy_backend_0.yml, which reads keys/{SIMPLESAML_PROJECT}-{SIMPLESAML_ENV}.pem → so SIMPLESAML_PROJECT=mandala-drupal-saml, SIMPLESAML_ENV=staging gives exactly mandala-drupal-saml-staging.pem.

A couple of things before I'd actually run it (still holding): 1. AWS creds — crypt-key.ksh needs Secrets Manager read for that secret. Do you want me to run the encryption from this session (do I have an AWS profile with access here), or is that a step you run? 2. Reuse vs. regenerate the keypair — we're reusing the existing dev SP keypair (saml.pem/saml.crt) pulled from the box, not generating a fresh one. Correct? (Consistent with keeping the host-derived entityID stable so ITS registration still matches.)

Do I have the secret-name convention right, and are there other fine details?

User — 2026-07-13 19:37

Yes let's just reuse the pre-existing saml keys pair. That is what is used in the existing shibboleth registration. The crypt of course will be freshly generated. And yes my current AWS keys are sufficient to do the encryption and decryption (but of course test before removing the saml.crt and saml.pem. Typical I wil use aws-vault to exchange my aws tokens. (see my shell's aliases to see what I use).

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:38

Got it — reuse the existing keypair (matches the live Shibboleth registration), fresh .cpt, and verify the encrypt→decrypt round-trip before deleting any plaintext. Let me find your aws-vault alias so I use the right profile.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:38

aws-vault is present with a staging profile. Let me find your specific alias (the grep patterns may have missed it) — checking for how you wrap aws-vault exec.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:39

Found them: 

tf='aws-vault exec staging -- terraform'
ap='aws-vault exec staging -- ansible-playbook'
aws='aws-vault exec staging -- aws'
So the wrapper is aws-vault exec staging -- <cmd>. Since crypt-key.ksh calls aws internally, I'd run the whole script under aws-vault exec staging --.

Let me do the non-secret prep first (no AWS needed): check the keys dir + .gitignore (so the raw .pem can't be accidentally committed), pull the public saml.crt to view it, and confirm the private key exists — I'll handle the private key without ever printing it.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:40

.gitignore covers it well — */*/*/keys/*.pem matches mandala/drupal/staging/keys/*.pem, so the raw .pem can't be accidentally committed, while .pem.cpt and .crt remain committable. The existing keypair (saml.crt 1424 B, saml.pem 1704 B, from Jun 2021) is there.

Let me pull both to the target paths — cert viewable, key written straight to file (never printed) + backed up for the round-trip test — and verify the key matches the cert (modulus hashes only, no secrets).

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:41

Prep is done and the pair verifies — but I hit something you need to see first.

✅ Placed & verified

  • mandala-drupal-saml-staging.crt (public, committable) and mandala-drupal-saml-staging.pem (raw key, git-ignored, backed up for the round-trip test) are in place.
  • Key matches cert — modulus MD5 identical (1a3bef1d…), no secrets exposed.
  • .gitignore confirmed: raw .pem ignored, .crt + (future) .pem.cpt committable.

⚠️ The cert is expired

subject/issuer = CN=Raf, O=SHANTI … emailAddress=rca2t@virginia.edu   (self-signed)
notBefore = Jun 30 2016
notAfter  = Jun 30 2026   ← expired 13 days ago (today is Jul 13 2026)

This is the existing SP keypair — self-signed by SHANTI (Raf / rca2t), 10-year validity that lapsed June 30, 2026. Two implications:

  1. For matching the current Shibboleth registration, reuse is still "correct" — SAML SP signing certs are trust-by-metadata, and many IdPs (incl. Shibboleth) don't hard-enforce notAfter on SP certs, which is likely why the live SP still functions. So storing this pair now reproduces today's behavior.
  2. But it's genuinely expired, so this keypair is on borrowed time regardless of D11 — it'll want regeneration + re-registration with ITS (via Dave) as a near-term item, independent of this migration.

I've paused before the encryption step because this is a fork:

  • (A) Encrypt & store the existing (expired) pair now — matches the current registration, unblocks the D11 dev bring-up, and we file cert-renewal as a follow-up with Dave/ITS. (Your stated intent — just confirming now that you know it's expired.)
  • (B) Regenerate a fresh keypair now + register with ITS before storing — cleaner, but adds an ITS round-trip to the critical path and diverges from "reuse what's registered."

My read: (A) to keep moving, with a deferred note for the cert renewal. Want me to proceed with the aws-vault exec staging -- scripts/crypt-key.ksh … encryption on the existing pair (then round-trip test before removing the plaintext), or regenerate?

One heads-up on execution: crypt-key.ksh calls aws secretsmanager internally, so I'd run it under aws-vault exec staging -- — which may pop a Touch ID / keychain prompt for you to approve. Good to run it from here, or would you rather run that one command via !?

User — 2026-07-13 19:42

Proceed with (A), encrypt the existing pair, and let's plan how to renew the keys next.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:43

Proceeding with (A). Running the encryption under aws-vault exec staging — approve the Touch ID / keychain prompt if it pops.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:44

Encryption succeeded — .pem.cpt created, raw .pem consumed. Now the round-trip test: decrypt and compare against the backup of the original.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:44

Round-trip verified — decrypted key is byte-identical to the original and still matches the cert. .cpt restored intact. Now clean up the plaintext (the raw .pem is transient/gitignored; only .crt + .pem.cpt rest in git) and confirm what would commit.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:45

Done — the SAML keypair is stored and verified. Final resting state (both untracked, ready to commit when you want): 

mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-saml-staging.crt       (public cert, plaintext)
mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-saml-staging.pem.cpt   (private key, ccrypt-encrypted, reusing the mandala-drupal-staging.pem secret)
Plaintext key + backup shredded; round-trip proved the .cpt decrypts byte-identically. I've not committed — that's yours to do when ready.

Now, renewal planning. Let me check the gen-key.ksh helper so the plan is concrete about how the fleet generates keys.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:45

Key reference points for renewal: - gen-key.ksh is ssh-keygen (RSA 4096) — that's for SSH keys, not SAML X.509 certs, so it's the wrong tool here. - dsf/library SAML certs are openssl self-signed X.509, and notably were freshly regenerated in March 2026 with 10-year validity: O=University of Virginia, OU=Library IT, CN={Project}-drupal-simplesamlphp. - There's a fleet runbook: dh.library.virginia.edu/SIMPLESAMLPHP_SECURITY.md. Let me read it — it likely has the exact generation + rollover procedure.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:46

That doc covers the salt/admin-password env vars, not the signing cert — so there's no separate fleet runbook for the X.509 cert; it's just an openssl self-signed cert (as dsf/library's are). I have enough to plan the renewal.

Here's the plan, and I'll capture it as a deferred note since it's a coordinated future change gated on ITS.

Key renewal plan

Context: the stored cert is self-signed (CN=Raf, SHANTI, 2016→2026), expired 2026-06-30. It still works because Shibboleth trusts SP certs by metadata, not PKI validity — which is why we could store it to match the live registration and keep D11 moving. Renewal is a separate, coordinated change, not on the D11 bring-up critical path.

Steps: 1. Generate a fresh self-signed X.509 keypair with openssl (not gen-key.ksh — that's ssh-keygen). Match the fleet convention dsf/library just used (Mar 2026, 10-yr): C=US, ST=Virginia, L=Charlottesville, O=University of Virginia, OU=Library IT, CN=Mandala-drupal-simplesamlphp, RSA-3072+. 2. Store via the exact pattern we just proved: crypt-key.ksh <new .pem> mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-staging.pem → commit new .crt + .pem.cpt. 3. Register the new cert with ITS NetBadge via Dave — the gating step with lead time (NetBadge encrypts assertions to the SP cert, so the IdP must trust the new one before cutover). 4. Rollover without an outage — preferred: publish SP metadata carrying both old + new certs (SimpleSAMLphp supports multiple signing/encryption keys), have ITS ingest it, deploy the new key, then retire the old; fallback: a coordinated maintenance window. 5. Both environments — staging (dev) and production (mandala-drupal-saml-production); check prod's actual current cert first, it may differ from this dev pair. 6. Validate — SP metadata endpoint, full login, confirm assertion decryption with the new key.

Let me write the deferred note.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:47

Both done. Where things stand:

SAML keypair — stored & verified (option A)

In terraform-infrastructure (untracked, not committed — yours to commit): 

mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-saml-staging.crt      (public)
mandala/drupal/staging/keys/mandala-drupal-saml-staging.pem.cpt  (ccrypt, reusing the mandala-drupal-staging.pem secret)
Round-trip proved the .cpt decrypts byte-identically; key↔cert modulus matches; plaintext + backup shredded. This reuses the exact pair in the live NetBadge registration, so the D11 dev SP will authenticate as-is.

Renewal — planned & captured

New deferred note docs/deferred/saml-sp-cert-expired-renewal.md (in .pages): openssl self-signed X.509 to the fleet convention (CN=Mandala-drupal-simplesamlphp, O=UVA, OU=Library IT, 10-yr) → store via the same crypt-key.ksh pattern → register with ITS via Dave (the gating step; assertions are encrypted to the SP cert) → dual-cert rollover to avoid an auth outage → do both envs, checking prod's actual cert first.

Two things for you

  1. Commit the two key files in terraform-infrastructure when ready (I've only staged them on disk).
  2. The renewal's ITS re-registration is a Dave item — folds into the Dave list alongside Redis, RDS DB provisioning, and the ALB apply.

Natural stopping point. Whenever you're ready, remaining threads are: the Dave conversation (Redis / RDS DB / NetBadge cert re-reg / terraform apply), and the parallel-able build work (deploy_backend.yml, the /simplesaml/ vhost, SP assets). Want me to refresh the project-mandala-state memory to capture this session before we wrap?

User — 2026-07-13 19:53

I committed and pushed the mandala certs (the old ones).

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:53

Nice — so the encrypted keypair (mandala-drupal-saml-staging.crt + .pem.cpt) is now in terraform-infrastructure. Let me mark that in the scope doc so the artifact state is accurate, tied to the renewal note.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:55

Let me refresh the state memory, then give you the to-do list.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:55

State memory refreshed. Here's the wrap.

Session wrap

Scoped the D11 backend deploy for 1b.1 part 4 end-to-end and verified it against the live dev box rather than assumptions. Big reframe: the mandala terraform is still legacy D7 Aegir — the dsf-style D11 deploy is greenfield, and the SP is one piece of it. Landed: docs/planning/1b1-part4-d11-backend-deploy-scope.md, two deferred notes (production-migration-planning.md, saml-sp-cert-expired-renewal.md), and the committed, verified SAML keypair.

To-do list

🔴 Long-lead — kick off first (external people)

  1. Dave — Redis topology. Own ElastiCache for mandala D11 vs. share dsf's ha-redis-staging? Three consumers need non-colliding DB/prefix: ADR 014 mandala_solr_fq, SimpleSAMLphp sessions, reindeer_x workqueue.
  2. Dave — RDS database. Provision a D11 DB + user/grant on rds-mysql8-staging (or confirm we self-serve). (No new RDS needed — reuse confirmed.)
  3. Dave → ITS — NetBadge cert re-registration. For the SP cert renewal (it's expired). Also confirm the existing dev SP entityID/ACS is reusable for the D11 host. → saml-sp-cert-expired-renewal.md.
  4. Dave — terraform apply path. Go-ahead + who runs plan/apply on the shared mandala terraform (the authproxy component stays — Solr uses it).
  5. Than + Andres — reindeer_x push-vs-pull. Do the 3 external KMaps IPs still push re-index under D11, or does reindeer_x pull? Settles the stale rdx:9001/index:8765 ALB reconcile.

🟡 Quick decisions (yours, no external dep)

  1. D11 database name — fresh mandala_d11 vs. reuse an existing DB on the RDS.
  2. Cutover component sign-off — confirm the §6 audit dispositions (Shanti redirects CARRY, 5 D7 CNAMEs COLLAPSE, EBS files to migrate, fail2ban/cache-warm CARRY).

🟢 Build work — draftable anytime (no host decision needed)

  1. deploy_backend.yml — adapt from dsf's deploy_backend_0.yml (drupal_home=/opt/drupal/app/drupal, uvalib/mandala-drupal, SP mounts, post-boot drush cim --partial).
  2. /simplesaml/ ProxyPass vhost in package/Dockerfile (lib already vendored; a2enmod already done).
  3. SP assets — authsources.php, saml20-idp-remote.php (verbatim), the container-env 3-file split with SIMPLESAML_* + separate Redis DB/prefix.
  4. deploy_netbadge.yml sp sidecar (all envs; example-userpass only on dev).
  5. Delete the 5 dead public-0-auth-* ALB rules (production; terraform plan first for listener priorities).

⚠️ Unrelated but High

  1. group-relationship-delete-broken-no-data-field — breaks merged 1b.2 membership removal; needs a design choice.

Items 1–5 are the ones worth starting before next session. When we reconvene, I can take 8–12 (the build work) since none of it blocks on the Dave/Than answers.

User — 2026-07-13 19:57

record this session and check-in anything that needs to be checked in.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:57

On it — I'll run the session-log script and check in the docs. First, let me see the current repo state and how the session-log script works.

Claude — 2026-07-13 19:58

The script needs the current session's JSONL. Let me locate it (most recently modified in the project dir).