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Erich Blume 947e4310c3 C2: migrate immich from minikube to ringtail (mikado chain) (#356)
## Summary

C2 Mikado chain to move the entire Immich stack (server, ML, valkey,
postgres) off `minikube-indri` and onto `k3s-ringtail`. Immich is the
largest single tenant on minikube (~1.5 GiB resident) and minikube is
currently memory-saturated (97% RAM, swapping). This is the first
concrete chain in the broader indri-k8s decommission effort.

This PR contains the planning layer only — 7 cards (1 goal + 6
prerequisites). Implementation cycles follow per the Mikado Branch
Invariant.

## Goal end-state

- Immich `server`, `machine-learning`, `valkey` on ringtail.
- ML pod uses ringtail's RTX 4080 (performance win — currently
  CPU-only).
- CNPG `immich-pg` (PG17 + VectorChord) runs on ringtail.
- Library still on sifaka NFS — ringtail mounts the same path.
- `photos.ops.eblu.me` reroutes through Caddy → ringtail ingress.
- Minikube `immich` and `immich-pg` are removed.

## Cards

| Card | Depends on |
|---|---|
| `migrate-immich-to-ringtail` (goal) | all six below |
| `cnpg-on-ringtail` | — |
| `immich-pg-on-ringtail` | cnpg-on-ringtail |
| `immich-pg-data-migration` | immich-pg-on-ringtail |
| `sifaka-nfs-from-ringtail` | — |
| `immich-app-on-ringtail` | immich-pg-on-ringtail, sifaka-nfs-from-ringtail |
| `immich-cutover-and-decommission` | immich-pg-data-migration, immich-app-on-ringtail |

## Key constraints

- **No data loss.** Downtime is acceptable; data loss is not. Two
  surfaces matter: postgres (ML embeddings, face data — slow to
  re-derive) and the library files (don't move, but NFS access from
  ringtail must be verified).
- **Migration method:** Option A is a CNPG `externalCluster`
  basebackup → promote. Option B is `pg_dump`/`pg_restore` as a
  documented fallback. Either way, dry-run against a scratch
  cluster first.
- **Why pg moves too** (not cross-cluster): keeping pg on minikube
  would block the whole decommission, and Immich is chatty with pg
  so tailnet round-trips would hurt.

## Test plan

- [ ] Plan review — does the dependency graph make sense?
- [ ] `mise run docs-mikado migrate-immich-to-ringtail` shows the
      chain correctly.
- [ ] Per-card implementation cycles land separately (commit
      convention enforced by hook).

Reviewed-on: #356
2026-05-13 16:46:17 -07:00
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changelog.d C2: migrate immich from minikube to ringtail (mikado chain) (#356) 2026-05-13 16:46:17 -07:00
explanation C0: docs — explanation article on compliance mute categories 2026-05-04 18:19:53 -07:00
how-to C2: migrate immich from minikube to ringtail (mikado chain) (#356) 2026-05-13 16:46:17 -07:00
reference C1: pin ringtail wired IP to 192.168.1.21 (static) 2026-05-12 09:33:57 -07:00
tutorials C1: doc review — replicating-blumeops tutorial (#350) 2026-05-11 16:11:35 -07:00
index.md C0: doc review — index.md, add ringtail to infra overview 2026-05-06 06:14:40 -07:00
quartz.config.ts Fix spider trap: disable SPA mode, remove index files, relax wiki-links (#290) 2026-03-09 11:59:43 -07:00
quartz.layout.ts Expose Forgejo publicly at forge.eblu.me (#278) 2026-03-03 08:40:41 -08:00