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Erich Blume c89e69e25f Add docs/ with blumeops zk cards (#82) 
## Summary
- Move 21 blumeops-tagged zettelkasten cards from ~/code/personal/zk/ to docs/
- Create symlink ~/code/personal/zk/blumeops -> blumeops/docs for obsidian integration
- Update zk-docs mise task to read from local docs/ directory
- Add blumeops workspace to obsidian.nvim config (strict=true)

## Benefits
- Docs are now git-managed in the blumeops repo (visible on GitHub)
- Wiki links between blumeops docs continue to work via symlink
- obsidian-sync isolation: docs don't sync to work laptop
- Direct editing via obsidian.nvim with dedicated workspace

## Testing
- [x] Files moved to docs/ (21 files)
- [x] Symlink created: ~/code/personal/zk/blumeops -> blumeops/docs
- [x] zk-docs mise task updated and working
- [ ] Verify obsidian.nvim link resolution (after merge)
- [ ] Verify obsidian backlinks work

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Reviewed-on: https://forge.ops.eblu.me/eblume/blumeops/pulls/82
2026-02-02 21:40:53 -08:00

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Transmission Management Log

Transmission is a BitTorrent daemon running in Kubernetes, primarily used to download large ZIM archives for kiwix.

Service Details

  • URL: https://torrent.tail8d86e.ts.net
  • Namespace: torrent
  • Image: lscr.io/linuxserver/transmission:latest
  • ArgoCD app: torrent
  • Storage: NFS PVC from sifaka (/volume1/torrents)

Useful Commands

# View transmission logs
kubectl --context=minikube-indri -n torrent logs -f deployment/transmission

# Check RPC connectivity (from another pod)
kubectl --context=minikube-indri run -it --rm curl --image=curlimages/curl -- \
  curl -s http://transmission.torrent.svc.cluster.local:9091/transmission/rpc

# Sync from ArgoCD
argocd app sync torrent

ArgoCD Management

Transmission is deployed via ArgoCD from argocd/manifests/torrent/:

  • deployment.yaml - Transmission container with NFS volume
  • service.yaml - ClusterIP service (port 9091)
  • ingress-tailscale.yaml - Tailscale Ingress for web UI
  • pv-nfs.yaml - NFS PersistentVolume
  • pvc.yaml - PersistentVolumeClaim

Storage Layout

The NFS share on sifaka (/volume1/torrents) has this structure:

  • /downloads/ - Active downloads and torrent metadata
  • /downloads/complete/ - Completed downloads
  • /config/ - Transmission configuration
  • /watch/ - Watch directory for .torrent files

Kiwix reads from /downloads/complete/ to serve ZIM archives.

Integration with Kiwix

The kiwix deployment includes a torrent-sync sidecar that:

  1. Reads the declarative ZIM torrent list from a ConfigMap
  2. Adds missing torrents to Transmission via RPC
  3. Runs on startup and every 30 minutes

When downloads complete:

  1. Transmission moves files to /downloads/complete/
  2. The zim-watcher CronJob (in kiwix namespace) detects new ZIMs
  3. Kiwix deployment is restarted to pick up new archives

Monitoring

TODO: Write custom transmission exporter. Existing exporters (metalmatze/transmission-exporter, sandrotosi/simple_transmission_exporter) are incompatible with Transmission 4's changed JSON API (type mismatches in lastScrapeTimedOut field).

Current monitoring via web UI at https://torrent.tail8d86e.ts.net:

  • Active/seeding/paused torrent counts
  • Upload/download speeds
  • Disk usage

Basic uptime monitoring via blackbox probe in alloy (see Services Health dashboard).

Log

2026-01-22

  • Attempted to add metalmatze/transmission-exporter sidecar for Prometheus metrics
  • Exporter failed with JSON parsing errors - incompatible with Transmission 4 API changes
  • Removed exporter sidecar, dashboard, and Prometheus scrape config
  • Added basic HTTP probe via Alloy k8s blackbox exporter instead
  • Deleted stale transmission.prom textfile from indri

2026-01-21 (P6)

  • Migrated to Kubernetes (Phase 6 of k8s migration)
  • NFS PersistentVolume for storage on sifaka
  • Tailscale Ingress at torrent.tail8d86e.ts.net
  • RPC accessible to kiwix namespace for torrent sync
  • Moved existing ZIM files to /downloads/complete/ for seeding
  • Retired ansible transmission role from indri

2026-01-14

  • Added transmission role to ansible playbook
  • Integrated with kiwix role for torrent-based ZIM downloads
  • Initial setup with transmission-cli via homebrew
  • Managed via brew services on port 9091
  • Metrics collected via textfile exporter