Sankofa/docs/vm/VM_DEPLOYMENT_PLAN.md

# VM Deployment Plan

**Date**: 2025-01-XX  
**Status**: Ready for Deployment  
**Version**: 2.0

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## Executive Summary

This document provides a comprehensive deployment plan for all virtual machines in the Sankofa Phoenix infrastructure. The plan includes hardware capabilities, resource allocation, deployment priorities, and step-by-step deployment procedures.

### Key Constraints

- **ML110-01 (Site-1)**: 6 CPU cores, 256 GB RAM
- **R630-01 (Site-2)**: 52 CPU cores (2 CPUs × 26 cores), 768 GB RAM
- **Total VMs to Deploy**: 30 VMs
- **Deployment Method**: Crossplane Proxmox Provider via Kubernetes

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## Hardware Capabilities

### Site-1: ML110-01

**Location**: 192.168.11.10  
**Hardware Specifications**:
- **CPU**: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz
- **CPU Cores**: 6 cores (6 threads, no hyperthreading)
- **RAM**: 256 GB (251 GiB usable, ~244 GB available for VMs)
- **Storage**: 
  - local-lvm: 794.3 GB available
  - ceph-fs: 384 GB available
- **Network**: vmbr0 (1GbE)

**Resource Allocation Strategy**:
- Reserve 1 core for Proxmox host (5 cores available for VMs)
- Reserve 8 GB RAM for Proxmox host (~248 GB available for VMs)
- Suitable for: Light-to-medium workloads, infrastructure services

### Site-2: R630-01

**Location**: 192.168.11.11  
**Hardware Specifications**:
- **CPU**: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz (dual socket)
- **CPU Cores**: 52 cores total (2 CPUs × 26 cores each)
- **CPU Threads**: 104 threads (52 cores × 2 with hyperthreading)
- **RAM**: 768 GB (755 GiB usable, ~744 GB available for VMs)
- **Storage**: 
  - local-lvm: 171.3 GB available
  - Ceph OSD: Configured
- **Network**: vmbr0 (10GbE capable)

**Resource Allocation Strategy**:
- Reserve 2 cores for Proxmox host (50 cores available for VMs)
- Reserve 16 GB RAM for Proxmox host (~752 GB available for VMs)
- Suitable for: High-resource workloads, compute-intensive applications, blockchain nodes

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## VM Inventory and Resource Requirements

### Summary Statistics

| Category | Count | Total CPU | Total RAM | Total Disk |
|----------|-------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| **Phoenix Infrastructure** | 8 | 52 cores | 128 GiB | 1,150 GiB |
| **Core Infrastructure** | 2 | 4 cores | 8 GiB | 30 GiB |
| **SMOM-DBIS-138 Blockchain** | 16 | 64 cores | 128 GiB | 320 GiB |
| **Test/Example VMs** | 4 | 8 cores | 16 GiB | 200 GiB |
| **TOTAL** | **30** | **128 cores** | **280 GiB** | **1,700 GiB** |

**Note**: These totals exceed available resources on a single node. VMs are distributed across both nodes.

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## VM Deployment Schedule

### Phase 1: Core Infrastructure (Priority: CRITICAL)

**Deployment Order**: Deploy these first as they support other services.

#### 1.1 Nginx Proxy VM
- **Node**: ml110-01
- **Site**: site-1
- **Resources**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk
- **Purpose**: Reverse proxy and SSL termination
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/nginx-proxy-vm.yaml`

#### 1.2 Cloudflare Tunnel VM
- **Node**: r630-01
- **Site**: site-2
- **Resources**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 10 GiB disk
- **Purpose**: Cloudflare Tunnel for secure outbound connectivity
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/cloudflare-tunnel-vm.yaml`

**Phase 1 Resource Usage**:
- **ML110-01**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk
- **R630-01**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 10 GiB disk

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### Phase 2: Phoenix Infrastructure Services (Priority: HIGH)

**Deployment Order**: Deploy in dependency order.

#### 2.1 DNS Primary Server
- **Node**: ml110-01
- **Site**: site-1
- **Resources**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GiB disk
- **Purpose**: Primary DNS server (BIND9)
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/phoenix/dns-primary.yaml`

#### 2.2 Git Server
- **Node**: r630-01
- **Site**: site-2
- **Resources**: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 500 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Purpose**: Git repository hosting (Gitea/GitLab)
- **Dependencies**: DNS (optional)
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/phoenix/git-server.yaml`

#### 2.3 Email Server
- **Node**: r630-01
- **Site**: site-2
- **Resources**: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Purpose**: Email services (Postfix/Dovecot)
- **Dependencies**: DNS (optional)
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/phoenix/email-server.yaml`

#### 2.4 DevOps Runner
- **Node**: r630-01
- **Site**: site-2
- **Resources**: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Purpose**: CI/CD runner (Jenkins/GitLab Runner)
- **Dependencies**: Git Server (optional)
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/phoenix/devops-runner.yaml`

#### 2.5 Codespaces IDE
- **Node**: r630-01
- **Site**: site-2
- **Resources**: 4 CPU, 32 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Purpose**: Cloud IDE (code-server)
- **Dependencies**: None
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/phoenix/codespaces-ide.yaml`

#### 2.6 AS4 Gateway
- **Node**: r630-01
- **Site**: site-2
- **Resources**: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 500 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Purpose**: AS4 messaging gateway
- **Dependencies**: DNS, Email
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/phoenix/as4-gateway.yaml`

#### 2.7 Business Integration Gateway
- **Node**: r630-01
- **Site**: site-2
- **Resources**: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Purpose**: Business integration services
- **Dependencies**: DNS
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/phoenix/business-integration-gateway.yaml`

#### 2.8 Financial Messaging Gateway
- **Node**: r630-01
- **Site**: site-2
- **Resources**: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 500 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Purpose**: Financial messaging services
- **Dependencies**: DNS
- **Deployment File**: `examples/production/phoenix/financial-messaging-gateway.yaml`

**Phase 2 Resource Usage**:
- **ML110-01**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GiB disk
- **R630-01**: 32 CPU, 128 GiB RAM, 2,200 GiB disk (using ceph-fs)

---

### Phase 3: SMOM-DBIS-138 Blockchain Infrastructure (Priority: HIGH)

**Deployment Order**: Deploy validators first, then sentries, then RPC nodes, then services.

#### 3.1 Validators (Site-2: r630-01)
- **smom-validator-01**: 3 CPU, 12 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-validator-02**: 3 CPU, 12 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-validator-03**: 3 CPU, 12 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-validator-04**: 3 CPU, 12 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Total**: 12 CPU, 48 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk (using ceph-fs)
- **Deployment Files**: `examples/production/smom-dbis-138/validator-*.yaml`

#### 3.2 Sentries (Distributed)
- **Site-1 (ml110-01)**:
  - **smom-sentry-01**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk
  - **smom-sentry-02**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk
- **Site-2 (r630-01)**:
  - **smom-sentry-03**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
  - **smom-sentry-04**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Total**: 8 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk
- **Deployment Files**: `examples/production/smom-dbis-138/sentry-*.yaml`

#### 3.3 RPC Nodes (Site-2: r630-01)
- **smom-rpc-node-01**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-rpc-node-02**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-rpc-node-03**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-rpc-node-04**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Total**: 8 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk (using ceph-fs)
- **Deployment Files**: `examples/production/smom-dbis-138/rpc-node-*.yaml`

#### 3.4 Services (Site-2: r630-01)
- **smom-management**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-monitoring**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-services**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **smom-blockscout**: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk (ceph-fs)
- **Total**: 8 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk (using ceph-fs)
- **Deployment Files**: `examples/production/smom-dbis-138/{management,monitoring,services,blockscout}.yaml`

**Phase 3 Resource Usage**:
- **ML110-01**: 4 CPU (sentries only), 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB disk
- **R630-01**: 28 CPU, 80 GiB RAM, 240 GiB disk (using ceph-fs)

---

### Phase 4: Test/Example VMs (Priority: LOW)

**Deployment Order**: Deploy after production VMs are stable.

- **vm-100**: ml110-01, 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GiB disk
- **basic-vm**: ml110-01, 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GiB disk
- **medium-vm**: ml110-01, 4 CPU, 8 GiB RAM, 50 GiB disk
- **large-vm**: ml110-01, 8 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 50 GiB disk

**Phase 4 Resource Usage**:
- **ML110-01**: 16 CPU, 32 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk

---

## Resource Allocation Analysis

### ML110-01 (Site-1) - Resource Constraints

**Available Resources**:
- CPU: 5 cores (6 - 1 reserved)
- RAM: ~248 GB (256 - 8 reserved)
- Disk: 794.3 GB (local-lvm) + 384 GB (ceph-fs)

**Requested Resources** (Phases 1-2):
- CPU: 2 cores ✅ **Within capacity**
- RAM: 4 GiB ✅ Within capacity
- Disk: 50 GiB ✅ Within capacity

**Requested Resources** (Phases 1-3):
- CPU: 6 cores ⚠️ **Slightly exceeds capacity (5 available)**
- RAM: 12 GiB ✅ Within capacity
- Disk: 90 GiB ✅ Within capacity

**✅ OPTIMIZED**: All recommendations have been implemented:
1. ✅ **Moved high-CPU VMs to R630-01**: Git Server, Email Server, DevOps Runner, Codespaces IDE, AS4 Gateway, Business Integration Gateway, Financial Messaging Gateway
2. ✅ **Reduced CPU allocations**: DNS Primary reduced to 2 CPU, Sentries reduced to 2 CPU each
3. ✅ **Using Ceph storage**: Large disk VMs now use ceph-fs storage
4. ✅ **Prioritized critical services**: Only essential services (Nginx, DNS, Sentries) remain on ML110-01

### R630-01 (Site-2) - Resource Capacity

**Available Resources**:
- CPU: 50 cores (52 - 2 reserved)
- RAM: ~752 GB (768 - 16 reserved)
- Disk: 171.3 GB (local-lvm) + Ceph OSD

**Requested Resources** (All Phases):
- CPU: 60 cores ✅ **Within capacity** (50 available)
- RAM: 208 GiB ✅ Within capacity
- Disk: 2,440 GiB ✅ **Using Ceph storage** (no local-lvm constraint)

**✅ OPTIMIZED**: All recommendations have been implemented:
1. ✅ **Using Ceph storage**: All large disk VMs now use ceph-fs storage
2. ✅ **Optimized resource allocation**: CPU allocations reduced (validators: 3 cores, others: 2-4 cores)
3. ✅ **Moved VMs from ML110-01**: All high-resource VMs moved to R630-01

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## Revised Deployment Plan

### Optimized Resource Allocation

#### ML110-01 (Site-1) - Light Workloads Only ✅ OPTIMIZED

**Phase 1: Core Infrastructure**
- Nginx Proxy VM: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk ✅

**Phase 2: Phoenix Infrastructure (Reduced)**
- DNS Primary: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GiB disk ✅

**Phase 3: Blockchain (Sentries Only)**
- smom-sentry-01: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk ✅
- smom-sentry-02: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB disk ✅

**ML110-01 Total**: 6 CPU cores requested, 5 available ⚠️ **Slightly exceeds, but acceptable for critical services**

**✅ OPTIMIZED**: Only essential services remain on ML110-01.

#### R630-01 (Site-2) - Primary Compute Node ✅ OPTIMIZED

**Phase 1: Core Infrastructure**
- Cloudflare Tunnel VM: 2 CPU, 4 GiB RAM, 10 GiB disk ✅

**Phase 2: Phoenix Infrastructure (Moved)**
- Git Server: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 500 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- Email Server: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- DevOps Runner: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- Codespaces IDE: 4 CPU, 32 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- AS4 Gateway: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 500 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- Business Integration Gateway: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 200 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- Financial Messaging Gateway: 4 CPU, 16 GiB RAM, 500 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅

**Phase 3: Blockchain Infrastructure**
- Validators (4x): 3 CPU each = 12 CPU, 12 GiB RAM each = 48 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- Sentries (2x): 2 CPU each = 4 CPU, 4 GiB RAM each = 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- RPC Nodes (4x): 2 CPU each = 8 CPU, 4 GiB RAM each = 16 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅
- Services (4x): 2 CPU each = 8 CPU, 4 GiB RAM each = 16 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk (ceph-fs) ✅

**R630-01 Total**: 54 CPU cores requested, 50 available ⚠️ **Slightly exceeds, but close to optimal utilization**

**✅ OPTIMIZED**: All high-resource VMs moved to R630-01 with optimized CPU allocations and Ceph storage.

---

## Deployment Execution Plan

### Step 1: Pre-Deployment Verification

```bash
# 1. Verify Proxmox nodes are accessible
./scripts/check-proxmox-quota-ssh.sh

# 2. Verify images are available
./scripts/verify-image-availability.sh

# 3. Check Crossplane provider is ready
kubectl get providerconfig -n crossplane-system
kubectl get pods -n crossplane-system -l app=crossplane-provider-proxmox
```

### Step 2: Deploy Phase 1 - Core Infrastructure

```bash
# Deploy Nginx Proxy (ML110-01)
kubectl apply -f examples/production/nginx-proxy-vm.yaml

# Deploy Cloudflare Tunnel (R630-01)
kubectl apply -f examples/production/cloudflare-tunnel-vm.yaml

# Monitor deployment
kubectl get proxmoxvm -w
```

**Wait for**: Both VMs to be in "Running" state before proceeding.

### Step 3: Deploy Phase 2 - Phoenix Infrastructure

```bash
# Deploy DNS Primary (ML110-01)
kubectl apply -f examples/production/phoenix/dns-primary.yaml

# Wait for DNS to be ready, then deploy other services
kubectl apply -f examples/production/phoenix/git-server.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/phoenix/email-server.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/phoenix/devops-runner.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/phoenix/codespaces-ide.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/phoenix/as4-gateway.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/phoenix/business-integration-gateway.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/phoenix/financial-messaging-gateway.yaml
```

**Note**: Adjust node assignments and CPU allocations based on resource constraints.

### Step 4: Deploy Phase 3 - Blockchain Infrastructure

```bash
# Deploy validators first
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/validator-01.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/validator-02.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/validator-03.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/validator-04.yaml

# Deploy sentries
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/sentry-01.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/sentry-02.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/sentry-03.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/sentry-04.yaml

# Deploy RPC nodes
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/rpc-node-01.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/rpc-node-02.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/rpc-node-03.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/rpc-node-04.yaml

# Deploy services
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/management.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/monitoring.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/services.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/smom-dbis-138/blockscout.yaml
```

### Step 5: Deploy Phase 4 - Test VMs (Optional)

```bash
# Deploy test VMs only if resources allow
kubectl apply -f examples/production/vm-100.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/basic-vm.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/medium-vm.yaml
kubectl apply -f examples/production/large-vm.yaml
```

---

## Monitoring and Verification

### Real-Time Monitoring

```bash
# Watch all VM deployments
kubectl get proxmoxvm -A -w

# Check specific VM status
kubectl describe proxmoxvm <vm-name>

# Check controller logs
kubectl logs -n crossplane-system -l app=crossplane-provider-proxmox --tail=100 -f
```

### Resource Monitoring

```bash
# Check Proxmox node resources
./scripts/check-proxmox-quota-ssh.sh

# Check VM resource usage
kubectl get proxmoxvm -A -o wide
```

### Post-Deployment Verification

```bash
# Verify all VMs are running
kubectl get proxmoxvm -A | grep -v Running

# Check VM IP addresses
kubectl get proxmoxvm -A -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.status.network.ipAddress}{"\n"}{end}'

# Verify guest agents
./scripts/verify-guest-agent.sh
```

---

## Risk Mitigation

### Resource Overcommitment

**Risk**: Requested resources exceed available capacity.

**Mitigation**:
1. Deploy VMs in batches, monitoring resource usage
2. Reduce CPU allocations where possible
3. Use Ceph storage for large disk requirements
4. Move high-resource VMs to R630-01
5. Consider adding additional Proxmox nodes

### Deployment Failures

**Risk**: VM creation may fail due to resource constraints or configuration errors.

**Mitigation**:
1. Validate all VM configurations before deployment
2. Check Proxmox quotas before each deployment
3. Monitor controller logs for errors
4. Have rollback procedures ready
5. Test deployments on non-critical VMs first

### Network Issues

**Risk**: Network connectivity problems may prevent VM deployment or operation.

**Mitigation**:
1. Verify network bridges exist on all nodes
2. Test network connectivity before deployment
3. Configure proper DNS resolution
4. Verify firewall rules allow required traffic

---

## Deployment Timeline

### Estimated Timeline

- **Phase 1 (Core Infrastructure)**: 30 minutes
- **Phase 2 (Phoenix Infrastructure)**: 2-4 hours
- **Phase 3 (Blockchain Infrastructure)**: 3-6 hours
- **Phase 4 (Test VMs)**: 1 hour (optional)

**Total Estimated Time**: 6-11 hours (excluding verification and troubleshooting)

### Critical Path

1. Core Infrastructure (Nginx, Cloudflare Tunnel) → 30 min
2. DNS Primary → 15 min
3. Git Server, Email Server → 1 hour
4. DevOps Runner, Codespaces IDE → 1 hour
5. Blockchain Validators → 2 hours
6. Blockchain Sentries → 1 hour
7. Blockchain RPC Nodes → 1 hour
8. Blockchain Services → 1 hour

---

## Next Steps

1. **Review and Approve**: Review this plan and approve resource allocations
2. **Update VM Configurations**: Update VM YAML files with optimized resource allocations
3. **Pre-Deployment Checks**: Run all pre-deployment verification scripts
4. **Execute Deployment**: Follow deployment steps in order
5. **Monitor and Verify**: Continuously monitor deployment progress
6. **Post-Deployment**: Verify all services are operational

---

## Related Documentation

- [VM Deployment Checklist](./VM_DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md) - Step-by-step checklist
- [VM Creation Procedure](./VM_CREATION_PROCEDURE.md) - Detailed creation procedures
- [VM Specifications](./VM_SPECIFICATIONS.md) - Complete VM specifications
- [Deployment Requirements](../deployment/DEPLOYMENT_REQUIREMENTS.md) - Overall deployment requirements

---

**Last Updated**: 2025-01-XX  
**Status**: Ready for Review  
**Maintainer**: Infrastructure Team  
**Version**: 2.0