infrastructure/AGENTS.md

Ghostnet.AI project context

Before infrastructure work, read .codex/LOCAL_MEMORY.md if it exists. It contains dated local observations and access hints; verify live state before making system changes. Keep secrets and private key material out of that file.

For read-only access to the KI server, use the tested SSH profile ghostnet-ai-agent, which logs in as the unprivileged account ghost-agent on 10.0.0.90. On this workstation, invoke it as ssh -F ~/.ssh/config ghostnet-ai-agent because the system-wide SSH client configuration currently has an ownership/permissions error. Do not assume sudo access or make server changes without an explicit user request.

The KI server at 10.0.0.90 is deliberately a fresh base system. The operator plans to install the LLM application stack in a later Ansible sprint. Do not install applications or change server configuration as part of documentation review or access checks unless the operator explicitly requests that work.

Agent access convention: ghost-agent

ghost-agent is the standard unprivileged account for the AI agent on the Proxmox LXCs and the KI server (operator-confirmed 2026-10-28: "on the KI server and many other Proxmox LXCs"). It is a convention, not a per-host exception.

• Login is key-based with a passphrase-less Ed25519 key kept in the operator's ~/.ssh (id_ed25519_ghostnet_<host>_agent); ~/.ssh/config carries the matching ghostnet-<host>-agent aliases, which also work with ssh -o BatchMode=yes. Private keys never enter the repository.

• ghost-agent has no sudo (verified on CT 100, CT 101, CT 103 and ghostnet-ki): treat every agent session as read-only unless the operator explicitly authorizes a change.

• Known aliases (verify live state before use; the WireGuard LXC has no ghost-agent alias and uses the legacy admin account via alias lxc):

  Alias	System	IP
  ghostnet-ct100-agent	CT 100, Pi-hole/Split-DNS dns	10.0.0.14
  ghostnet-ct101-agent	CT 101, Samba file server	10.0.0.9
  ghostnet-ct102-agent	CT 102, Keycloak	10.0.0.4
  ghostnet-ct103-agent	CT 103, reverse proxy (NPM)	10.0.0.10
  ghostnet-ct104-agent	CT 104, Keycloak	10.0.0.16
  ghostnet-ai-agent	ghostnet-ki, LLM/AI server	10.0.0.90

• Invoke ssh as ssh -F ~/.ssh/config <alias>: a bare ssh currently rejects /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/20-systemd-ssh-proxy.conf because of its ownership/permissions; -F deliberately uses the local profile without loading that broken system configuration.

• Dated per-host observations (host-key fingerprints, verified identities, account details) live in .codex/LOCAL_MEMORY.md, not here.

Account landscape and Ansible inventory paths

Account	Role	Key (operator ~/.ssh)	sudo
ghost-agent	AI agent, read-only	id_ed25519_ghostnet_<host>_agent (no passphrase)	no
ghost	human operator/admin	id_ed25519_ghostnet_<host>_ghost (passphrase-protected)	yes, password-gated
ansible-deploy	Ansible deployment; created by the project's access role during adoption	id_ed25519_ghostnet_<host>_ansible_deploy (no passphrase)	NOPASSWD: ALL (treat the key as root-equivalent)

Each Ansible LXC project (proxmox/lxc/<ct>/ansible/) maps these accounts to three inventories: agent (ghost-agent, read-only preflight), bootstrap (ghost, --ask-become-pass), production (ansible-deploy, NOPASSWD). Legacy exceptions exist (CT 103 is root-only and bootstrapped via the Proxmox console; the WireGuard LXC uses admin) — see .codex/LOCAL_MEMORY.md.

Operator-run steps

• The workstation has no Proxmox host access (no pct): PVE-side commands (pct exec, pct reboot, vzdump, editing /etc/pve/lxc/*.conf) are run by the operator as root@pve. The agent prepares exact commands and reviews the pasted output.
• Interactive secret steps are operator-run: passwd, smbpasswd -a, playbook runs with --ask-become-pass, and key passphrase prompts. The agent hands over copy-paste commands; the operator executes them.
• Secrets never enter the repository, inventories, playbooks or logs: SMB passwords, the Samba passdb, the ghost password, private SSH keys, Podman secrets. Only public keys belong in the repo (ansible/files/ssh/).

LXC / Proxmox conventions

• Reboot caveat (GNAI-016 section 7): in LXC, /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id belongs to the PVE host and does not change on a guest reboot — never use boot_id-based waiters; reboot via PVE and verify independently over SSH.
• Unprivileged LXCs: keep the empty lxc.seccomp.profile: line (rootful Podman/Ganesha containers need open_by_handle_at), mask sys-kernel-config.mount (configfs is unavailable), and expect uid_map 0 100000 65536 — host UIDs appear as 65534 (nobody) inside the guest.
• In-place dist-upgrades: take a vzdump safety net first and use --force-confold so productive configuration files survive.

Repository conventions

• Documentation: docs/platform/proxmox-server/lxc/<ct>/GNAI-*.md (German; decisions carry operator/date stamps, findings are lettered a), b), …). Ansible project READMEs are English. The central index is docs/GNAI-000-DOC_Index.md.
• Ansible projects are self-contained under proxmox/lxc/<ct>/ansible/ (ansible.cfg, inventories/{agent,bootstrap,production}, playbooks/, roles/, files/ssh/), use the repository-wide control venv (.venv, built from shared/ansible/requirements-control.txt) and the shared roles in shared/ansible/roles/.
• Change discipline: productive changes only with explicit operator go; preview with --check --diff first; convergence must be idempotent (a second run reports changed=0); commit only when the operator asks.
• Communicate with the operator in German.
• Verify account/identity assumptions with the operator before declaring them (CT 101 example: dark2devil turned out to be the same person as debugofen; GNAI-019 decision 11 was revised accordingly).