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Issuer Directory Offline Kit Notes

Purpose

Operators bundling Stella Ops for fully disconnected environments must include the Issuer Directory service so VEX Lens, Excititor, and Policy Engine can resolve trusted issuers without reaching external registries.

1 · Bundle contents

Include the following artefacts in your Offline Update Kit staging tree:

Path (within kit)	Source	Notes
images/issuer-directory-web.tar	registry.stella-ops.org/stellaops/issuer-directory-web (digest from deploy/releases/<channel>.yaml)	Export with crane pull --format=tar or skopeo copy docker://... oci:....
config/issuer-directory/issuer-directory.yaml	etc/issuer-directory.yaml (customised)	Replace Authority issuer, tenant header, and log level as required.
config/issuer-directory/csaf-publishers.json	src/IssuerDirectory/StellaOps.IssuerDirectory/data/csaf-publishers.json or regional override	Operators can edit before import to add private publishers.
secrets/issuer-directory/connection.env	Secure secret store export (ISSUER_DIRECTORY_MONGO_CONNECTION_STRING=)	Encrypt at rest; Offline Kit importer places it in the Compose/Helm secret.
env/issuer-directory.env (optional)	Curated .env snippet (for example ISSUER_DIRECTORY_SEED_CSAF=false)	Helps operators disable reseeding after their first import without editing the main profile.
docs/issuer-directory/deployment.md	docs/modules/issuer-directory/operations/deployment.md	Ship alongside kit documentation for operators.

Image digests: Update deploy/releases/2025.10-edge.yaml (or the relevant manifest) with the exact digest before building the kit so offline-manifest.json can assert integrity.

2 · Compose (air-gapped) deployment

1. Load images locally on the target:

   docker load < images/issuer-directory-web.tar
   

2. Copy Compose artefacts:

   cp deploy/compose/docker-compose.airgap.yaml .
   cp deploy/compose/env/airgap.env.example airgap.env
   cp secrets/issuer-directory/connection.env issuer-directory.mongo.env
   

3. Update airgap.env with site-specific values (Authority issuer, tenant, ports) and remove outbound endpoints.
4. Bring up the service:

   docker compose \
     --env-file airgap.env \
     --env-file issuer-directory.mongo.env \
     -f docker-compose.airgap.yaml up -d issuer-directory
   

5. Verify via curl -k https://issuer-directory.airgap.local:8447/health/live.

3 · Kubernetes (air-gapped) deployment

1. Pre-load the OCI image into your local registry mirror and update values-airgap.yaml to reference it.
2. Apply the secret bundled in the kit:

   kubectl apply -f secrets/issuer-directory/connection-secret.yaml
   

   (Generate this file during packaging with kubectl create secret generic issuer-directory-secrets ... --dry-run=client -o yaml.)
3. Install/upgrade the chart:

   helm upgrade --install stellaops deploy/helm/stellaops \
     -f deploy/helm/stellaops/values-airgap.yaml \
     --set services.issuer-directory.env.ISSUERDIRECTORY__AUTHORITY__ISSUER=https://authority.airgap.local/realms/stellaops
   

4. Confirm issuer_directory_changes_total is visible in your offline Prometheus stack.

4 · Import workflow summary

1. Run ops/offline-kit/build_offline_kit.py with the additional artefacts noted above.
2. Sign the resulting tarball and manifest (Cosign) and record the SHA-256 in the release notes.
3. At the destination:

   stellaops-cli offline kit import \
     --bundle stella-ops-offline-kit-<version>-airgap.tar.gz \
     --destination /opt/stellaops/offline-kit
   

4. Follow the Compose or Helm path depending on your topology.

5 · Post-import validation

• docker images | grep issuer-directory (Compose) or kubectl get deploy stellaops-issuer-directory (Helm) shows the expected version.
• csaf-publishers.json in the container matches the offline bundle (hash check).
• /issuer-directory/issuers returns global seed issuers (requires token with issuer-directory:read scope).
• Audit collection receives entries when you create/update issuers offline.
• Offline kit manifest (offline-manifest.json) lists images/issuer-directory-web.tar and config/issuer-directory/issuer-directory.yaml with SHA-256 values you recorded during packaging.
• Prometheus in the offline environment reports issuer_directory_changes_total for the tenants imported from the kit.