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Container Deployment Guide — AOC Update

Audience: DevOps Guild, platform operators deploying StellaOps services.
Scope: Deployment configuration changes required by the Aggregation-Only Contract (AOC), including schema validators, guard environment flags, and verifier identities.

This guide supplements existing deployment manuals with AOC-specific configuration. It assumes familiarity with the base Compose/Helm manifests described in ops/deployment/ and docs/modules/devops/architecture.md.

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1 · Schema validator enablement

1.1 MongoDB validators

• Apply JSON schema validators to advisory_raw and vex_raw collections before enabling AOC guards.
• Before enabling validators or the idempotency index, run the duplicate audit helper to confirm no conflicting raw advisories remain:

  mongo concelier ops/devops/scripts/check-advisory-raw-duplicates.js --eval 'var LIMIT=200;'
  

  Resolve any reported rows prior to rollout.
• Use the migration script provided in ops/devops/scripts/apply-aoc-validators.js:

kubectl exec -n concelier deploy/concelier-mongo -- \
  mongo concelier ops/devops/scripts/apply-aoc-validators.js

kubectl exec -n excititor deploy/excititor-mongo -- \
  mongo excititor ops/devops/scripts/apply-aoc-validators.js

• Validators enforce required fields (tenant, source, upstream, linkset) and reject forbidden keys at DB level.
• Rollback plan: validators are applied with validationLevel: moderate—downgrade via the same script with --remove if required.

1.2 Migration order

1. Deploy validators in maintenance window.
2. Roll out Concelier/Excititor images with guard middleware enabled (AOC_GUARD_ENABLED=true).
3. Run smoke tests (stella sources ingest --dry-run fixtures) before resuming production ingestion.

1.3 Supersedes backfill verification

1. Duplicate audit: Confirm mongo concelier ops/devops/scripts/check-advisory-raw-duplicates.js --eval 'var LIMIT=200;' reports no conflicts before restarting Concelier with the new migrations.
2. Post-migration check: After the service restarts, validate that db.advisory is a view pointing to advisory_backup_20251028:

   mongo concelier --quiet --eval 'db.getCollectionInfos({ name: "advisory" })[0]'
   

   The type should be "view" and options.viewOn should equal "advisory_backup_20251028".
3. Supersedes chain spot-check: Inspect a sample set to ensure deterministic chaining:

   mongo concelier --quiet --eval '
     db.advisory_raw.aggregate([
       { $match: { "upstream.upstream_id": { $exists: true } } },
       { $sort: { "tenant": 1, "source.vendor": 1, "upstream.upstream_id": 1, "upstream.retrieved_at": 1 } },
       { $limit: 5 },
       { $project: { _id: 1, supersedes: 1 } }
     ]).forEach(printjson)'
   

   Each revision should reference the previous _id (or null for the first revision). Record findings in the change ticket before proceeding to production.

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2 · Container environment flags

Add the following environment variables to Concelier/Excititor deployments:

Variable	Default	Description
AOC_GUARD_ENABLED	true	Enables AOCWriteGuard interception. Set false only for controlled rollback.
AOC_ALLOW_SUPERSEDES_RETROFIT	false	Allows temporary supersedes backfill during migration. Remove after cutover.
AOC_METRICS_ENABLED	true	Emits ingestion_write_total, aoc_violation_total, etc.
AOC_TENANT_HEADER	X-Stella-Tenant	Header name expected from Gateway.
AOC_VERIFIER_USER	stella-aoc-verify	Read-only service user used by UI/CLI verification.

Compose snippet:

environment:
  - AOC_GUARD_ENABLED=true
  - AOC_ALLOW_SUPERSEDES_RETROFIT=false
  - AOC_METRICS_ENABLED=true
  - AOC_TENANT_HEADER=X-Stella-Tenant
  - AOC_VERIFIER_USER=stella-aoc-verify

Ensure AOC_VERIFIER_USER exists in Authority with aoc:verify scope and no write permissions.

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3 · Verifier identity

• Create a dedicated client (stella-aoc-verify) via Authority bootstrap:

clients:
  - clientId: stella-aoc-verify
    grantTypes: [client_credentials]
    scopes: [aoc:verify, advisory:read, vex:read]
    tenants: [default]

• Store credentials in secret store (Kubernetes Secret, Docker swarm secret).
• Bind credentials to stella aoc verify CI jobs and Console verification service.
• Rotate quarterly; document in ops/authority-key-rotation.md.

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4 · Deployment steps

1. Pre-checks: Confirm database backups, alerting in maintenance mode, and staging environment validated.
2. Apply validators: Run scripts per § 1.1.
3. Update manifests: Inject environment variables (§ 2) and mount guard configuration configmaps.
4. Redeploy services: Rolling restart Concelier/Excititor pods. Monitor ingestion_write_total for steady throughput.
5. Seed verifier: Deploy read-only verifier user and store credentials.
6. Run verification: Execute stella aoc verify --since 24h and ensure exit code 0.
7. Update dashboards: Point Grafana panels to new metrics (aoc_violation_total).
8. Record handoff: Capture console screenshots and verification logs for release notes.

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5 · Offline Kit updates

• Ship validator scripts with Offline Kit (offline-kit/scripts/apply-aoc-validators.js).
• Include pre-generated verification reports for air-gapped deployments.
• Document offline CLI workflow in bundle README referencing docs/modules/cli/guides/cli-reference.md.
• Ensure stella-aoc-verify credentials are scoped to offline tenant and rotated during bundle refresh.

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6 · Rollback plan

1. Disable guard via AOC_GUARD_ENABLED=false on Concelier/Excititor and rollout.
2. Remove validators with the migration script (--remove).
3. Pause verification jobs to prevent noise.
4. Investigate and remediate upstream issues before re-enabling guards.

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7 · References

• Aggregation-Only Contract reference
• Authority scopes & tenancy
• Observability guide
• CLI AOC commands
• Concelier architecture
• Excititor architecture

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8 · Compliance checklist

• Validators documented and scripts referenced for online/offline deployments.
• Environment variables cover guard enablement, metrics, and tenant header.
• Read-only verifier user installation steps included.
• Offline kit instructions align with validator/verification workflow.
• Rollback procedure captured.
• Cross-links to AOC docs, Authority scopes, and observability guides present.
• DevOps Guild sign-off tracked (owner: @devops-guild, due 2025-10-29).

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Last updated: 2025-10-26 (Sprint 19).