# monky-deployd protocol The agent side of the backend lifecycle agent protocol — [MONKY-ADR-0028](https://scm.tikali.ai/tikali/applications/monky/monky-design-docs/-/blob/develop/adr/0028-backend-lifecycle-ownership-and-execution.md) §2/§3 (amendment 2026-09-05) and [design doc 24](https://scm.tikali.ai/tikali/applications/monky/monky-design-docs/-/blob/develop/docs/24-backend-lifecycle.md) §2.1a, §3.3, §4. The tenancy side is monky-tenancy `app/agent_main.py` / `app/api/agent.py` / `app/schemas_backends.py`; its shapes are the contract, this page is how the agent uses them. ## Where and how - **Where:** tenancy's **agent entrypoint** — a second container (`app.agent_main`, `127.0.0.1:8081`) bound to the ziti service **`monky.tenancy.deploy`** by a `ziti-edge-tunnel run-host` sidecar. Unreachable from the public ingress. Only host identities carrying `#monky-deploy-agent` may dial (the broker adds the attr when the identity is created at kit reveal). - **Transport:** plain HTTP inside the mesh (`transport: sdk` dials by service name; `proxy` → `127.0.0.1:18443`). OpenBao is the existing `openbao` ziti service (`#openbao-client`), dialled as `https://bao.cbs.tikali.net:8200` (an intercept name), TLS validated against the `openbao-ca` certificate (`bao.ca_bundle`). - **Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer `. Tenancy verifies it with `auth/token/lookup` (cached 60 s), pins the request's `env_id` to the token's `meta.env_id` (`403 AGENT_ENV_MISMATCH` → exit 78, never retried), and compares `meta.grant_jti` against `backend_leases` (`401 AGENT_UNAUTHENTICATED` when the grant was superseded or revoked). - **Rate buckets per env:** checkin 6/min, bundle 10/min, report 30/min, lease **5/h** (`429 LEASE_RATE_LIMITED`, `Retry-After`) → the agent treats 429 as temporary (exit 75). - **Errors** are `{code, detail}` JSON; the agent maps them to `TenancyError` subclasses. ## Bootstrap → lease → token (the grant flow) ``` kit reveal (admin, once) tenancy signs a bootstrap DEPLOY GRANT: ES256 JWT iss , aud openbao-see-env, sub agent:, env_id, kind deploy-grant, jti (single-use, recorded), exp now+1h install.sh stages it at /etc/monky-deployd/bootstrap.jwt (0600) first tick POST https://bao…/v1/auth/jwt-tenancy/login {"role":"see-env","jwt":} → auth.client_token (ttl 24 h, max 30 d, policy see-env, metadata {env_id, grant_jti} from the mount's claim_mappings) token → /var/lib/monky-deployd/bao.token (0600); grant deleted every tick Bearer → checkin / bundle / lease / report apply POST /v1/agent/lease → {login_jwt,…} → jwt-tenancy login → NEW token (becomes the bearer; the old one is revoke-self'd) → KV reads upkeep (finally) lookup-self; ttl < 12 h → renew-self; age > 30 d − 2 d → re-lease ``` OpenBao side (Terraform, `tikali/services/security/openbao`): mount `jwt-tenancy` (`jwks_url` = tenancy's `GET /.well-known/agent-jwks.json`, in-cluster), role `see-env` (`role_type=jwt`, `user_claim=env_id` ⇒ one alias/entity **per env**, `bound_audiences=["openbao-see-env"]`, `bound_claims={"kind":"deploy-grant"}`, `claim_mappings={"env_id":"env_id","jti":"grant_jti"}`, `token_ttl=86400`, `token_max_ttl=2592000`, `token_no_default_policy=true`), policy `see-env` = `monky/data/{{identity.entity.aliases..metadata.env_id}}/see/*` read + metadata list + `auth/token/{renew-self,lookup-self}`. **Gate 1 v2 passed 2026-09-05 07:40Z** (distinct entity per env). **Second-reveal semantics.** A kit re-reveal (or a retire) supersedes every earlier grant of the backend and revokes the token accessors tenancy knows. The old kit's grant fails at login (unknown/used `jti`), and a token already minted from it is refused at the next call with `401 AGENT_UNAUTHENTICATED` (its `meta.grant_jti` is superseded) — **not** `AGENT_ENV_MISMATCH`. The agent then deletes its token; if a fresh `bootstrap.jwt` is on disk it bootstraps again in the same tick, otherwise it exits 1 and says "re-run the install kit". ## The four calls ### `POST /v1/agent/checkin` ```json {"env_id": "env-qa-02", "agent_version": "0.1.0", "applied_sha": "3f9c…", "host": {"hostname": "env-qa-02", "os": "ubuntu-26.04", "kernel": "7.0.0-30-generic", "docker": "28.3.0", "compose": "2.32.0", "free_bytes": 61234567890, "agent_version": "0.1.0", "transport": "sdk", "site": "cbs", "laptop_mode": false}, "containers": [{"name": "see-backend", "state": "running", "health": "healthy"}]} ``` ```json {"env_id": "env-qa-02", "desired_sha": "7a10…", "action": "apply", "purge_volumes": false, "bundle_url": "/v1/agent/bundle/env-qa-02/7a10…", "checkin_interval_s": 60, "vault": {"addr": "https://bao.cbs.tikali.net:8200", "mount": "monky", "prefix": "env-qa-02/see", "auth_mount": "jwt-tenancy", "auth_role": "see-env"}} ``` `action`: `apply` (desired ≠ applied), `none` (converged → heartbeat), `down` (retire; `purge_volumes` is only meaningful here). `vault.mount` is the **KV** mount; the agent adopts it if it differs from config. `vault.addr` is informational — the transport decides how OpenBao is reached. ### `GET /v1/agent/bundle/{env_id}/{sha}` `application/x-tar`, `Cache-Control: no-store`, `X-Bundle-Sha` (tenancy) / `X-Bundle-Sha256` (doc 24; both accepted). Members: `docker-compose.yml` (or `compose.yaml`), `.env.template`, `secrets.manifest.json`, `bundle.json`, optionally `.env.example`. **No secret material** — the agent refuses a manifest entry carrying a `value`. The agent recomputes ``` sha256( for name in sorted(files): name + "\0" + content + "\0" ) ``` and refuses (`BUNDLE_SHA_MISMATCH`) unless it equals `desired_sha`. `404 BUNDLE_NOT_FOUND` when the sha is not published. `secrets.manifest.json` (paths + versions, never values): ```json {"vault_mode": "openbao", "entries": [{"var": "GEMINI_API_KEY", "path": "monky/env-qa-02/see/gemini_api_key", "kind": "supplied", "version": 2}, {"var": "POSTGRES_PASSWORD", "path": "monky/env-qa-02/see/pg_password", "kind": "generated", "version": 1}, {"var": "SEE_ADMIN_TOKEN", "path": "monky/env-qa-02/see/admin_token", "kind": "generated", "version": 1}]} ``` Path forms `monky//see/` (tenancy) and `monky/data//see/` (doc 24) both map to `GET /v1/monky/data//see/?version=N`; the `` segment **must** equal the agent's `env_id`. `version: null` = latest. The secret document is `{"value": "…"}`. `bundle.json` (monky-deploy `render_bundle_json`): `env_id, tier, site, bundle, target, target_class, address, pull, renderer, images_policy, secrets_provider, agent{…}, files[]`. The agent honours `allow_privileged`, `allow_rollback`, `disk_need_bytes` (top level or under `agent`), refuses a `renderer` other than `compose`, and treats `tier == "prod"` as prod. ### `POST /v1/agent/lease` ```json {"env_id": "env-qa-02"} ``` (The agent also sends `"reason": "apply" | "renew"` for its own logs; tenancy's `AgentLease` is `{env_id}` and ignores unknown fields.) ```json {"env_id": "env-qa-02", "login_jwt": "eyJ…", "ttl_s": 3600, "mount": "jwt-tenancy", "role": "see-env", "addr": "https://bao.cbs.tikali.net:8200"} ``` `addr` is the OpenBao address for the login below, top-level (tenancy `AgentLeaseOut`); the KV mount/prefix come from `checkin`'s `vault`, not from the lease. Then `POST /v1/auth/{mount}/login {"role": "{role}", "jwt": "{login_jwt}"}` on OpenBao. A body with `wrapping_token` / `role_id` (the pre-Gate-1 AppRole lease) is refused with `LEASE_SHAPE` → report `failed`. `429 LEASE_RATE_LIMITED` → exit 75. ### `POST /v1/agent/report` ```json {"env_id": "env-qa-02", "sha": "7a10…", "result": "applied", "log_tail": "INFO checkin: action=apply …\nINFO applied 7a10c0ffee11 (2 container(s) healthy)", "containers": [{"name": "see-backend", "state": "running", "health": "healthy"}], "detail": "ENV_INCOMPLETE: unresolved: SEE_ADMIN_TOKEN"} // detail only on failed ``` `result`: `applied` (sets `applied_sha`, health ok — also the heartbeat on `none`), `failed` (health degraded; `detail` = code + names), `down` (clears `applied_sha`). `log_tail` ≤ 16 KiB, the first 2 KiB land in the audit log — it has been through the redactor. ## Divergences (2026-09-05) - **Resolved 2026-09-05 (before v0.1.0 was tagged):** monky-tenancy !17 (`288df791`) landed the tenancy side of the Gate 1 RESULT / ADR-0028 amendment — `AgentLeaseOut{env_id, login_jwt, ttl_s, mount, role, addr}`, the ES256 deploy-grant signer (`app/agent_keys.py`), `GET /.well-known/agent-jwks.json`, no AppRole and no response wrapping anywhere in tenancy. The `LEASE_SHAPE` refusal of a `wrapping_token`/`role_id` body stays in this agent as a guard against a stale tenancy, not as a description of `main`. - **Resolved 2026-09-05:** the kit no longer generates a config file. Since monky-tenancy !22 (`61bd0281`) the one-time install script stages the bootstrap grant and runs `install.sh --env … --site … --version … --bootstrap-file …`, and `install.sh` writes `/etc/monky-deployd/config.yaml` (tenancy service name, OpenBao address and `jwt-tenancy`/`see-env`). `tenancy.base_url:` remains an accepted alias for `tenancy.{scheme,host,port}` (`config.py`) for hand-written configs. - `report` gains an optional `detail` (doc 24 §3.3); tenancy's `AgentReport` ignores unknown fields today — if `strict` bodies land, `detail` folds into `log_tail`. - Bundle sha header: tenancy sends `X-Bundle-Sha`, doc 24 says `X-Bundle-Sha256`; the agent reads either and trusts only its own computation.