Phase 4 of the certctl architecture diligence remediation closure.
Seven findings, all in deploy/helm/certctl/.
DEPL-H2 (High) — ship deploy/helm/certctl/templates/backup-cronjob.yaml
Operator opt-in via backup.enabled=true. Default OFF. CronJob runs
pg_dump --format=custom --no-owner --no-acl --dbname=certctl
matching the canonical shape in
docs/operator/runbooks/postgres-backup.md (so manual and
automated dumps are byte-identical). Sink: PVC (default) OR S3
via aws-cli. Documented as in-cluster-Postgres only — managed DB
deployments rely on their provider's PITR.
DEPL-M1 (Med) — Helm pre-install/pre-upgrade migration hook
deploy/helm/certctl/templates/migration-job.yaml — runs
`certctl-server --migrate-only` before the server Deployment
rolls. The --migrate-only flag (new in cmd/server/main.go) is a
hermetic schema-mutation pass: load config, open DB pool, run
RunMigrations + RunSeed, exit 0. No HTTP listener, no scheduler,
no signing setup.
Server's boot-time RunMigrations call is now gated on
CERTCTL_MIGRATIONS_VIA_HOOK — when set true, the server skips
the boot path (the hook owns the work). Default still runs at
boot, so Compose / VM / bare-metal deploys are unchanged.
migrations.viaHook: false in values.yaml (off by default).
DEPL-M4 (Med) — explicit Postgres StatefulSet strategy fields
deploy/helm/certctl/templates/postgres-statefulset.yaml adds:
spec.updateStrategy.type: OnDelete
spec.podManagementPolicy: OrderedReady
Operator-controlled Postgres upgrades (the OnDelete strategy
means a chart template tweak no longer triggers an immediate
Postgres restart). OrderedReady aligns with the standard
Postgres-on-Kubernetes pattern for any future HA work.
DEPL-M5 (Med) — per-fleet-size resource ladder documentation
deploy/helm/certctl/values.yaml — extended comments next to
server.resources + agent.resources documenting:
"≤ 500 certs / 100 agents" → defaults are validated
"5K certs / 1K agents" → starter suggestions, TBD Phase 8
"50K certs / 10K agents" → starter suggestions, TBD Phase 8
Numbers for the small-fleet case derive from the measured
baselines in docs/operator/performance-baselines.md
(50ms p50, < 3s for 1000-cert inventory walk, etc.). Larger
fleet numbers explicitly marked TBD pending Phase 8 load-test
runs — operators tune empirically until then.
DEPL-L1 (Low) — Helm rollback runbook
docs/operator/runbooks/rollback.md — covers helm rollback
mechanics, the schema-migration manual-cleanup path (when
*.down.sql files apply vs. when full restore is the only safe
path), and the per-migration-class safe-to-rollback table.
DEPL-L2 (Low) — Prometheus AlertManager rules
deploy/helm/certctl/templates/prometheusrules.yaml — opt-in via
monitoring.prometheusRules.enabled=true. Default OFF. Four
starter rules using verified metric names from
internal/api/handler/metrics.go:
CertctlCertificateExpiringSoon (certctl_certificate_expiring_soon)
CertctlAgentOffline ((agent_total - agent_online) > 0 for 1h)
CertctlJobFailureRateHigh (failure rate over 5% for 15m)
CertctlIssuanceFailures (any failures over 15m window)
All thresholds operator-tunable via
monitoring.prometheusRules.thresholds.* in values.
DEPL-L3 (Low) — Prometheus bearer-token setup runbook
docs/operator/runbooks/prometheus-bearer-token.md — documents
the API-key + Secret + values wiring for the RBAC-gated
/api/v1/metrics/prometheus scrape endpoint. End-to-end
procedure with troubleshooting steps + rotation guide.
CI guard: scripts/ci-guards/helm-templates-lint.sh
Six-combo matrix: defaults / backup PVC / backup S3 /
prometheusRules / migrations.viaHook / all-on. Each runs helm
template + checks render success. helm lint also gated.
Wired into the auto-pickup loop in .github/workflows/ci.yml;
azure/setup-helm@b9e51907 (v4.3.0, SHA-pinned per Phase 1
RED-2) installs helm v3.16.0 on the runner.
Verification (all pass):
ls deploy/helm/certctl/templates/{backup-cronjob,migration-job,prometheusrules}.yaml
grep -E 'updateStrategy|podManagementPolicy' deploy/helm/certctl/templates/postgres-statefulset.yaml # 2 matches
helm template deploy/helm/certctl/ --set backup.enabled=true \
--set monitoring.prometheusRules.enabled=true --set migrations.viaHook=true \
| grep -E "kind: (CronJob|PrometheusRule|Job)" # 3 matches
helm lint deploy/helm/certctl/ # 0 failed
ls docs/operator/runbooks/{rollback,prometheus-bearer-token}.md
bash scripts/ci-guards/helm-templates-lint.sh # 6/6 matrix combinations pass
Go build clean (cmd/server compiles, migrate-only path verified by
the build target). YAML validated.
Closes: cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-H2
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-M1
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-M4
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-M5
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-L1
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-L2
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-L3
scripts/ci-guards/ — Regression-guard scripts
Each <id>.sh script in this directory pins one closed audit finding from
regressing. CI runs the full set on every push via the
Regression guards step in .github/workflows/ci.yml. Operators can
run any script locally:
bash scripts/ci-guards/G-3-env-docs-drift.sh
Contract
Every script in this directory MUST:
- Be exit-code 0 on a clean repo (no regression present).
- Be exit-code non-zero on regression, with a
::error::annotation prefix so PR reviewers see the failing line in the GitHub Actions UI. - Be runnable from repo root via
bash scripts/ci-guards/<id>.shwith NO arguments and NO env-var requirements. The CI loop step (for g in scripts/ci-guards/*.sh; do bash "$g"; done) iterates every.shhere without args; any script that requires an arg or env var WILL fail in that loop. - Carry a head-comment block matching the in-source justification from the original ci.yml entry: the audit-finding reference, the closure rationale, the exempt-surface list (if any).
- Use
set -eearly to fail-fast on internal command errors. - Produce no output on the happy path beyond a final
echo "<id>: clean."confirmation line.
Helpers vs guards
Scripts that consume input artifacts (a test-output log, a
coverage.out file) or env vars (PR_NUMBER, GH_TOKEN) are
HELPERS, not guards. They live in scripts/, NOT scripts/ci-guards/.
Current helpers:
scripts/vendor-e2e-skip-check.sh— consumestest-output.logarg from the deploy-vendor-e2e jobscripts/coverage-pr-comment.sh— consumescoverage.out+PR_NUMBER+GH_TOKENenv from the go-build-and-test jobscripts/check-coverage-thresholds.sh— consumescoverage.out.github/coverage-thresholds.yml
Adding a new guard
- Drop a new
<id>.shin this directory with the head-comment block describing the audit finding it closes. - Make it executable:
chmod +x scripts/ci-guards/<id>.sh. - Verify it fails on a deliberate regression and passes on clean repo.
- CI auto-picks up new scripts via the
for g in scripts/ci-guards/*.shloop in theRegression guardsstep — no ci.yml change required.
Guards in this directory
Count: re-derive on demand via ls scripts/ci-guards/*.sh | wc -l. The table below names each one — keep it in sync as guards are added.
Per-finding regression guards
| ID | Finding | Catches |
|---|---|---|
G-1-jwt-auth-literal |
G-1 JWT silent auth downgrade | "jwt" literal in additive auth-type surfaces |
L-001-insecure-skip-verify |
L-001 unjustified InsecureSkipVerify | InsecureSkipVerify: true without //nolint:gosec |
H-001-bare-from |
H-001 (CWE-829) tag-swap attack | Bare FROM line without @sha256 digest pin |
M-012-no-root-user |
M-012 (CWE-250) container-as-root | Dockerfile missing terminal USER <non-root> |
H-009-readme-jwt |
H-009 README JWT advertising | README.md re-introducing JWT-as-supported claim |
G-2-api-key-hash-json |
G-2 cat-s5-apikey_leak | api_key_hash in JSON-emitting surface |
U-2-plaintext-healthcheck |
U-2 healthcheck protocol mismatch | Plaintext http:// in HEALTHCHECK directive |
U-3-migration-mount |
U-3 seed initdb schema drift | Migration file mounted into postgres initdb |
D-1-D-2-statusbadge-phantom |
D-1 + D-2 dead keys + TS phantoms | StatusBadge dead keys + 5 Certificate / 5 Agent / 1 Issuer / 1 Notification phantom fields |
L-1-bulk-action-loop |
L-1 client-side bulk loops | for ... await triggerRenewal/updateCertificate in CertificatesPage |
B-1-orphan-crud |
B-1 orphan-CRUD client fns | 8 update/create/delete fns lose their page consumer |
S-2-strings-contains-err |
S-2 brittle error-dispatch | strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found"|"violates foreign key") in handlers |
G-3-env-docs-drift |
G-3 env-var docs drift | CERTCTL_* env var defined OR documented but not both |
test-naming-convention |
I-001-extended | func TestXxx (lowercase first letter) — Go silently skips |
S-1-hardcoded-source-counts |
S-1 stale numeric prose | Hardcoded "N issuer connectors" / "N MCP tools" in README + docs |
P-1-documented-orphan-fns |
P-1 documented orphans | 16 read-fn names removed from client.ts exports |
T-1-frontend-page-coverage |
T-1 untested frontend pages | New page in web/src/pages/ without sibling .test.tsx and not on the deferred allowlist |
bundle-8-L-015-target-blank-rel-noopener |
L-015 (CWE-1022) reverse-tabnabbing | target="_blank" without rel="noopener noreferrer" |
bundle-8-L-019-dangerously-set-inner-html |
L-019 (CWE-79) XSS | dangerouslySetInnerHTML outside safeHtml.ts |
bundle-8-M-009-bare-usemutation |
M-009 + M-029 mutation contract | Bare useMutation() outside useTrackedMutation wrapper |
H-1-encryption-key-min-length |
H-1 closure follow-up (post-Phase-5 surfacing) | CERTCTL_CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_KEY literal in any deploy/docker-compose*.yml shorter than the 32-byte floor enforced by internal/config/config.go::Validate() |
test-compose-scep-coherence |
post-Phase-5 surfacing of dead SCEP test config | CERTCTL_SCEP_ENABLED=true in test compose without (a) a CI job that runs the SCEP integration test, (b) the ra.crt + ra.key + intune_trust_anchor.pem fixtures committed to deploy/test/fixtures/, AND (c) the matching volume mount |
Forward-looking guards (Auditable Codebase Bundle, post-v2.1.0 anti-rot)
These guards catch defect classes BEFORE they get audit findings — they pin invariants on the codebase that the v2.0 audit history showed are easy to lose.
| ID | Item | Catches |
|---|---|---|
complete-path-config-coverage |
post-v2.1.0 / item-1 | "Lying field" — CERTCTL_* env var defined in internal/config/config.go that no consumer outside internal/config/ actually reads. Operator-facing config that the docs claim works but the code never honors. Companion Go test at internal/config/coverage_test.go. |
doc-rot-detector |
post-v2.1.0 / item-5 | Docs older than 90 days warn (yellow), older than 120 days fail (red). Uses HEAD commit timestamp for reproducibility. docs/archive/ allowlisted in bulk. |
The cold-DB compose smoke (post-v2.1.0 / item-6) is NOT a script in this directory — it is inlined directly into .github/workflows/ci.yml::cold-db-compose-smoke because there is no value in a developer running it locally (the whole point of the gate is that CI owns the cold-DB state). To inspect or modify the smoke logic, read that workflow job; there is intentionally no scripts/ci-guards/cold-db-compose-smoke.sh.
The fourth Bundle artifact (internal/ciparity/) is Go tests, not shell guards — runs under the standard Go test step. Pins the MCP tool catalogue floor + naming convention; reports CLI/MCP/OpenAPI surface counts as a trend metric.
Running the full set locally
for g in scripts/ci-guards/*.sh; do
echo "=== $(basename "$g") ==="
bash "$g" || echo " FAILED"
done