# homepage

Canonical copies of the [gethomepage.dev](https://gethomepage.dev/) config
for the fleet dashboard running on `esh-docker-vm` (`10.0.50.45`).

## What lives here

| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `settings.yaml` | Title, theme, background, quick-launch, group layout |
| `services.yaml` | Manual entries — infra, BMCs, off-Docker endpoints, fleet hubs |
| `bookmarks.yaml` | External links (UltraSeedbox, etc.) |
| `widgets.yaml` | Top-of-page widgets (resource panel, search) |
| `docker.yaml` | Per-host Docker socket providers for label-based auto-discovery |
| `kubernetes.yaml`, `proxmox.yaml` | Empty / sample — kept so homepage doesn't warn on startup |
| `custom.css`, `custom.js` | Placeholders |
| `.env.example` | Template for widget secrets (Plex, Jellyfin, eventual Proxmox tokens) |

The real `.env` (with Plex + Jellyfin keys) lives on `esh-docker-vm` next
to the compose file and is gitignored.

## Layout convention

`settings.yaml` drives the group layout across four tabs:

```
tab: Main
  Notes / News / Monitoring / Apps / Media / Games / UltraSeedbox
tab: AI              (the inference fleet, sorted by role)
  AI - Inference        LLM seats you call (gen, char-rp, char-rp-reasoning, summarizer)
  AI - Eval & Retrieval judges, reward, rerank, embed, image-quality
  AI - Gateways & Chat  routing gateway, control plane, chat frontends
  AI - Speech (TTS)     text-to-speech engines
  AI - Audio Tools      speech-to-text + audio dataset tooling
  AI - Image & Media    image/video generation + pipelines
  AI - Dormant          stopped stacks (rollback seats, retired auditions)
tab: Infrastructure
  Infra - ANA / NH3 / IRV / ESH   hardware + hypervisors + BMCs, per site
tab: Toolchain
  Service Networking / Toolchain  plumbing, rarely clicked
```

The AI tab replaced the old single flat `AI Systems` group (2026-07-14): a
20+ service list read as one endless column, so it was split by function.
Group membership is the `homepage.group=AI - <role>` label on each compose
file; a label change only takes effect when the container is recreated
(`docker compose up -d <svc>`, or `up --no-start <svc>` to relabel a stopped
stack without starting it).

- **Manual entries** (this file) cover things without a Docker label:
  firewalls, switches, NAS web UIs, BMCs, hypervisors, and the cross-site
  hubs where direct IP:port URLs are stable.
- **Docker-labeled stacks** auto-populate their group via the providers in
  `docker.yaml`. To drop a new service into a group, add
  `homepage.group=<group>` (plus `.name`, `.icon`, `.description`, `.href`)
  labels to its compose file and redeploy.

## Placement rule (for new entries)

When deciding where a service lands, ask **function first**:

1. Does it watch or back up the fleet? -> `Monitoring`
2. Is it an inference / model service? -> the matching `AI - <role>` group
   (Inference / Eval & Retrieval / Gateways & Chat / Speech (TTS) /
   Audio Tools / Image & Media); a stopped-but-kept stack -> `AI - Dormant`
3. Is it a user-facing app? -> `Apps`
4. Is it media / games? -> `Media` or `Games`
5. Is it a piece of hardware or a hypervisor? -> `Infra - <site>`
6. Is it toolchain / plumbing (no human interaction on the golden path)? ->
   `Service Networking`

Site-specific sub-grouping is used for `Infra -` (device inventory maps to
physical sites) and role-based sub-grouping for `AI -` (the fleet is large
enough to warrant it). Other app groups are function-only.

## Deploying changes

These files are the **canonical source** for the homepage config. The
homepage compose file itself lives on `esh-docker-vm` (not yet tracked in
this repo as a stack), so the usual `scripts/deploy-stack.sh` flow doesn't
apply here yet.

Current workflow — push this directory onto the host:

```bash
rsync -av --delete \
  --exclude='.env' --exclude='.env.*' \
  --exclude='*.bak*' --exclude='logs/' \
  configs/homepage/ esh-docker-vm:/opt/docker/conf/homepage/
```

The real `.env` lives on `esh-docker-vm` next to the compose file and must
not be overwritten (holds Plex/Jellyfin keys).

> **`--delete` footgun (learned 2026-07-20):** the host keeps dated
> `services.yaml.bak-*` safety copies and a live `logs/` dir that are *not*
> in this repo. A bare `--delete` rsync wipes both. The `--exclude='*.bak*'`
> and `--exclude='logs/'` above protect them. For a one-file tweak, skip
> `--delete` entirely and push the single file:
> `rsync -av configs/homepage/services.yaml esh-docker-vm:/opt/docker/conf/homepage/services.yaml`
> (back up the host copy first: `ssh esh-docker-vm 'cp -a …/services.yaml …/services.yaml.bak-<date>-<what>'`).

The homepage container reloads most files on-change; if a new group in
`settings.yaml` doesn't show up, `docker compose restart` on the host.

**Follow-up:** once the homepage compose file is pulled into
`stacks/homepage/compose.yaml`, move these files to `stacks/homepage/conf/`
and drop this ad-hoc rsync in favor of `scripts/deploy-stack.sh`.

## Secrets / env substitution

Any config can reference `{{HOMEPAGE_VAR_NAME}}` and homepage will
substitute from the container env at render time. Current uses:

- `HOMEPAGE_VAR_PLEX_KEY` (services.yaml -> Plex widget)
- `HOMEPAGE_VAR_JELLYFIN_KEY` (services.yaml -> Jellyfin widget)

Keep these out of the tracked YAML; only `.env.example` ships the names.
