fix(runners): live-validated the crunchy stack; cutover done

Fixes found running `pulumi up` live against crunchy01 (foundation-runner-02,
static .16, 8c/32G — the new default sizing):

- network-config matches the NIC by glob (`match: {name: "e*"}`) instead of a
  hardcoded enp1s0 — the libvirt.Domain enumerated it differently, leaving the VM
  with no IP.
- drop `qemuAgent: true` — it blocks the provider on the guest agent (not up on a
  fresh boot) during create; we register over the static IP instead.
- runner-register connection gets `dialErrorLimit: 30` so it waits ~5 min for the
  VM to boot + apply its IP, landing the runner in a single `up`.
- fix the register token passing (the old /tmp/t hop was an ephemeral --rm
  container → empty token); pass it directly (pulumi redacts the secret).
- README: host prep (root SSH + the `images` pool), the exact stack config, and
  the cutover marked DONE — a `runs-on: fenced` job ran green on the Pulumi-managed
  runner-02; the hand-built VM was retired.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ offsite-backup/state/
 offsite-backup/Pulumi.prod.yaml
 provision/Pulumi.foundation-test.yaml
 runners/state/
+runners/Pulumi.crunchy.yaml

runners/README.md

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd
 # a LAN bridge (br0) enslaving the physical NIC must already exist (crunchy01 had it).
 ```
 
+Also required on the host, one-time:
+- **root SSH via key** — the `@pulumi/libvirt` provider and the host firewall command
+  connect as `root` (add the operator pubkey to `/root/.ssh/authorized_keys`).
+- **a libvirt storage pool** — crunchy01 already had one named `images` (at
+  `/var/lib/libvirt/images`), so the stack is configured with `host.pool images`. On a
+  host with the conventional `default` pool, leave `host.pool` at its default.
+
 ## Deploy
 
 ```sh
@@ -39,7 +46,10 @@ export RUNNER_SSH_KEY_PATH=~/.ssh/foundation-test_ed25519   # reaches host + VM
 cd runners
 pulumi stack init crunchy         # isolated file backend, like bootstrap/provision
 pulumi config set host.address 192.168.1.2
+pulumi config set host.pool images          # crunchy01's pool (see host prep)
 pulumi config set forge.address 204.168.234.72
+pulumi config set vm.name foundation-runner-02
+pulumi config set vm.ipCidr 192.168.1.16/24
 pulumi up
 ```
 
@@ -48,11 +58,12 @@ Ubuntu VM on `br0` (docker + qemu-guest-agent via cloud-init), mint a runner tok
 from the forge, and register + run the `fenced` runner in the VM. Verify with a
 `runs-on: fenced` job on any repo.
 
-> **Cutover note.** The first fenced runner was built by hand (SESSION_2026-07-01_003).
+> **Cutover: DONE.** `pulumi up` on the `crunchy` stack created `foundation-runner-02`
-> A `pulumi up` here creates a *fresh* declarative VM; retire the hand-built
+> (static `.16`, 8c/32G), registered the `fenced` runner, and a `runs-on: fenced` job
-> `foundation-runner-01` (`virsh destroy/undefine`) at cutover, or point config at a
+> ran on it green. The hand-built `foundation-runner-01` was then retired
-> new `vm.name` to run both. This code is committed + typechecked; the live `up`
+> (`virsh destroy/undefine` + disk removed), so the Pulumi-managed runner-02 is the
-> cutover is the remaining validation step.
+> sole fenced runner. (A now-offline `crunchy-runner` registration from the hand-built
+> VM may still be listed on the forge — harmless; deregister at leisure.)
 
 ## Gotchas baked into the code (learned the hard way)
 
@@ -62,6 +73,13 @@ from the forge, and register + run the `fenced` runner in the VM. Verify with a
   (kube-router flushes iptables on resync, so a boot-only rule isn't enough).
 - **Ubuntu, not Debian genericcloud.** Debian's cloud-init wrote netplan the image
   never applied → no IPv4 (static *or* DHCP). Ubuntu 24.04 renders + applies cleanly.
+- **NIC name-agnostic network-config.** The cloud-init network-config matches the NIC
+  by glob (`match: {name: "e*"}`), not a hardcoded `enp1s0` — the libvirt.Domain may
+  enumerate it as `ens3`/etc., which left the VM with no IP until matched generically.
+- **No `qemuAgent: true`.** It makes the provider block on the guest agent (not up on a
+  fresh boot) during create. We register over the VM's static IP, so it's not needed.
+- **Register dial window.** The runner-register command uses `dialErrorLimit: 30` so it
+  waits ~5 min for the VM to boot + apply its IP, landing the runner in a single `up`.
 - **PTY console.** The domain declares a `pty` serial console so `virsh console <vm>`
   works. (Don't back serial with a file — you lose interactive console.)
 - **Docker socket gid.** act_runner runs as uid 1000; the daemon container gets

runners/index.ts

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ const forgeConn: command.types.input.remote.ConnectionArgs = {
 // --- the VM + runner shape ---
 const vm = {
   name: cfg.get("vm.name") ?? "foundation-runner-01",
-  vcpu: cfg.getNumber("vm.vcpu") ?? 4,
+  vcpu: cfg.getNumber("vm.vcpu") ?? 8,
-  memoryMiB: cfg.getNumber("vm.memoryMiB") ?? 8192,
+  memoryMiB: cfg.getNumber("vm.memoryMiB") ?? 32768,
   diskGiB: cfg.getNumber("vm.diskGiB") ?? 40,
   // LAN address for the VM. Empty → DHCP (the runner polls the forge outbound, so a
   // fixed address is optional). Default matches the hand-built VM.
@@ -172,18 +172,24 @@ const userData =
       "touch /root/cloud-init-done",
     ],
   });
-// network-config v2: static on enp1s0 if ipCidr set, else DHCP. Ubuntu applies both.
+// network-config v2. Match ANY ethernet by name-glob (the NIC may enumerate as
+// enp1s0/ens3/… depending on the machine type — hardcoding enp1s0 left the VM with
+// no IP). Static if ipCidr set (needed so the register command knows where to
+// connect), else DHCP. Ubuntu (netplan-native) applies this at first boot.
 const networkConfig = yaml.dump({
   version: 2,
   ethernets: {
-    enp1s0: vm.ipCidr
+    primary: {
-      ? {
+      match: { name: "e*" },
-          dhcp4: false,
+      ...(vm.ipCidr
-          addresses: [vm.ipCidr],
+        ? {
-          routes: [{ to: "default", via: vm.gateway }],
+            dhcp4: false,
-          nameservers: { addresses: vm.nameservers },
+            addresses: [vm.ipCidr],
-        }
+            routes: [{ to: "default", via: vm.gateway }],
-      : { dhcp4: true },
+            nameservers: { addresses: vm.nameservers },
+          }
+        : { dhcp4: true }),
+    },
   },
 });
 const cloudinit = new libvirt.CloudInitDisk(
@@ -200,7 +206,10 @@ const domain = new libvirt.Domain(
     vcpu: vm.vcpu,
     cpu: { mode: "host-passthrough" },
     autostart: true,
-    qemuAgent: true,
+    // NB: do NOT set qemuAgent:true — it makes the provider block on the guest agent
+    // (not up on a fresh boot) during create. We register the runner over the VM's
+    // STATIC IP, so we don't need agent-discovered addresses. (guest-agent is still
+    // installed via cloud-init for `virsh domifaddr --source agent` convenience.)
     cloudinit: cloudinit.id,
     disks: [{ volumeId: disk.id }],
     networkInterfaces: [{ bridge: host.bridge }],
@@ -232,19 +241,19 @@ const runnerToken = pulumi.secret(tokenCmd.stdout.apply((s) => s.trim()));
 const vmIp = vm.ipCidr ? vm.ipCidr.split("/")[0] : host.address; // static → known IP
 const REGISTER = pulumi.interpolate`set -eu
 IMG=code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner:6
+TOKEN='${runnerToken}'
 for _ in $(seq 1 60); do [ -f /root/cloud-init-done ] && docker info >/dev/null 2>&1 && break; sleep 5; done
 DGID=$(stat -c %g /var/run/docker.sock)
 docker volume inspect crunchy-runner-data >/dev/null 2>&1 || docker volume create crunchy-runner-data >/dev/null
 docker pull -q "$IMG" >/dev/null
-if docker run --rm -v crunchy-runner-data:/data --entrypoint sh "$IMG" -c '[ -s /data/.runner ]'; then
+# (Re)register — this command only re-runs when the token/domain/labels change
-  echo "already registered"
+# (triggers), so a clean re-register each time is safe. Token passed directly
-else
+# (pulumi redacts it in its own output as a secret; short-lived on the VM's argv).
-  printf '%s' '${runnerToken}' | docker run --rm -i -v crunchy-runner-data:/data --entrypoint sh "$IMG" -c 'cat > /tmp/t'
+docker run --rm -v crunchy-runner-data:/data --entrypoint sh "$IMG" -c 'rm -f /data/.runner'
-  docker run --rm -v crunchy-runner-data:/data --entrypoint /bin/forgejo-runner "$IMG" \
+docker run --rm -v crunchy-runner-data:/data --entrypoint /bin/forgejo-runner "$IMG" \
-    register --no-interactive --instance ${forge.instanceUrl} --token "$(docker run --rm -v crunchy-runner-data:/data --entrypoint sh "$IMG" -c 'cat /tmp/t')" \
+  register --no-interactive --instance ${forge.instanceUrl} --token "$TOKEN" \
-    --name ${vm.name} --labels '${runnerLabels}' >/dev/null
+  --name ${vm.name} --labels '${runnerLabels}' >/dev/null
-  echo "registered"
+echo "registered"
-fi
 docker rm -f forgejo-runner >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 docker run -d --name forgejo-runner --restart unless-stopped --group-add "$DGID" \
   -v crunchy-runner-data:/data -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
@@ -258,6 +267,11 @@ const register = new command.remote.Command(
       port: 22,
       user: "root",
       privateKey: sshPrivateKey,
+      // The VM needs ~60-90s to boot + apply the static IP before sshd answers;
+      // wait up to ~5min rather than the default ~10 dials so a fresh create lands
+      // the runner in one `up`.
+      dialErrorLimit: 30,
+      perDialTimeout: 10,
     },
     create: REGISTER,
     triggers: [domain.id, runnerToken, runnerLabels],