koopa-admin-log/2026/2026-07-16--reboot-recovery.md
Hernâni Marques b5e9b02146 Document reboot recovery and Taler in-container app autostart.
Record post-reboot 502 causes and the ensure-taler-apps automation path.
2026-07-16 19:59:02 +02:00

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Reboot recovery — 2026-07-16

Host koopa rebooted (~20:23 CEST). Containers came up via unless-stopped + user units, but Taler app processes inside merchant/bank did not (containers run sleep infinity).

What was broken after boot

Symptom Cause Outcome
taler.hacktivism.ch/intro 502 only sleep infinity in merchant fixed manually, then automated
bank.hacktivism.ch/intro 502 bank same; landing nginx off fixed + automated
Bank auto-confirm missing not started after boot automated (--loop 2)
koopa-tor-relay crash-loop host tor.service binds 8080/9051 still open → ISSUES.md
koopa-paivana 502 merchant private API down at start unit now After merchant-apps
Exchange / forgejo / bonfire / castopod / tops / nym / prime mostly OK

Automation (removes manual post-boot)

Installed on koopa (user hernani):

Piece Role
~/.local/bin/ensure-taler-apps.sh start base + merchant/bank apps + auto-confirm
taler-merchant-apps.service oneshot after container-taler-hacktivism
taler-bank-apps.service oneshot after container-taler-hacktivism-bank
drop-ins container-taler-*.service.d/apps.conf Wants= the apps units
paivana order.conf After=taler-merchant-apps.service

Repo sources: scripts/taler-shared/, configs/systemd/user/.
Install/reinstall: scripts/taler-shared/install-ensure-taler-apps.sh.

# status / force now
systemctl --user start taler-merchant-apps.service taler-bank-apps.service
~/.local/bin/ensure-taler-apps.sh status

Auto-confirm poll: 2 s (was 4 s).

Quick health

curl -sk -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://taler.hacktivism.ch/config
curl -sk -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://taler.hacktivism.ch/intro/
curl -sk -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://bank.hacktivism.ch/config
curl -sk -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://bank.hacktivism.ch/intro/
curl -sk -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://exchange.hacktivism.ch/keys

Expected: 200 on config/intro/keys (site root may 302/intro/).