Converting Nginx Proxy Manager to a platform manifest (fc68c5b6) dropped
two things its image hard-requires, and the result was an endless
start/die loop — shorty-s watched it restart 3,176 times:
1. /etc/letsencrypt mount: NPM's s6 'prepare' service refuses to boot
without it ('ERROR: /etc/letsencrypt is not mounted!'). Mounted from
the same persistent app directory as before
(/var/lib/archipelago/nginx-proxy-manager/letsencrypt), so existing
certificates are preserved — no data moves, no migration.
2. NET_BIND_SERVICE: NPM's internal nginx listens on 80, 443 AND 81,
and the orchestrator runs --cap-drop=ALL. The legacy podman-run path
defaulted to the full capability set (and the legacy repair path in
package/config.rs always listed it), which is why this only broke
once the manifest became the source of truth.
The signed catalog embeds manifests with origin-wins semantics, so the
catalog carries the fix for every catalog-covered node — regenerate it
here (plus the generated store/launcher-port artifacts, which also pick
up drift from bf6ef964's retired apps). Catalog re-signing follows the
usual ceremony.
Archipelago App Manifests
Containerized applications for the Archipelago Bitcoin Node OS. All apps run in rootless Podman with security hardening (cap-drop ALL, readonly root, non-root user, memory limits).
App Categories
Bitcoin & Lightning
- bitcoin-knots — Full Bitcoin node (v28.1)
- lnd — Lightning Network Daemon (v0.17.4-beta)
- btcpay-server — Payment processor (v1.13.5)
- mempool — Block explorer and fee estimator (v2.5.0)
- electrumx — Electrum server
- fedimint — Federated Bitcoin minting (v0.10.0)
Nostr
- nostr-rs-relay — High-performance Rust relay (v0.9.0)
- nostrudel — Nostr web client (v0.40.0)
Web5 & Identity
- did-wallet — Web5 DID Wallet
Self-Hosted Services
- nextcloud (v28), jellyfin (v10.8.13), immich (release), photoprism (v240915)
- vaultwarden (v1.30.0-alpine), penpot (v2.4)
- homeassistant (v2024.1), filebrowser (v2.27.0), searxng (2024.11.17)
- ollama (v0.5.4), grafana (v10.2.0), portainer (v2.19.4)
Networking
- tailscale (stable), nginx-proxy-manager (v2.12.1)
Custom & External
- indeedhub — Bitcoin documentary streaming (custom build)
- router — Mesh routing and network management
- botfights — External web app
Manifest Format
Each app has a manifest.yml defining container image, resources, dependencies, security policies, health checks, and network config. See docs/app-manifest-spec.md for the spec.
Quick Reference
- PORTS.md — Complete port mapping
- QUICKSTART.md — Build and run apps
- DEVELOPMENT.md — Development workflow