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Narrative pass over troubleshooting.md against the code. Seven claims were wrong, several of them actively misleading: - **Tor is not a container.** §15/§16 told operators to run `podman ps --filter name=tor` / `podman restart tor` and to read `/var/lib/archipelago/tor/hidden_service/hostname`. Tor is the host's Debian package running as `debian-tor`; Archipelago drives it by staging a torrc and poking `archipelago-tor-helper` (`scripts/tor-helper.sh`, which does `systemctl restart tor`). The hidden-service dir is `hidden_service_archipelago` (suffixed), it's root-owned 0700, and the file a normal user can actually read is the synced copy at `/var/lib/archipelago/tor-hostnames/<service>`. - **The USB installer has no "Repair" mode.** Cited three times as the recovery path. The boot menu has exactly three entries: Install, Install (verbose), Boot from local disk. Replaced with what those entries can actually do, plus the fact that the installer prompts for a disk and requires typing `yes`, so booting it isn't itself destructive. - **`bitcoin-cli -datadir=/data`** — the container's datadir is `/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin` and RPC creds are in a generated `/tmp/rpc.conf`; the documented command could not have authenticated. - **"edit bitcoin.conf to add addnode="** — the entrypoint passes an explicit `-conf` and logs "ignoring legacy datadir bitcoin.conf". Flags come from the manifest (and the signed catalog entry that overrides it). - **"Bitcoin requires 600GB+"** — only above the manifest's 1000 GB threshold; below it the node runs pruned at `-prune=550`. - **`sudo systemctl restart podman`** — apps run under rootless Podman as the `archipelago` user, so that restarts an unrelated root socket. - **"Settings > Network"** — DNS config and disk cleanup are both on the Server page (`/server`), not Settings. Also: header claimed "the 20 most common issues" over 21 sections, and §16 presented Tor as required for peering when it's the last fallback after mesh → LAN → FIPS. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Archipelago
Self-sovereign Bitcoin node OS and manifest-driven app platform.
Archipelago is a bootable personal server OS for Bitcoin infrastructure,
self-hosted apps, mesh communication, decentralized identity, and federation.
Apps are packaged as declarative manifest.yml files and run as rootless
Podman containers managed by the Rust backend.
What is here
core/- Rust workspace: backend API, container runtime, security, OpenWrt helpers, and performance/resource management.neode-ui/- Vue 3 + TypeScript frontend.apps/- app manifests and custom app container sources.docker/- supporting container build contexts for UI companion surfaces.image-recipe/- bootable image/ISO build inputs.Android/- Android companion app.scripts/- development, release, deployment, and validation tooling.docs/- architecture, app packaging, operations, API, and roadmap docs.
Platform model
Archipelago is built as a developer-ready app platform, not a fixed appliance:
- Apps are declared in
apps/<app-id>/manifest.yml. - The Rust parser in
core/container/src/manifest.rsis the canonical schema. - The orchestrator compiles manifests to rootless Podman/Quadlet runtime state.
- App data lives under
/var/lib/archipelago/<app-id>/. - Secrets are generated or read from
/var/lib/archipelago/secrets/and injected through Podman secrets rather than static environment values. - Release and app catalogs are signed and verified against a pinned trust anchor.
Start with:
- Architecture
- Developer Guide
- App Developer Guide
- App Manifest Spec
- Nostr Git Source Hosting Plan
- Troubleshooting
Quick start
Frontend
cd neode-ui
npm install
npm start
The dev UI runs at http://localhost:8100 with a mock backend on :5959.
Backend
cd core
cargo build
cargo test --all-features
Linux is the supported backend runtime and release-build target. macOS is fine for frontend work and many Rust compile/test loops, but host integration tests that touch Podman, systemd, networking, or image build paths require Linux.
App manifests
./scripts/validate-app-manifest.sh apps/filebrowser/manifest.yml
python3 scripts/generate-app-catalog.py
python3 scripts/check-app-catalog-drift.py --release --strict
scripts/generate-app-catalog.py requires Python with PyYAML installed.
Documentation map
The full, grouped index lives at docs/README.md. The most common entry points:
| Doc | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Architecture | System layers, crates, data paths, security model |
| Developer Guide | Local setup, code workflow, testing |
| API Reference | JSON-RPC API overview |
| App Developer Guide | How to package and test apps |
| App Manifest Spec | Manifest schema and validation rules |
| Nostr Git Source Hosting Plan | ngit/NIP-34 contribution workflow and maintainer model |
| Apps README | Packaged app catalog overview |
| Image Recipe | Bootable image build flow |
| Roadmap | Shipped, in-progress, and planned work |
| Archive | Historical plans, audits, and handoffs |
Contributing
Read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request. For security issues, follow SECURITY.md and do not open a public issue.
License
Archipelago is licensed under the MIT License. Third-party notices are listed in NOTICE and generated license inventories in component release artifacts.