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The rootfs is a container image exported to a tar and extracted verbatim onto every disk flashed from the ISO, and the ISO is published. It baked two things nobody asked for: Debian's openssh-server postinst generates /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* during the container build, and the `openssl req` layer writes the TLS keypair. Both were therefore identical on every node and known to every downloader. Add a final RUN layer to Dockerfile.rootfs that removes /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*, removes the archipelago TLS keypair (keeping the ssl directory so the first-boot staging swap has somewhere to land), truncates /etc/machine-id to systemd's documented "regenerate on next boot" state, and drops a non-shared /var/lib/dbus/machine-id if one exists as a real file rather than a symlink. It also writes /opt/archipelago/rootfs-identity-stripped so a node can answer after the fact whether its rootfs came from a stripped build; no timestamp, so the RECIPE_HASH cache stays reproducible. This is what makes 10-03's fail-closed regeneration structural instead of procedural: with the material gone, a regeneration failure degrades to "no key, service refuses to start" rather than "fleet-shared key, silently". The `openssl req` layer is deliberately left in place — it keeps proving openssl is present and keeps the SAN template next to its consumer; the strip layer is what makes the output non-shared. Two comment corrections that follow from the strip: - The installer's TLS block is no longer a rarely-taken safety net; it now fires on every install. It is per-install and never image-wide, so it does not reopen F-03, but it does mean a first-boot failure still leaves the web UI with a cert while SSH has nothing. Comment updated to say so. - The first-boot script header overstated the fail-closed cost for TLS for the same reason; corrected to claim certainty only for SSH. This edit is inside the RECIPE_HASH region, so the next build is forced to rebuild the rootfs tar — required for the C-4 evidence to mean anything. 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
- Operations Runbook
- 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
| 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 |
| Operations Runbook | Production operations and recovery |
| Open Source Readiness | Public-release cleanup checklist |
| Roadmap | Shipped, in-progress, and planned work |
| Unified Task Tracker | Launch hardening task list |
| 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.