Project Brief: BAB Backend Ansible

Created: 2026-03-14 Last Updated: 2026-03-14

Project

Name: BAB (Borrow a Boat) Backend Ansible
Type: Ansible automation for Appwrite-based backend on RHEL 9
Host: bab1.mgmt.toal.ca
Production Runner: AAP (Ansible Automation Platform)
Dev Runner: ansible-navigator with ee-demo execution environment

Scope

Full lifecycle management of an Appwrite backend: host provisioning, Nginx, Gitea Act Runner, database schema, seed data, user provisioning, TLS certificates, EDA rulebooks for Gitea webhooks and Alertmanager alerts, ServiceNow integration for incident/problem creation.

Input Documents

Document	Path	Processed?	Summary At
Architecture reference	`docs/context/architecture.md`	Yes	self

Known Constraints

No inventory file in repo — dev inventory at ~/Dev/inventories/bab-inventory/, prod managed by AAP
Sensitive files gitignored: ansible.cfg, secrets.yml, .vault_password
provision_database.yml idempotency is incomplete — noted in that file
Do not refer to AWX; production platform is AAP

Project Phase Tracker

Phase	Status	Summary File	Date
Initial setup	Complete	—	2026-03-14

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