vyos: WAN follows VRRP mastership, rehearsed in labsim

The ISP is consumer with one static IP, so "both routers hold WAN" is not
available: the 10 gig lease is anchored to a cloned MAC and the PPPoE line to a
single credential. The WAN therefore has to move with mastership.

Proven end to end in the sim: the secondary was promoted, took the WAN, got a
lease, installed a default route, and a LAN VM reached the internet through it
(3/3, 9ms). Demoting released it -- link down, no address. Rebooting the master
converged correctly too: it came back BACKUP with the WAN disabled while the
peer kept it.

The rehearsal earned its keep four times over, and none of these were visible
from reading the docs:

  - `transition-script` alone is NOT safe to hang internet on. VyOS delivers it
    through keepalived-fifo.py, and on one promotion that helper logged NOTHING
    while Keepalived_vrrp logged all six instances entering MASTER and the
    built-in notify_master for conntrack-sync ran normally. The result was a
    router holding every VIP with no WAN -- the 2026-09-02 outage, recreated by
    the mechanism meant to prevent it. Hence vrrp-wan-reconcile on a 30s timer:
    the scripts give speed, the timer gives correctness.

  - The health check must ask REALITY, not a marker. Keying "am I master" on a
    /run file written by the transition script meant that when the script did
    not run, the router believed it was backup, passed the check, and kept the
    VIPs it could not serve. It now asks whether the VIP is actually on the box.

  - The old address-based check DEADLOCKED this design: may-I-be-master required
    already having WAN, and only the master gets WAN. That is why vyos002 sat in
    FAULT for ever -- the safety check had silently removed the redundancy it
    existed to protect.

  - script-template must be the FIRST thing a script does. Sourced after an if,
    an exec and a mkdir it terminated the script inside the source, rc=0, no
    output: the reconciler reported success having done nothing. Hence the split
    into vrrp-wan-apply, matching the shape /config/vyos-known-good already uses.

Two hazards found and handled rather than discovered in production:

  - A `configure` session whose process dies leaks a unionfs mount under
    /opt/vyatta/config/tmp, and one of those holds the commit lock -- after
    which every commit fails, including the manual one you try to fix it with.
    A 30s job that can leak one per failure wedges the box on its own, so the
    reconciler reaps dead sessions before it starts. It cleared 8 on the sim.

  - Any `save` while a box is master persists the enabled WAN into config.boot,
    so a reboot would claim the shared MAC regardless of VRRP state. Observed:
    an ordinary console-apply did exactly this. config.boot must keep `disable`
    on BOTH routers; the model asserts it and vyos:verify reports it as drift.

NOT yet applied to production, and it should not be until the remaining item is
settled: a clean, deliberately-triggered failover has been seen via reboot, but
`restart vrrp` twice failed to move mastership at all, so the trigger for a
planned failover is still unproven.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DMVzWZgiKW2wquf5z8S1yH

.gitignore

@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ node_modules/
 # Asahi build artifacts (large)
 bastion/.asahi-cache/
 bastion/asahi-repo/*.zip
+
+# Regenerated by labsim/dualstack-lab.sh; derived state, not source.
+labsim/dualstack-evidence/
+
+# Runtime snapshots from labsim/cilium-ipam-switch.sh
+labsim/.ipam-switch-state/

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+## Skill routing
+
+When the user's request matches an available skill, ALWAYS invoke it using the Skill
+tool as your FIRST action. Do NOT answer directly, do NOT use other tools first.
+The skill has specialized workflows that produce better results than ad-hoc answers.
+
+Key routing rules:
+- Product ideas, "is this worth building", brainstorming → invoke gstack-office-hours
+- Bugs, errors, "why is this broken", 500 errors → invoke gstack-investigate
+- Ship, deploy, push, create PR → invoke gstack-ship
+- QA, test the site, find bugs → invoke gstack-qa
+- Code review, check my diff → invoke gstack-review
+- Update docs after shipping → invoke gstack-document-release
+- Weekly retro → invoke gstack-retro
+- Design system, brand → invoke gstack-design-consultation
+- Visual audit, design polish → invoke gstack-design-review
+- Architecture review → invoke gstack-plan-eng-review
+- Save progress, checkpoint, resume → invoke gstack-checkpoint
+- Code quality, health check → invoke gstack-health

TODOS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# TODOS
+
+## P1 — Ship with Phase 1
+
+### v2.0 Architecture Document Update
+Update `bastion/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` to cover v2.0: driver model, fleet system,
+Pulumi integration, Vault secrets, Deno evaluator, new CLI grammar. The existing
+doc covers v1.0 comprehensively (432 lines). v2.0 adds 5+ major subsystems.
+**Effort:** M (human: 1 week / CC: 1-2 days)
+**Depends on:** Phase 1 complete
+**Source:** CEO review 2026-04-01
+
+## P2 — Post-v2.0 Core
+
+### SSH Emergency Mode (scoped)
+SSH-based operations limited to: (1) earliest necessary box provisioning before agent
+is installed, and (2) emergency debugging/fixing operations that can't be done via agent.
+NOT a general-purpose DeploymentTarget alternative. The v1.0 `recheck` and `fix-ssh-root.sh`
+patterns are the model. Agent stays the primary management path.
+**Effort:** S (human: 1 week / CC: 1 day)
+**Depends on:** Phase 2 complete (DeploymentTarget interface exists)
+**Source:** CEO review 2026-04-01
+
+### Prometheus Metrics Endpoint
+Add `/metrics` endpoint to labd: resource counts by status, apply duration histograms,
+driver operation latency, fleet pipeline completion rates. Standard Prometheus scraping
+for Grafana dashboards and alerting.
+**Effort:** S (human: 2-3 days / CC: 2-3 hours)
+**Depends on:** Phase 1 (labd exists with resource store)
+**Source:** CEO review 2026-04-01 (observability gap)
+
+## P3 — Future Enhancements
+
+### Infrastructure Graph Visualization
+Visual representation of resource dependencies, environment topology, fleet status.
+Could be a web UI or terminal-based (like `kubectl tree`).
+**Source:** CEO review 2026-04-01
+
+### `labctl import` for Existing Cloud Resources
+Discover and import existing AWS/GCP resources into the state store.
+Pulumi's import functionality could be leveraged.
+**Source:** CEO review 2026-04-01
+
+### Built-in Secrets Rotation
+Automatic rotation of managed secrets (database passwords, API keys).
+Vault handles rotation but a labctl-native workflow could simplify.
+**Source:** CEO review 2026-04-01

bastion/Dockerfile.labd

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Copy workspace config and package manifests first (layer cache)
 COPY pnpm-workspace.yaml pnpm-lock.yaml package.json tsconfig.base.json tsconfig.json ./
 COPY src/shared/package.json src/shared/tsconfig.json src/shared/
+COPY src/core/package.json   src/core/tsconfig.json   src/core/
 COPY src/labd/package.json   src/labd/tsconfig.json   src/labd/
 
 # Install all dependencies (dev included -- needed for build)
@@ -22,10 +23,13 @@ RUN pnpm --filter @lab/labd exec prisma generate
 
 # Copy source code
 COPY src/shared/src/ src/shared/src/
+COPY src/core/src/   src/core/src/
 COPY src/labd/src/   src/labd/src/
 
-# Build TypeScript (shared first via project references)
-RUN pnpm --filter @lab/shared build && pnpm --filter @lab/labd build
+# Build TypeScript (shared + core before labd via project references)
+RUN pnpm --filter @lab/shared build \
+ && pnpm --filter @lab/core build \
+ && pnpm --filter @lab/labd build
 
 # Hoist the generated Prisma client so stage 2 can COPY it from a stable path
 RUN mkdir -p /app/_prisma && \
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Copy workspace config and package manifests
 COPY pnpm-workspace.yaml pnpm-lock.yaml package.json ./
 COPY src/shared/package.json src/shared/
+COPY src/core/package.json   src/core/
 COPY src/labd/package.json   src/labd/
 
 # Install production dependencies only
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prod 2>/dev/null || pnpm install --prod
 
 # Copy built output from builder
 COPY --from=builder /app/src/shared/dist/ src/shared/dist/
+COPY --from=builder /app/src/core/dist/   src/core/dist/
 COPY --from=builder /app/src/labd/dist/   src/labd/dist/
 
 # Copy Prisma schema + generated client into pnpm store location

bastion/bastion/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+# Asahi build artifacts (large)
+.asahi-cache/
+asahi-repo/*.zip

bastion/completions/labctl.bash

@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ _labctl() {
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "-h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
     "provision install")
-      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--role --os --disk -h --help" -- "$cur"))
+      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--role --os --disk --vyos-mgmt --vyos-mgmt-address --vyos-bond --vyos-bond-address --vyos-bond-vrrp --vlan-vip --vyos-vrrp-priority --vyos-mgmt-vlan --vlan --vyos-password --vyos-hwid --vyos-fresh-config -h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
     "provision reprovision")
-      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--role --os --disk -h --help" -- "$cur"))
+      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--role --os --disk --user -h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
     "provision debug")
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--pxe-boot -h --help" -- "$cur"))
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ _labctl() {
     "provision makeiso")
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--arch --local --out -h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
+    "provision recheck")
+      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "--user --target -h --help" -- "$cur"))
+      return ;;
     "config list")
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "-h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ _labctl() {
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "bastion -h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
     "provision")
-      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "list install reprovision debug forget register asahi logs makeiso -h --help" -- "$cur"))
+      COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "list install reprovision debug forget register asahi logs makeiso recheck -h --help" -- "$cur"))
       return ;;
     "config")
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "list get set path -h --help" -- "$cur"))

bastion/completions/labctl.fish

@@ -128,16 +128,30 @@ complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_using_cmd provision" -a register -d 'Register an
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_using_cmd provision" -a asahi -d 'Show instructions to provision an Apple Silicon Mac with Asahi Linux'
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_using_cmd provision" -a logs -d 'Show provisioning logs for a machine (hostname, MAC, or IP)'
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_using_cmd provision" -a makeiso -d 'Generate a UEFI-bootable iPXE ISO for network provisioning'
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_using_cmd provision" -a recheck -d 'Refresh hardware info for all installed machines via SSH'
 
 # provision install options
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l role -d 'Machine role (see below)' -xa 'vanilla worker infra labcontroller'
-complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l os -d 'Operating system' -xa 'fedora-43 ubuntu-26.04'
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l os -d 'Operating system' -xa 'fedora-43 ubuntu-26.04 vyos-rolling'
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l disk -d 'Target disk device (auto-detect if omitted)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-mgmt -d 'VyOS: untagged interface the machine PXE boots from (default eth0)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-mgmt-address -d 'VyOS: CIDR for the management interface, or \'dhcp\' (default dhcp)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-bond -d 'VyOS: comma-separated LACP bond members (must exclude the PXE NIC)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-bond-address -d 'VyOS: address on the untagged bond (trunk native VLAN)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-bond-vrrp -d 'VyOS: VRRP VIP floated on the untagged bond' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vlan-vip -d 'VyOS: VRRP VIP for a --vlan entry (repeatable)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-vrrp-priority -d 'VyOS: VRRP priority for all groups on this box (higher = master)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-mgmt-vlan -d 'VyOS: tagged management VLAN on the PXE port' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vlan -d 'VyOS: tagged VLAN sub-interface on the bond (repeatable)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-password -d 'VyOS: password for the \'vyos\' user' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-hwid -d 'VyOS: pin an interface name to a MAC via hw-id (repeatable)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision install" -l vyos-fresh-config -d 'VyOS: on reinstall, overwrite the preserved config with the generated one'
 
 # provision reprovision options
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l role -d 'Machine role (see below)' -xa 'vanilla worker infra labcontroller'
-complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l os -d 'Operating system' -xa 'fedora-43 ubuntu-26.04'
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l os -d 'Operating system' -xa 'fedora-43 ubuntu-26.04 vyos-rolling'
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l disk -d 'Target disk device (auto-detect if omitted)' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision reprovision" -l user -d 'SSH user for the reboot (default: vyos for VyOS machines, else current user)' -x
 
 # provision debug options
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision debug" -l pxe-boot -d 'Boot installed system via PXE (kernel+initrd from network, root from NVMe)'
@@ -154,6 +168,10 @@ complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision makeiso" -l arch -d 'Target arc
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision makeiso" -l local -d 'Build ISO locally instead of using bastion-hosted URL'
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision makeiso" -l out -d 'Output path for local ISO build' -x
 
+# provision recheck options
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision recheck" -l user -d 'SSH user' -x
+complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_in_cmd provision recheck" -l target -d 'Only recheck a specific machine (by hostname or MAC)' -x
+
 # config subcommands
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_using_cmd config" -a list -d 'Show all configuration values'
 complete -c labctl -n "__labctl_using_cmd config" -a get -d 'Get a configuration value'

bastion/package.json

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     "test:integration:pxe:host": "sudo -E $(which npx) vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'PXE boot'",
     "test:integration:iso": "vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'ISO boot'",
     "test:integration:iso:host": "sudo -E $(which npx) vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'ISO boot'",
+    "test:integration:vyos": "vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'VyOS provisioning'",
+    "test:integration:vyos:host": "sudo -E $(which npx) vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'VyOS provisioning'",
     "test:integration:arm-iso": "vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'ARM ISO'",
     "test:integration:arm-iso:host": "sudo -E $(which npx) vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'ARM ISO'",
     "test:integration:asahi": "vitest run -c tests/integration/vitest.config.ts -t 'asahi firstboot'",

bastion/scripts/build-bastion.sh

@@ -99,16 +99,22 @@ if [ "$PUSH" = true ]; then
     fi
   fi
 
+  # Use --tls-verify=false for plain HTTP registries (e.g. 10.0.0.194:3012)
+  TLS_FLAG=""
+  if [[ "$REGISTRY" =~ ^[0-9] ]] || [[ "$REGISTRY" =~ ^localhost ]]; then
+    TLS_FLAG="--tls-verify=false"
+  fi
+
   echo "==> Logging in to $REGISTRY..."
-  podman login -u michal -p "$GITEA_TOKEN" "$REGISTRY"
+  podman login $TLS_FLAG -u michal -p "$GITEA_TOKEN" "$REGISTRY"
 
   echo "==> Pushing $FULL_IMAGE:$TAG..."
-  podman manifest push --all "$MANIFEST" "docker://$FULL_IMAGE:$TAG"
+  podman manifest push --all $TLS_FLAG "$MANIFEST" "docker://$FULL_IMAGE:$TAG"
 
   # Also tag as :latest if not already
   if [ "$TAG" != "latest" ]; then
     echo "==> Also pushing as :latest..."
-    podman manifest push --all "$MANIFEST" "docker://$FULL_IMAGE:latest"
+    podman manifest push --all $TLS_FLAG "$MANIFEST" "docker://$FULL_IMAGE:latest"
   fi
 
   # Link package to repository if script exists

bastion/scripts/build-labd.sh

@@ -92,15 +92,21 @@ if [ "$PUSH" = true ]; then
     fi
   fi
 
+  # Use --tls-verify=false for plain HTTP registries (e.g. 10.0.0.194:3012)
+  TLS_FLAG=""
+  if [[ "$REGISTRY" =~ ^[0-9] ]] || [[ "$REGISTRY" =~ ^localhost ]]; then
+    TLS_FLAG="--tls-verify=false"
+  fi
+
   echo "==> Logging in to $REGISTRY..."
-  podman login -u michal -p "$GITEA_TOKEN" "$REGISTRY"
+  podman login $TLS_FLAG -u michal -p "$GITEA_TOKEN" "$REGISTRY"
 
   echo "==> Pushing $FULL_IMAGE:$TAG..."
-  podman manifest push --all "$MANIFEST" "docker://$FULL_IMAGE:$TAG"
+  podman manifest push --all $TLS_FLAG "$MANIFEST" "docker://$FULL_IMAGE:$TAG"
 
   if [ "$TAG" != "latest" ]; then
     echo "==> Also pushing as :latest..."
-    podman manifest push --all "$MANIFEST" "docker://$FULL_IMAGE:latest"
+    podman manifest push --all $TLS_FLAG "$MANIFEST" "docker://$FULL_IMAGE:latest"
   fi
 
   if [ -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/link-package.sh" ]; then

bastion/scripts/fix-ssh-root.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Fix root SSH access on all provisioned machines.
+# Tries root, lab, michal users to find one that works,
+# then ensures root has the SSH key and PermitRootLogin is enabled.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SSH_KEY="ssh-rsa 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 michal@fedora"
+
+SSH_OPTS="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o LogLevel=ERROR -o ConnectTimeout=5"
+USERS_TO_TRY=(root lab michal)
+
+# Machines: hostname ip
+MACHINES=(
+    "labmaster 192.168.8.11"
+    "worker0-k8s0 192.168.8.23"
+    "worker1-k8s0 192.168.8.13"
+    "worker2-k8s0 192.168.8.25"
+    "spark-2935 192.168.8.12"
+)
+
+BOLD="\033[1m"
+GREEN="\033[0;32m"
+RED="\033[0;31m"
+DIM="\033[2m"
+RESET="\033[0m"
+
+# Script to run on each machine (via sudo if needed)
+read -r -d '' FIX_SCRIPT << 'FIXEOF' || true
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+KEY="$1"
+
+# 1. Ensure root .ssh dir exists
+mkdir -p /root/.ssh
+chmod 700 /root/.ssh
+touch /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+# 2. Add key if not present
+if ! grep -qF "$KEY" /root/.ssh/authorized_keys 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "$KEY" >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+    echo "KEY_ADDED"
+else
+    echo "KEY_EXISTS"
+fi
+
+# 3. Fix sshd_config for root login with keys
+SSHD_CONF="/etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+CHANGED=0
+
+# Ensure PermitRootLogin allows key auth
+CURRENT=$(grep -E "^PermitRootLogin" "$SSHD_CONF" 2>/dev/null | tail -1 || true)
+if [ "$CURRENT" = "PermitRootLogin prohibit-password" ] || [ "$CURRENT" = "PermitRootLogin without-password" ]; then
+    echo "SSHD_OK"
+elif [ "$CURRENT" = "PermitRootLogin yes" ]; then
+    echo "SSHD_OK"
+else
+    # Remove any existing PermitRootLogin lines
+    sed -i '/^#*PermitRootLogin/d' "$SSHD_CONF"
+    echo "PermitRootLogin prohibit-password" >> "$SSHD_CONF"
+    CHANGED=1
+    echo "SSHD_FIXED"
+fi
+
+# Ensure PubkeyAuthentication is enabled
+if grep -qE "^PubkeyAuthentication no" "$SSHD_CONF" 2>/dev/null; then
+    sed -i 's/^PubkeyAuthentication no/PubkeyAuthentication yes/' "$SSHD_CONF"
+    CHANGED=1
+    echo "PUBKEY_FIXED"
+else
+    echo "PUBKEY_OK"
+fi
+
+# Restart sshd if changed
+if [ "$CHANGED" -eq 1 ]; then
+    systemctl restart sshd 2>/dev/null || systemctl restart ssh 2>/dev/null || true
+    echo "SSHD_RESTARTED"
+fi
+
+# 4. Verify root can be reached
+echo "DONE"
+FIXEOF
+
+echo ""
+echo -e "${BOLD}Fixing root SSH access on all machines...${RESET}"
+echo ""
+
+for entry in "${MACHINES[@]}"; do
+    read -r hostname ip <<< "$entry"
+    printf "  %-24s ${DIM}(%s)${RESET}  " "$hostname" "$ip"
+
+    # Try each user until one works
+    WORKING_USER=""
+    for user in "${USERS_TO_TRY[@]}"; do
+        if ssh $SSH_OPTS "$user@$ip" "true" 2>/dev/null; then
+            WORKING_USER="$user"
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ -z "$WORKING_USER" ]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}UNREACHABLE${RESET} (tried: ${USERS_TO_TRY[*]})"
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Run fix script (with sudo if not root)
+    if [ "$WORKING_USER" = "root" ]; then
+        RESULT=$(ssh $SSH_OPTS "root@$ip" "bash -s -- '$SSH_KEY'" <<< "$FIX_SCRIPT" 2>&1)
+    else
+        RESULT=$(ssh $SSH_OPTS "$WORKING_USER@$ip" "sudo bash -s -- '$SSH_KEY'" <<< "$FIX_SCRIPT" 2>&1)
+    fi
+
+    # Parse result
+    DETAILS=""
+    if echo "$RESULT" | grep -q "KEY_ADDED"; then DETAILS="key added"; fi
+    if echo "$RESULT" | grep -q "KEY_EXISTS"; then DETAILS="key ok"; fi
+    if echo "$RESULT" | grep -q "SSHD_FIXED"; then DETAILS="$DETAILS, sshd fixed"; fi
+    if echo "$RESULT" | grep -q "SSHD_OK"; then DETAILS="$DETAILS, sshd ok"; fi
+    if echo "$RESULT" | grep -q "SSHD_RESTARTED"; then DETAILS="$DETAILS, restarted"; fi
+
+    # Verify root works now
+    if ssh $SSH_OPTS "root@$ip" "true" 2>/dev/null; then
+        echo -e "${GREEN}OK${RESET} ${DIM}(via $WORKING_USER: $DETAILS)${RESET}"
+    else
+        echo -e "${RED}PARTIAL${RESET} ${DIM}(via $WORKING_USER: $DETAILS -- root still blocked)${RESET}"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo -e "${BOLD}Done.${RESET} Verify: labctl provision recheck --user root"
+echo ""

bastion/src/bastion/src/config.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ export function loadConfig(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): BastionConfi
   const ubuntuMirror = overrides.ubuntuMirror ?? process.env["UBUNTU_MIRROR"]
     ?? `https://releases.ubuntu.com/${ubuntuVersion}`;
 
+  // "latest" resolves the newest nightly ISO from the vyos-nightly-build GitHub
+  // releases at startup. downloads.vyos.io no longer serves direct rolling ISOs
+  // (it returns the vyos.io site, and nightly builds sit behind a signup form);
+  // GitHub releases are the remaining free, unauthenticated direct source.
+  // LTS ISOs are subscription-only. Set VYOS_ISO_URL to pin a specific build.
+  const vyosIsoUrl = overrides.vyosIsoUrl ?? process.env["VYOS_ISO_URL"] ?? "latest";
+  const vyosDefaultPassword = overrides.vyosDefaultPassword
+    ?? process.env["VYOS_DEFAULT_PASSWORD"] ?? "vyos";
+
   const fedoraMirror = `https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/${fedoraVersion}/Everything/${arch}/os`;
   const tftpDir = `${bastionDir}/tftp`;
   const httpDir = `${bastionDir}/http`;
@@ -38,6 +47,8 @@ export function loadConfig(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): BastionConfi
     dhcpRangeEnd,
     ubuntuVersion,
     ubuntuMirror,
+    vyosIsoUrl,
+    vyosDefaultPassword,
     // These are populated at runtime by the network service
     iface: overrides.iface ?? "",
     serverIp: overrides.serverIp ?? "",

bastion/src/bastion/src/main.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,125 @@ function download(url: string, dest: string, label: string): void {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Pick the largest regular-file initrd from an `xorriso -lsl` listing.
+ *
+ * /live carries decoys: a 0-byte initrd.img placeholder on some images, or an
+ * initrd.img SYMLINK to the real version-suffixed file on others. Parsing is
+ * field-based (ls -l layout: perms links uid gid size month day time 'name')
+ * and considers only lines whose mode string marks a regular file — symlinks
+ * report their link size, not the target's, and must not win.
+ */
+export function pickLargestInitrd(
+  listing: string,
+): { name: string; size: number } | undefined {
+  let best: { name: string; size: number } | undefined;
+  for (const line of listing.split("\n")) {
+    if (!line.startsWith("-")) continue;          // regular files only
+    const quoted = /'([^']+)'/.exec(line);
+    const fields = line.trim().split(/\s+/);
+    const size = parseInt(fields[4] ?? "", 10);
+    const name = quoted?.[1] ?? "";
+    if (!name.startsWith("initrd")) continue;
+    if (!Number.isFinite(size) || size <= 0) continue;
+    if (best === undefined || size > best.size) {
+      best = { name, size };
+    }
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
+const VYOS_NIGHTLY_RELEASES =
+  "https://api.github.com/repos/vyos/vyos-nightly-build/releases/latest";
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the configured VyOS ISO URL, expanding the "latest" sentinel.
+ *
+ * The nightly asset filename embeds a build date, so there is no stable
+ * "latest.iso" path to hardcode — the newest release has to be looked up.
+ * Any other value is used verbatim, which is how VYOS_ISO_URL pins a build
+ * or points at a locally mirrored copy.
+ */
+function resolveVyosIsoUrl(configured: string): string {
+  if (configured !== "latest") return configured;
+
+  const body = execSync(`curl -sSfL "${VYOS_NIGHTLY_RELEASES}"`, {
+    encoding: "utf-8",
+    stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  });
+  const release = JSON.parse(body) as {
+    tag_name?: string;
+    assets?: Array<{ name: string; browser_download_url: string }>;
+  };
+
+  const asset = (release.assets ?? []).find((a) =>
+    /generic-amd64\.iso$/.test(a.name),
+  );
+  if (!asset) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `No generic-amd64 ISO asset in VyOS nightly release ${release.tag_name ?? "?"}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  logger.info(`  VyOS ISO resolved to ${asset.name} (${release.tag_name ?? "?"})`);
+  return asset.browser_download_url;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract VyOS netboot artifacts from the release ISO.
+ *
+ * VyOS publishes no netboot bundle, so kernel/initrd/squashfs have to come out
+ * of the ISO. xorriso is already in the bastion image (used for boot.iso) and
+ * extracts without root or a loop mount.
+ *
+ * The initrd needs care: /live contains an empty initrd.img placeholder
+ * alongside the real one, which carries a version-suffixed name. Booting the
+ * 0-byte file fails with no useful diagnostic, so pick the largest initrd*.
+ */
+export function prepareVyosArtifacts(config: BastionConfig): void {
+  const kernel = `${config.httpDir}/vyos-vmlinuz`;
+  const initrd = `${config.httpDir}/vyos-initrd`;
+  const squashfs = `${config.httpDir}/vyos-filesystem.squashfs`;
+
+  if (existsSync(kernel) && existsSync(initrd) && existsSync(squashfs)) {
+    logger.info("  VyOS netboot artifacts -- cached");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const iso = `${config.bastionDir}/vyos.iso`;
+  download(resolveVyosIsoUrl(config.vyosIsoUrl), iso, "VyOS ISO");
+
+  const extract = (isoPath: string, dest: string, label: string): void => {
+    execSync(
+      `xorriso -osirrox on -indev "${iso}" -extract "${isoPath}" "${dest}"`,
+      { stdio: "pipe" },
+    );
+    logger.info(`  ${label} -- extracted from ${isoPath}`);
+  };
+
+  extract("/live/vmlinuz", kernel, "VyOS kernel");
+  extract("/live/filesystem.squashfs", squashfs, "VyOS squashfs");
+
+  // Pick the real initrd by size from the ISO's own directory listing.
+  const listing = execSync(`xorriso -indev "${iso}" -lsl /live/ --`, {
+    encoding: "utf-8",
+    stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  });
+
+  const best = pickLargestInitrd(listing);
+  if (best === undefined) {
+    throw new Error("No non-empty initrd found in /live on the VyOS ISO");
+  }
+  extract(`/live/${best.name}`, initrd, `VyOS initrd (${best.name}, ${best.size} bytes)`);
+
+  // The ISO is only needed to produce the three artifacts above.
+  try {
+    unlinkSync(iso);
+  } catch {
+    // Non-fatal: leaving it costs disk but nothing else.
+  }
+}
+
 function symlinkSafe(target: string, linkPath: string): void {
   try {
     symlinkSync(target, linkPath);
@@ -182,6 +301,17 @@ export async function startBastion(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): Prom
       logger.warn(`Ubuntu ${config.ubuntuVersion} artifacts not available -- Ubuntu provisioning disabled`);
     }
 
+    // VyOS netboot artifacts (non-fatal — same policy as Ubuntu)
+    try {
+      logger.info("Preparing VyOS netboot artifacts...");
+      prepareVyosArtifacts(config);
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.warn(
+        `VyOS artifacts not available -- VyOS provisioning disabled ` +
+        `(${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)})`,
+      );
+    }
+
     // Symlink iPXE binaries into HTTP dir for UEFI HTTP Boot
     for (const name of ["ipxe.efi", "ipxe-arm64.efi"]) {
       const src = `${config.tftpDir}/${name}`;
@@ -261,6 +391,7 @@ export async function startBastion(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): Prom
           role: msg.role as import("@lab/shared").Role,
           os: msg.os as import("@lab/shared").OsId,
           queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+          ...(msg.vyos ? { vyos: msg.vyos } : {}),
         };
       });
       return { status: "ok", data: { mac: msg.mac, hostname: msg.hostname } };
@@ -309,6 +440,32 @@ export async function startBastion(overrides: Partial<BastionConfig> = {}): Prom
       return { status: "ok", data: { mac, hostname: msg.hostname } };
     });
 
+    labdConn.onCommand("command-discover", async (msg) => {
+      if (msg.type !== "command-discover") throw new Error("unexpected");
+      const mac = (msg.mac as string).toLowerCase();
+      const now = new Date().toISOString();
+      const existing = state.load().discovered[mac];
+      state.update((s) => {
+        s.discovered[mac] = {
+          mac,
+          product: (msg.product as string) ?? "unknown",
+          board: (msg.board as string) ?? "unknown",
+          serial: (msg.serial as string) ?? "unknown",
+          manufacturer: (msg.manufacturer as string) ?? "unknown",
+          cpu_model: (msg.cpu_model as string) ?? "unknown",
+          cpu_cores: (msg.cpu_cores as number) ?? 0,
+          memory_gb: (msg.memory_gb as number) ?? 0,
+          arch: (msg.arch as string) ?? "unknown",
+          disks: (msg.disks as Array<{ name: string; size_gb: number; model: string }>) ?? [],
+          nics: (msg.nics as Array<{ name: string; mac: string; state: string }>) ?? [],
+          first_seen: existing?.first_seen ?? now,
+          last_seen: now,
+        };
+      });
+      logger.info(`HARDWARE UPDATED: ${mac} -- ${msg.manufacturer ?? "?"} ${msg.product ?? "?"} (${msg.cpu_model ?? "?"}, ${msg.cpu_cores ?? "?"} cores, ${msg.memory_gb ?? "?"}GB RAM)`);
+      return { status: "ok", data: { mac } };
+    });
+
     labdConn.onCommand("command-role-update", async (msg) => {
       if (msg.type !== "command-role-update") throw new Error("unexpected");
       const mac = msg.mac.toLowerCase();

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/api.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 // /api/discover  - receive hardware discovery reports from PXE-booted machines
 
 import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
-import type { HardwareInfo, InstalledInfo, Role } from "@lab/shared";
-import { isValidOsId, SUPPORTED_ROLES } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { HardwareInfo, InstalledInfo, Role, VyosInstallSpec } from "@lab/shared";
+import { isValidOsId, SUPPORTED_ROLES, SUPPORTED_OS } from "@lab/shared";
 import type { StateManager } from "../services/state.js";
 import { logger } from "../services/logger.js";
 import { triggerPostProvisionK3s } from "../services/post-provision.js";
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ import type { ProgressEvent } from "../services/progress-events.js";
 import type { InstallLogBuffer } from "../services/install-log.js";
 import type { SyslogListener } from "../services/syslog-listener.js";
 
+/**
+ * Seconds after dispatch with zero progress before a machine is called stalled.
+ * Generous: the slowest legitimate gap is fetching a ~600MB VyOS squashfs over
+ * HTTP before the hook can report anything.
+ */
+const STALL_THRESHOLD_S = 8 * 60;
+
 export function registerApiRoutes(
   app: FastifyInstance,
   state: StateManager,
@@ -34,9 +41,10 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
       disk?: string;
       role?: string;
       os?: string;
+      vyos?: VyosInstallSpec;
     };
   }>("/api/install", async (request, reply) => {
-    const { mac: rawMac, hostname, disk, role, os } = request.body ?? {};
+    const { mac: rawMac, hostname, disk, role, os, vyos } = request.body ?? {};
     const mac = (rawMac ?? "").toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");
 
     if (mac === "") {
@@ -50,7 +58,7 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
 
     const osId = os ?? "fedora-43";
     if (!isValidOsId(osId)) {
-      return reply.status(400).send({ error: `invalid os: '${osId}'. Supported: fedora-43, ubuntu-26.04` });
+      return reply.status(400).send({ error: `invalid os: '${osId}'. Supported: ${SUPPORTED_OS.join(", ")}` });
     }
 
     state.update((s) => {
@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
         role: validRole as Role,
         os: osId,
         queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        ...(vyos ? { vyos } : {}),
       };
     });
 
@@ -139,20 +148,36 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
             ? detailStr.replace("ready at ", "").trim()
             : "";
 
+          const hw = s.discovered[mac];
           const installedInfo: InstalledInfo = {
             hostname: cfg?.hostname ?? "?",
             role: cfg?.role ?? "?",
             ...(cfg?.os !== undefined ? { os: cfg.os } : {}),
             ip,
             installed_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+            // Preserve hardware info from discovery
+            ...(hw ? {
+              product: hw.product,
+              manufacturer: hw.manufacturer,
+              cpu_model: hw.cpu_model,
+              cpu_cores: hw.cpu_cores,
+              memory_gb: hw.memory_gb,
+              arch: hw.arch,
+            } : {}),
           };
           s.installed[mac] = installedInfo;
 
-          const admin = installedInfo.role !== "vanilla" && installedInfo.role !== "" ? "lab" : "root";
+          // VyOS: the only login user is "vyos", and a router never runs k3s —
+          // without this guard a non-vanilla role + recorded IP would trigger
+          // the k3s post-provision against a VyOS box.
+          const isVyos = (installedInfo.os ?? "").startsWith("vyos");
+          const admin = isVyos
+            ? "vyos"
+            : installedInfo.role !== "vanilla" && installedInfo.role !== "" ? "lab" : "root";
           console.log(`\n  \x1b[0;32m\x1b[1m  ssh ${admin}@${ip}\x1b[0m\n`);  // eslint-disable-line no-console
 
           // Auto-install k3s for non-vanilla roles
-          if (installedInfo.role !== "vanilla" && ip !== "") {
+          if (!isVyos && installedInfo.role !== "vanilla" && ip !== "") {
             void triggerPostProvisionK3s(installedInfo.hostname, ip, installedInfo.role, admin, mac);
           }
         }
@@ -359,6 +384,23 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
     });
   });
 
+  // Simple machine state query (used by ks-auto for ISO boot dispatch)
+  app.get<{
+    Params: { mac: string };
+  }>("/api/machine-state/:mac", async (request, reply) => {
+    const mac = request.params.mac.toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");
+    const currentState = state.load();
+
+    if (currentState.debug[mac]) return reply.send("debug");
+    if (currentState.install_queue[mac]) {
+      const progress = currentState.install_queue[mac].progress;
+      return reply.send(progress ? "installing" : "queued");
+    }
+    if (currentState.installed[mac]) return reply.send("installed");
+    if (currentState.discovered[mac]) return reply.send("discovered");
+    return reply.send("unknown");
+  });
+
   // Update a machine's role (e.g. promote infra -> labcontroller)
   app.post<{
     Body: {
@@ -407,6 +449,15 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
     const installedEntry = currentState.installed[mac];
 
     if (queueEntry) {
+      // A machine that was handed an install script but has reported nothing
+      // since is wedged BEFORE the installer environment came up — a bad
+      // kernel/initrd, no network in the initramfs, or the wrong NIC picked.
+      // Surfacing it here is what makes that diagnosable without a console.
+      const since = queueEntry.progress_at ?? queueEntry.dispatched_at;
+      const stalledForS = since !== undefined && queueEntry.progress === undefined
+        ? Math.floor((Date.now() - new Date(since).getTime()) / 1000)
+        : 0;
+
       return reply.send({
         mac,
         hostname: queueEntry.hostname,
@@ -414,6 +465,9 @@ export function registerApiRoutes(
         progress: queueEntry.progress ?? "queued",
         progress_detail: queueEntry.progress_detail ?? "",
         progress_at: queueEntry.progress_at ?? queueEntry.queued_at,
+        dispatched_at: queueEntry.dispatched_at,
+        stalled_for_s: stalledForS,
+        stalled: stalledForS > STALL_THRESHOLD_S,
         role: queueEntry.role,
         os: queueEntry.os,
         stages: queueEntry.log ?? [],

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/asahi.ts

@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ echo "    - Standard Asahi boot infrastructure (m1n1 + U-Boot)"
 echo "    - Fedora Asahi Remix root partition"
 echo "    - LVM data partition (remaining space)"
 echo ""
-echo "  On first boot, LVM volumes are created automatically."
+echo "  After first boot, SSH in and set up LVM:"
+echo "    ssh lab@<ip> 'curl -sf \${BASTION}/asahi/firstboot.sh | sudo bash'"
 echo ""
 
 # Run the installer
@@ -150,10 +151,10 @@ fi
   app.get<{
     Querystring: { hostname?: string; role?: string; mac?: string; user?: string };
   }>("/asahi/firstboot.sh", async (request, reply) => {
-    const hostname = request.query.hostname ?? "mac-studio";
+    const hostname = request.query.hostname ?? "unknown";
     const role = (request.query.role ?? "infra") as Role;
     const mac = request.query.mac ?? "unknown";
-    const user = request.query.user ?? config.adminUser;
+    const user = request.query.user ?? "lab";
 
     const script = renderFirstbootScript({
       hostname,

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/boot-iso.ts

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function generateIso(config: BastionConfig, outputPath: string): void {
     "# Map iPXE arch names to Fedora mirror paths (arm64 -> aarch64)",
     "set fedarch ${buildarch}",
     "iseq ${buildarch} arm64 && set fedarch aarch64 ||",
-    `kernel file:/vmlinuz-\${buildarch} inst.ks=${bastionUrl}/discover.ks inst.repo=${FEDORA_MIRROR_BASE}/${config.fedoraVersion}/Everything/\${fedarch}/os inst.text || goto no_kernel`,
+    `kernel file:/vmlinuz-\${buildarch} inst.ks=${bastionUrl}/ks-auto inst.repo=${FEDORA_MIRROR_BASE}/${config.fedoraVersion}/Everything/\${fedarch}/os inst.text || goto no_kernel`,
     `initrd file:/initrd-\${buildarch} || goto no_kernel`,
     "boot || shell",
     "",

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/dispatch.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   renderLocalBootIpxe,
 } from "../templates/boot.ipxe.js";
 import { renderUbuntuInstallIpxe } from "../templates/ubuntu-boot.ipxe.js";
+import { renderVyosInstallIpxe } from "../templates/vyos-boot.ipxe.js";
 import { renderDebugKickstart } from "../templates/debug.ks.js";
 import { logger } from "../services/logger.js";
 
@@ -99,8 +100,22 @@ echo "==============================="
       const os = queueEntry.os ?? "fedora-43";
       logger.info(`INSTALL STARTED: ${mac} -> ${hostname} (${os})`);
 
+      // Stamp the handoff so a machine that boots the installer but never
+      // reports can be spotted without a console.
+      state.update((s) => {
+        const entry = s.install_queue[mac];
+        if (entry) entry.dispatched_at = new Date().toISOString();
+      });
+
       let script: string;
-      if (os.startsWith("ubuntu")) {
+      if (os.startsWith("vyos")) {
+        script = renderVyosInstallIpxe({
+          mac,
+          hostname,
+          serverIp: config.serverIp,
+          httpPort: config.httpPort,
+        });
+      } else if (os.startsWith("ubuntu")) {
         script = renderUbuntuInstallIpxe({
           mac,
           hostname,

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/kickstart.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,150 @@ export function registerKickstartRoutes(
     return reply.type("text/plain").send(ks);
   });
 
+  // Auto-detecting kickstart for ISO boot (no-network machines like R1 ARM).
+  // %pre detects MAC, queries bastion state, writes dynamic kickstart to /tmp.
+  // Main body %include's it — so Anaconda gets either discover or install content.
+  app.get("/ks-auto", async (_request, reply) => {
+    const bastionUrl = `http://${config.serverIp}:${config.httpPort}`;
+
+    const ks = `# Lab Bastion -- Auto-detect kickstart (ISO boot)
+# %pre detects MAC, queries bastion state, writes /tmp/dynamic.ks.
+# Main body %include's it to get either discovery reboot or full install.
+
+%pre --erroronfail --log=/tmp/ks-auto.log
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+# -- Detect MAC address --
+MAC=$(ip link show | awk '/ether/ && !/00:00:00:00/ {print $2; exit}')
+echo "Detected MAC: $MAC"
+
+# -- Wait for network (Linux drivers may take a moment) --
+for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+    if curl -sf "${bastionUrl}/healthz" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "Bastion reachable at ${bastionUrl}"
+        break
+    fi
+    echo "Waiting for network... ($i/30)"
+    sleep 2
+done
+
+# -- Query bastion for machine state --
+STATE=$(curl -sf "${bastionUrl}/api/machine-state/$MAC" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+echo "Machine state: $STATE"
+
+case "$STATE" in
+    queued|installing)
+        echo "=== Machine queued for install. Fetching install kickstart... ==="
+        curl -sf "${bastionUrl}/ks?mac=$MAC" > /tmp/dynamic.ks
+        if [ -s /tmp/dynamic.ks ]; then
+            echo "Install kickstart downloaded ($(wc -l < /tmp/dynamic.ks) lines)"
+        else
+            echo "ERROR: Failed to download install kickstart"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        # Run any %pre scripts from the downloaded kickstart.
+        # Anaconda only runs %pre from the top-level file, not from %include'd files.
+        python3 -c "
+import re, subprocess
+content = open('/tmp/dynamic.ks').read()
+blocks = re.findall(r'%pre[^\\n]*\\n(.*?)%end', content, re.DOTALL)
+for i, script in enumerate(blocks):
+    path = f'/tmp/inner-pre-{i}.sh'
+    with open(path, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(script)
+    print(f'Running inner %pre script {i} ({len(script.splitlines())} lines)')
+    subprocess.run(['bash', path], check=False)
+"
+        ;;
+
+    debug)
+        echo "=== Debug mode ==="
+        curl -sf "${bastionUrl}/debug.ks?mac=$MAC" > /tmp/dynamic.ks 2>/dev/null
+        if [ ! -s /tmp/dynamic.ks ]; then
+            echo "rescue" > /tmp/dynamic.ks
+        fi
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "=== Running hardware discovery ==="
+        # Collect hardware info
+        PRODUCT=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+        BOARD=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/board_name 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+        SERIAL=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+        MANUFACTURER=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+        CPUMODEL=$(grep -m1 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | cut -d: -f2 | sed 's/^ //')
+        CPUCORES=$(grep -c '^processor' /proc/cpuinfo)
+        MEMGB=$(awk '/MemTotal/ {printf "%d", $2/1024/1024}' /proc/meminfo)
+        ARCHTYPE=$(uname -m)
+
+        DISKS_JSON=$(lsblk -Jb -o NAME,SIZE,TYPE,MODEL 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+disks = [d for d in data.get('blockdevices', []) if d.get('type') == 'disk']
+result = []
+for d in disks:
+    size_gb = round(int(d.get('size', 0)) / 1073741824, 1)
+    result.append({'name': d.get('name', '?'), 'size_gb': size_gb, 'model': (d.get('model') or 'unknown').strip()})
+print(json.dumps(result))
+" 2>/dev/null || echo '[]')
+
+        NICS_JSON=$(ip -j link show 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+nics = json.load(sys.stdin)
+result = []
+for n in nics:
+    if n.get('link_type') == 'loopback': continue
+    result.append({'name': n.get('ifname', '?'), 'mac': n.get('address', '?'), 'state': n.get('operstate', '?')})
+print(json.dumps(result))
+" 2>/dev/null || echo '[]')
+
+        PAYLOAD=$(python3 -c "
+import json
+print(json.dumps({
+    'mac': '$MAC', 'product': '$PRODUCT', 'board': '$BOARD', 'serial': '$SERIAL',
+    'manufacturer': '$MANUFACTURER', 'cpu_model': '$CPUMODEL',
+    'cpu_cores': int('$CPUCORES' or 0), 'memory_gb': int('$MEMGB' or 0),
+    'arch': '$ARCHTYPE', 'disks': $DISKS_JSON, 'nics': $NICS_JSON
+}))
+")
+
+        curl -sf -X POST "${bastionUrl}/api/discover" \\
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\
+            -d "$PAYLOAD" || true
+
+        echo ""
+        echo "=== Discovery complete ==="
+        echo "Machine MAC: $MAC"
+        echo "Queue for install: labctl provision install $MAC <hostname> --role infra"
+        echo "Then reboot to start installation."
+        echo ""
+
+        # Write a minimal kickstart that just reboots
+        cat > /tmp/dynamic.ks << 'DISCOVER_KS'
+# Discovery mode -- reboot to allow install queue
+reboot
+DISCOVER_KS
+
+        # Force reboot now (don't wait for Anaconda)
+        sleep 3
+        echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
+        echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
+        sleep 5
+        reboot -f
+        ;;
+esac
+
+%end
+
+# Include the dynamically chosen kickstart
+%include /tmp/dynamic.ks
+`;
+
+    return reply.type("text/plain").send(ks);
+  });
+
   // Ubuntu autoinstall user-data (cloud-init)
   app.get<{ Params: { mac: string } }>("/autoinstall/:mac/user-data", async (request, reply) => {
     const mac = request.params.mac.toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");

bastion/src/bastion/src/routes/vyos.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// VyOS network install routes.
+//
+// VyOS has no unattended installer, so the automation is injected via
+// live-config's `hooks` component: the iPXE script passes
+// live-config.hooks=<.../vyos/autoinstall.sh>, live-config wgets it and runs it
+// as root, and that script fetches and executes the generated install driver.
+
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import type { BastionConfig } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { StateManager } from "../services/state.js";
+import { buildVyosConfigSpec } from "../templates/vyos-config-spec.js";
+import { renderVyosInstallPy } from "../templates/vyos-install.py.js";
+import { logger } from "../services/logger.js";
+
+function normalizeMac(value: string | undefined): string {
+  return (value ?? "").toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");
+}
+
+export function registerVyosRoutes(
+  app: FastifyInstance,
+  config: BastionConfig,
+  state: StateManager,
+): void {
+  // live-config hook. Kept minimal: everything version-specific lives in the
+  // generated Python. wget is guaranteed present -- live-config used it to
+  // fetch this very script.
+  app.get<{ Querystring: { mac?: string } }>("/vyos/autoinstall.sh", async (request, reply) => {
+    const mac = normalizeMac(request.query.mac);
+    const base = `http://${config.serverIp}:${config.httpPort}`;
+
+    logger.info(`VYOS AUTOINSTALL HOOK served to ${mac || "unknown MAC"}`);
+
+    const script = `#!/bin/sh
+# Lab PXE Bastion -- VyOS unattended install hook (run by live-config as root)
+set -eu
+
+wget -q "${base}/vyos/install.py?mac=${mac}" -O /tmp/vyos-install.py
+exec python3 /tmp/vyos-install.py
+`;
+    return reply.type("text/plain").send(script);
+  });
+
+  // Per-MAC install driver, with the machine's config spec baked in.
+  app.get<{ Querystring: { mac?: string } }>("/vyos/install.py", async (request, reply) => {
+    const mac = normalizeMac(request.query.mac);
+    const queueEntry = state.load().install_queue[mac];
+
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: queueEntry?.hostname ?? "vyos",
+      spec: queueEntry?.vyos,
+      defaultPassword: config.vyosDefaultPassword,
+      sshKeys: config.sshKeys,
+      disk: queueEntry?.disk,
+    });
+
+    logger.info(
+      `VYOS INSTALL DRIVER served to ${mac} (${spec.hostname}, ` +
+      `${spec.sets.length} config ops, disk="${spec.disk || "auto"}")`,
+    );
+
+    const script = renderVyosInstallPy({
+      spec,
+      mac,
+      serverIp: config.serverIp,
+      httpPort: config.httpPort,
+      role: queueEntry?.role ?? "vanilla",
+    });
+
+    return reply.type("text/plain").send(script);
+  });
+}

bastion/src/bastion/src/server.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { registerDispatchRoutes } from "./routes/dispatch.js";
 import { registerKickstartRoutes } from "./routes/kickstart.js";
 import { registerApiRoutes } from "./routes/api.js";
 import { registerAsahiRoutes } from "./routes/asahi.js";
+import { registerVyosRoutes } from "./routes/vyos.js";
 
 
 export function createApp(config: BastionConfig): { app: ReturnType<typeof Fastify>; state: StateManager; installLog: InstallLogBuffer; syslog: SyslogListener } {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ export function createApp(config: BastionConfig): { app: ReturnType<typeof Fasti
   registerKickstartRoutes(app, config, state, syslog);
   registerApiRoutes(app, state, installLog, syslog);
   registerAsahiRoutes(app, config);
+  registerVyosRoutes(app, config, state);
   // boot.iso is generated at startup and served as a static file from httpDir
   // (static serving supports HTTP Range requests, required by JetKVM streaming)
 

bastion/src/bastion/src/services/labd-connection.ts

@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export class BastionConnection {
       case "command-role-update":
       case "command-debug":
       case "command-register":
+      case "command-discover":
         void this.handleCommand(msg);
         break;
     }

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/asahi-firstboot.sh.ts

@@ -111,6 +111,29 @@ mount_lv() {
     fi
 }
 
+# ── Write fstab function (idempotent) ────────────────────────────
+write_lab_fstab() {
+    # Remove any previous lab LVM entries (clean slate)
+    sed -i '/# lab-lvm:/d' /etc/fstab
+    sed -i '/# Lab LVM volumes/d' /etc/fstab
+    grep -v "/dev/labvg/" /etc/fstab > /etc/fstab.tmp && mv /etc/fstab.tmp /etc/fstab
+    # Comment out non-LVM entries for mount points we manage
+    for mp in "/var " "/var/log " "/home " "/srv "; do
+        if grep -q "$mp" /etc/fstab; then
+            awk -v m="$mp" '{if($0 !~ /^#/ && index($0,m)) print "# lab-lvm: " $0; else print}' /etc/fstab > /etc/fstab.tmp
+            mv /etc/fstab.tmp /etc/fstab
+        fi
+    done
+    # Add fresh LVM entries
+    echo "# Lab LVM volumes" >> /etc/fstab
+    echo "/dev/labvg/swap    none         swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+    echo "/dev/labvg/var     /var         xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+    echo "/dev/labvg/varlog  /var/log     xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+    echo "/dev/labvg/home    /home        xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+    echo "/dev/labvg/srv     /srv         xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+    ${roleFstabLines.join('\n    ')}
+}
+
 # ── Check for existing VG ────────────────────────────────────────
 if vgs labvg &>/dev/null; then
     echo "Volume group 'labvg' already exists — reprovision detected."
@@ -129,22 +152,11 @@ ${roleMountLines.map(l => `    ${l}`).join('\n')}
         echo "  Enabled swap"
     fi
 
-    # Ensure fstab entries exist
-    grep -q "labvg" /etc/fstab || {
-        echo "# Lab LVM volumes (re-added after reprovision)" >> /etc/fstab
-        echo "/dev/labvg/swap    none         swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-        echo "/dev/labvg/var     /var         xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-        echo "/dev/labvg/varlog  /var/log     xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-        echo "/dev/labvg/home    /home        xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-        echo "/dev/labvg/srv     /srv         xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-${roleFstabLines.map(l => `        ${l}`).join('\n')}
-    }
+    # Ensure fstab entries exist — comment out conflicting btrfs subvol entries
+    write_lab_fstab
 
     echo "Existing LVM volumes re-mounted."
-    touch "$MARKER"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
+else
 # ── Fresh install: create LVM ────────────────────────────────────
 echo "Creating LVM on $DATA_PART..."
 
@@ -210,34 +222,39 @@ echo "NOTE: /var and /var/log will switch to LVM on next reboot."
 # Enable swap
 swapon /dev/labvg/swap 2>/dev/null || true
 
-# Write fstab entries
-echo "" >> /etc/fstab
-echo "# Lab LVM volumes" >> /etc/fstab
-echo "/dev/labvg/swap    none         swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-echo "/dev/labvg/var     /var         xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-echo "/dev/labvg/varlog  /var/log     xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-echo "/dev/labvg/home    /home        xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-echo "/dev/labvg/srv     /srv         xfs  defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
-${roleFstabLines.join('\n')}
+write_lab_fstab
 
 echo "LVM setup complete."
 lvs labvg
 
-# ── Set hostname ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
-hostnamectl set-hostname "${hostname}"
+fi  # end if/else for reprovision vs fresh install
+
+# ── Set hostname (use configured value, or keep existing) ────────
+CONF_HOSTNAME="${hostname}"
+if [ "$CONF_HOSTNAME" != "unknown" ] && [ -n "$CONF_HOSTNAME" ]; then
+    hostnamectl set-hostname "$CONF_HOSTNAME"
+fi
+ACTUAL_HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
+
+# ── Detect MAC address ───────────────────────────────────────────
+CONF_MAC="${mac}"
+if [ "$CONF_MAC" = "unknown" ] || [ -z "$CONF_MAC" ]; then
+    CONF_MAC=$(ip -o link show | grep -v "lo:" | grep "state UP" | head -1 | grep -oP 'link/ether \\K[^ ]+' || echo "unknown")
+fi
 
 # ── Configure admin user ─────────────────────────────────────────
-if ! id "${adminUser}" &>/dev/null; then
-    useradd -m -G wheel "${adminUser}"
-    echo "${adminUser} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/${adminUser}
-    chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/${adminUser}
+ADMIN="${adminUser}"
+if ! id "$ADMIN" &>/dev/null; then
+    useradd -m -G wheel "$ADMIN"
+    echo "$ADMIN ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/$ADMIN
+    chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/$ADMIN
 fi
-ADMIN_SSH="/home/${adminUser}/.ssh"
+ADMIN_SSH="/home/$ADMIN/.ssh"
 mkdir -p "$ADMIN_SSH"
 chmod 700 "$ADMIN_SSH"
 ${sshKeyBlock}
 chmod 600 "$ADMIN_SSH/authorized_keys"
-chown -R ${adminUser}:${adminUser} "$ADMIN_SSH"
+chown -R $ADMIN:$ADMIN "$ADMIN_SSH"
 
 # Also authorize root
 mkdir -p /root/.ssh
@@ -246,14 +263,14 @@ ${rootSshKeyBlock}
 chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
 # ── Harden SSH (takes effect on next sshd restart/reboot) ────────
-sed -i 's/^#\\?PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
-sed -i 's/^#\\?PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+sed -i 's/^#*PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+sed -i 's/^#*PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 
 # ── Write provisioning metadata ──────────────────────────────────
 cat > /etc/lab-provisioned << LABMETA
-hostname=${hostname}
+hostname=$ACTUAL_HOSTNAME
 role=${role}
-mac=${mac}
+mac=$CONF_MAC
 provisioned_at=$(date -Iseconds)
 method=asahi-firstboot
 LABMETA
@@ -263,9 +280,9 @@ IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
 echo "Registering with bastion at ${serverIp}:${httpPort}..."
 curl -sf -X POST "http://${serverIp}:${httpPort}/api/register" \\
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\
-    -d "{\\"mac\\":\\"${mac}\\",\\"hostname\\":\\"${hostname}\\",\\"role\\":\\"${role}\\",\\"ip\\":\\"$IP\\"}" \\
-    2>/dev/null && echo "  Registered as ${hostname} ($IP)" \\
-    || echo "  WARNING: Could not reach bastion — register manually with: labctl provision register ${mac} ${hostname} --role ${role} --ip $IP"
+    -d "{\\"mac\\":\\"$CONF_MAC\\",\\"hostname\\":\\"$ACTUAL_HOSTNAME\\",\\"role\\":\\"${role}\\",\\"ip\\":\\"$IP\\"}" \\
+    2>/dev/null && echo "  Registered as $ACTUAL_HOSTNAME ($IP)" \\
+    || echo "  WARNING: Could not reach bastion — register manually with: labctl provision register $CONF_MAC $ACTUAL_HOSTNAME --role ${role} --ip $IP"
 
 # ── Mark done ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 touch "$MARKER"

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/install.ks.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ export function renderInstallKickstart(params: InstallKickstartParams): string {
   const now = new Date().toISOString();
   const hasLonghorn = role === "worker";
   const hasRancher = role === "infra";
+  // k8s roles get a dedicated 120G image-store LV. 2026-08 incident: the old
+  // 20G LV idled at 85% used, so a single ~5G image pull tripped imagefs
+  // eviction. Must be sized here — longhorn's --grow consumes all remaining
+  // VG space, making post-install lvextend impossible on worker nodes.
+  const hasRancherLv = role === "infra" || role === "worker";
   const isVanilla = role === "vanilla";
 
   // -- Auth section --
@@ -113,9 +118,9 @@ done
     ? `logvol /var/lib/longhorn --vgname=${vg} --name=longhorn --fstype=xfs --grow --size=1`
     : "";
 
-  // -- Rancher LV for fresh install (infra role) --
-  const rancherFreshLine = hasRancher
-    ? `logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=${vg} --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=20480`
+  // -- Rancher LV for fresh install (k8s roles: worker + infra) --
+  const rancherFreshLine = hasRancherLv
+    ? `logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=${vg} --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=122880`
     : "";
 
   return `# Lab Bastion -- Fedora ${fedoraVersion} server install

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/vyos-boot.ipxe.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// iPXE boot script template for VyOS network install.
+//
+// VyOS ships no unattended installer: `install image` is unconditionally
+// interactive (image_installer.py's install action takes no arguments, and
+// --no-prompt is wired only to `add`). So PXE boots the *live* system and the
+// automation is injected through live-config's `hooks` component, which fetches
+// a script over HTTP and runs it as root late in live boot.
+//
+// Unlike the Fedora/Ubuntu paths this boots a live image rather than an
+// installer, so there is no kickstart/autoinstall equivalent — see
+// routes/vyos.ts for the hook that actually drives the install.
+
+export function renderVyosInstallIpxe(params: {
+  mac: string;
+  hostname: string;
+  serverIp: string;
+  httpPort: number;
+}): string {
+  const base = `http://${params.serverIp}:${params.httpPort}`;
+
+  // Pin the boot NIC by MAC. live-boot otherwise scans for the first
+  // *connected* interface, and on a multi-NIC box that race is lost by
+  // whichever port negotiates slowest: on the Protectli VP2440 the SFP+
+  // pair links first, so live-boot picked the fiber ports (which have no
+  // DHCP), burned 15s per port, and gave up with "Unable to find a live
+  // file system on the network" -- while the copper port that actually PXE
+  // booted came up at 4.6s and was never tried.
+  //
+  // live-boot's Device_from_bootif() strips the "01-" and matches the MAC
+  // against /sys/class/net/*. params.mac is the dispatch key, i.e. exactly
+  // the NIC that PXE booted -- more reliable than iPXE's ${net0} on a box
+  // where the booting NIC may not be net0.
+  const bootif = `01-${params.mac.toLowerCase().replace(/:/g, "-")}`;
+
+  // Deliberately NOT passing `nonetworking` (present in VyOS's own PXE docs):
+  // live-config's hook component needs networking up to fetch the hook over
+  // HTTP. Also no `console=ttyS0` — on hardware without a physical UART that
+  // costs 30s at every systemd boot phase.
+  return `#!ipxe
+
+echo
+echo =============================================
+echo   Lab PXE Bastion - INSTALLING VyOS
+echo   Target: ${params.hostname}
+echo   MAC:    ${params.mac}
+echo =============================================
+echo
+
+kernel ${base}/vyos-vmlinuz boot=live nopersistence noautologin BOOTIF=${bootif} fetch=${base}/vyos-filesystem.squashfs live-config.hooks=${base}/vyos/autoinstall.sh?mac=${params.mac}
+initrd ${base}/vyos-initrd
+boot
+`;
+}

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/vyos-config-spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+// Builds the VyOS configuration spec applied by the autoinstall hook.
+//
+// We deliberately do NOT emit a config.boot file as text. A config.boot carries a
+// `vyos-config-version` trailer; without a trailer matching the running image,
+// VyOS runs its migration scripts from version 0 on first boot. Instead the hook
+// loads the image's own /opt/vyatta/etc/config.boot.default through vyos.configtree
+// and applies these set operations on top, so syntax and version trailer always
+// match the exact image being installed.
+
+import type { VyosInstallSpec } from "@lab/shared";
+
+export interface VyosSetOp {
+  path: string[];
+  value?: string;
+  /** false appends to a multi-value node (e.g. bond members) instead of replacing. */
+  replace?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface VyosConfigSpec {
+  hostname: string;
+  /** "" means accept the installer default (the running image's version string). */
+  imageName: string;
+  password: string;
+  console: "K" | "S";
+  /** Target disk name (e.g. "nvme0n1"); "" accepts the installer's first-disk default. */
+  disk: string;
+  /**
+   * IP the driver should report in the "complete" callback ("ready at <ip>" —
+   * the exact format routes/api.ts parses installed.ip from). The mgmt
+   * address when static; "" means detect the live DHCP address at runtime.
+   */
+  reportAddress: string;
+  /** Whether to accept RAID-1 when the installer finds more than one disk. */
+  raid: boolean;
+  /** Overwrite the installed config.boot with the generated one on reinstall. */
+  freshConfig: boolean;
+  sets: VyosSetOp[];
+  /** Paths that are VyOS tag nodes — must be marked as such in the ConfigTree. */
+  tags: string[][];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Normalise a target disk to the form the installer expects.
+ *
+ * find_disks() enumerates via `lsblk -Jbp` (-p = full paths), so its valid
+ * responses are "/dev/mmcblk0"-style. A bare "mmcblk0" is rejected by
+ * ask_input()'s valid_responses check and re-prompts forever.
+ */
+function normalizeDiskPath(value: string | undefined): string {
+  const raw = (value ?? "").trim();
+  if (raw === "") return "";
+  return raw.startsWith("/dev/") ? raw : `/dev/${raw}`;
+}
+
+/** Sentinel marking a value that lives in Pulumi config, not in the bundle. */
+const SECRET_PREFIX = "@secret:";
+
+/**
+ * Enable the VyOS HTTP API so the router is manageable the moment it boots.
+ *
+ * This belongs at install time rather than in the Pulumi model: the model is
+ * applied THROUGH this API, so a router that lacks it cannot be brought under
+ * management without a hand-run change on a live firewall. It is also why the
+ * model excludes `service https` outright -- a provider able to rewrite its own
+ * transport can lock itself out permanently.
+ *
+ * `listen-address` is always set. Leaving it unbound would expose a
+ * config-write endpoint on every segment the router touches, the WAN included.
+ */
+function apiSets(apiKey: string, listenAddress: string): VyosSetOp[] {
+  const sets: VyosSetOp[] = [
+    { path: ["service", "https", "api", "keys", "id", "pulumi", "key"], value: apiKey },
+    { path: ["service", "https", "api", "rest"] },
+  ];
+  if (listenAddress !== "") {
+    sets.push({ path: ["service", "https", "listen-address"], value: listenAddress });
+  }
+  return sets;
+}
+
+/** Tag nodes introduced by the API config, needed by the installer's ConfigTree. */
+const API_TAGS: string[][] = [["service", "https", "api", "keys", "id"]];
+
+/**
+ * The address to bind the API to: an explicit choice, else the management
+ * address with its prefix length stripped. Under DHCP there is no address to
+ * bind at build time, so the caller must pass one or the listener stays unbound
+ * and the API is not enabled at all.
+ */
+function apiListenAddress(spec: VyosInstallSpec, mgmtAddress: string): string {
+  if (spec.apiListenAddress !== undefined && spec.apiListenAddress !== "") {
+    return spec.apiListenAddress;
+  }
+  return mgmtAddress.includes("/") ? (mgmtAddress.split("/")[0] ?? "") : "";
+}
+
+/**
+ * Use a Pulumi-rendered bundle as the router's config verbatim.
+ *
+ * Secret-valued nodes are dropped rather than installed with their sentinel
+ * text: writing `@secret:pppoePassword` into config.boot would look configured
+ * while being wrong, which is worse than being absent. The router comes up
+ * without those values and the first `pulumi up` fills them in.
+ *
+ * `system host-name` is forced to the hostname the install was asked for. The
+ * bundle carries the name of whichever router it was exported from, and
+ * installing vyos001's hostname onto vyos002 would collide on the network.
+ */
+function buildFromBundle(
+  params: { hostname: string; defaultPassword: string; disk?: string | undefined },
+  spec: VyosInstallSpec,
+  bundle: NonNullable<VyosInstallSpec["bundle"]>,
+  mgmtAddress: string,
+): VyosConfigSpec {
+  const sets: VyosSetOp[] = [];
+  const dropped: string[] = [];
+  for (const op of bundle.sets) {
+    if (op.value !== undefined && op.value.startsWith(SECRET_PREFIX)) {
+      dropped.push(op.path.join(" "));
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (op.path.length === 2 && op.path[0] === "system" && op.path[1] === "host-name") {
+      continue;
+    }
+    sets.push({
+      path: op.path,
+      ...(op.value === undefined ? {} : { value: op.value }),
+      ...(op.replace === undefined ? {} : { replace: op.replace }),
+    });
+  }
+  sets.unshift({ path: ["system", "host-name"], value: params.hostname });
+
+  if (dropped.length > 0) {
+    console.warn(
+      `vyos ${params.hostname}: ${dropped.length} secret-valued node(s) left unset by the ` +
+        `bundle; run \`pulumi up\` to supply them: ${dropped.join(", ")}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const tags = [...bundle.tags];
+  const api = enableApi(spec, params.hostname, mgmtAddress);
+  if (api.length > 0) {
+    sets.push(...api);
+    tags.push(...API_TAGS);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    hostname: params.hostname,
+    imageName: "",
+    password: spec.password ?? params.defaultPassword,
+    console: "K",
+    disk: normalizeDiskPath(params.disk),
+    reportAddress: mgmtAddress.includes("/") ? (mgmtAddress.split("/")[0] ?? "") : "",
+    raid: false,
+    freshConfig: spec.freshConfig ?? false,
+    sets,
+    tags,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * The API config for this install, or nothing when it cannot be enabled safely.
+ *
+ * Refusing to enable it unbound is deliberate. Under DHCP there is no address
+ * known at build time, and the alternative -- binding to every interface --
+ * would publish a config-write endpoint on the WAN. Better to leave the router
+ * SSH-only and say so than to open it everywhere.
+ */
+function enableApi(spec: VyosInstallSpec, hostname: string, mgmtAddress: string): VyosSetOp[] {
+  if (spec.apiKey === undefined || spec.apiKey === "") return [];
+  const listen = apiListenAddress(spec, mgmtAddress);
+  if (listen === "") {
+    console.warn(
+      `vyos ${hostname}: --vyos-api-key given but no address to bind to ` +
+        `(management is "${mgmtAddress}"). Pass --vyos-api-listen <addr>; the HTTP API ` +
+        `has NOT been enabled, so Pulumi cannot manage this router yet.`,
+    );
+    return [];
+  }
+  return apiSets(spec.apiKey, listen);
+}
+
+export function buildVyosConfigSpec(params: {
+  hostname: string;
+  spec?: VyosInstallSpec | undefined;
+  defaultPassword: string;
+  sshKeys?: string[] | undefined;
+  disk?: string | undefined;
+}): VyosConfigSpec {
+  const spec = params.spec ?? {};
+  const mgmt = spec.mgmtInterface ?? "eth0";
+  const mgmtAddress = spec.mgmtAddress ?? "dhcp";
+
+  // A rendered bundle replaces the derived config entirely. Deriving a second
+  // opinion alongside it is the drift the bundle exists to prevent: Pulumi and
+  // labctl would each believe they knew the router's config, and the box would
+  // end up with whichever ran last.
+  if (spec.bundle !== undefined) {
+    return buildFromBundle(params, spec, spec.bundle, mgmtAddress);
+  }
+  const bondMembers = spec.bondMembers ?? [];
+  const vlans = spec.vlans ?? [];
+
+  const sets: VyosSetOp[] = [];
+  const tags: string[][] = [
+    ["interfaces", "ethernet"],
+    ["system", "login", "user"],
+  ];
+
+  const hwIds = spec.hwIds ?? {};
+  const pinHwId = (iface: string): void => {
+    const mac = hwIds[iface];
+    if (mac !== undefined && mac !== "") {
+      sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "ethernet", iface, "hw-id"], value: mac });
+    }
+  };
+
+  sets.push({ path: ["system", "host-name"], value: params.hostname });
+
+  // Management interface — the NIC that PXE booted, left untagged and unbonded.
+  sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "ethernet", mgmt, "address"], value: mgmtAddress });
+  pinHwId(mgmt);
+
+  // Tagged management VLAN on the PXE port. Emitted regardless of bonding, so
+  // the box stays reachable on the management VLAN while still booting untagged
+  // on whichever VLAN the bastion's proxy DHCP serves.
+  const mgmtVlan = spec.mgmtVlan;
+  if (mgmtVlan !== undefined) {
+    tags.push(["interfaces", "ethernet", mgmt, "vif"]);
+    const vif = ["interfaces", "ethernet", mgmt, "vif", String(mgmtVlan.id)];
+    sets.push({ path: [...vif, "address"], value: mgmtVlan.address });
+    if (mgmtVlan.description !== undefined && mgmtVlan.description !== "") {
+      sets.push({ path: [...vif, "description"], value: mgmtVlan.description });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // LACP bond. Members must exclude the PXE NIC; firmware PXE cannot run over LACP.
+  const bonded = bondMembers.length > 0;
+  if (bonded) {
+    tags.push(["interfaces", "bonding"]);
+    sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "mode"], value: "802.3ad" });
+    sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "hash-policy"], value: "layer2+3" });
+    for (const member of bondMembers) {
+      sets.push({
+        path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "member", "interface"],
+        value: member,
+        replace: false,
+      });
+      pinHwId(member);
+    }
+    // Address on the trunk's native/untagged VLAN.
+    if (spec.bondAddress !== undefined && spec.bondAddress !== "") {
+      sets.push({ path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "address"], value: spec.bondAddress });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // VRRP groups accumulate here; emitted (plus a sync group) after the VLANs.
+  // interface accepts dotted vifs (constraint regex `[0-9]+(.\d+)?`), address
+  // is a tag node (the VIP is the tag value itself), vrid range is 1-255.
+  const vrrpGroups: Array<{ name: string; iface: string; vrid: number; vip: string }> = [];
+  if (bonded && spec.bondVrrp !== undefined && spec.bondVrrp !== "") {
+    // vrid 1 for the untagged group: the native VLAN is never a vif, so this
+    // cannot collide with a vlan-id-derived vrid.
+    vrrpGroups.push({ name: "native", iface: "bond0", vrid: 1, vip: spec.bondVrrp });
+  }
+
+  // Tagged VLAN sub-interfaces hang off the bond when there is one, else off mgmt.
+  const parent = bonded
+    ? ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0"]
+    : ["interfaces", "ethernet", mgmt];
+  if (vlans.length > 0) {
+    tags.push([...parent, "vif"]);
+    const parentName = bonded ? "bond0" : mgmt;
+    for (const vlan of vlans) {
+      const vif = [...parent, "vif", String(vlan.id)];
+      sets.push({ path: [...vif, "address"], value: vlan.address });
+      if (vlan.description !== undefined && vlan.description !== "") {
+        sets.push({ path: [...vif, "description"], value: vlan.description });
+      }
+      if (vlan.vrrp !== undefined && vlan.vrrp !== "") {
+        vrrpGroups.push({
+          name: `vlan${vlan.id}`,
+          iface: `${parentName}.${vlan.id}`,
+          vrid: vlan.id,
+          vip: vlan.vrrp,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Emit VRRP groups plus one sync group so all VLANs fail over together —
+  // without it a single-link event could split mastership across the pair.
+  if (vrrpGroups.length > 0) {
+    tags.push(["high-availability", "vrrp", "group"]);
+    tags.push(["high-availability", "vrrp", "sync-group"]);
+    const priority = String(spec.vrrpPriority ?? 100);
+    for (const g of vrrpGroups) {
+      const base = ["high-availability", "vrrp", "group", g.name];
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "interface"], value: g.iface });
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "vrid"], value: String(g.vrid) });
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "priority"], value: priority });
+      // address is a tag node: the VIP is the path's final segment, no value.
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "address", g.vip] });
+      tags.push([...base, "address"]);
+      sets.push({
+        path: ["high-availability", "vrrp", "sync-group", "MAIN", "member"],
+        value: g.name,
+        replace: false,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  sets.push({ path: ["service", "ssh", "port"], value: "22" });
+
+  const sshKeys = params.sshKeys ?? [];
+  if (sshKeys.length > 0) {
+    tags.push(["system", "login", "user", "vyos", "authentication", "public-keys"]);
+    sshKeys.forEach((entry, index) => {
+      const parts = entry.trim().split(/\s+/);
+      const type = parts[0] ?? "";
+      const key = parts[1] ?? "";
+      if (!type.startsWith("ssh-") && !type.startsWith("ecdsa-")) return;
+      if (!key) return;
+      const name = parts[2] ?? `lab-key-${index}`;
+      const base = ["system", "login", "user", "vyos", "authentication", "public-keys", name];
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "type"], value: type });
+      sets.push({ path: [...base, "key"], value: key });
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Enabled here too, not just for bundle installs: every VyOS this bastion
+  // provisions should be manageable from first boot.
+  const api = enableApi(spec, params.hostname, mgmtAddress);
+  if (api.length > 0) {
+    sets.push(...api);
+    tags.push(...API_TAGS);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    hostname: params.hostname,
+    imageName: "",
+    password: spec.password ?? params.defaultPassword,
+    console: "K",
+    disk: normalizeDiskPath(params.disk),
+    // Static mgmt address wins; under DHCP the driver detects the live IP.
+    reportAddress: mgmtAddress.includes("/") ? (mgmtAddress.split("/")[0] ?? "") : "",
+    raid: false,
+    freshConfig: spec.freshConfig ?? false,
+    sets,
+    tags,
+  };
+}

bastion/src/bastion/src/templates/vyos-install.py.ts

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+// Renders the Python program that performs the unattended VyOS install.
+//
+// It runs as root inside the live system, fetched and executed by live-config's
+// `hooks` component (see vyos-boot.ipxe.ts). It does three things:
+//   1. builds config.boot from the image's own default via vyos.configtree
+//   2. drives the interactive `install image` through a pty
+//   3. reports progress back to the bastion, then reboots
+//
+// A pty is used rather than piping stdin because the installer reads the
+// password through getpass(), which opens /dev/tty directly and would ignore a
+// pipe. Prompts are matched by text rather than replayed positionally: the
+// installer skips the boot-config question when it finds a previous
+// installation, so a fixed answer sequence desyncs on reinstall.
+
+import type { VyosConfigSpec } from "./vyos-config-spec.js";
+
+export function renderVyosInstallPy(params: {
+  spec: VyosConfigSpec;
+  mac: string;
+  serverIp: string;
+  httpPort: number;
+  role: string;
+}): string {
+  // Base64 so arbitrary values (passwords, descriptions, SSH keys) can never
+  // terminate the Python string literal that carries them.
+  const specB64 = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(params.spec), "utf-8").toString("base64");
+
+  return `#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Unattended VyOS install driver -- generated by the lab PXE bastion."""
+
+import base64
+import json
+import os
+import pty
+import re
+import select
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+import urllib.request
+
+SPEC = json.loads(base64.b64decode("${specB64}").decode("utf-8"))
+BASTION = "http://${params.serverIp}:${params.httpPort}"
+MAC = "${params.mac}"
+ROLE = ${JSON.stringify(params.role ?? "vanilla")}
+
+INSTALLER = "/usr/libexec/vyos/op_mode/image_installer.py"
+CONFIG_DIR = "/opt/vyatta/etc/config"
+# The installer copies the rootfs from the boot MEDIUM path -- which only a
+# CD/USB boot provides. With fetch= (HTTP netboot) nothing is mounted there
+# (verified in VM: Errno 2), so the squashfs must be linked or re-fetched into
+# place before 'install image' runs.
+ROOTFS_EXPECTED = "/usr/lib/live/mount/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs"
+SQUASHFS_URL = "http://${params.serverIp}:${params.httpPort}/vyos-filesystem.squashfs"
+# The live-config hook runs BEFORE vyos-router creates the /opt/vyatta compat
+# path, so the squashfs's own location must be tried too (verified in VM: only
+# /usr/share/vyos/config.boot.default exists at hook time).
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_CANDIDATES = [
+    "/opt/vyatta/etc/config.boot.default",
+    "/usr/share/vyos/config.boot.default",
+]
+STALL_TIMEOUT = 900  # seconds without installer output before giving up
+
+
+def detect_ip():
+    """Best-effort local IP as seen on the route toward the bastion.
+
+    Matches Fedora's semantics (IP captured during install): under DHCP the
+    installed system will renew on the same NIC/subnet the live env used.
+    """
+    import socket
+    try:
+        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        s.connect(("${params.serverIp}", ${params.httpPort}))
+        ip = s.getsockname()[0]
+        s.close()
+        return ip
+    except Exception:
+        return ""
+
+
+class LogStreamer:
+    """Stream install output to the bastion's /api/log so 'labctl provision
+    logs -f' works live for VyOS, like Anaconda's syslog does for Fedora.
+
+    Strictly best-effort: a failed POST drops the batch and must never stall
+    the pty read loop or fail the install.
+    """
+
+    ANSI = re.compile(rb"\\x1b\\[[0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z]|\\x1b[=>]|\\r")
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.partial = b""
+        self.pending = []
+        self.last_flush = time.time()
+
+    def feed(self, chunk):
+        """Raw pty bytes: split into lines, strip ANSI noise, queue."""
+        self.partial += chunk
+        while b"\\n" in self.partial:
+            raw, self.partial = self.partial.split(b"\\n", 1)
+            text = self.ANSI.sub(b"", raw).decode("utf-8", "replace").rstrip()
+            if text:
+                self.pending.append(text)
+        self.maybe_flush()
+
+    def line(self, text):
+        """A driver-originated message (already a clean string)."""
+        self.pending.append(text)
+        self.maybe_flush()
+
+    def maybe_flush(self):
+        if len(self.pending) >= 20 or (self.pending and time.time() - self.last_flush >= 2):
+            self.flush()
+
+    def flush(self):
+        if not self.pending:
+            return
+        batch, self.pending = self.pending[:200], self.pending[200:]
+        self.last_flush = time.time()
+        try:
+            body = json.dumps({"mac": MAC, "lines": batch}).encode()
+            req = urllib.request.Request(
+                BASTION + "/api/log",
+                data=body,
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            )
+            urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5).read()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
+STREAM = LogStreamer()
+
+
+def say(msg):
+    """Print locally and stream to the bastion log buffer."""
+    print(msg)
+    STREAM.line(str(msg))
+
+
+def report(stage, detail=""):
+    """Best-effort progress callback; never fatal."""
+    STREAM.flush()
+    try:
+        body = json.dumps({"mac": MAC, "stage": stage, "detail": detail}).encode()
+        req = urllib.request.Request(
+            BASTION + "/api/progress",
+            data=body,
+            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+        )
+        urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5).read()
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
+def build_config():
+    """Apply our set operations onto the image's own default config.
+
+    Using config.boot.default as the base keeps the vyos-config-version trailer
+    consistent with the running image, so first boot does not run migrations.
+    """
+    from vyos.configtree import ConfigTree
+
+    default_config = next(
+        (p for p in DEFAULT_CONFIG_CANDIDATES if os.path.exists(p)), None)
+    if default_config is None:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(
+            "no config.boot.default found (tried %s)" % ", ".join(DEFAULT_CONFIG_CANDIDATES))
+    say("base config: %s" % default_config)
+
+    with open(default_config) as handle:
+        config = ConfigTree(handle.read())
+
+    for op in SPEC["sets"]:
+        replace = op.get("replace", True)
+        if "value" in op and op["value"] is not None:
+            config.set(op["path"], value=op["value"], replace=replace)
+        else:
+            config.set(op["path"])
+
+    # Tag nodes must be marked after the nodes exist, as the installer itself does.
+    for tag in SPEC["tags"]:
+        try:
+            config.set_tag(tag)
+        except Exception as err:
+            say("warning: set_tag %s failed: %s" % (tag, err))
+
+    os.makedirs(CONFIG_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+    target = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, "config.boot")
+
+    # Re-attach the vyos-config-version footer: ConfigTree.to_string() emits
+    # only the config body, and a config without the footer is treated as
+    # ancient -- the boot migrator then runs every migration over it and (as
+    # observed in the VM test) crashes in system/31-to-32. Building the footer
+    # from the running system pins it to the exact image being installed.
+    body = config.to_string()
+    try:
+        from vyos.component_version import version_info_from_system
+        info = version_info_from_system()
+        info.update_config_body(body)
+        info.write(target)
+        say("wrote %s (footer: %s)" % (target, info.release))
+    except Exception as err:
+        say("warning: version footer failed (%s); writing bare config" % err)
+        with open(target, "w") as handle:
+            handle.write(body)
+    return target
+
+
+def find_live_squashfs():
+    """Locate the squashfs live-boot fetched, without walking into the mounted
+    rootfs or overlay (each would mean traversing the entire OS tree)."""
+    explicit = [
+        "/run/live/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs",
+        "/lib/live/mount/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs",
+    ]
+    for path in explicit:
+        if os.path.isfile(path) and os.path.getsize(path) > 0:
+            return path
+    for root in ("/run/live", "/lib/live/mount", "/usr/lib/live/mount"):
+        for dirpath, dirs, files in os.walk(root):
+            depth = dirpath.count(os.sep) - root.count(os.sep)
+            dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs
+                       if d not in ("rootfs", "overlay")
+                       and not d.endswith(".squashfs")
+                       and depth < 3]
+            if "filesystem.squashfs" in files:
+                path = os.path.join(dirpath, "filesystem.squashfs")
+                if os.path.isfile(path) and os.path.getsize(path) > 0:
+                    return path
+    return None
+
+
+def ensure_rootfs():
+    """Make FILE_ROOTFS_SRC exist so the installer can copy the system image."""
+    if os.path.isfile(ROOTFS_EXPECTED) and os.path.getsize(ROOTFS_EXPECTED) > 0:
+        return
+    src = find_live_squashfs()
+    if src is None:
+        say("squashfs not in live mounts; re-fetching %s" % SQUASHFS_URL)
+        src = "/tmp/filesystem.squashfs"
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(SQUASHFS_URL, src)
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(ROOTFS_EXPECTED), exist_ok=True)
+    if os.path.lexists(ROOTFS_EXPECTED):
+        os.remove(ROOTFS_EXPECTED)
+    os.symlink(src, ROOTFS_EXPECTED)
+    say("rootfs source: %s -> %s" % (ROOTFS_EXPECTED, src))
+
+
+def build_rules():
+    """Prompt -> response table for the interactive installer."""
+    password = SPEC["password"].encode() + b"\\n"
+    image_name = SPEC["imageName"].encode() + b"\\n"
+    disk = SPEC["disk"].encode() + b"\\n"
+    console = SPEC["console"].encode() + b"\\n"
+    raid = (b"yes\\n" if SPEC["raid"] else b"no\\n")
+
+    return [
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to continue\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"What would you like to name this image\\?"), image_name),
+        (re.compile(rb"Please confirm password for the .vyos. user:"), password),
+        (re.compile(rb"Please enter a password for the .vyos. user:"), password),
+        (re.compile(rb"What console should be used by default"), console),
+        # Three RAID variants: "configure RAID-1 mirroring?", "...on them?",
+        # and "choose two disks for RAID-1 mirroring?" -- all default to YES,
+        # so a missed one both hangs the install and risks an unwanted mirror.
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to [^?]*RAID-1 mirroring"), raid),
+        (re.compile(rb"Installation will delete all data on (?:the drive|both drives)\\. Continue\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"Which one should be used for installation\\?"), disk),
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to use all the free space on the drive\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"Which file would you like as boot config\\?"), b"1\\n"),
+        # Reinstall path only (search_previous_installation): carrying the old
+        # /config and SSH host keys forward is VyOS's "reinstall without losing
+        # data". Always yes -- freshConfig replaces config.boot afterwards, so
+        # answering no here would also discard non-config data under /config.
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to copy data to the new image\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"Would you like to copy the encrypted config to the new image\\?"), b"yes\\n"),
+        # More than one previous image found -- take the first offered.
+        (re.compile(rb"From which image would you like to save config information\\?"), b"1\\n"),
+        (re.compile(rb"From which image would you like to copy the encrypted config\\?"), b"1\\n"),
+    ]
+
+
+def run_installer():
+    """Drive image_installer.py over a pty, answering prompts as they appear."""
+    rules = build_rules()
+    master, slave = pty.openpty()
+
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        [INSTALLER, "--action", "install"],
+        stdin=slave,
+        stdout=slave,
+        stderr=slave,
+        close_fds=True,
+        preexec_fn=os.setsid,
+    )
+    os.close(slave)
+
+    buf = b""
+    transcript = b""   # rolling tail of everything the installer printed
+    last_output = time.time()
+
+    while True:
+        ready, _, _ = select.select([master], [], [], 1.0)
+
+        if ready:
+            try:
+                chunk = os.read(master, 4096)
+            except OSError:
+                break
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+
+            sys.stdout.buffer.write(chunk)
+            sys.stdout.buffer.flush()
+            buf += chunk
+            transcript = (transcript + chunk)[-8000:]
+            STREAM.feed(chunk)
+            last_output = time.time()
+
+            # Answer every prompt currently in the buffer, earliest first, so
+            # ordering is preserved even when the installer skips questions --
+            # and so a single chunk carrying two prompts gets both answers.
+            while True:
+                best = None
+                for pattern, response in rules:
+                    found = pattern.search(buf)
+                    if found and (best is None or found.start() < best[0].start()):
+                        best = (found, response)
+                if best is None:
+                    break
+                found, response = best
+                os.write(master, response)
+                transcript = (transcript + b"\\n>>> answered: " + response)[-8000:]
+                STREAM.line(">>> answered: " + response.decode("utf-8", "replace").strip())
+                buf = buf[found.end():]
+
+            # Bound memory if the installer emits a lot without prompting.
+            if len(buf) > 65536:
+                buf = buf[-8192:]
+
+        elif proc.poll() is not None:
+            break
+
+        STREAM.maybe_flush()
+
+        if time.time() - last_output > STALL_TIMEOUT:
+            proc.kill()
+            raise SystemExit("installer produced no output for %ds" % STALL_TIMEOUT)
+
+    os.close(master)
+    return proc.wait(), transcript.decode("utf-8", "replace")
+
+
+def ensure_network_boot_first():
+    """Keep network boot first so the bastion intercepts every reboot.
+
+    Port of the Fedora kickstart's %post efibootmgr step (install.ks.ts) --
+    what makes reprovision-by-reboot work. Best-effort: skipped on BIOS boots
+    or when efibootmgr is absent. Runs from the live env after the installer;
+    efibootmgr edits NVRAM, not the disk, so installer cleanup is irrelevant.
+    """
+    import shutil
+    if not os.path.isdir("/sys/firmware/efi") or shutil.which("efibootmgr") is None:
+        say("boot order: skipped (BIOS boot or efibootmgr missing)")
+        return
+    try:
+        out = subprocess.run(["efibootmgr"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30).stdout
+        order = []
+        network_entry = None
+        for line in out.splitlines():
+            m = re.match(r"^BootOrder:\\s*(.*)$", line)
+            if m:
+                order = [x.strip() for x in m.group(1).split(",") if x.strip()]
+                continue
+            m = re.match(r"^Boot([0-9A-Fa-f]{4})\\*?\\s+(.*)$", line)
+            if m and network_entry is None:
+                if re.search(r"network|pxe|ipv4|ipv6|http", m.group(2), re.IGNORECASE):
+                    network_entry = m.group(1).upper()
+        if network_entry is None or not order:
+            say("boot order: no network boot entry found; leaving as is")
+            return
+        new_order = [network_entry] + [x for x in order if x.upper() != network_entry]
+        if [x.upper() for x in order] == [x.upper() for x in new_order]:
+            say("boot order: network entry Boot%s already first" % network_entry)
+            return
+        subprocess.run(["efibootmgr", "-o", ",".join(new_order)],
+                       capture_output=True, timeout=30)
+        say("boot order: moved network entry Boot%s first" % network_entry)
+    except Exception as err:
+        say("warning: boot order adjustment failed: %s" % err)
+
+
+def with_target_mounted(fn):
+    """Mount the installed root partition, call fn(rw_dir), always unmount.
+
+    The installer has unmounted and cleaned the target by the time this runs,
+    so the block device is free. The partition holding boot/<image>/rw is the
+    VyOS root; the glob also yields the installed image's rw dir directly.
+    """
+    import glob
+    disk = SPEC["disk"]
+    if not disk:
+        # No pinned disk (installer picked the default) -- enumerate all disks.
+        candidates = ["/dev/" + b for b in os.listdir("/sys/block")
+                      if not b.startswith(("loop", "ram", "zram", "sr"))]
+    else:
+        candidates = [disk]
+
+    mnt = "/mnt/lab-target"
+    os.makedirs(mnt, exist_ok=True)
+    for dev in candidates:
+        name = os.path.basename(dev)
+        parts = sorted(p for p in os.listdir("/sys/block/%s" % name)
+                       if p.startswith(name)) if os.path.isdir("/sys/block/%s" % name) else []
+        for part in parts:
+            pdev = "/dev/" + part
+            if subprocess.run(["mount", pdev, mnt], capture_output=True).returncode != 0:
+                continue
+            try:
+                rw_dirs = glob.glob(os.path.join(mnt, "boot", "*", "rw"))
+                if rw_dirs:
+                    fn(rw_dirs[0])
+                    return True
+            finally:
+                subprocess.run(["umount", mnt], capture_output=True)
+    return False
+
+
+def post_install_target_steps():
+    """Metadata + optional fresh-config overwrite inside the installed image."""
+    def apply(rw_dir):
+        config_dir = os.path.join(rw_dir, "opt/vyatta/etc/config")
+        os.makedirs(config_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+        # /config/lab-provisioned -- survives VyOS image upgrades. Mirrors the
+        # Fedora kickstart's /etc/lab-provisioned.
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.join(config_dir, "lab-provisioned"), "w") as handle:
+                handle.write("hostname=%s\\n" % SPEC["hostname"])
+                handle.write("role=%s\\n" % ROLE)
+                handle.write("provisioned=%s\\n" % time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime()))
+                handle.write("bastion=%s\\n" % BASTION)
+            say("wrote /config/lab-provisioned")
+        except Exception as err:
+            say("warning: lab-provisioned metadata failed: %s" % err)
+
+        # freshConfig: make the bastion-generated config win over the previous
+        # installation's carried-forward config. Explicit intent -- failure is
+        # fatal (raised out of with_target_mounted).
+        if SPEC.get("freshConfig"):
+            import shutil
+            shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, "config.boot"),
+                            os.path.join(config_dir, "config.boot"))
+            say("freshConfig: replaced installed config.boot with generated config")
+
+    mounted = with_target_mounted(apply)
+    if not mounted:
+        if SPEC.get("freshConfig"):
+            raise RuntimeError("freshConfig requested but installed root partition not found")
+        say("warning: installed root partition not found; skipping metadata")
+
+
+def main():
+    report("vyos-install", "building config.boot")
+    try:
+        build_config()
+    except Exception as err:
+        report("error", "config generation failed: %s" % err)
+        raise
+
+    report("vyos-install", "staging rootfs for installer")
+    try:
+        ensure_rootfs()
+    except Exception as err:
+        report("error", "rootfs staging failed: %s" % err)
+        raise
+
+    report("vyos-install", "running install image")
+    code, transcript = run_installer()
+
+    if code != 0:
+        # Surface the installer's last words in bastion progress -- the console
+        # they were printed on is usually invisible during unattended installs.
+        report("error", "install image exited %d | tail: %s" % (code, transcript[-4000:]))
+        raise SystemExit(code)
+
+    report("post-install", "boot order + metadata")
+    ensure_network_boot_first()
+    try:
+        post_install_target_steps()
+    except Exception as err:
+        report("error", "post-install target steps failed: %s" % err)
+        raise
+
+    # "complete" is the stage the bastion uses to move a machine out of the
+    # install queue into installed state, and "ready at <ip>" is the exact
+    # detail format it parses installed.ip from -- see routes/api.ts.
+    ip = SPEC.get("reportAddress") or detect_ip()
+    report("complete", "ready at %s" % ip if ip else "VyOS installed, rebooting")
+    os.system("sync")
+    # --force: this driver is a child of live-config.service, whose start job is
+    # still running -- a normal reboot deadlocks waiting for it (verified in VM:
+    # shutdown blocked >1min on "start job is running for live-config"). The
+    # installer has already unmounted and cleaned the target, so an immediate
+    # reboot is safe.
+    os.system("systemctl reboot --force")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+`;
+}

bastion/src/bastion/tests/asahi.test.ts

@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ describe("renderFirstbootScript", () => {
 
   it("sets hostname", () => {
     const script = renderFirstbootScript({ ...baseParams, role: "worker" });
-    expect(script).toContain('hostnamectl set-hostname "test-node"');
+    expect(script).toContain('CONF_HOSTNAME="test-node"');
+    expect(script).toContain("hostnamectl set-hostname");
   });
 
   it("includes bastion self-registration", () => {

bastion/src/bastion/tests/dispatch.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ function createTestConfig(testDir: string): BastionConfig {
     dhcpRangeEnd: "",
     ubuntuVersion: "26.04",
     ubuntuMirror: "https://releases.ubuntu.com/26.04",
+    vyosIsoUrl: "https://downloads.vyos.io/rolling/current/generic/vyos-rolling-latest.iso",
+    vyosDefaultPassword: "vyos",
     iface: "eth0",
     serverIp: "10.0.0.1",
     network: "10.0.0.0",

bastion/src/bastion/tests/kickstart.test.ts

@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ describe("renderInstallKickstart", () => {
     expect(ks).toContain("/api/progress");
   });
 
-  it("infra role has /var/lib/rancher partition", () => {
+  it("infra role has 120G /var/lib/rancher partition", () => {
     const ks = renderInstallKickstart(baseParams({ role: "infra" }));
-    expect(ks).toContain("logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=labvg --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=20480");
+    expect(ks).toContain("logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=labvg --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=122880");
   });
 
   it("infra role has k3s install", () => {
@@ -106,10 +106,14 @@ describe("renderInstallKickstart", () => {
     expect(ks).toContain("curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_SKIP_START=true sh -");
   });
 
-  it("worker role does NOT have /var/lib/rancher partition in fresh install", () => {
+  it("worker role has 120G /var/lib/rancher partition (imageFs must be sized before longhorn --grow)", () => {
     const ks = renderInstallKickstart(baseParams({ role: "worker" }));
-    // Worker should not have the fresh-install rancher partition line
-    expect(ks).not.toContain("logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=labvg --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=20480");
+    expect(ks).toContain("logvol /var/lib/rancher --vgname=labvg --name=rancher --fstype=xfs --size=122880");
+  });
+
+  it("vanilla role does NOT have /var/lib/rancher partition in fresh install", () => {
+    const ks = renderInstallKickstart(baseParams({ role: "vanilla" }));
+    expect(ks).not.toContain("--name=rancher --fstype=xfs");
   });
 
   it("worker role does NOT have k3s install", () => {

bastion/src/bastion/tests/vyos-bundle.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { VyosBundle } from "@lab/shared";
+import { buildVyosConfigSpec } from "../src/templates/vyos-config-spec.js";
+
+/**
+ * A bundle is what makes "one config, two apply paths" true rather than
+ * aspirational: `pulumi up` POSTs the subtree model to a running router, labctl
+ * writes the same model into config.boot during a PXE install. These tests pin
+ * the properties that keep the two honest.
+ */
+const bundle: VyosBundle = {
+  sets: [
+    { path: ["system", "host-name"], value: "vyos001" },
+    { path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "address"], value: "192.168.1.252/24" },
+    { path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "member", "interface"], value: "eth1", replace: false },
+    { path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "vif", "53", "disable"] },
+    { path: ["interfaces", "pppoe", "pppoe0", "authentication", "password"], value: "@secret:pppoePassword" },
+    { path: ["interfaces", "pppoe", "pppoe0", "mtu"], value: "1492" },
+  ],
+  tags: [["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0"], ["interfaces", "ethernet"]],
+};
+
+const build = (hostname: string, extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) =>
+  buildVyosConfigSpec({
+    hostname,
+    spec: { bundle, ...extra },
+    defaultPassword: "changeme",
+  });
+
+describe("vyos config spec from a Pulumi bundle", () => {
+  it("applies non-secret nodes verbatim, preserving valuelessness and replace:false", () => {
+    const spec = build("vyos001");
+
+    expect(spec.sets).toContainEqual({
+      path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "address"],
+      value: "192.168.1.252/24",
+    });
+    // A multi-value node must keep replace:false or the second bond member
+    // overwrites the first.
+    expect(spec.sets).toContainEqual({
+      path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "member", "interface"],
+      value: "eth1",
+      replace: false,
+    });
+    // A valueless node must not acquire a value on the way through.
+    expect(spec.sets).toContainEqual({
+      path: ["interfaces", "bonding", "bond0", "vif", "53", "disable"],
+    });
+    expect(spec.tags).toEqual(bundle.tags);
+  });
+
+  it("drops secret-valued nodes instead of installing the sentinel text", () => {
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const spec = build("vyos001");
+
+    const values = spec.sets.map((s) => s.value ?? "");
+    expect(values.some((v) => v.startsWith("@secret:"))).toBe(false);
+    expect(spec.sets.some((s) => s.path.includes("authentication"))).toBe(false);
+    // Silently dropping the WAN credential would leave someone debugging a dead
+    // PPPoE link, so it has to be said out loud.
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("pulumi up"));
+    warn.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("forces the hostname the install was asked for, not the bundle's", () => {
+    // The bundle is exported from one router and reused for its peer; taking the
+    // hostname from it would put two vyos001s on the network.
+    const spec = build("vyos002");
+    const hostnames = spec.sets.filter(
+      (s) => s.path.length === 2 && s.path[0] === "system" && s.path[1] === "host-name",
+    );
+    expect(hostnames).toEqual([{ path: ["system", "host-name"], value: "vyos002" }]);
+  });
+
+  it("still honours installer inputs, which are not router config", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "vyos001",
+      spec: { bundle, password: "s3cret", freshConfig: true },
+      defaultPassword: "changeme",
+      disk: "nvme0n1",
+    });
+    expect(spec.password).toBe("s3cret");
+    expect(spec.freshConfig).toBe(true);
+    expect(spec.disk).toBe("/dev/nvme0n1");
+  });
+
+  it("enables the HTTP API at install so Pulumi can manage the router from first boot", () => {
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "vyos001",
+      spec: { bundle, apiKey: "k3y", apiListenAddress: "10.0.1.252" },
+      defaultPassword: "changeme",
+    });
+
+    expect(spec.sets).toContainEqual({
+      path: ["service", "https", "api", "keys", "id", "pulumi", "key"],
+      value: "k3y",
+    });
+    expect(spec.sets).toContainEqual({ path: ["service", "https", "api", "rest"] });
+    expect(spec.sets).toContainEqual({
+      path: ["service", "https", "listen-address"],
+      value: "10.0.1.252",
+    });
+    // The key id is a tag node; without this the installer's ConfigTree rejects it.
+    expect(spec.tags).toContainEqual(["service", "https", "api", "keys", "id"]);
+    warn.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("binds the API to the static management address when none is given", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "vyos001",
+      spec: { apiKey: "k3y", mgmtAddress: "192.168.1.252/24" },
+      defaultPassword: "changeme",
+    });
+    expect(spec.sets).toContainEqual({
+      path: ["service", "https", "listen-address"],
+      value: "192.168.1.252",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("refuses to enable the API unbound rather than exposing it on the WAN", () => {
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    // Management is DHCP, so there is no address to bind at build time. Binding
+    // to everything would put a config-write endpoint on the WAN.
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "vyos001",
+      spec: { apiKey: "k3y", mgmtAddress: "dhcp" },
+      defaultPassword: "changeme",
+    });
+    expect(spec.sets.some((s) => s.path[0] === "service" && s.path[1] === "https")).toBe(false);
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("has NOT been enabled"));
+    warn.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("does not enable the API when no key is supplied", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "vyos001",
+      spec: { mgmtAddress: "192.168.1.252/24" },
+      defaultPassword: "changeme",
+    });
+    expect(spec.sets.some((s) => s.path[0] === "service" && s.path[1] === "https")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores the derived path entirely when a bundle is present", () => {
+    // Belt and braces: even if topology flags reach this far (the CLI rejects
+    // them), the bundle must win rather than merge.
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "vyos001",
+      spec: { bundle, bondMembers: ["eth2", "eth3"], vlans: [{ id: 99, address: "10.9.9.1/24" }] },
+      defaultPassword: "changeme",
+    });
+    expect(spec.sets.some((s) => s.path.includes("99"))).toBe(false);
+    expect(spec.sets.filter((s) => s.value === "eth2" || s.value === "eth3")).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});

bastion/src/bastion/tests/vyos.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,548 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { mkdirSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import type { BastionConfig } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import { createApp } from "../src/server.js";
+import type { StateManager } from "../src/services/state.js";
+import { buildVyosConfigSpec } from "../src/templates/vyos-config-spec.js";
+import { renderVyosInstallPy } from "../src/templates/vyos-install.py.js";
+
+function createTestConfig(testDir: string): BastionConfig {
+  return {
+    fedoraVersion: "43",
+    arch: "x86_64",
+    httpPort: 0,
+    timezone: "Europe/London",
+    locale: "en_GB.UTF-8",
+    bastionDir: testDir,
+    domain: "test.local",
+    dhcpMode: "proxy",
+    dhcpRangeStart: "",
+    dhcpRangeEnd: "",
+    ubuntuVersion: "26.04",
+    ubuntuMirror: "https://releases.ubuntu.com/26.04",
+    vyosIsoUrl: "https://example.invalid/vyos.iso",
+    vyosDefaultPassword: "test-pw",
+    iface: "eth0",
+    serverIp: "10.0.0.1",
+    network: "10.0.0.0",
+    gateway: "10.0.0.1",
+    sshKeys: ["ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAITEST lab@test"],
+    adminUser: "testadmin",
+    syslogPort: 15515,
+    skipDnsmasq: true,
+    skipArtifacts: true,
+    fedoraMirror: "https://example.invalid/fedora",
+    tftpDir: join(testDir, "tftp"),
+    httpDir: join(testDir, "http"),
+    stateFile: join(testDir, "state.json"),
+  };
+}
+
+/** Pull the base64 spec back out of the generated Python driver. */
+function decodeSpecFrom(python: string): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const match = /base64\.b64decode\("([^"]+)"\)/.exec(python);
+  if (!match?.[1]) throw new Error("no base64 spec found in generated driver");
+  return JSON.parse(Buffer.from(match[1], "base64").toString("utf-8"));
+}
+
+describe("vyos config spec", () => {
+  it("puts VLANs on the bond when members are given", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: {
+        mgmtInterface: "eth0",
+        mgmtAddress: "10.0.8.2/24",
+        bondMembers: ["eth2", "eth3"],
+        vlans: [{ id: 10, address: "10.0.10.1/24", description: "k8s" }],
+      },
+    });
+
+    const paths = spec.sets.map((s) => s.path.join(" "));
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 mode");
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 vif 10 address");
+    // VLANs must hang off the bond, not the management NIC.
+    expect(paths).not.toContain("interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 10 address");
+
+    // Bond members are a multi-value node — appending, not replacing, is what
+    // keeps the second member from overwriting the first.
+    const members = spec.sets.filter(
+      (s) => s.path.join(" ") === "interfaces bonding bond0 member interface",
+    );
+    expect(members.map((m) => m.value)).toEqual(["eth2", "eth3"]);
+    expect(members.every((m) => m.replace === false)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to VLANs on the management NIC when unbonded", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw2",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: { mgmtInterface: "eth1", vlans: [{ id: 20, address: "10.0.20.1/24" }] },
+    });
+
+    const paths = spec.sets.map((s) => s.path.join(" "));
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 20 address");
+  });
+
+  it("normalises the target disk to a full /dev path", () => {
+    // find_disks() enumerates with `lsblk -Jbp`, so valid responses are full
+    // paths; a bare name fails valid_responses and re-prompts forever.
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw3", defaultPassword: "pw", disk: "/dev/mmcblk0" }).disk)
+      .toBe("/dev/mmcblk0");
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw3", defaultPassword: "pw", disk: "mmcblk0" }).disk)
+      .toBe("/dev/mmcblk0");
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw3", defaultPassword: "pw" }).disk).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("defaults to dhcp on eth0 and never opts into RAID", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw4", defaultPassword: "pw" });
+    const address = spec.sets.find(
+      (s) => s.path.join(" ") === "interfaces ethernet eth0 address",
+    );
+    expect(address?.value).toBe("dhcp");
+    // The installer's RAID prompt defaults to yes; a second disk must not
+    // silently produce a mirror.
+    expect(spec.raid).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos routes", () => {
+  let testDir: string;
+  let app: FastifyInstance;
+  let state: StateManager;
+  const mac = "aa:bb:cc:11:22:33";
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    testDir = join(tmpdir(), `bastion-vyos-test-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+
+    const result = createApp(createTestConfig(testDir));
+    app = result.app;
+    state = result.state;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+    rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("dispatches a queued vyos machine to the live-boot script", async () => {
+    state.update((s) => {
+      s.install_queue[mac] = {
+        hostname: "fw1",
+        disk: "/dev/nvme0n1",
+        role: "worker",
+        os: "vyos-rolling",
+        queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+      };
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/dispatch?mac=${mac}` });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+
+    expect(response.body).toContain("/vyos-vmlinuz");
+    expect(response.body).toContain("fetch=http://10.0.0.1:0/vyos-filesystem.squashfs");
+    expect(response.body).toContain(`live-config.hooks=http://10.0.0.1:0/vyos/autoinstall.sh?mac=${mac}`);
+
+    // `nonetworking` appears in VyOS's own PXE docs but breaks the hook fetch,
+    // and console=ttyS0 costs 30s per systemd phase on boards with no UART.
+    expect(response.body).not.toContain("nonetworking");
+    expect(response.body).not.toContain("console=ttyS0");
+  });
+
+  it("serves a hook that fetches and executes the install driver", async () => {
+    const response = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/vyos/autoinstall.sh?mac=${mac}` });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(response.body).toContain(`/vyos/install.py?mac=${mac}`);
+    expect(response.body).toContain("python3 /tmp/vyos-install.py");
+  });
+
+  it("bakes the machine's config into the generated install driver", async () => {
+    state.update((s) => {
+      s.install_queue[mac] = {
+        hostname: "fw1",
+        disk: "/dev/nvme0n1",
+        role: "worker",
+        os: "vyos-rolling",
+        queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        vyos: {
+          mgmtInterface: "eth0",
+          mgmtAddress: "10.0.8.2/24",
+          bondMembers: ["eth2", "eth3"],
+          vlans: [{ id: 10, address: "10.0.10.1/24" }],
+          password: "s3cret",
+        },
+      };
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/vyos/install.py?mac=${mac}` });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+
+    // Builds config from the image's own default so the vyos-config-version
+    // trailer matches and first boot skips migrations.
+    expect(response.body).toContain("/opt/vyatta/etc/config.boot.default");
+    expect(response.body).toContain("/usr/libexec/vyos/op_mode/image_installer.py");
+    // "complete" is what moves the machine out of the install queue.
+    expect(response.body).toContain('report("complete"');
+
+    const spec = decodeSpecFrom(response.body);
+    expect(spec["hostname"]).toBe("fw1");
+    expect(spec["password"]).toBe("s3cret");
+    expect(spec["disk"]).toBe("/dev/nvme0n1");
+
+    const paths = (spec["sets"] as Array<{ path: string[] }>).map((s) => s.path.join(" "));
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 vif 10 address");
+    expect(paths).toContain("system host-name");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the bastion default password when none is set", async () => {
+    state.update((s) => {
+      s.install_queue[mac] = {
+        hostname: "fw9",
+        disk: "",
+        role: "worker",
+        os: "vyos-rolling",
+        queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+      };
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/vyos/install.py?mac=${mac}` });
+    const spec = decodeSpecFrom(response.body);
+    expect(spec["password"]).toBe("test-pw");
+    // Empty disk means "accept the installer's first-disk default".
+    expect(spec["disk"]).toBe("");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos hw-id pinning", () => {
+  it("emits hw-id for the mgmt interface and each bond member", () => {
+    // Discovery sees enp2s0/enp1s0f0np0 under Fedora, but VyOS enumerates its
+    // own eth<N>. Pinning by MAC is what makes the mapping deterministic.
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: {
+        mgmtInterface: "eth2",
+        bondMembers: ["eth0", "eth1"],
+        hwIds: {
+          eth2: "64:62:66:25:96:47",
+          eth0: "64:62:66:25:96:45",
+          eth1: "64:62:66:25:96:46",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hw = spec.sets.filter((s) => s.path[s.path.length - 1] === "hw-id");
+    expect(hw.map((s) => [s.path[2], s.value])).toEqual([
+      ["eth2", "64:62:66:25:96:47"],
+      ["eth0", "64:62:66:25:96:45"],
+      ["eth1", "64:62:66:25:96:46"],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("omits hw-id entirely when no mapping is given", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw" });
+    expect(spec.sets.some((s) => s.path.includes("hw-id"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos management VLAN", () => {
+  it("puts the mgmt VLAN on the PXE port while the bond carries routed VLANs", () => {
+    // Trunked PXE port: boots untagged on the VLAN the bastion serves, stays
+    // reachable on the tagged management VLAN.
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "vyos001",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: {
+        mgmtInterface: "eth2",
+        mgmtAddress: "dhcp",
+        mgmtVlan: { id: 3, address: "192.168.3.4/24", description: "kvm" },
+        bondMembers: ["eth0", "eth1"],
+        vlans: [{ id: 2, address: "192.168.8.2/23" }],
+      },
+    });
+
+    const paths = spec.sets.map((s) => s.path.join(" "));
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces ethernet eth2 vif 3 address");
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 vif 2 address");
+    // The mgmt VLAN must not land on the bond.
+    expect(paths).not.toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 vif 3 address");
+    expect(spec.tags.map((t) => t.join(" "))).toContain("interfaces ethernet eth2 vif");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos VRRP HA", () => {
+  const haSpec = {
+    mgmtInterface: "eth2",
+    mgmtAddress: "dhcp",
+    bondMembers: ["eth0", "eth1"],
+    bondAddress: "192.168.1.252/24",
+    bondVrrp: "192.168.1.254/24",
+    vrrpPriority: 200,
+    vlans: [
+      { id: 3, address: "192.168.3.4/24", vrrp: "192.168.3.254/24" },
+      { id: 200, address: "192.168.2.252/24" },   // no VIP on this one
+    ],
+  };
+
+  it("emits a vrrp group per VIP with vrid = VLAN id and dotted vif interface", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw", spec: haSpec });
+    const paths = spec.sets.map((s) => `${s.path.join(" ")}${s.value !== undefined ? "=" + s.value : ""}`);
+
+    expect(paths).toContain("interfaces bonding bond0 address=192.168.1.252/24");
+    // untagged bond group: vrid 1, interface bond0 itself
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group native interface=bond0");
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group native vrid=1");
+    // address is a tag node -- VIP is the final path segment, no value
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group native address 192.168.1.254/24");
+    // VLAN group: vrid = VLAN id, dotted vif
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group vlan3 interface=bond0.3");
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group vlan3 vrid=3");
+    expect(paths).toContain("high-availability vrrp group vlan3 address 192.168.3.254/24");
+    // VLAN without a VIP gets no group
+    expect(paths.some((p) => p.includes("group vlan200"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("applies the box-wide priority and one sync group over all groups", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw", spec: haSpec });
+    const prio = spec.sets.filter((s) => s.path[s.path.length - 1] === "priority"
+      && s.path[0] === "high-availability");
+    expect(prio).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(prio.every((s) => s.value === "200")).toBe(true);
+
+    // sync group binds the pair: all groups fail over together
+    const members = spec.sets.filter(
+      (s) => s.path.join(" ") === "high-availability vrrp sync-group MAIN member",
+    );
+    expect(members.map((m) => m.value)).toEqual(["native", "vlan3"]);
+    expect(members.every((m) => m.replace === false)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("emits no high-availability nodes when no VIPs are given", () => {
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1",
+      defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: { bondMembers: ["eth0", "eth1"], vlans: [{ id: 3, address: "192.168.3.4/24" }] },
+    });
+    expect(spec.sets.some((s) => s.path[0] === "high-availability")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("pickLargestInitrd", async () => {
+  const { pickLargestInitrd } = await import("../src/main.js");
+
+  // Verbatim from `xorriso -lsl /live/` on vyos-2026.08.05-0033-rolling.
+  const realListing = `total 8
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0           22255 Aug  5 01:33 'filesystem.packages'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0               6 Aug  5 01:33 'filesystem.packages-remove'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0        541192192 Aug  5 01:33 'filesystem.squashfs'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0        50352547 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0        50352547 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img-6.18.41-vyos'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0              20 Aug  5 01:33 'packages.txt'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0         9135104 Aug  2 19:54 'vmlinuz'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0         9135104 Aug  2 19:54 'vmlinuz-6.18.41-vyos'
+`;
+
+  it("picks a full-size initrd from a real nightly listing", () => {
+    expect(pickLargestInitrd(realListing)).toEqual({ name: "initrd.img", size: 50352547 });
+  });
+
+  it("ignores 0-byte decoys and symlinks (which report link size, not target size)", () => {
+    const listing = `total 8
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0               0 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img'
+lrwxrwxrwx    1 0        0              24 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img-link' -> 'initrd.img-6.18.41-vyos'
+-r--r--r--    1 0        0        50352547 Aug  5 01:33 'initrd.img-6.18.41-vyos'
+`;
+    expect(pickLargestInitrd(listing)).toEqual({ name: "initrd.img-6.18.41-vyos", size: 50352547 });
+  });
+
+  it("returns undefined when only decoys exist", () => {
+    expect(pickLargestInitrd("-r--r--r-- 1 0 0 0 Aug 5 01:33 'initrd.img'\n")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos fedora-parity features", () => {
+  it("computes reportAddress from a static mgmt address, empty for dhcp", () => {
+    const staticSpec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw",
+      spec: { mgmtAddress: "192.168.8.2/23" },
+    });
+    expect(staticSpec.reportAddress).toBe("192.168.8.2");
+
+    const dhcpSpec = buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw" });
+    expect(dhcpSpec.reportAddress).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("defaults freshConfig off (reinstall preserves the on-disk config)", () => {
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({ hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw" }).freshConfig).toBe(false);
+    expect(buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw", spec: { freshConfig: true },
+    }).freshConfig).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("driver streams logs to /api/log and reports 'ready at' on completion", async () => {
+    const testDir = join(tmpdir(), `bastion-vyos-parity-${Date.now()}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+    const { app: parityApp, state: parityState } = createApp(createTestConfig(testDir));
+    try {
+      parityState.update((s) => {
+        s.install_queue["aa:bb:cc:44:55:66"] = {
+          hostname: "fw9", disk: "/dev/vda", role: "vanilla",
+          os: "vyos-rolling", queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        };
+      });
+      const response = await parityApp.inject({
+        method: "GET", url: "/vyos/install.py?mac=aa:bb:cc:44:55:66",
+      });
+      expect(response.body).toContain("/api/log");
+      expect(response.body).toContain('"lines": batch');
+      expect(response.body).toContain('report("complete", "ready at %s"');
+      expect(response.body).toContain("ensure_network_boot_first");
+      expect(response.body).toContain("lab-provisioned");
+      expect(response.body).toContain('ROLE = "vanilla"');
+    } finally {
+      await parityApp.close();
+      rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("complete with 'ready at' records installed.ip for a vyos machine", async () => {
+    const testDir = join(tmpdir(), `bastion-vyos-complete-${Date.now()}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+    const { app: cApp, state: cState } = createApp(createTestConfig(testDir));
+    try {
+      const mac2 = "aa:bb:cc:77:88:99";
+      cState.update((s) => {
+        s.install_queue[mac2] = {
+          hostname: "fw1", disk: "/dev/vda", role: "vanilla",
+          os: "vyos-rolling", queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        };
+      });
+      const response = await cApp.inject({
+        method: "POST", url: "/api/progress",
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ mac: mac2, stage: "complete", detail: "ready at 192.168.8.2" }),
+      });
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const installed = cState.load().installed[mac2];
+      expect(installed?.ip).toBe("192.168.8.2");
+      expect(installed?.os).toBe("vyos-rolling");
+    } finally {
+      await cApp.close();
+      rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos installer prompt coverage", () => {
+  // Every interactive prompt image_installer.py can emit, copied verbatim from
+  // the MSG_* constants (including the reinstall-only search_previous_installation
+  // ones). An unanswered prompt does not fail loudly -- the installer simply
+  // blocks on stdin until the driver's stall timeout, which is how the reinstall
+  // path silently hung for 15 minutes in the VM test.
+  const PROMPTS: Record<string, string> = {
+    continue: "Would you like to continue? [y/N] ",
+    imageName: "What would you like to name this image? (Default: 1.5-rolling) ",
+    password: 'Please enter a password for the "vyos" user: ',
+    passwordConfirm: 'Please confirm password for the "vyos" user: ',
+    console: "What console should be used by default? (K: KVM, S: Serial)? (Default: K) ",
+    raidConfigure: "Would you like to configure RAID-1 mirroring? [Y/n] ",
+    raidFoundDisks: "Would you like to configure RAID-1 mirroring on them? [Y/n] ",
+    raidChooseDisks: "Would you like to choose two disks for RAID-1 mirroring? [Y/n] ",
+    diskSelect: "Which one should be used for installation? (Default: /dev/vda) ",
+    diskConfirm: "Installation will delete all data on the drive. Continue? [y/N] ",
+    raidConfirm: "Installation will delete all data on both drives. Continue? [y/N] ",
+    rootSizeAll: "Would you like to use all the free space on the drive? [Y/n] ",
+    bootConfig: "Which file would you like as boot config? ",
+    copyData: "Would you like to copy data to the new image? [Y/n] ",
+    chooseCopyData: "From which image would you like to save config information? ",
+    copyEncData: "Would you like to copy the encrypted config to the new image? [Y/n] ",
+    chooseCopyEncData: "From which image would you like to copy the encrypted config? ",
+  };
+
+  it("answers every installer prompt exactly once", () => {
+    const { execFileSync } = require("node:child_process") as typeof import("node:child_process");
+    const { writeFileSync, unlinkSync, mkdtempSync } = require("node:fs") as typeof import("node:fs");
+
+    // Skip cleanly where python3 is unavailable (same spirit as the
+    // ksvalidator-backed kickstart test).
+    try {
+      execFileSync("python3", ["--version"], { stdio: "pipe" });
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const spec = buildVyosConfigSpec({
+      hostname: "fw1", defaultPassword: "pw", disk: "/dev/vda",
+    });
+    const driver = renderVyosInstallPy({
+      spec, mac: "aa:bb:cc:11:22:33", serverIp: "10.0.0.1", httpPort: 8080, role: "vanilla",
+    });
+
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "vyos-rules-"));
+    const driverPath = join(dir, "driver.py");
+    const checkPath = join(dir, "check.py");
+    writeFileSync(driverPath, driver);
+    writeFileSync(checkPath, `
+import importlib.util, json, sys
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("drv", ${JSON.stringify(driverPath)})
+drv = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec); spec.loader.exec_module(drv)
+rules = drv.build_rules()
+prompts = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
+out = {}
+for label, text in prompts.items():
+    out[label] = len([r for p, r in rules if p.search(text.encode())])
+print(json.dumps(out))
+`);
+
+    try {
+      const stdout = execFileSync("python3", [checkPath, JSON.stringify(PROMPTS)], {
+        encoding: "utf-8", stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      });
+      const counts = JSON.parse(stdout) as Record<string, number>;
+      const unanswered = Object.entries(counts).filter(([, n]) => n !== 1);
+      expect(unanswered).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      try { unlinkSync(driverPath); unlinkSync(checkPath); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+      try { rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("vyos boot NIC pinning", () => {
+  it("pins the boot interface by MAC via BOOTIF", async () => {
+    // Without this, live-boot picks the first *connected* NIC. On the VP2440
+    // the SFP+ pair links before the copper PXE port, so live-boot tried the
+    // fiber ports (no DHCP), timed out 15s each, and failed with "Unable to
+    // find a live file system on the network".
+    const testDir = join(tmpdir(), `bastion-vyos-bootif-${Date.now()}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+    const { app: a, state: st } = createApp(createTestConfig(testDir));
+    try {
+      const m = "64:62:66:25:96:47";
+      st.update((s) => {
+        s.install_queue[m] = {
+          hostname: "vyos001", disk: "/dev/mmcblk0", role: "vanilla",
+          os: "vyos-rolling", queued_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        };
+      });
+      const res = await a.inject({ method: "GET", url: `/dispatch?mac=${m}` });
+      // live-boot's Device_from_bootif() expects 01-<mac with dashes>
+      expect(res.body).toContain("BOOTIF=01-64-62-66-25-96-47");
+      // and it must be on the kernel line, before fetch= is attempted
+      const kernelLine = res.body.split("\n").find((l) => l.startsWith("kernel "));
+      expect(kernelLine).toContain("BOOTIF=01-64-62-66-25-96-47");
+      expect(kernelLine).toContain("fetch=");
+    } finally {
+      await a.close();
+      rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});

bastion/src/cli/src/api/client.ts

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export class LabdClient {
 
   async installMachine(opts: {
     mac: string; hostname: string; disk?: string; role?: string; os?: string;
+    vyos?: import("@lab/shared").VyosInstallSpec;
   }): Promise<{ status: string; data?: unknown; error?: string }> {
     return this.request("POST", "/api/machines/install", { body: opts });
   }
@@ -104,6 +105,16 @@ export class LabdClient {
     return this.request("POST", "/api/machines/debug", { body: { mac, pxeBoot: opts?.pxeBoot } });
   }
 
+  async discoverMachine(data: {
+    mac: string; product?: string; board?: string; serial?: string;
+    manufacturer?: string; cpu_model?: string; cpu_cores?: number;
+    memory_gb?: number; arch?: string;
+    disks?: Array<{ name: string; size_gb: number; model: string }>;
+    nics?: Array<{ name: string; mac: string; state: string }>;
+  }): Promise<{ status: string; error?: string }> {
+    return this.request("POST", "/api/machines/discover", { body: data });
+  }
+
   async forgetMachine(mac: string): Promise<{ status: string }> {
     return this.request("DELETE", `/api/machines/${encodeURIComponent(mac)}`);
   }

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/app.ts

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function registerAppCommand(program: Command): void {
     .command("install <target>")
     .description("Install k3s on a target machine (hostname, IP, or MAC)")
     .option("--role <role>", "k3s role: infra (server) or worker (agent)", "infra")
-    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "lab")
+    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "root")
     .option("--k3s-server <url>", "k3s server URL (required for worker role)")
     .option("--k3s-token <token>", "k3s join token (required for worker role)")
     .action(async (target: string, opts: {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export function registerAppCommand(program: Command): void {
   k3sCmd
     .command("health [target]")
     .description("Check k3s health (all hosts if no target given)")
-    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "lab")
+    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "root")
     .action(async (target: string | undefined, opts: { user: string }) => {
       const sshKey = findSshKey();
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ export function registerAppCommand(program: Command): void {
   k3sCmd
     .command("list")
     .description("List installed machines and their k3s status")
-    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "lab")
+    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "root")
     .action(async (opts: { user: string }) => {
       let state: BastionState;
       try {

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/asahi.ts

@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ export function registerAsahiCommand(parent: Command): void {
       console.log(`    labvg/longhorn (remaining space)${RESET}`);
       console.log("");
       console.log(`  After first boot, SSH in and run the firstboot script:`);
-      console.log(`    ${BOLD}ssh root@<ip> 'curl -sf ${bastionUrl}/asahi/firstboot.sh?hostname=<name>\\&role=infra | bash'${RESET}`);
+      console.log(`    ${BOLD}ssh root@<ip> 'curl -sf ${bastionUrl}/asahi/firstboot.sh | bash'${RESET}`);
       console.log("");
-      console.log(`  This sets up LVM and self-registers with the bastion.`);
+      console.log(`  This sets up LVM, detects hostname/MAC, and self-registers.`);
       console.log(`  Then install k3s:`);
       console.log(`    ${BOLD}labctl app k3s install <hostname> --role infra${RESET}`);
       console.log("");

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/install.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,61 @@
 // CLI command: provision install
 // Queue a discovered machine for OS installation via labd.
 
-import { Command, Option } from "commander";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { Command, Option, InvalidArgumentError } from "commander";
 import { isValidOsId, SUPPORTED_OS, SUPPORTED_ROLES, ROLE_REGISTRY } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { VyosBundle, VyosInstallSpec, VyosVlanSpec } from "@lab/shared";
 import { getLabdClient } from "../api/config.js";
 
+/**
+ * Load one router's config out of a Pulumi-rendered bundle.
+ *
+ * The bundle is produced by `kubernetes-deployment` (npm run vyos:bundle) and
+ * holds every router it manages, keyed by name. Selecting by hostname here is
+ * what keeps bring-up and `pulumi up` describing the same box: labctl replays
+ * the declared config rather than deriving its own.
+ */
+export function loadVyosBundle(path: string, hostname: string): VyosBundle {
+  let parsed: { version?: number; routers?: Record<string, VyosBundle> };
+  try {
+    parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(`Cannot read VyOS bundle ${path}: ${(e as Error).message}`);
+  }
+  if (parsed.version !== 1) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+      `VyOS bundle ${path} has version ${parsed.version ?? "<none>"}; this labctl understands 1`,
+    );
+  }
+  const router = parsed.routers?.[hostname];
+  if (router === undefined) {
+    const known = Object.keys(parsed.routers ?? {}).join(", ") || "<none>";
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+      `VyOS bundle ${path} has no entry for "${hostname}" (has: ${known})`,
+    );
+  }
+  return router;
+}
+
+/** Parse a repeated --vlan flag: "<id>:<cidr>[:<description>]". */
+export function parseVlan(value: string, previous: VyosVlanSpec[] = []): VyosVlanSpec[] {
+  const parts = value.split(":");
+  const id = Number(parts[0]);
+  const address = parts[1] ?? "";
+  // InvalidArgumentError makes commander print a clean message instead of
+  // dumping a stack trace at the operator.
+  if (!Number.isInteger(id) || id < 1 || id > 4094) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(`Invalid VLAN id in "${value}" (expected 1-4094)`);
+  }
+  if (!address.includes("/")) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+      `Invalid VLAN address in "${value}" (expected CIDR, e.g. 10.0.10.1/24)`,
+    );
+  }
+  const description = parts.slice(2).join(":");
+  return [...previous, { id, address, ...(description ? { description } : {}) }];
+}
+
 function roleTable(): string {
   const lines: string[] = ["", "Available roles:"];
   for (const r of ROLE_REGISTRY) {
@@ -15,6 +66,38 @@ function roleTable(): string {
   return lines.join("\n");
 }
 
+/** Parse a repeated --vlan-vip flag: "<id>:<cidr>" — VRRP VIP for a --vlan entry. */
+export function parseVlanVip(
+  value: string,
+  previous: Record<number, string> = {},
+): Record<number, string> {
+  const index = value.indexOf(":");
+  const id = Number(index === -1 ? Number.NaN : value.slice(0, index));
+  const cidr = index === -1 ? "" : value.slice(index + 1).trim();
+  if (!Number.isInteger(id) || id < 1 || id > 4094 || !cidr.includes("/")) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+      `Invalid VLAN VIP "${value}" (expected <id>:<cidr>, e.g. 3:192.168.3.254/24)`,
+    );
+  }
+  return { ...previous, [id]: cidr };
+}
+
+/** Parse a repeated --vyos-hwid flag: "<iface>=<mac>". */
+export function parseHwId(
+  value: string,
+  previous: Record<string, string> = {},
+): Record<string, string> {
+  const index = value.indexOf("=");
+  const iface = index === -1 ? "" : value.slice(0, index).trim();
+  const mac = index === -1 ? "" : value.slice(index + 1).trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (iface === "" || !/^([0-9a-f]{2}:){5}[0-9a-f]{2}$/.test(mac)) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+      `Invalid hw-id "${value}" (expected <iface>=<mac>, e.g. eth2=64:62:66:25:96:47)`,
+    );
+  }
+  return { ...previous, [iface]: mac };
+}
+
 export function registerInstallCommand(parent: Command): void {
   parent
     .command("install <mac> <hostname>")
@@ -24,10 +107,51 @@ export function registerInstallCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .addOption(new Option("--role <role>", "Machine role (see below)").choices([...SUPPORTED_ROLES]).default("worker"))
     .addOption(new Option("--os <os>", "Operating system").choices([...SUPPORTED_OS]).default("fedora-43"))
     .option("--disk <device>", "Target disk device (auto-detect if omitted)")
+    .option("--vyos-mgmt <iface>", "VyOS: untagged interface the machine PXE boots from (default eth0)")
+    .option("--vyos-mgmt-address <addr>", "VyOS: CIDR for the management interface, or 'dhcp' (default dhcp)")
+    .option("--vyos-bond <ifaces>", "VyOS: comma-separated LACP bond members (must exclude the PXE NIC)")
+    .option("--vyos-bond-address <cidr>", "VyOS: address on the untagged bond (trunk native VLAN)")
+    .option("--vyos-bond-vrrp <cidr>", "VyOS: VRRP VIP floated on the untagged bond")
+    .option("--vlan-vip <id:cidr>", "VyOS: VRRP VIP for a --vlan entry (repeatable)", parseVlanVip)
+    .option("--vyos-vrrp-priority <n>", "VyOS: VRRP priority for all groups on this box (higher = master)")
+    .option("--vyos-mgmt-vlan <id:cidr[:desc]>", "VyOS: tagged management VLAN on the PXE port")
+    .option("--vlan <id:cidr[:desc]>", "VyOS: tagged VLAN sub-interface on the bond (repeatable)", parseVlan)
+    .option("--vyos-password <password>", "VyOS: password for the 'vyos' user")
+    .option("--vyos-hwid <iface=mac>", "VyOS: pin an interface name to a MAC via hw-id (repeatable)", parseHwId)
+    .option("--vyos-fresh-config", "VyOS: on reinstall, overwrite the preserved config with the generated one")
+    .option(
+      "--vyos-bundle <path>",
+      "VyOS: apply a Pulumi-rendered bundle verbatim (kubernetes-deployment/infra/vyos/vyos-bundle.json). " +
+        "Replaces the derived --vyos-bond/--vlan/... config; secret values are left unset for `pulumi up`.",
+    )
+    .option(
+      "--vyos-api-key <key>",
+      "VyOS: enable the HTTP API with this key so Pulumi can manage the router from first boot",
+    )
+    .option(
+      "--vyos-api-listen <addr>",
+      "VyOS: address the HTTP API binds to (default: the static management address). " +
+        "Required when management is DHCP; the API is never bound to all interfaces.",
+    )
     .action(async (mac: string, hostname: string, opts: {
       role: string;
       os: string;
       disk?: string;
+      vyosMgmt?: string;
+      vyosMgmtAddress?: string;
+      vyosBond?: string;
+      vyosBondAddress?: string;
+      vyosBondVrrp?: string;
+      vlan?: VyosVlanSpec[];
+      vlanVip?: Record<number, string>;
+      vyosVrrpPriority?: string;
+      vyosMgmtVlan?: string;
+      vyosPassword?: string;
+      vyosHwid?: Record<string, string>;
+      vyosFreshConfig?: boolean;
+      vyosBundle?: string;
+      vyosApiKey?: string;
+      vyosApiListen?: string;
     }) => {
       if (!isValidOsId(opts.os)) {
         console.error(`Unknown OS: ${opts.os}. Supported: ${SUPPORTED_OS.join(", ")}`);
@@ -39,6 +163,89 @@ export function registerInstallCommand(parent: Command): void {
         process.exit(1);
       }
 
+      const bondMembers = opts.vyosBond !== undefined && opts.vyosBond !== ""
+        ? opts.vyosBond.split(",").map((s) => s.trim()).filter((s) => s.length > 0)
+        : [];
+
+      // Attach --vlan-vip entries to their --vlan definitions. A VIP for a VLAN
+      // that was never defined is a typo that would otherwise vanish silently.
+      const vips = opts.vlanVip ?? {};
+      const vlans = (opts.vlan ?? []).map((v) =>
+        vips[v.id] !== undefined ? { ...v, vrrp: vips[v.id] as string } : v,
+      );
+      for (const id of Object.keys(vips)) {
+        if (!vlans.some((v) => String(v.id) === id)) {
+          console.error(`--vlan-vip ${id}:... has no matching --vlan ${id}:... entry`);
+          process.exit(1);
+        }
+      }
+
+      const vrrpPriority = opts.vyosVrrpPriority !== undefined && opts.vyosVrrpPriority !== ""
+        ? Number(opts.vyosVrrpPriority)
+        : undefined;
+      if (vrrpPriority !== undefined
+          && (!Number.isInteger(vrrpPriority) || vrrpPriority < 1 || vrrpPriority > 255)) {
+        console.error(`--vyos-vrrp-priority must be an integer 1-255 (got ${opts.vyosVrrpPriority})`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+      const vyos: VyosInstallSpec = {
+        ...(opts.vyosMgmt !== undefined && opts.vyosMgmt !== ""
+          ? { mgmtInterface: opts.vyosMgmt } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosMgmtAddress !== undefined && opts.vyosMgmtAddress !== ""
+          ? { mgmtAddress: opts.vyosMgmtAddress } : {}),
+        ...(bondMembers.length > 0 ? { bondMembers } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosBondAddress !== undefined && opts.vyosBondAddress !== ""
+          ? { bondAddress: opts.vyosBondAddress } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosBondVrrp !== undefined && opts.vyosBondVrrp !== ""
+          ? { bondVrrp: opts.vyosBondVrrp } : {}),
+        ...(vrrpPriority !== undefined ? { vrrpPriority } : {}),
+        ...(vlans.length > 0 ? { vlans } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosPassword !== undefined && opts.vyosPassword !== ""
+          ? { password: opts.vyosPassword } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosHwid !== undefined && Object.keys(opts.vyosHwid).length > 0
+          ? { hwIds: opts.vyosHwid } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosMgmtVlan !== undefined && opts.vyosMgmtVlan !== ""
+          ? { mgmtVlan: parseVlan(opts.vyosMgmtVlan)[0] as VyosVlanSpec } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosFreshConfig === true ? { freshConfig: true } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosBundle !== undefined && opts.vyosBundle !== ""
+          ? { bundle: loadVyosBundle(opts.vyosBundle, hostname) } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosApiKey !== undefined && opts.vyosApiKey !== ""
+          ? { apiKey: opts.vyosApiKey } : {}),
+        ...(opts.vyosApiListen !== undefined && opts.vyosApiListen !== ""
+          ? { apiListenAddress: opts.vyosApiListen } : {}),
+      };
+      const hasVyosOptions = Object.keys(vyos).length > 0;
+
+      // A bundle already describes the whole router. Accepting derived topology
+      // flags alongside it would silently discard them (the bundle wins in
+      // buildVyosConfigSpec), so say so rather than appear to honour both.
+      if (vyos.bundle !== undefined) {
+        const derived = ["mgmtInterface", "mgmtAddress", "bondMembers", "bondAddress",
+                         "bondVrrp", "vrrpPriority", "vlans", "mgmtVlan"] as const;
+        const conflicting = derived.filter((k) => vyos[k] !== undefined);
+        if (conflicting.length > 0) {
+          console.error(
+            `--vyos-bundle describes the whole router; these would be ignored: ${conflicting.join(", ")}`,
+          );
+          console.error("Remove them, or change the bundle in kubernetes-deployment and re-render.");
+          process.exit(1);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (hasVyosOptions && !opts.os.startsWith("vyos")) {
+        console.error(`VyOS options require --os vyos-rolling (got --os ${opts.os})`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      // Firmware PXE cannot run over LACP, so the NIC that boots the installer
+      // must stay out of the bond — otherwise the next reinstall has no path in.
+      const mgmt = vyos.mgmtInterface ?? "eth0";
+      if (bondMembers.includes(mgmt)) {
+        console.error(`--vyos-bond must not include the PXE/management interface "${mgmt}"`);
+        console.error("PXE cannot boot over an LACP bond; keep that NIC unbonded.");
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+
       try {
         const result = await getLabdClient().installMachine({
           mac,
@@ -46,11 +253,14 @@ export function registerInstallCommand(parent: Command): void {
           role: opts.role,
           os: opts.os,
           ...(opts.disk ? { disk: opts.disk } : {}),
+          ...(hasVyosOptions ? { vyos } : {}),
         });
 
         console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
         console.log("");
-        const osLabel = opts.os.startsWith("ubuntu") ? "Ubuntu" : "Fedora";
+        const osLabel = opts.os.startsWith("ubuntu")
+          ? "Ubuntu"
+          : opts.os.startsWith("vyos") ? "VyOS" : "Fedora";
         console.log(`Power on the machine to start ${osLabel} installation.`);
 
         const roleInfo = ROLE_REGISTRY.find(r => r.name === opts.role);

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/labcontroller.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function registerLabcontrollerCommands(appCmd: Command): void {
   lcCmd
     .command("deploy <target>")
     .description("Deploy labcontroller stack to a k3s node")
-    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "lab")
+    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "root")
     .option("--crdb-replicas <n>", "CockroachDB replicas", "1")
     .action(async (target: string, opts: {
       user: string;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export function registerLabcontrollerCommands(appCmd: Command): void {
   lcCmd
     .command("status [target]")
     .description("Check labcontroller deployment status (all hosts if no target)")
-    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "lab")
+    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "root")
     .action(async (target: string | undefined, opts: { user: string }) => {
       const sshKey = findSshKey();
       const sshOpts = sshKey ? { keyPath: sshKey } : {};

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/list.ts

@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ export function registerListCommand(parent: Command): void {
         const hostname = inst?.hostname ?? queued?.hostname ?? "-";
         const role = inst?.role ?? queued?.role ?? "-";
         const ip = inst?.ip ?? "-";
-        const cpu = hw?.cpu_model ?? "-";
-        const cores = hw?.cpu_cores != null ? String(hw.cpu_cores) : "-";
-        const ram = hw?.memory_gb != null ? `${hw.memory_gb}GB` : "-";
-        const product = hw?.product ?? "-";
+        const cpu = hw?.cpu_model ?? inst?.cpu_model ?? "-";
+        const cores = (hw?.cpu_cores ?? inst?.cpu_cores) != null ? String(hw?.cpu_cores ?? inst?.cpu_cores) : "-";
+        const ram = (hw?.memory_gb ?? inst?.memory_gb) != null ? `${hw?.memory_gb ?? inst?.memory_gb}GB` : "-";
+        const product = hw?.product ?? inst?.product ?? "-";
 
         const color = statusColor(status);
 

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/recheck.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// CLI command: provision recheck
+// SSH into all installed machines, collect hardware info, update bastion state.
+
+import type { Command } from "commander";
+import { sshExec } from "@lab/modules";
+import { getLabdClient } from "../api/config.js";
+
+const BOLD = "\x1b[1m";
+const GREEN = "\x1b[0;32m";
+const RED = "\x1b[0;31m";
+const DIM = "\x1b[2m";
+const RESET = "\x1b[0m";
+
+const SSH_OPTS = { timeoutMs: 30_000 };
+
+// Shell script that collects hardware info as JSON.
+// Kept simple — no Python, pure shell + awk.
+const HW_COLLECT_SCRIPT = [
+  'P=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)',
+  'B=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/board_name 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)',
+  'S=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)',
+  'M=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)',
+  'C=$(grep -m1 "model name" /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | sed "s/^ //" || grep -m1 Model /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | sed "s/^ //" || echo unknown)',
+  'N=$(grep -c "^processor" /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null || echo 0)',
+  'R=$(awk "/MemTotal/ {printf \\"%d\\", \\$2/1024/1024}" /proc/meminfo 2>/dev/null || echo 0)',
+  'A=$(uname -m)',
+  'printf \'{"product":"%s","board":"%s","serial":"%s","manufacturer":"%s","cpu_model":"%s","cpu_cores":%s,"memory_gb":%s,"arch":"%s"}\\n\' "$P" "$B" "$S" "$M" "$C" "$N" "$R" "$A"',
+].join("; ");
+
+export function registerRecheckCommand(parent: Command): void {
+  parent
+    .command("recheck")
+    .description("Refresh hardware info for all installed machines via SSH")
+    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user", "root")
+    .option("--target <hostname>", "Only recheck a specific machine (by hostname or MAC)")
+    .action(async (opts: { user: string; target?: string }) => {
+      const client = getLabdClient();
+      let state;
+      try {
+        state = await client.getMachines();
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`Cannot reach labd: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      // Build list of machines to check
+      const targets: Array<{ mac: string; hostname: string; ip: string; sshUser: string }> = [];
+      const userIsDefault = opts.user === "root";
+      for (const [mac, info] of Object.entries(state.installed)) {
+        if (!info.ip) continue;
+        if (opts.target && info.hostname !== opts.target && mac !== opts.target) continue;
+        // VyOS boxes only have the "vyos" login; honor an explicit --user.
+        const sshUser = userIsDefault && (info.os ?? "").startsWith("vyos") ? "vyos" : opts.user;
+        targets.push({ mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip, sshUser });
+      }
+
+      if (targets.length === 0) {
+        console.log("No installed machines with IPs to check.");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      console.log(`\n${BOLD}Rechecking ${targets.length} machine(s)...${RESET}\n`);
+
+      let updated = 0;
+      let failed = 0;
+
+      for (const { mac, hostname, ip, sshUser } of targets) {
+        process.stdout.write(`  ${hostname.padEnd(24)} ${DIM}(${ip})${RESET}  `);
+
+        try {
+          const t0 = Date.now();
+          const result = await sshExec(ip, sshUser, HW_COLLECT_SCRIPT, SSH_OPTS);
+          const elapsed = Date.now() - t0;
+          if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
+            console.log(`${RED}SSH failed (exit ${result.exitCode}, ${elapsed}ms)${RESET}`);
+            if (result.stderr) console.log(`    ${DIM}${result.stderr.substring(0, 200)}${RESET}`);
+            console.log(`${RED}SSH failed (exit ${result.exitCode})${RESET}`);
+            failed++;
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          const hwData = JSON.parse(result.stdout.trim());
+          await client.discoverMachine({ mac, ...hwData });
+          const cpu = hwData.cpu_model || "?";
+          const cores = hwData.cpu_cores || "?";
+          const mem = hwData.memory_gb || "?";
+          console.log(`${GREEN}OK${RESET} ${DIM}${cpu}, ${cores} cores, ${mem}GB${RESET}`);
+          updated++;
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.log(`${RED}FAIL${RESET} ${DIM}${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}${RESET}`);
+          failed++;
+        }
+      }
+
+      console.log(`\n${BOLD}Done:${RESET} ${updated} updated, ${failed} failed\n`);
+    });
+}

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/reprovision.ts

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ function roleTable(): string {
 function resolveTarget(
   target: string,
   state: BastionState,
-): { mac: string; hostname: string; ip: string } | null {
+): { mac: string; hostname: string; ip: string; os?: string } | null {
   const normalized = target.toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");
 
   if (state.installed[normalized]) {
     const info = state.installed[normalized];
-    return { mac: normalized, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip };
+    return { mac: normalized, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip, ...(info.os !== undefined ? { os: info.os } : {}) };
   }
 
   if (state.discovered[normalized]) {
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ function resolveTarget(
 
   for (const [mac, info] of Object.entries(state.installed)) {
     if (info.hostname === target || info.hostname.startsWith(target + ".")) {
-      return { mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip };
+      return { mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip, ...(info.os !== undefined ? { os: info.os } : {}) };
     }
   }
 
   for (const [mac, info] of Object.entries(state.installed)) {
     if (info.ip === target) {
-      return { mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip };
+      return { mac, hostname: info.hostname, ip: info.ip, ...(info.os !== undefined ? { os: info.os } : {}) };
     }
   }
 
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ export function registerReprovisionCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .addOption(new Option("--role <role>", "Machine role (see below)").choices([...SUPPORTED_ROLES]).default("worker"))
     .addOption(new Option("--os <os>", "Operating system").choices([...SUPPORTED_OS]).default("fedora-43"))
     .option("--disk <device>", "Target disk device (auto-detect if omitted)")
+    .option("--user <user>", "SSH user for the reboot (default: vyos for VyOS machines, else current user)")
     .action(async (target: string, hostnameOverride: string | undefined, opts: {
       role: string;
       os: string;
       disk?: string;
+      user?: string;
     }) => {
       if (!isValidOsId(opts.os)) {
         console.error(`Unknown OS: ${opts.os}. Supported: ${SUPPORTED_OS.join(", ")}`);
@@ -123,7 +125,11 @@ export function registerReprovisionCommand(parent: Command): void {
         return;
       }
 
-      const adminUser = process.env["SUDO_USER"] ?? process.env["USER"] ?? "";
+      // SSH user: explicit flag > the machine's current OS (VyOS boxes only
+      // have the "vyos" login) > the invoking user.
+      const currentOsIsVyos = (resolved.os ?? "").startsWith("vyos");
+      const adminUser = opts.user
+        ?? (currentOsIsVyos ? "vyos" : (process.env["SUDO_USER"] ?? process.env["USER"] ?? ""));
       const effectiveUser = adminUser === "root" ? "" : adminUser;
 
       if (effectiveUser === "") {

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/serve.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function registerStartCommand(parent: Command): void {
     .command("start")
     .description("Start the bastion server (HTTP + dnsmasq PXE)")
     .option("--port <port>", "HTTP port", "8080")
-    .option("--dir <dir>", "Bastion data directory", "/tmp/lab-bastion")
+    .option("--dir <dir>", "Bastion data directory", process.env["BASTION_DIR"] ?? "/tmp/lab-bastion")
     .option("--domain <domain>", "Internal domain for hostnames", "ad.itaz.eu")
     .option("--dhcp-mode <mode>", "DHCP mode: proxy or full", "proxy")
     .option("--fedora <version>", "Fedora version", "43")

bastion/src/cli/src/commands/stop.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function registerStopCommand(parent: Command): void {
   parent
     .command("stop")
     .description("Stop a running bastion server")
-    .option("--dir <dir>", "Bastion data directory", "/tmp/lab-bastion")
+    .option("--dir <dir>", "Bastion data directory", process.env["BASTION_DIR"] ?? "/tmp/lab-bastion")
     .action((opts: { dir: string }) => {
       const pidFile = `${opts.dir}/bastion.pid`;
 

bastion/src/cli/src/index.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { registerRegisterCommand } from "./commands/register.js";
 import { registerAsahiCommand } from "./commands/asahi.js";
 import { registerLogsCommand } from "./commands/logs.js";
 import { registerMakeIsoCommand } from "./commands/makeiso.js";
+import { registerRecheckCommand } from "./commands/recheck.js";
 import { registerConfigCommand } from "./commands/config.js";
 import { registerLoginCommand } from "./commands/login.js";
 import { registerDoctorCommand } from "./commands/doctor.js";
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ export function createProgram(): Command {
   registerAsahiCommand(provisionCmd);
   registerLogsCommand(provisionCmd);
   registerMakeIsoCommand(provisionCmd);
+  registerRecheckCommand(provisionCmd);
 
   // config list/get/set/path
   registerConfigCommand(program);

bastion/src/cli/tests/install-vyos.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Tests for VyOS install option parsing.
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { parseVlan } from "../src/commands/install.js";
+
+describe("parseVlan", () => {
+  it("parses id and CIDR", () => {
+    expect(parseVlan("10:10.0.10.1/24")).toEqual([{ id: 10, address: "10.0.10.1/24" }]);
+  });
+
+  it("accumulates across repeated flags", () => {
+    const first = parseVlan("10:10.0.10.1/24");
+    const both = parseVlan("20:10.0.20.1/24", first);
+    expect(both).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(both[1]).toEqual({ id: 20, address: "10.0.20.1/24" });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a description, including one containing colons", () => {
+    expect(parseVlan("30:10.0.30.1/24:mgmt:secondary")).toEqual([
+      { id: 30, address: "10.0.30.1/24", description: "mgmt:secondary" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an address that is not CIDR", () => {
+    // A bare address would produce a VyOS config that fails to commit on first
+    // boot, long after the operator has stopped watching.
+    expect(() => parseVlan("10:10.0.10.1")).toThrow(/CIDR/);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects out-of-range and non-numeric VLAN ids", () => {
+    expect(() => parseVlan("0:10.0.10.1/24")).toThrow(/1-4094/);
+    expect(() => parseVlan("4095:10.0.10.1/24")).toThrow(/1-4094/);
+    expect(() => parseVlan("abc:10.0.10.1/24")).toThrow(/1-4094/);
+  });
+});

bastion/src/core/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "@lab/core",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "import": "./dist/index.js",
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
+    }
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc --build",
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "test": "vitest",
+    "test:run": "vitest run"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@pulumi/pulumi": "^3.0.0"
+  }
+}

bastion/src/core/src/audit.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Audit event types for the labctl platform.
+// Every mutation is tracked with correlation IDs for causal chains.
+
+export type AuditEventKind =
+  | "resource_created"
+  | "resource_updated"
+  | "resource_deleted"
+  | "resource_state_change"
+  | "plan_generated"
+  | "apply_started"
+  | "apply_step"
+  | "apply_completed"
+  | "driver_translate"
+  | "driver_execute"
+  | "driver_error"
+  | "fleet_discovery"
+  | "fleet_classification"
+  | "fleet_approval"
+  | "fleet_auto_approve"
+  | "pipeline_started"
+  | "pipeline_step_started"
+  | "pipeline_step_completed"
+  | "pipeline_completed"
+  | "deploy_started"
+  | "deploy_completed"
+  | "deploy_failed"
+  | "drift_detected"
+  | "drift_corrected"
+  | "sync_triggered"
+  | "sync_completed"
+  | "auth_login"
+  | "auth_logout"
+  | "auth_bootstrap"
+  | "rbac_decision"
+  | "impersonation"
+  | "server_started"
+  | "controller_started"
+  | "agent_connected"
+  | "agent_disconnected"
+  | "bastion_registered";
+
+export type AuditSource =
+  | "cli"
+  | "labd"
+  | "agent"
+  | "driver"
+  | "fleet-controller"
+  | "sync-controller";
+
+export type AuditResult = "success" | "failure" | "denied" | "skipped";
+
+export interface AuditEvent {
+  id: string;
+  timestamp: Date;
+  eventKind: AuditEventKind;
+  source: AuditSource;
+  verified: boolean;
+
+  userId?: string;
+  userName?: string;
+  sessionId?: string;
+  environmentName?: string;
+  accountName?: string;
+
+  resourceKind?: string;
+  resourceName?: string;
+
+  correlationId: string;
+  parentEventId?: string;
+
+  details: Record<string, unknown>;
+  result: AuditResult;
+  error?: string;
+  durationMs?: number;
+}

bastion/src/core/src/auth.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Auth types for the labctl platform.
+// Bearer token auth for CLI/SDK. mTLS stays for agent/bastion.
+
+export type UserRole = "USER" | "ADMIN";
+
+export interface User {
+  id: string;
+  email: string;
+  name?: string;
+  role: UserRole;
+  createdAt: Date;
+}
+
+export interface Session {
+  id: string;
+  userId: string;
+  token: string;
+  expiresAt: Date;
+  createdAt: Date;
+}
+
+export interface Group {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  description?: string;
+}
+
+export type SubjectKind = "User" | "Group" | "ServiceAccount";
+
+export interface RoleBinding {
+  role: "view" | "edit" | "create" | "delete" | "run" | "admin";
+  resource: string;
+  name?: string;
+  environment?: string;
+  action?: string;
+}
+
+export interface RbacSubject {
+  kind: SubjectKind;
+  name: string;
+}
+
+export interface RbacDefinition {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  subjects: RbacSubject[];
+  roleBindings: RoleBinding[];
+  createdAt: Date;
+  updatedAt: Date;
+}

bastion/src/core/src/environment.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Environment and Account types.
+// An Environment is a logical boundary (production, staging, dev).
+// An Account is a configured driver instance with credentials.
+
+export interface Environment {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  status: "active" | "archived";
+  createdAt: Date;
+}
+
+export interface Account {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  driver: string;
+  config: Record<string, unknown>;
+  createdAt: Date;
+}
+
+export interface Binding {
+  id: string;
+  environmentId: string;
+  accountId: string;
+}

bastion/src/core/src/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// @lab/core — foundation types for the labctl platform.
+// Phase 1 stub: resource types, auth types, audit types, Output<T>.
+// Phase 5 adds: CompositeResource, evaluator integration, full SDK.
+
+export * from "./resource.js";
+export * from "./environment.js";
+export * from "./audit.js";
+export * from "./auth.js";
+export { Output, output, all, interpolate, secret } from "./output.js";

bastion/src/core/src/output.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Re-export Pulumi's Output<T> type for use across the platform.
+// Cloud drivers use this for future values (endpoints, IPs, kubeconfigs).
+// Phase 1: type re-export only. Phase 5 adds full evaluator integration.
+
+export { Output, output, all, interpolate, secret } from "@pulumi/pulumi";

bastion/src/core/src/resource.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Core resource types for the labctl platform.
+// Every managed thing (Server, Database, App, Cluster) is a Resource.
+
+export type ResourceOrigin = "file" | "cli" | "fleet" | "imported";
+export type ResourceManagedBy = "gitops" | "manual" | "auto";
+
+export type ResourceStatus =
+  | "pending"
+  | "creating"
+  | "ready"
+  | "updating"
+  | "deleting"
+  | "error"
+  | "unknown";
+
+export interface ResourceMetadata {
+  kind: string;
+  name: string;
+  environmentId: string;
+  accountId: string;
+  origin: ResourceOrigin;
+  managedBy: ResourceManagedBy;
+  sourceRef?: string;
+}
+
+export interface ResourceState {
+  status: ResourceStatus;
+  message?: string;
+  lastReconciled?: Date;
+  platformRef?: string;
+}
+
+export interface Resource<TSpec = Record<string, unknown>> {
+  id: string;
+  metadata: ResourceMetadata;
+  desiredSpec: TSpec;
+  actualSpec?: TSpec;
+  state: ResourceState;
+  createdAt: Date;
+  updatedAt: Date;
+}
+
+// Well-known resource kinds. Drivers register additional kinds.
+export const RESOURCE_KINDS = {
+  SERVER: "server",
+  DATABASE: "database",
+  CACHE: "cache",
+  CLUSTER: "cluster",
+  APP: "app",
+  SERVICE: "service",
+  CRONJOB: "cronjob",
+  NETWORK: "network",
+  LOADBALANCER: "loadbalancer",
+  DNSZONE: "dnszone",
+  CERTIFICATE: "certificate",
+  OBJECTSTORE: "objectstore",
+  QUEUE: "queue",
+  SECRET: "secret",
+  FLEET: "fleet",
+} as const;
+
+export type ResourceKind = (typeof RESOURCE_KINDS)[keyof typeof RESOURCE_KINDS];
+
+// Resource aliases for CLI (kubectl-style shortnames)
+export const RESOURCE_ALIASES: Record<string, string> = {
+  srv: "server",
+  db: "database",
+  cl: "cluster",
+  svc: "service",
+  cj: "cronjob",
+  lb: "loadbalancer",
+  dns: "dnszone",
+  cert: "certificate",
+  os: "objectstore",
+  mq: "queue",
+  sec: "secret",
+  fl: "fleet",
+};
+
+export function resolveResourceKind(input: string): string {
+  const lower = input.toLowerCase();
+  return RESOURCE_ALIASES[lower] ?? lower;
+}

bastion/src/core/tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "dist"
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
+}

bastion/src/labd/package.json

@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@fastify/rate-limit": "^10.3.0",
     "@fastify/websocket": "^11.0.2",
+    "@lab/core": "workspace:^",
     "@lab/shared": "workspace:*",
     "@prisma/client": "^6.9.0",
+    "bcryptjs": "^3.0.3",
     "fastify": "^5.3.3",
     "winston": "^3.17.0",
     "ws": "^8.19.0",
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@
     "seed": "tsx prisma/seed.ts"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/bcryptjs": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^22.14.1",
     "@types/ws": "^8.18.1",
     "prisma": "^6.9.0",

bastion/src/labd/prisma/schema.prisma

@@ -7,6 +7,225 @@ datasource db {
   url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
 }
 
+// ── Auth (mcpctl pattern: email/password + bearer token sessions) ──
+
+model User {
+  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
+  email     String   @unique
+  password  String   // bcrypt
+  name      String?
+  role      UserRole @default(USER)
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
+  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
+
+  sessions  Session[]
+  auditLogs AuditEvent[]
+  groups    GroupMember[]
+}
+
+enum UserRole {
+  USER
+  ADMIN
+}
+
+model Session {
+  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
+  userId    String
+  user      User     @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+  token     String   @unique
+  expiresAt DateTime
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
+
+  @@index([userId])
+  @@index([token])
+}
+
+model Group {
+  id          String        @id @default(cuid())
+  name        String        @unique
+  description String?
+  createdAt   DateTime      @default(now())
+  members     GroupMember[]
+}
+
+model GroupMember {
+  id      String @id @default(cuid())
+  groupId String
+  group   Group  @relation(fields: [groupId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+  userId  String
+  user    User   @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+
+  @@unique([groupId, userId])
+}
+
+model ServiceAccount {
+  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
+  name      String   @unique
+  token     String   @unique
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
+}
+
+// ── RBAC (mcpctl pattern: named definitions with JSON subjects/bindings) ──
+
+model RbacDefinition {
+  id           String   @id @default(cuid())
+  name         String   @unique
+  subjects     Json     // [{kind: "User"|"Group"|"ServiceAccount", name: string}]
+  roleBindings Json     // [{role, resource, name?, environment?, action?}]
+  createdAt    DateTime @default(now())
+  updatedAt    DateTime @updatedAt
+}
+
+// ── Audit (mcpctl pattern: fire-and-forget with correlation IDs) ──
+
+model AuditEvent {
+  id              String   @id @default(cuid())
+  timestamp       DateTime @default(now())
+  eventKind       String
+  source          String   // cli | labd | agent | driver | fleet-controller | sync-controller
+  verified        Boolean  @default(false)
+
+  userId          String?
+  user            User?    @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id])
+  userName        String?
+  sessionId       String?
+  environmentName String?
+  accountName     String?
+
+  resourceKind    String?
+  resourceName    String?
+
+  correlationId   String
+  parentEventId   String?
+
+  details         Json     @default("{}")
+  result          String   // success | failure | denied | skipped
+  error           String?
+  durationMs      Int?
+
+  @@index([correlationId])
+  @@index([eventKind, timestamp])
+  @@index([environmentName, timestamp])
+  @@index([resourceKind, resourceName])
+  @@index([userId, timestamp])
+}
+
+// ── Core infrastructure ──
+
+model Environment {
+  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
+  name      String   @unique
+  status    String   @default("active") // active | archived
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
+  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
+
+  bindings  Binding[]
+  resources Resource[]
+}
+
+model Account {
+  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
+  name      String   @unique
+  driver    String   // baremetal-pxe | aws | gcp | kubernetes | ovh
+  config    Json     @default("{}")
+  // Credentials stored in Infisical, referenced by secretPath
+  secretPath String?
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
+  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
+
+  bindings  Binding[]
+  resources Resource[]
+}
+
+model Binding {
+  id            String      @id @default(cuid())
+  environmentId String
+  environment   Environment @relation(fields: [environmentId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+  accountId     String
+  account       Account     @relation(fields: [accountId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+
+  @@unique([environmentId, accountId])
+}
+
+model Resource {
+  id             String       @id @default(cuid())
+  kind           String
+  name           String
+  environmentId  String
+  environment    Environment  @relation(fields: [environmentId], references: [id])
+  accountId      String
+  account        Account      @relation(fields: [accountId], references: [id])
+  origin         String       @default("cli")    // file | cli | fleet | imported
+  managedBy      String       @default("manual")  // gitops | manual | auto
+  sourceRef      String?
+  desiredSpec    Json         @default("{}")
+  actualSpec     Json?
+  platformRef    String?
+  status         String       @default("pending") // pending | creating | ready | updating | deleting | error
+  statusMessage  String?
+  lastReconciled DateTime?
+  createdAt      DateTime     @default(now())
+  updatedAt      DateTime     @updatedAt
+
+  @@unique([kind, name, environmentId])
+  @@index([environmentId])
+  @@index([accountId])
+  @@index([kind, status])
+}
+
+model Secret {
+  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
+  name      String   @unique
+  // Encrypted data — application-layer encryption as fallback if Infisical unavailable
+  data      Json     @default("{}")
+  version   Int      @default(1)
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
+  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
+}
+
+// ── Fleet ──
+
+model Fleet {
+  id               String        @id @default(cuid())
+  name             String
+  environmentId    String
+  accountId        String
+  selector         Json          // fact-matching rules
+  onboardPipeline  Json          // step definitions
+  offboardPipeline Json?
+  approvalConfig   Json?
+  status           String        @default("active")
+  createdAt        DateTime      @default(now())
+  updatedAt        DateTime      @updatedAt
+
+  members          FleetMember[]
+}
+
+model FleetMember {
+  id       String   @id @default(cuid())
+  fleetId  String
+  fleet    Fleet    @relation(fields: [fleetId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+  serverId String
+  status   String   // discovered | pending | onboarding | active | offboarding | removed
+  joinedAt DateTime @default(now())
+
+  @@index([fleetId])
+}
+
+// ── Git sources (for sync controller) ──
+
+model GitSource {
+  id       String    @id @default(cuid())
+  name     String    @unique
+  repo     String
+  branch   String    @default("main")
+  path     String    @default("environments/")
+  lastSync DateTime?
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
+}
+
+// ── Existing v1.0 models (kept for bastion/agent compatibility) ──
+
 model Server {
   id            String    @id @default(uuid())
   hostname      String    @unique
@@ -17,13 +236,12 @@ model Server {
   labels        Json      @default("{}")
   ip            String?
   agentVersion  String?
-  status        String   @default("unknown") // unknown, online, offline, provisioning
+  status        String    @default("unknown")
   lastHeartbeat DateTime?
   createdAt     DateTime  @default(now())
   updatedAt     DateTime  @updatedAt
 
   agent     Agent?
-  auditLogs     AuditLog[]
 }
 
 model Agent {
@@ -33,112 +251,29 @@ model Agent {
   certificatePem String?
   enrolledAt     DateTime @default(now())
   lastSeen       DateTime?
+  facts          Json?    // hardware facts reported by agent
 
   @@index([serverId])
 }
 
-model User {
-  id              String   @id @default(uuid())
-  username        String   @unique
-  displayName     String?
-  certFingerprint String?  @unique
-  createdAt       DateTime @default(now())
-  updatedAt       DateTime @updatedAt
-
-  roleBindings UserRole[]
-  auditLogs    AuditLog[]
-}
-
-model Role {
-  id          String   @id @default(uuid())
-  name        String   @unique
-  description String?
-  createdAt   DateTime @default(now())
-
-  permissions  Permission[]
-  userBindings UserRole[]
-}
-
-model Permission {
-  id          String @id @default(uuid())
-  roleId      String
-  role        Role   @relation(fields: [roleId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
-  type        String @default("allow") // allow or deny
-  action      String // read, exec, apply, destroy, manage, admin, kubectl, *
-  cloud       String @default("*")
-  environment String @default("*")
-  server      String @default("*")
-
-  @@index([roleId])
-}
-
-model UserRole {
-  id     String @id @default(uuid())
-  userId String
-  user   User   @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
-  roleId String
-  role   Role   @relation(fields: [roleId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
-
-  @@unique([userId, roleId])
-  @@index([userId])
-  @@index([roleId])
-}
-
 model JoinToken {
   id        String    @id @default(uuid())
   token     String    @unique
-  type      String    @default("one-time") // one-time or reusable
+  type      String    @default("one-time")
   label     String?
-  usedBy    String? // server hostname that used it
+  usedBy    String?
   usedAt    DateTime?
   revokedAt DateTime?
   createdAt DateTime  @default(now())
   expiresAt DateTime?
 }
 
-model AuditLog {
-  id           String   @id @default(uuid())
-  userId       String?
-  user         User?    @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id])
-  serverId     String?
-  server       Server?  @relation(fields: [serverId], references: [id])
-  sessionId    String?
-  action       String // exec, kubectl, apply, login, rbac-denied, etc.
-  resourceType String?  // server, cluster, role, app, etc.
-  resourceName String?
-  args         String? // sanitized command args
-  result       String   @default("success") // success, denied, error
-  durationMs   Int?
-  sourceIp     String?
-  timestamp    DateTime @default(now())
-
-  @@index([userId])
-  @@index([serverId])
-  @@index([sessionId])
-  @@index([timestamp])
-  @@index([action])
-}
-
-model PulumiRun {
-  id          String    @id @default(uuid())
-  userId      String
-  stackName   String
-  action      String // up, preview, destroy
-  status      String    @default("pending") // pending, running, succeeded, failed
-  output      String?
-  startedAt   DateTime  @default(now())
-  completedAt DateTime?
-
-  @@index([userId])
-  @@index([stackName])
-}
-
 model Bastion {
   id            String    @id @default(uuid())
   hostname      String    @unique
   network       String
   serverIp      String
-  status        String    @default("offline") // online, offline
+  status        String    @default("offline")
   lastHeartbeat DateTime?
   createdAt     DateTime  @default(now())
   updatedAt     DateTime  @updatedAt
@@ -149,7 +284,7 @@ model Cluster {
   name          String   @unique
   cloud         String   @default("baremetal")
   environment   String   @default("default")
-  kubeconfigEnc String? // encrypted kubeconfig
+  kubeconfigEnc String?
   labels        Json     @default("{}")
   createdAt     DateTime @default(now())
   updatedAt     DateTime @updatedAt

bastion/src/labd/src/middleware/bearer-auth.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Bearer token auth middleware for Fastify.
+// Validates Authorization header, resolves user identity, attaches to request.
+
+import type { FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from "fastify";
+import type { AuthService } from "../services/auth.js";
+
+declare module "fastify" {
+  interface FastifyRequest {
+    userId?: string;
+    userEmail?: string;
+    userRole?: string;
+  }
+}
+
+// Paths that don't require authentication
+const PUBLIC_PATHS = new Set([
+  "/health",
+  "/api/auth/login",
+  "/ws/bastion",
+  "/ws/agent",
+  "/api/auth/enroll",
+]);
+
+export function createBearerAuthMiddleware(authService: AuthService) {
+  return async function bearerAuth(
+    request: FastifyRequest,
+    reply: FastifyReply,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    // Skip auth for public paths
+    if (PUBLIC_PATHS.has(request.url.split("?")[0] ?? "")) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Skip auth for WebSocket upgrade requests (handled by their own auth)
+    if (request.headers.upgrade === "websocket") {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const authHeader = request.headers.authorization;
+    if (!authHeader) {
+      void reply.code(401).send({ error: "Authorization header required" });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!authHeader.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
+      void reply.code(401).send({ error: "Invalid authorization format, expected: Bearer <token>" });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const token = authHeader.slice(7);
+    if (token.length === 0) {
+      void reply.code(401).send({ error: "Empty bearer token" });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const identity = await authService.validateToken(token);
+      request.userId = identity.userId;
+      request.userEmail = identity.email;
+      request.userRole = identity.role;
+    } catch {
+      void reply.code(401).send({ error: "Invalid or expired token. Run: labctl login" });
+    }
+  };
+}

bastion/src/labd/src/routes/bastions.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
 import type { DbClient } from "../server.js";
 import { bastionRegistry } from "../services/bastion-registry.js";
 import { generateRequestId } from "@lab/shared";
+import type { VyosInstallSpec } from "@lab/shared";
 
 const COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
 
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
   app.get("/api/machines", async () => {
     const live = bastionRegistry.getAggregatedState();
 
-    // Merge DB records for machines not currently in any bastion's live state
     try {
       const dbServers = (await db.server.findMany({})) as Array<{
         mac: string | null; hostname: string; role: string; ip: string | null;
@@ -93,9 +93,49 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
       for (const s of dbServers) {
         if (!s.mac) continue;
         const mac = s.mac.toLowerCase();
-        // Only add from DB if not already in live state
+
+        // DB knows this machine has been installed at some point if it has a real
+        // hostname+role (not just product-name-as-hostname and role="unknown").
+        // Status alone is unreliable: a rediscovery can re-set it without erasing the
+        // install identity. If the bastion restarted and lost its installed map, the
+        // machine will only show up in live.discovered — promote it here so the CLI
+        // still sees hostname/role/IP.
+        const dbKnowsInstalled =
+          s.role !== "unknown" && s.role !== "" &&
+          s.hostname !== "" && s.hostname !== s.mac;
+
+        if (dbKnowsInstalled && !(mac in live.installed) && !(mac in live.install_queue)) {
+          const hw = live.discovered[mac];
+          live.installed[mac] = {
+            hostname: s.hostname,
+            role: s.role,
+            ip: s.ip ?? "",
+            installed_at: "",
+            bastionId: hw?.bastionId ?? "db",
+            ...(hw ? {
+              product: hw.product,
+              manufacturer: hw.manufacturer,
+              cpu_model: hw.cpu_model,
+              cpu_cores: hw.cpu_cores,
+              memory_gb: hw.memory_gb,
+              arch: hw.arch,
+            } : {}),
+          };
+          delete live.discovered[mac];
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        // Unknown-to-live MAC: fall back to whatever the DB says.
         if (!(mac in live.discovered) && !(mac in live.install_queue) && !(mac in live.installed)) {
-          if (s.status === "discovered") {
+          if (s.status === "online" || s.status === "offline") {
+            live.installed[mac] = {
+              hostname: s.hostname,
+              role: s.role,
+              ip: s.ip ?? "",
+              installed_at: "",
+              bastionId: "db",
+            };
+          } else {
             live.discovered[mac] = {
               mac,
               product: String(s.labels?.product ?? "unknown"),
@@ -112,14 +152,6 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
               last_seen: "",
               bastionId: "db",
             };
-          } else if (s.status === "online" || s.status === "offline") {
-            live.installed[mac] = {
-              hostname: s.hostname,
-              role: s.role,
-              ip: s.ip ?? "",
-              installed_at: "",
-              bastionId: "db",
-            };
           }
         }
       }
@@ -132,9 +164,9 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
 
   // Queue install — route to correct bastion by MAC
   app.post<{
-    Body: { mac?: string; hostname?: string; disk?: string; role?: string; os?: string };
+    Body: { mac?: string; hostname?: string; disk?: string; role?: string; os?: string; vyos?: VyosInstallSpec };
   }>("/api/machines/install", async (request, reply) => {
-    const { mac, hostname, disk, role, os } = request.body ?? {};
+    const { mac, hostname, disk, role, os, vyos } = request.body ?? {};
     if (!mac || !hostname) {
       return reply.code(400).send({ error: "mac and hostname are required" });
     }
@@ -152,6 +184,7 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
           const result = await sendCommand(all[0]!.bastionId, {
             type: "command-install",
             mac, hostname, disk: disk ?? "", role: role ?? "infra", os: os ?? "fedora-43",
+            ...(vyos ? { vyos } : {}),
           });
           return reply.code(result.status === "ok" ? 200 : 500).send(result);
         } catch (err) {
@@ -165,6 +198,7 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
       const result = await sendCommand(bastion.bastionId, {
         type: "command-install",
         mac, hostname, disk: disk ?? "", role: role ?? "infra", os: os ?? "fedora-43",
+        ...(vyos ? { vyos } : {}),
       });
       return reply.code(result.status === "ok" ? 200 : 500).send(result);
     } catch (err) {
@@ -260,6 +294,37 @@ export function registerBastionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, db: DbClient): void
     }
   });
 
+  // Update hardware info (discovery data) for a machine
+  app.post<{
+    Body: {
+      mac?: string; product?: string; board?: string; serial?: string;
+      manufacturer?: string; cpu_model?: string; cpu_cores?: number;
+      memory_gb?: number; arch?: string;
+      disks?: Array<{ name: string; size_gb: number; model: string }>;
+      nics?: Array<{ name: string; mac: string; state: string }>;
+    };
+  }>("/api/machines/discover", async (request, reply) => {
+    const data = request.body ?? {};
+    const mac = (data.mac ?? "").toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, ":");
+    if (!mac) {
+      return reply.code(400).send({ error: "mac is required" });
+    }
+
+    const bastion = bastionRegistry.findBastionByMac(mac);
+    const target = bastion ?? (bastionRegistry.getAll().length === 1 ? bastionRegistry.getAll()[0] : null);
+
+    if (!target) {
+      return reply.code(503).send({ error: "No bastion found for this MAC" });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const result = await sendCommand(target.bastionId, { type: "command-discover", ...data, mac });
+      return reply.code(result.status === "ok" ? 200 : 500).send(result);
+    } catch (err) {
+      return reply.code(500).send({ error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) });
+    }
+  });
+
   // Update role
   app.post<{
     Body: { mac?: string; role?: string };

bastion/src/labd/src/routes/environments.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+// Environment and Account management routes.
+// GET/POST /api/environments       — list/create environments
+// GET/POST /api/accounts           — list/create accounts
+// POST     /api/accounts/bind      — bind account to environment
+// GET      /api/bindings           — list bindings
+
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import type { PrismaClient, Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
+import type { RbacService } from "../services/rbac.js";
+import type { AuditService } from "../services/audit.js";
+
+export function registerEnvironmentRoutes(
+  app: FastifyInstance,
+  db: PrismaClient,
+  rbacService: RbacService,
+  auditService: AuditService,
+): void {
+  // List environments
+  app.get("/api/environments", async (_request, reply) => {
+    const envs = await db.environment.findMany({ orderBy: { name: "asc" } });
+    return reply.send(envs);
+  });
+
+  // Create environment
+  app.post<{
+    Body: { name?: string };
+  }>("/api/environments", async (request, reply) => {
+    const { name } = request.body ?? {};
+    if (!name) {
+      return reply.code(400).send({ error: "name is required" });
+    }
+
+    const rbac = await rbacService.check({
+      userId: request.userId!,
+      userEmail: request.userEmail!,
+      userRole: request.userRole!,
+      action: "admin",
+      resource: "environments",
+    });
+    if (!rbac.allowed) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: rbac.reason });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const env = await db.environment.create({ data: { name } });
+      auditService.emit({
+        eventKind: "resource_created",
+        source: "labd",
+        verified: true,
+        userId: request.userId ?? null,
+        resourceKind: "environment",
+        resourceName: name,
+        result: "success",
+      });
+      return reply.code(201).send(env);
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof Error && err.message.includes("Unique constraint")) {
+        return reply.code(409).send({ error: `Environment '${name}' already exists` });
+      }
+      throw err;
+    }
+  });
+
+  // List accounts
+  app.get("/api/accounts", async (_request, reply) => {
+    const accounts = await db.account.findMany({
+      orderBy: { name: "asc" },
+      select: { id: true, name: true, driver: true, config: true, createdAt: true, updatedAt: true },
+    });
+    return reply.send(accounts);
+  });
+
+  // Create account
+  app.post<{
+    Body: { name?: string; driver?: string; config?: Record<string, unknown> };
+  }>("/api/accounts", async (request, reply) => {
+    const { name, driver, config } = request.body ?? {};
+    if (!name || !driver) {
+      return reply.code(400).send({ error: "name and driver are required" });
+    }
+
+    const rbac = await rbacService.check({
+      userId: request.userId!,
+      userEmail: request.userEmail!,
+      userRole: request.userRole!,
+      action: "admin",
+      resource: "accounts",
+    });
+    if (!rbac.allowed) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: rbac.reason });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const account = await db.account.create({
+        data: { name, driver, config: (config ?? {}) as Prisma.InputJsonValue },
+      });
+      auditService.emit({
+        eventKind: "resource_created",
+        source: "labd",
+        verified: true,
+        userId: request.userId ?? null,
+        resourceKind: "account",
+        resourceName: name,
+        result: "success",
+        details: { driver },
+      });
+      return reply.code(201).send(account);
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof Error && err.message.includes("Unique constraint")) {
+        return reply.code(409).send({ error: `Account '${name}' already exists` });
+      }
+      throw err;
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Bind account to environment
+  app.post<{
+    Body: { environmentId?: string; accountId?: string };
+  }>("/api/accounts/bind", async (request, reply) => {
+    const { environmentId, accountId } = request.body ?? {};
+    if (!environmentId || !accountId) {
+      return reply.code(400).send({ error: "environmentId and accountId are required" });
+    }
+
+    const rbac = await rbacService.check({
+      userId: request.userId!,
+      userEmail: request.userEmail!,
+      userRole: request.userRole!,
+      action: "admin",
+      resource: "accounts",
+    });
+    if (!rbac.allowed) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: rbac.reason });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const binding = await db.binding.create({
+        data: { environmentId, accountId },
+      });
+      return reply.code(201).send(binding);
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof Error && err.message.includes("Unique constraint")) {
+        return reply.code(409).send({ error: "This account is already bound to this environment" });
+      }
+      throw err;
+    }
+  });
+
+  // List bindings
+  app.get("/api/bindings", async (_request, reply) => {
+    const bindings = await db.binding.findMany({
+      include: { environment: true, account: true },
+    });
+    return reply.send(bindings);
+  });
+
+  // Audit event query
+  app.get<{
+    Querystring: {
+      last?: string;
+      kind?: string;
+      env?: string;
+      correlation?: string;
+      limit?: string;
+    };
+  }>("/api/events", async (request, reply) => {
+    const { last, kind, env, correlation, limit } = request.query as { last?: string; kind?: string; env?: string; correlation?: string; limit?: string };
+
+    const where: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+
+    if (last) {
+      const match = last.match(/^(\d+)(h|d|m)$/);
+      if (match) {
+        const [, num, unit] = match;
+        const ms = { h: 3_600_000, d: 86_400_000, m: 60_000 }[unit!]!;
+        where.timestamp = { gte: new Date(Date.now() - parseInt(num!) * ms) };
+      }
+    }
+    if (kind) where.eventKind = kind;
+    if (env) where.environmentName = env;
+    if (correlation) where.correlationId = correlation;
+
+    const events = await db.auditEvent.findMany({
+      where,
+      orderBy: { timestamp: "desc" },
+      take: Math.min(parseInt(limit ?? "100"), 500),
+    });
+
+    return reply.send(events);
+  });
+}

bastion/src/labd/src/routes/resources.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+// Resource CRUD routes with RBAC enforcement.
+// GET    /api/resources          — list (filtered by RBAC scope)
+// GET    /api/resources/:id      — get
+// POST   /api/resources          — create
+// PUT    /api/resources/:id      — update
+// DELETE /api/resources/:id      — delete (marks as deleting)
+
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import type { ResourceStore, CreateResourceInput } from "../services/resource-store.js";
+import type { RbacService } from "../services/rbac.js";
+import type { AuditService } from "../services/audit.js";
+import { resolveResourceKind } from "@lab/core";
+
+export function registerResourceRoutes(
+  app: FastifyInstance,
+  resourceStore: ResourceStore,
+  rbacService: RbacService,
+  auditService: AuditService,
+): void {
+  // List resources (filtered by kind, environment, status)
+  app.get<{
+    Querystring: { kind?: string; environment?: string; status?: string };
+  }>("/api/resources", async (request, reply) => {
+    const rbac = await rbacService.check({
+      userId: request.userId!,
+      userEmail: request.userEmail!,
+      userRole: request.userRole!,
+      action: "view",
+      resource: request.query.kind ? resolveResourceKind(request.query.kind) : undefined,
+    });
+
+    if (!rbac.allowed) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: rbac.reason });
+    }
+
+    const resources = await resourceStore.list({
+      kind: request.query.kind ? resolveResourceKind(request.query.kind) : undefined,
+      environmentId: request.query.environment,
+      status: request.query.status,
+    });
+
+    return reply.send(resources);
+  });
+
+  // Get single resource
+  app.get<{
+    Params: { id: string };
+  }>("/api/resources/:id", async (request, reply) => {
+    const resource = await resourceStore.get(request.params.id);
+    if (!resource) {
+      return reply.code(404).send({ error: "Resource not found" });
+    }
+
+    const rbac = await rbacService.check({
+      userId: request.userId!,
+      userEmail: request.userEmail!,
+      userRole: request.userRole!,
+      action: "view",
+      resource: resource.kind,
+      name: resource.name,
+    });
+
+    if (!rbac.allowed) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: rbac.reason });
+    }
+
+    return reply.send(resource);
+  });
+
+  // Create resource
+  app.post<{
+    Body: CreateResourceInput;
+  }>("/api/resources", async (request, reply) => {
+    const input = request.body;
+    if (!input?.kind || !input?.name || !input?.environmentId || !input?.accountId) {
+      return reply.code(400).send({ error: "kind, name, environmentId, and accountId are required" });
+    }
+
+    const kind = resolveResourceKind(input.kind);
+
+    const rbac = await rbacService.check({
+      userId: request.userId!,
+      userEmail: request.userEmail!,
+      userRole: request.userRole!,
+      action: "create",
+      resource: kind,
+    });
+
+    if (!rbac.allowed) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: rbac.reason });
+    }
+
+    const correlationId = auditService.createCorrelation();
+
+    try {
+      const resource = await resourceStore.create({ ...input, kind });
+
+      auditService.emit({
+        eventKind: "resource_created",
+        source: "labd",
+        verified: true,
+        userId: request.userId ?? null,
+        userName: request.userEmail ?? null,
+        resourceKind: kind,
+        resourceName: input.name,
+        correlationId,
+        result: "success",
+      });
+
+      return reply.code(201).send(resource);
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Prisma unique constraint violation
+      if (err instanceof Error && err.message.includes("Unique constraint")) {
+        return reply.code(409).send({ error: `Resource ${kind}/${input.name} already exists in this environment` });
+      }
+      throw err;
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Update resource
+  app.put<{
+    Params: { id: string };
+    Body: { desiredSpec?: Record<string, unknown>; status?: string };
+  }>("/api/resources/:id", async (request, reply) => {
+    const resource = await resourceStore.get(request.params.id);
+    if (!resource) {
+      return reply.code(404).send({ error: "Resource not found" });
+    }
+
+    const rbac = await rbacService.check({
+      userId: request.userId!,
+      userEmail: request.userEmail!,
+      userRole: request.userRole!,
+      action: "edit",
+      resource: resource.kind,
+      name: resource.name,
+    });
+
+    if (!rbac.allowed) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: rbac.reason });
+    }
+
+    const updated = await resourceStore.update(request.params.id, request.body);
+
+    auditService.emit({
+      eventKind: "resource_updated",
+      source: "labd",
+      verified: true,
+      userId: request.userId ?? null,
+      userName: request.userEmail ?? null,
+      resourceKind: resource.kind,
+      resourceName: resource.name,
+      result: "success",
+    });
+
+    return reply.send(updated);
+  });
+
+  // Delete resource (marks as deleting)
+  app.delete<{
+    Params: { id: string };
+  }>("/api/resources/:id", async (request, reply) => {
+    const resource = await resourceStore.get(request.params.id);
+    if (!resource) {
+      return reply.code(404).send({ error: "Resource not found" });
+    }
+
+    const rbac = await rbacService.check({
+      userId: request.userId!,
+      userEmail: request.userEmail!,
+      userRole: request.userRole!,
+      action: "delete",
+      resource: resource.kind,
+      name: resource.name,
+    });
+
+    if (!rbac.allowed) {
+      return reply.code(403).send({ error: rbac.reason });
+    }
+
+    await resourceStore.delete(request.params.id);
+
+    auditService.emit({
+      eventKind: "resource_deleted",
+      source: "labd",
+      verified: true,
+      userId: request.userId ?? null,
+      userName: request.userEmail ?? null,
+      resourceKind: resource.kind,
+      resourceName: resource.name,
+      result: "success",
+    });
+
+    return reply.send({ status: "deleting", id: request.params.id });
+  });
+}

bastion/src/labd/src/routes/v2-auth.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// v2 Auth routes: bearer token login/logout.
+// POST /api/auth/login  — email + password → session token
+// POST /api/auth/logout — revoke session
+
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import type { AuthService } from "../services/auth.js";
+import type { AuditService } from "../services/audit.js";
+import { AuthError } from "../services/auth.js";
+
+export function registerV2AuthRoutes(
+  app: FastifyInstance,
+  authService: AuthService,
+  auditService: AuditService,
+): void {
+  app.post<{
+    Body: { email?: string; password?: string };
+  }>("/api/auth/login", async (request, reply) => {
+    const { email, password } = request.body ?? {};
+
+    if (!email || !password) {
+      return reply.code(400).send({ error: "email and password are required" });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const result = await authService.login(email, password);
+
+      auditService.emit({
+        eventKind: result.isBootstrap ? "auth_bootstrap" : "auth_login",
+        source: "labd",
+        verified: true,
+        userId: result.userId,
+        userName: email,
+        result: "success",
+        details: { isBootstrap: result.isBootstrap },
+      });
+
+      return reply.send({
+        token: result.token,
+        expiresAt: result.expiresAt.toISOString(),
+        isBootstrap: result.isBootstrap,
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof AuthError) {
+        auditService.emit({
+          eventKind: "auth_login",
+          source: "labd",
+          verified: true,
+          userName: email,
+          result: "failure",
+          error: err.message,
+        });
+        return reply.code(401).send({ error: err.message });
+      }
+      return reply.code(500).send({ error: "Login failed" });
+    }
+  });
+
+  app.post("/api/auth/logout", async (request, reply) => {
+    const token = request.headers.authorization?.slice(7);
+    if (!token) {
+      return reply.code(400).send({ error: "Authorization header required" });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await authService.logout(token);
+      auditService.emit({
+        eventKind: "auth_logout",
+        source: "labd",
+        verified: true,
+        userId: request.userId ?? null,
+        result: "success",
+      });
+      return reply.send({ status: "logged_out" });
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof AuthError) {
+        return reply.code(400).send({ error: err.message });
+      }
+      return reply.code(500).send({ error: "Logout failed" });
+    }
+  });
+}

bastion/src/labd/src/server.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import Fastify from "fastify";
 import websocket from "@fastify/websocket";
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
 import type { LabdConfig } from "./config.js";
 import { logger } from "./services/logger.js";
 import { registerHealthRoutes } from "./routes/health.js";
@@ -9,8 +10,16 @@ import { registerServerRoutes } from "./routes/servers.js";
 import { registerAuthRoutes } from "./routes/auth.js";
 import { registerAgentRoutes } from "./routes/agents.js";
 import { registerBastionRoutes } from "./routes/bastions.js";
+import { registerV2AuthRoutes } from "./routes/v2-auth.js";
+import { registerEnvironmentRoutes } from "./routes/environments.js";
+import { registerResourceRoutes } from "./routes/resources.js";
 import { setupRateLimiting } from "./middleware/rate-limit.js";
+import { createBearerAuthMiddleware } from "./middleware/bearer-auth.js";
 import { bastionRegistry } from "./services/bastion-registry.js";
+import { AuthService } from "./services/auth.js";
+import { RbacService } from "./services/rbac.js";
+import { ResourceStore } from "./services/resource-store.js";
+import { AuditService } from "./services/audit.js";
 import { isBastionMessage } from "@lab/shared";
 
 export interface DbClient {
@@ -37,6 +46,7 @@ export interface DbClient {
 
 export async function createApp(_config: LabdConfig, db: DbClient): Promise<{
   app: ReturnType<typeof Fastify>;
+  auditService: AuditService;
 }> {
   const app = Fastify({
     logger: false, // We use winston instead
@@ -48,13 +58,39 @@ export async function createApp(_config: LabdConfig, db: DbClient): Promise<{
   // Register WebSocket support
   void app.register(websocket);
 
-  // Register route handlers
+  // v2 services. The structural DbClient is a subset of the real PrismaClient;
+  // at runtime db IS the PrismaClient instance, so the cast is safe. Tests that
+  // exercise v2 routes provide a PrismaClient-shaped mock (see auth-bootstrap,
+  // rbac-deny, audit-correlation tests).
+  const prisma = db as unknown as PrismaClient;
+  const authService = new AuthService(prisma);
+  const rbacService = new RbacService(prisma);
+  const resourceStore = new ResourceStore(prisma);
+  const auditService = new AuditService(prisma);
+  auditService.start();
+
+  // Register v1 (legacy) route handlers
   registerHealthRoutes(app, db);
   registerServerRoutes(app, db);
   registerAuthRoutes(app, db);
   registerAgentRoutes(app);
   registerBastionRoutes(app, db);
 
+  // v2 routes live in a scope with bearer-auth as preHandler. Public paths
+  // (login, /health, websockets) are skipped inside the middleware itself.
+  // v1 routes above are unaffected — they're registered on the root scope.
+  await app.register(async (scope) => {
+    scope.addHook("preHandler", createBearerAuthMiddleware(authService));
+    registerV2AuthRoutes(scope, authService, auditService);
+    registerEnvironmentRoutes(scope, prisma, rbacService, auditService);
+    registerResourceRoutes(scope, resourceStore, rbacService, auditService);
+  });
+
+  // Flush pending audit events on shutdown so we never lose the last batch.
+  app.addHook("onClose", async () => {
+    auditService.stop();
+  });
+
   // WebSocket handler for agent connections
   app.register(async (fastify) => {
     fastify.get("/ws/agent", { websocket: true }, (socket, _request) => {
@@ -192,7 +228,9 @@ export async function createApp(_config: LabdConfig, db: DbClient): Promise<{
                           labels: { cpu: hw.cpu_model, cores: hw.cpu_cores, memory_gb: hw.memory_gb, arch: hw.arch, product: hw.product, manufacturer: hw.manufacturer },
                         },
                         update: {
-                          status: "discovered",
+                          // Leave status alone — a previously "online"/"offline" record
+                          // must not be downgraded to "discovered" just because the bastion
+                          // restarted and re-discovered the MAC via DHCP/PXE.
                           lastHeartbeat: new Date(),
                           labels: { cpu: hw.cpu_model, cores: hw.cpu_cores, memory_gb: hw.memory_gb, arch: hw.arch, product: hw.product, manufacturer: hw.manufacturer },
                         },
@@ -265,5 +303,5 @@ export async function createApp(_config: LabdConfig, db: DbClient): Promise<{
     logger.info(`HTTP: ${request.ip} ${request.method} ${request.url}`);
   });
 
-  return { app };
+  return { app, auditService };
 }

bastion/src/labd/src/services/audit.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Audit service: fire-and-forget event collection with batching.
+// Batches 50 events or flushes every 5 seconds, whichever comes first.
+// Failures never block the operation being audited.
+
+import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
+import type { PrismaClient, Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
+import { logger } from "./logger.js";
+
+const BATCH_SIZE = 50;
+const FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS = 5_000;
+
+export interface AuditEventInput {
+  eventKind: string;
+  source: string;
+  verified?: boolean;
+  userId?: string | null;
+  userName?: string | null;
+  sessionId?: string | null;
+  environmentName?: string | null;
+  accountName?: string | null;
+  resourceKind?: string | null;
+  resourceName?: string | null;
+  correlationId?: string | null;
+  parentEventId?: string | null;
+  details?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  result: string;
+  error?: string | null;
+  durationMs?: number | null;
+}
+
+export class AuditService {
+  private batch: AuditEventInput[] = [];
+  private timer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
+
+  constructor(private readonly db: PrismaClient) {}
+
+  start(): void {
+    this.timer = setInterval(() => {
+      void this.flush();
+    }, FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS);
+  }
+
+  stop(): void {
+    if (this.timer) {
+      clearInterval(this.timer);
+      this.timer = null;
+    }
+    void this.flush();
+  }
+
+  emit(event: AuditEventInput): void {
+    // Generate correlation ID if not provided
+    if (!event.correlationId) {
+      event.correlationId = `corr_${randomBytes(8).toString("hex")}`;
+    }
+
+    this.batch.push(event);
+
+    if (this.batch.length >= BATCH_SIZE) {
+      void this.flush();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Create a correlation context for a chain of related events. */
+  createCorrelation(): string {
+    return `corr_${randomBytes(8).toString("hex")}`;
+  }
+
+  /** Flush all pending events synchronously. Tests await this; production
+   * relies on the interval timer or stop() during shutdown. */
+  async flushPending(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.flush();
+  }
+
+  private async flush(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.batch.length === 0) return;
+
+    const events = this.batch.splice(0);
+    try {
+      await this.db.auditEvent.createMany({
+        data: events.map((e) => ({
+          eventKind: e.eventKind,
+          source: e.source,
+          verified: e.verified ?? false,
+          userId: e.userId ?? null,
+          userName: e.userName ?? null,
+          sessionId: e.sessionId ?? null,
+          environmentName: e.environmentName ?? null,
+          accountName: e.accountName ?? null,
+          resourceKind: e.resourceKind ?? null,
+          resourceName: e.resourceName ?? null,
+          correlationId: e.correlationId ?? `corr_${randomBytes(8).toString("hex")}`,
+          parentEventId: e.parentEventId ?? null,
+          details: (e.details ?? {}) as Prisma.InputJsonValue,
+          result: e.result,
+          error: e.error ?? null,
+          durationMs: e.durationMs ?? null,
+        })),
+      });
+      logger.info(`AUDIT: flushed ${events.length} events`);
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Fire-and-forget: audit failures never block operations
+      logger.warn(`AUDIT: failed to flush ${events.length} events: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+    }
+  }
+}

bastion/src/labd/src/services/auth.ts

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+// Auth service: bearer token authentication with bootstrap flow.
+// First login creates the admin user. Subsequent logins return session tokens.
+
+import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
+import bcrypt from "bcryptjs";
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
+import { logger } from "./logger.js";
+
+const SESSION_EXPIRY_DAYS = 30;
+const BCRYPT_ROUNDS = 12;
+
+export interface LoginResult {
+  token: string;
+  expiresAt: Date;
+  userId: string;
+  isBootstrap: boolean;
+}
+
+export class AuthService {
+  constructor(private readonly db: PrismaClient) {}
+
+  async login(email: string, password: string): Promise<LoginResult> {
+    const userCount = await this.db.user.count();
+
+    // Bootstrap: first login creates admin user
+    if (userCount === 0) {
+      return this.bootstrap(email, password);
+    }
+
+    const user = await this.db.user.findUnique({ where: { email } });
+    if (!user) {
+      // Same error for unknown user and wrong password (no enumeration)
+      throw new AuthError("Invalid email or password");
+    }
+
+    const valid = await bcrypt.compare(password, user.password);
+    if (!valid) {
+      throw new AuthError("Invalid email or password");
+    }
+
+    const session = await this.createSession(user.id);
+    logger.info(`AUTH LOGIN: ${email} (${user.id.slice(0, 8)}...)`);
+
+    return {
+      token: session.token,
+      expiresAt: session.expiresAt,
+      userId: user.id,
+      isBootstrap: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  async logout(token: string): Promise<void> {
+    const session = await this.db.session.findUnique({ where: { token } });
+    if (!session) {
+      throw new AuthError("Invalid session");
+    }
+    await this.db.session.delete({ where: { id: session.id } });
+    logger.info(`AUTH LOGOUT: session ${session.id.slice(0, 8)}...`);
+  }
+
+  async validateToken(token: string): Promise<{ userId: string; email: string; role: string }> {
+    const session = await this.db.session.findUnique({
+      where: { token },
+      include: { user: true },
+    });
+
+    if (!session) {
+      throw new AuthError("Invalid token");
+    }
+    if (session.expiresAt < new Date()) {
+      await this.db.session.delete({ where: { id: session.id } });
+      throw new AuthError("Token expired");
+    }
+
+    return {
+      userId: session.user.id,
+      email: session.user.email,
+      role: session.user.role,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private async bootstrap(email: string, password: string): Promise<LoginResult> {
+    const hashed = await bcrypt.hash(password, BCRYPT_ROUNDS);
+    const user = await this.db.user.create({
+      data: {
+        email,
+        password: hashed,
+        role: "ADMIN",
+        name: email.split("@")[0] ?? null,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const session = await this.createSession(user.id);
+    logger.info(`AUTH BOOTSTRAP: created admin user ${email} (${user.id.slice(0, 8)}...)`);
+
+    return {
+      token: session.token,
+      expiresAt: session.expiresAt,
+      userId: user.id,
+      isBootstrap: true,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private async createSession(userId: string) {
+    const token = randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
+    const expiresAt = new Date(Date.now() + SESSION_EXPIRY_DAYS * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+
+    return this.db.session.create({
+      data: { userId, token, expiresAt },
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export class AuthError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "AuthError";
+  }
+}

bastion/src/labd/src/services/rbac.ts

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+// RBAC service: environment-scoped permission checks.
+// Uses named RbacDefinition records with JSON subjects and roleBindings.
+//
+// Resolution flow:
+//   1. Find all RbacDefinitions where subjects match the current user/groups
+//   2. Collect all roleBindings from matching definitions
+//   3. Check if any binding grants the requested action on the requested resource
+
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
+import { logger } from "./logger.js";
+
+export interface RbacCheck {
+  userId: string;
+  userEmail: string;
+  userRole: string;
+  action: string;       // "view" | "edit" | "create" | "delete" | "run" | "admin"
+  resource?: string | undefined;    // "servers" | "databases" | "clusters" | "*"
+  name?: string | undefined;        // specific resource name
+  environment?: string | undefined; // specific environment name
+}
+
+export interface RbacResult {
+  allowed: boolean;
+  reason: string;
+  matchedDefinition?: string;
+}
+
+interface StoredSubject {
+  kind: string;
+  name: string;
+}
+
+interface StoredBinding {
+  role: string;
+  resource?: string;
+  name?: string;
+  environment?: string;
+  action?: string;
+}
+
+export class RbacService {
+  constructor(private readonly db: PrismaClient) {}
+
+  async check(req: RbacCheck): Promise<RbacResult> {
+    // Admin users bypass RBAC
+    if (req.userRole === "ADMIN") {
+      return { allowed: true, reason: "admin role" };
+    }
+
+    // Collect user's group memberships
+    const memberships = await this.db.groupMember.findMany({
+      where: { userId: req.userId },
+      include: { group: true },
+    });
+    const groupNames = memberships.map((m) => m.group.name);
+
+    // Find all RBAC definitions
+    const definitions = await this.db.rbacDefinition.findMany();
+
+    for (const def of definitions) {
+      const subjects = def.subjects as unknown as StoredSubject[];
+      const bindings = def.roleBindings as unknown as StoredBinding[];
+
+      // Check if this definition's subjects match the user
+      const subjectMatch = subjects.some((s) => {
+        if (s.kind === "User" && s.name === req.userEmail) return true;
+        if (s.kind === "Group" && groupNames.includes(s.name)) return true;
+        return false;
+      });
+
+      if (!subjectMatch) continue;
+
+      // Check if any binding grants the requested permission
+      for (const binding of bindings) {
+        if (this.bindingMatches(binding, req)) {
+          logger.info(`RBAC ALLOW: ${req.userEmail} ${req.action} ${req.resource ?? "*"}${req.name ? `/${req.name}` : ""} via ${def.name}`);
+          return {
+            allowed: true,
+            reason: `granted by ${def.name}`,
+            matchedDefinition: def.name,
+          };
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    logger.info(`RBAC DENY: ${req.userEmail} ${req.action} ${req.resource ?? "*"}${req.name ? `/${req.name}` : ""}`);
+    return {
+      allowed: false,
+      reason: `no matching role binding for ${req.action} on ${req.resource ?? "*"}`,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private bindingMatches(binding: StoredBinding, req: RbacCheck): boolean {
+    // Check role grants the action
+    if (!this.roleGrantsAction(binding.role, req.action)) return false;
+
+    // Check resource scope
+    if (binding.resource && binding.resource !== "*" && binding.resource !== req.resource) return false;
+
+    // Check name scope
+    if (binding.name && binding.name !== req.name) return false;
+
+    // Check environment scope
+    if (binding.environment && binding.environment !== req.environment) return false;
+
+    // Check operation scope (for "run" role with specific actions)
+    if (binding.action && binding.action !== "*" && binding.action !== req.action) return false;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private roleGrantsAction(role: string, action: string): boolean {
+    const grants: Record<string, string[]> = {
+      admin: ["view", "edit", "create", "delete", "run", "admin"],
+      edit: ["view", "edit", "create", "delete"],
+      create: ["create"],
+      delete: ["delete"],
+      view: ["view"],
+      run: ["run"],
+    };
+    return grants[role]?.includes(action) ?? false;
+  }
+}

bastion/src/labd/src/services/resource-store.ts

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+// Resource store: CRUD for generic resources with origin/managedBy tracking.
+// All mutations go through this service so RBAC and audit are applied consistently.
+
+import type { PrismaClient, Resource as PrismaResource, Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
+import { logger } from "./logger.js";
+
+export interface CreateResourceInput {
+  kind: string;
+  name: string;
+  environmentId: string;
+  accountId: string;
+  origin?: string;
+  managedBy?: string;
+  sourceRef?: string;
+  desiredSpec: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+export interface UpdateResourceInput {
+  desiredSpec?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  status?: string;
+  statusMessage?: string;
+  actualSpec?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  platformRef?: string;
+}
+
+export interface ListResourcesFilter {
+  kind?: string | undefined;
+  environmentId?: string | undefined;
+  accountId?: string | undefined;
+  status?: string | undefined;
+}
+
+export class ResourceStore {
+  constructor(private readonly db: PrismaClient) {}
+
+  async create(input: CreateResourceInput): Promise<PrismaResource> {
+    const resource = await this.db.resource.create({
+      data: {
+        kind: input.kind,
+        name: input.name,
+        environmentId: input.environmentId,
+        accountId: input.accountId,
+        origin: input.origin ?? "cli",
+        managedBy: input.managedBy ?? "manual",
+        sourceRef: input.sourceRef ?? null,
+        desiredSpec: input.desiredSpec as Prisma.InputJsonValue,
+        status: "pending",
+      },
+    });
+
+    logger.info(`RESOURCE CREATED: ${input.kind}/${input.name} in env ${input.environmentId.slice(0, 8)}...`);
+    return resource;
+  }
+
+  async get(id: string): Promise<PrismaResource | null> {
+    return this.db.resource.findUnique({ where: { id } });
+  }
+
+  async getByKindNameEnv(kind: string, name: string, environmentId: string): Promise<PrismaResource | null> {
+    return this.db.resource.findUnique({
+      where: { kind_name_environmentId: { kind, name, environmentId } },
+    });
+  }
+
+  async list(filter: ListResourcesFilter = {}): Promise<PrismaResource[]> {
+    return this.db.resource.findMany({
+      where: {
+        ...(filter.kind ? { kind: filter.kind } : {}),
+        ...(filter.environmentId ? { environmentId: filter.environmentId } : {}),
+        ...(filter.accountId ? { accountId: filter.accountId } : {}),
+        ...(filter.status ? { status: filter.status } : {}),
+      },
+      orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
+    });
+  }
+
+  async update(id: string, input: UpdateResourceInput): Promise<PrismaResource> {
+    const data: Prisma.ResourceUpdateInput = {};
+    if (input.desiredSpec !== undefined) data.desiredSpec = input.desiredSpec as Prisma.InputJsonValue;
+    if (input.status !== undefined) data.status = input.status;
+    if (input.statusMessage !== undefined) data.statusMessage = input.statusMessage;
+    if (input.actualSpec !== undefined) data.actualSpec = input.actualSpec as Prisma.InputJsonValue;
+    if (input.platformRef !== undefined) data.platformRef = input.platformRef;
+    if (input.status === "ready") data.lastReconciled = new Date();
+
+    const resource = await this.db.resource.update({ where: { id }, data });
+
+    logger.info(`RESOURCE UPDATED: ${resource.kind}/${resource.name} -> ${input.status ?? "spec change"}`);
+    return resource;
+  }
+
+  async delete(id: string): Promise<void> {
+    const resource = await this.db.resource.findUnique({ where: { id } });
+    if (!resource) return;
+
+    // Mark as deleting first (driver handles actual deletion)
+    await this.db.resource.update({
+      where: { id },
+      data: { status: "deleting" },
+    });
+
+    logger.info(`RESOURCE DELETING: ${resource.kind}/${resource.name}`);
+  }
+
+  async hardDelete(id: string): Promise<void> {
+    await this.db.resource.delete({ where: { id } });
+  }
+}

bastion/src/labd/tests/bastions-machines.test.ts

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+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import Fastify from "fastify";
+import { registerBastionRoutes } from "../src/routes/bastions.js";
+import { bastionRegistry } from "../src/services/bastion-registry.js";
+import type { DbClient } from "../src/server.js";
+import type { BastionState } from "@lab/shared";
+
+function createMockDb(servers: unknown[] = []): DbClient {
+  return {
+    $queryRaw: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([{ "?column?": 1 }]),
+    server: {
+      findMany: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(servers),
+      findUnique: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+      upsert: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    },
+    joinToken: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+      findMany: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+      create: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: "t" }),
+      update: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    },
+    bastion: {
+      upsert: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+      findMany: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+      findUnique: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+      update: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function registerFakeBastion(bastionId: string, state: BastionState): void {
+  bastionRegistry.register({
+    bastionId,
+    hostname: "fake",
+    network: "192.168.8.0/24",
+    serverIp: "192.168.8.11",
+    // socket is referenced only on commands, not during aggregation
+    socket: { on: () => undefined, off: () => undefined, send: () => undefined, close: () => undefined } as never,
+    connectedAt: new Date(),
+    lastHeartbeat: new Date(),
+    state,
+  });
+}
+
+describe("GET /api/machines aggregation", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    for (const b of bastionRegistry.getAll()) bastionRegistry.unregister(b.bastionId);
+  });
+
+  it("promotes a live-discovered MAC to installed when the DB has a real hostname+role for it", async () => {
+    // Simulates the worker0-k8s0 bug: bastion restarted, lost its installed map,
+    // rediscovered the machine via DHCP/PXE. DB still has hostname=worker0-k8s0,
+    // role=infra, ip=192.168.8.23. Without the fix, the CLI sees a "discovered"
+    // row with no hostname/role/IP. With the fix, the row is promoted to
+    // "installed" with full identity preserved.
+    const mac = "78:55:36:08:28:fb";
+    registerFakeBastion("b1", {
+      discovered: {
+        [mac]: {
+          mac, product: "SER", board: "SER", serial: "x", manufacturer: "AZW",
+          cpu_model: "AMD Ryzen 7 255", cpu_cores: 16, memory_gb: 58, arch: "x86_64",
+          disks: [], nics: [], first_seen: "", last_seen: "",
+        },
+      },
+      install_queue: {},
+      installed: {},
+      debug: {},
+    });
+
+    const app = Fastify({ logger: false });
+    const db = createMockDb([
+      { mac, hostname: "worker0-k8s0", role: "infra", ip: "192.168.8.23", status: "discovered", labels: {} },
+    ]);
+    registerBastionRoutes(app, db);
+
+    const res = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: "/api/machines" });
+    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+
+    expect(body.discovered[mac]).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(body.installed[mac]).toMatchObject({
+      hostname: "worker0-k8s0",
+      role: "infra",
+      ip: "192.168.8.23",
+      cpu_model: "AMD Ryzen 7 255",
+      cpu_cores: 16,
+      memory_gb: 58,
+    });
+
+    await app.close();
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a fresh-discovery MAC in discovered when DB only has a discovery-shaped record", async () => {
+    const mac = "aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff";
+    registerFakeBastion("b1", {
+      discovered: {
+        [mac]: {
+          mac, product: "SER", board: "SER", serial: "x", manufacturer: "AZW",
+          cpu_model: "AMD Ryzen 7", cpu_cores: 8, memory_gb: 32, arch: "x86_64",
+          disks: [], nics: [], first_seen: "", last_seen: "",
+        },
+      },
+      install_queue: {},
+      installed: {},
+      debug: {},
+    });
+
+    const app = Fastify({ logger: false });
+    // Matches what labd writes on first discovery: hostname=product, role="unknown"
+    const db = createMockDb([
+      { mac, hostname: "SER", role: "unknown", ip: null, status: "discovered", labels: {} },
+    ]);
+    registerBastionRoutes(app, db);
+
+    const res = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: "/api/machines" });
+    const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+
+    expect(body.discovered[mac]).toBeDefined();
+    expect(body.installed[mac]).toBeUndefined();
+
+    await app.close();
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to DB for MACs not in any live bucket", async () => {
+    const mac = "11:22:33:44:55:66";
+    // No bastions connected
+    const app = Fastify({ logger: false });
+    const db = createMockDb([
+      { mac, hostname: "worker1-k8s0", role: "infra", ip: "192.168.8.13", status: "online", labels: {} },
+    ]);
+    registerBastionRoutes(app, db);
+
+    const res = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: "/api/machines" });
+    const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+
+    expect(body.installed[mac]).toMatchObject({
+      hostname: "worker1-k8s0",
+      role: "infra",
+      ip: "192.168.8.13",
+    });
+
+    await app.close();
+  });
+});

bastion/src/labd/tests/v2-smoke.test.ts

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+// End-to-end smoke tests for the v2.0 Phase 1 surface (auth bootstrap, RBAC,
+// audit correlation). These exercise the wiring in createApp(): the bearer
+// auth middleware, the v2 routes scope, and the AuditService lifecycle.
+//
+// We don't spin up CockroachDB. Instead we provide a PrismaClient-shaped
+// in-memory mock that matches the surface the v2 services actually touch.
+// Tests follow the project convention of using mock DBs + Fastify.inject().
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from "vitest";
+import bcrypt from "bcryptjs";
+import { createApp } from "../src/server.js";
+import type { DbClient } from "../src/server.js";
+import type { AuditService } from "../src/services/audit.js";
+
+const TEST_CONFIG = { port: 0, host: "127.0.0.1", databaseUrl: "", caDir: "/tmp", logLevel: "silent" };
+
+interface UserRow { id: string; email: string; password: string; role: string; name: string | null; }
+interface SessionRow { id: string; userId: string; token: string; expiresAt: Date; user?: UserRow; }
+interface RbacDefRow { id: string; name: string; subjects: unknown; roleBindings: unknown; }
+interface AuditEventRow {
+  id: string;
+  eventKind: string;
+  source: string;
+  verified: boolean;
+  userId: string | null;
+  userName: string | null;
+  environmentName: string | null;
+  resourceKind: string | null;
+  correlationId: string | null;
+  parentEventId: string | null;
+  details: unknown;
+  result: string;
+  error: string | null;
+  durationMs: number | null;
+  timestamp: Date;
+}
+
+interface Stores {
+  users: Map<string, UserRow>;
+  sessions: Map<string, SessionRow>;
+  groupMembers: Array<{ userId: string; group: { name: string } }>;
+  rbacDefs: RbacDefRow[];
+  auditEvents: AuditEventRow[];
+  resources: Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
+}
+
+function makeStores(): Stores {
+  return {
+    users: new Map(),
+    sessions: new Map(),
+    groupMembers: [],
+    rbacDefs: [],
+    auditEvents: [],
+    resources: [],
+  };
+}
+
+function makeMockDb(s: Stores): DbClient {
+  let idCounter = 0;
+  const newId = (prefix: string): string => `${prefix}-${++idCounter}`;
+
+  return {
+    $queryRaw: vi.fn(async () => [{ "?column?": 1 }]),
+    server: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => []), findUnique: vi.fn(), upsert: vi.fn() },
+    joinToken: { findUnique: vi.fn(), findMany: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn(), update: vi.fn() },
+    bastion: { upsert: vi.fn(), findMany: vi.fn(), findUnique: vi.fn(), update: vi.fn() },
+
+    user: {
+      count: vi.fn(async () => s.users.size),
+      findUnique: vi.fn(async (args: { where: { email?: string; id?: string } }) => {
+        if (args.where.email) {
+          for (const u of s.users.values()) if (u.email === args.where.email) return u;
+        }
+        if (args.where.id) return s.users.get(args.where.id) ?? null;
+        return null;
+      }),
+      create: vi.fn(async (args: { data: Omit<UserRow, "id"> }) => {
+        const id = newId("user");
+        const row: UserRow = { id, ...args.data };
+        s.users.set(id, row);
+        return row;
+      }),
+    },
+    session: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(async (args: { where: { token?: string; id?: string }; include?: { user?: boolean } }) => {
+        let session: SessionRow | undefined;
+        if (args.where.token) {
+          for (const sess of s.sessions.values()) if (sess.token === args.where.token) { session = sess; break; }
+        } else if (args.where.id) {
+          session = s.sessions.get(args.where.id);
+        }
+        if (!session) return null;
+        if (args.include?.user) {
+          return { ...session, user: s.users.get(session.userId)! };
+        }
+        return session;
+      }),
+      create: vi.fn(async (args: { data: { userId: string; token: string; expiresAt: Date } }) => {
+        const id = newId("sess");
+        const row: SessionRow = { id, ...args.data };
+        s.sessions.set(id, row);
+        return row;
+      }),
+      delete: vi.fn(async (args: { where: { id: string } }) => {
+        s.sessions.delete(args.where.id);
+        return null;
+      }),
+    },
+    groupMember: {
+      findMany: vi.fn(async (args: { where: { userId: string } }) =>
+        s.groupMembers.filter((m) => m.userId === args.where.userId),
+      ),
+    },
+    rbacDefinition: {
+      findMany: vi.fn(async () => s.rbacDefs),
+    },
+    auditEvent: {
+      createMany: vi.fn(async (args: { data: Array<Omit<AuditEventRow, "id" | "timestamp">> }) => {
+        const ts = new Date();
+        for (const e of args.data) {
+          s.auditEvents.push({ id: newId("evt"), timestamp: ts, ...e });
+        }
+        return { count: args.data.length };
+      }),
+      findMany: vi.fn(async (args: { where?: Record<string, unknown>; orderBy?: unknown; take?: number }) => {
+        const where = args.where ?? {};
+        const filtered = s.auditEvents.filter((e) => {
+          if (where["eventKind"] && e.eventKind !== where["eventKind"]) return false;
+          if (where["correlationId"] && e.correlationId !== where["correlationId"]) return false;
+          if (where["environmentName"] && e.environmentName !== where["environmentName"]) return false;
+          return true;
+        });
+        return filtered.slice(0, args.take ?? 100);
+      }),
+    },
+    resource: {
+      findMany: vi.fn(async () => s.resources),
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+      create: vi.fn(),
+      update: vi.fn(),
+      delete: vi.fn(),
+    },
+    environment: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => []), findUnique: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    account: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => []), findUnique: vi.fn(), create: vi.fn() },
+    binding: { findMany: vi.fn(async () => []), create: vi.fn() },
+  } as unknown as DbClient;
+}
+
+async function buildApp(s: Stores) {
+  const db = makeMockDb(s);
+  const result = await createApp(TEST_CONFIG, db);
+  await result.app.ready();
+  return result;
+}
+
+describe("v2 auth: bootstrap flow", () => {
+  let stores: Stores;
+  let app: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof buildApp>>["app"];
+  let auditService: AuditService;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    stores = makeStores();
+    const built = await buildApp(stores);
+    app = built.app;
+    auditService = built.auditService;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await app.close(); // triggers auditService.stop()
+  });
+
+  it("first login with no users seeds the admin and returns a session token", async () => {
+    expect(stores.users.size).toBe(0);
+
+    const resp = await app.inject({
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/api/auth/login",
+      payload: { email: "admin@itaz.eu", password: "s3cret-pw" },
+    });
+
+    expect(resp.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    const body = resp.json();
+    expect(body.isBootstrap).toBe(true);
+    expect(body.token).toMatch(/^[a-f0-9]{64}$/);
+    expect(typeof body.expiresAt).toBe("string");
+
+    expect(stores.users.size).toBe(1);
+    const created = [...stores.users.values()][0]!;
+    expect(created.email).toBe("admin@itaz.eu");
+    expect(created.role).toBe("ADMIN");
+    // Password is hashed, not stored plaintext.
+    expect(created.password).not.toBe("s3cret-pw");
+    expect(await bcrypt.compare("s3cret-pw", created.password)).toBe(true);
+
+    // Bootstrap emits an audit event.
+    await auditService.flushPending();
+    const bootstrapEvents = stores.auditEvents.filter((e) => e.eventKind === "auth_bootstrap");
+    expect(bootstrapEvents).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(bootstrapEvents[0]!.result).toBe("success");
+    expect(bootstrapEvents[0]!.userName).toBe("admin@itaz.eu");
+  });
+
+  it("returns 400 for missing credentials", async () => {
+    const resp = await app.inject({ method: "POST", url: "/api/auth/login", payload: {} });
+    expect(resp.statusCode).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it("second login uses normal flow (no isBootstrap)", async () => {
+    // Bootstrap once
+    await app.inject({
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/api/auth/login",
+      payload: { email: "admin@itaz.eu", password: "s3cret-pw" },
+    });
+    expect(stores.users.size).toBe(1);
+
+    // Login again
+    const resp = await app.inject({
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/api/auth/login",
+      payload: { email: "admin@itaz.eu", password: "s3cret-pw" },
+    });
+
+    expect(resp.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(resp.json().isBootstrap).toBe(false);
+    expect(stores.users.size).toBe(1); // no new user
+  });
+
+  it("rejects wrong password with 401", async () => {
+    // Seed admin
+    await app.inject({
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/api/auth/login",
+      payload: { email: "admin@itaz.eu", password: "s3cret-pw" },
+    });
+
+    const resp = await app.inject({
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/api/auth/login",
+      payload: { email: "admin@itaz.eu", password: "wrong" },
+    });
+    expect(resp.statusCode).toBe(401);
+
+    // Failed login is also audited.
+    await auditService.flushPending();
+    const fails = stores.auditEvents.filter((e) => e.eventKind === "auth_login" && e.result === "failure");
+    expect(fails).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("v2 RBAC: env-scoped denial", () => {
+  let stores: Stores;
+  let app: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof buildApp>>["app"];
+
+  async function seedSession(role: string): Promise<string> {
+    stores.users.set("u-1", {
+      id: "u-1",
+      email: `${role.toLowerCase()}@itaz.eu`,
+      password: "x",
+      role,
+      name: null,
+    });
+    const token = "test-token-" + role;
+    stores.sessions.set("s-1", {
+      id: "s-1",
+      userId: "u-1",
+      token,
+      expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 86_400_000),
+    });
+    return token;
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    stores = makeStores();
+    app = (await buildApp(stores)).app;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+  });
+
+  it("non-admin user with no role bindings gets 403 on /api/resources", async () => {
+    const token = await seedSession("EDITOR"); // not admin, no bindings
+
+    const resp = await app.inject({
+      method: "GET",
+      url: "/api/resources",
+      headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+    });
+
+    expect(resp.statusCode).toBe(403);
+    expect(resp.json().error).toMatch(/no matching role binding/);
+  });
+
+  it("missing/empty bearer token gets 401 (auth, not RBAC)", async () => {
+    const r1 = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: "/api/resources" });
+    expect(r1.statusCode).toBe(401);
+
+    const r2 = await app.inject({
+      method: "GET",
+      url: "/api/resources",
+      headers: { authorization: "Bearer " },
+    });
+    expect(r2.statusCode).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  it("invalid bearer token gets 401", async () => {
+    const resp = await app.inject({
+      method: "GET",
+      url: "/api/resources",
+      headers: { authorization: "Bearer not-a-real-token" },
+    });
+    expect(resp.statusCode).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  it("admin role bypasses RBAC", async () => {
+    const token = await seedSession("ADMIN");
+
+    const resp = await app.inject({
+      method: "GET",
+      url: "/api/resources",
+      headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+    });
+
+    expect(resp.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(resp.json()).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("user with binding for env A is denied for resources in env B", async () => {
+    const token = await seedSession("EDITOR");
+    stores.groupMembers.push({ userId: "u-1", group: { name: "team-a" } });
+    stores.rbacDefs.push({
+      id: "rbac-1",
+      name: "team-a-edit-on-env-a",
+      subjects: [{ kind: "Group", name: "team-a" }],
+      roleBindings: [{ role: "edit", environment: "env-a" }],
+    });
+
+    // List in env-a → should pass RBAC (no env query so it's global view, but
+    // the binding scope is environment-specific → for global list the binding
+    // doesn't apply when an environment scope is set on the binding).
+    // Smoke test the targeted denial: trying to create in env-b is rejected.
+    const respB = await app.inject({
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/api/resources",
+      headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+      payload: { kind: "database", name: "x", environmentId: "env-b", accountId: "acc-1" },
+    });
+
+    expect(respB.statusCode).toBe(403);
+    expect(respB.json().error).toMatch(/no matching role binding/);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("v2 audit: correlation chain visible via /api/events", () => {
+  let stores: Stores;
+  let app: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof buildApp>>["app"];
+  let auditService: AuditService;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    stores = makeStores();
+    const built = await buildApp(stores);
+    app = built.app;
+    auditService = built.auditService;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+  });
+
+  it("emitted audit events are queryable by correlation id", async () => {
+    // Seed admin so /api/events is accessible (it sits behind bearer auth)
+    const loginResp = await app.inject({
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "/api/auth/login",
+      payload: { email: "admin@itaz.eu", password: "pw" },
+    });
+    const token = loginResp.json().token;
+
+    // Force flush so the bootstrap event is in the DB
+    await auditService.flushPending();
+
+    expect(stores.auditEvents.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const bootstrap = stores.auditEvents.find((e) => e.eventKind === "auth_bootstrap")!;
+    expect(bootstrap.correlationId).toMatch(/^corr_[a-f0-9]{16}$/);
+
+    // Query /api/events filtered by correlation id
+    const queryResp = await app.inject({
+      method: "GET",
+      url: `/api/events?correlation=${bootstrap.correlationId}`,
+      headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+    });
+
+    expect(queryResp.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    const events = queryResp.json() as Array<{ correlationId: string; eventKind: string }>;
+    expect(events.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(events[0]!.eventKind).toBe("auth_bootstrap");
+    expect(events[0]!.correlationId).toBe(bootstrap.correlationId);
+  });
+
+  it("explicit parent/child correlation chain is preserved across emits", async () => {
+    const correlationId = auditService.createCorrelation();
+
+    auditService.emit({
+      eventKind: "test_parent",
+      source: "test",
+      result: "success",
+      correlationId,
+    });
+    auditService.emit({
+      eventKind: "test_child",
+      source: "test",
+      result: "success",
+      correlationId,
+      parentEventId: "evt-1",
+    });
+
+    await auditService.flushPending();
+
+    const chain = stores.auditEvents.filter((e) => e.correlationId === correlationId);
+    expect(chain).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(chain.map((e) => e.eventKind).sort()).toEqual(["test_child", "test_parent"]);
+    expect(chain.find((e) => e.eventKind === "test_child")!.parentEventId).toBe("evt-1");
+  });
+});

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/groups/hardening.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-// Hardening: Pod Security Standards, certificate check, log rotation.
+// Hardening: Pod Security Standards, certificate check, journald cap, storage.
 
 import type { OperationContext, OperationResult, OperationGroup } from "../types.js";
 import { runSequential } from "../utils.js";
 import { applyPodSecurityStandards } from "../operations/pod-security.js";
 import { checkCertExpiry } from "../operations/cert-check.js";
 import { configureLogRotation } from "../operations/log-rotation.js";
+import { configureJournaldLimits } from "../operations/journald-limits.js";
 import { configureLonghornDisk } from "../operations/longhorn-disk.js";
 
 export const hardeningGroup: OperationGroup = {
   name: "hardening",
-  description: "Pod security, certificate check, log rotation, storage",
+  description: "Pod security, certificate check, journald cap, storage",
   operations: [
     { name: "Apply Pod Security Standards", fn: applyPodSecurityStandards },
     { name: "Check certificate expiry", fn: checkCertExpiry },
-    { name: "Configure log rotation", fn: configureLogRotation },
+    { name: "Decommission file-based audit logs", fn: configureLogRotation },
+    { name: "Configure journald disk cap", fn: configureJournaldLimits },
     { name: "Configure Longhorn disk", fn: configureLonghornDisk },
   ],
 };

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/groups/host-prep.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-// Host preparation: kernel modules, sysctl, swap, firewall, SELinux.
+// Host preparation: kernel modules, sysctl, swap, storage, firewall, SELinux.
 
 import type { OperationContext, OperationResult, OperationGroup } from "../types.js";
 import { runSequential } from "../utils.js";
 import { loadKernelModules } from "../operations/kernel-modules.js";
 import { applyCisHardening } from "../operations/sysctl.js";
-import { disableSwap } from "../operations/swap.js";
+import { enableSwap } from "../operations/swap.js";
+import { growRancherLv } from "../operations/rancher-storage.js";
 import { disableFirewall } from "../operations/firewall.js";
 import { setSelinuxPermissive } from "../operations/selinux.js";
 import { enableIscsi } from "../operations/iscsi.js";
 
 export const hostPrepGroup: OperationGroup = {
   name: "host-prep",
-  description: "Prepare host for k3s: kernel modules, sysctl, swap, firewall, SELinux, iSCSI",
+  description: "Prepare host for k3s: kernel modules, sysctl, swap, imageFs sizing, firewall, SELinux, iSCSI",
   operations: [
     { name: "Load kernel modules", fn: loadKernelModules },
     { name: "Apply CIS sysctl", fn: applyCisHardening },
-    { name: "Disable swap", fn: disableSwap },
+    { name: "Enable swap", fn: enableSwap },
+    { name: "Grow rancher LV", fn: growRancherLv },
     { name: "Disable firewall", fn: disableFirewall },
     { name: "Set SELinux permissive", fn: setSelinuxPermissive },
     { name: "Enable iSCSI", fn: enableIscsi },

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/groups/networking.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import type { OperationContext, OperationResult, OperationGroup } from "../types.js";
 import { runSequential } from "../utils.js";
 import { installCilium } from "../operations/cilium.js";
+import { installMultus } from "../operations/multus.js";
+import { installVlanSetup } from "../operations/vlan-setup.js";
 import { fixCoreDnsUpstream } from "../operations/dns-fix.js";
 import { applyDefaultNetworkPolicies } from "../operations/network-policy.js";
 
@@ -11,6 +13,11 @@ export const networkingGroup: OperationGroup = {
   description: "Install Cilium CNI, fix DNS, apply network policies",
   operations: [
     { name: "Install Cilium CNI", fn: installCilium },
+    // Multus + vlan-setup: give pods a second interface on VLAN 10 (macvlan)
+    // for LAN device discovery (Matter/HomeKit mDNS). Must follow Cilium
+    // (needs cni.exclusive=false + bpf.vlanBypass={10} from installCilium).
+    { name: "Install Multus CNI", fn: installMultus },
+    { name: "Install vlan-setup (lan10 + CNI plugins)", fn: installVlanSetup },
     { name: "Fix CoreDNS upstream", fn: fixCoreDnsUpstream },
     { name: "Apply network policies", fn: applyDefaultNetworkPolicies },
   ],

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/install.ts

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ sed -i 's/^SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=permissive/' /etc/selinux/config 2>/dev/nul
 # ── 5b. Create k3s config directory ──
 echo "[5/10] Writing k3s server configuration..."
 mkdir -p /etc/rancher/k3s
-mkdir -p /var/log/kubernetes
 
 cat > /etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml << 'K3S_CONFIG'
 # k3s server configuration — CIS hardened
@@ -91,13 +90,10 @@ disable:
   - servicelb
   - traefik
 
-# API server hardening
+# API server hardening (audit-log-path=- routes audit to journald via stdout)
 kube-apiserver-arg:
   - "anonymous-auth=false"
-  - "audit-log-path=/var/log/kubernetes/audit.log"
-  - "audit-log-maxage=30"
-  - "audit-log-maxbackup=10"
-  - "audit-log-maxsize=100"
+  - "audit-log-path=-"
   - "audit-policy-file=/etc/rancher/k3s/audit-policy.yaml"
   - "enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction,PodSecurity"
   - "request-timeout=300s"
@@ -219,7 +215,9 @@ echo "  Using network device: \$DEFAULT_DEV"
 
 KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml cilium install \\
   --set kubeProxyReplacement=true \\
-  --set ipam.mode=kubernetes \\
+  --set ipam.mode=cluster-pool \\
+  --set ipam.operator.clusterPoolIPv4PodCIDRList='{10.42.0.0/16}' \\
+  --set ipam.operator.clusterPoolIPv4MaskSize=24 \\
   --set devices="\$DEFAULT_DEV" \\
   --set nodePort.directRoutingDevice="\$DEFAULT_DEV"
 

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/k3s-module.ts

@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ export class K3sModule implements Module {
       return toModuleResult("install", [...prepResults, ...k3sResults], start);
     }
 
-    // Phase 3: Networking (server only — agents don't install Cilium)
+    // Phase 3: Networking (initial server only — joining servers get Cilium via daemonset)
     let netResults: OperationResult[] = [];
-    if (isServer) {
+    const isJoiningServer = isServer && !!opCtx.config.k3sServerUrl;
+    if (isServer && !isJoiningServer) {
       netResults = await runNetworking(opCtx);
     }
 

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/cilium.ts

@@ -38,12 +38,22 @@ export const installCilium: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> =>
   // Install Cilium
   // - No hardcoded devices: Cilium auto-detects per node (heterogeneous NICs like eno1 vs enP7s7)
   // - k8sServiceHost/Port: k3s agents proxy the API on 127.0.0.1:6444 (not 6443)
+  // - cni.exclusive=false: required so Multus can install its CNI config alongside
+  //   Cilium (Cilium otherwise deletes any non-Cilium CNI conf).
+  // - bpf.vlanBypass={10}: allow VLAN 10 (LoT) tagged traffic through the eBPF
+  //   host VLAN filter, so pods on a macvlan/VLAN-10 interface receive multicast
+  //   (Matter/mDNS ff02::fb + 224.0.0.251). Without this Cilium drops it
+  //   ("VLAN traffic disallowed by VLAN filter", bpf_host.c).
   const installResult = await ctx.ssh.exec(
     `KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml cilium install \
       --set kubeProxyReplacement=true \
-      --set ipam.mode=kubernetes \
+      --set ipam.mode=cluster-pool \
+      --set ipam.operator.clusterPoolIPv4PodCIDRList='{10.42.0.0/16}' \
+      --set ipam.operator.clusterPoolIPv4MaskSize=24 \
       --set k8sServiceHost=127.0.0.1 \
-      --set k8sServicePort=6444`,
+      --set k8sServicePort=6444 \
+      --set cni.exclusive=false \
+      --set bpf.vlanBypass="{10}"`,
     { timeoutMs: 300_000 },
   );
   if (installResult.exitCode !== 0) {

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/etcd-recover.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+// Recover a broken etcd member by removing it from the cluster, wiping its
+// local state, and restarting k3s so it rejoins as a fresh member.
+//
+// Use case: a node panics on startup with
+//   "tocommit(N+1) is out of range [lastIndex(N)]. Was the raft log corrupted,
+//    truncated, or lost?"
+// This means the local raft WAL is missing the last entry the leader thinks
+// the follower acknowledged (lost write, unclean shutdown, etc). The fix is
+// always the same and well-documented; this codifies it so we don't fumble
+// the procedure under pressure.
+//
+// Preconditions:
+//   - At least one healthy peer is reachable so the cluster has quorum after
+//     we remove the broken member. (For a 3-node cluster: 2 healthy. For a
+//     5-node: 3 healthy.) If quorum would be lost, this function refuses.
+//   - SSH access to both the broken node and a healthy peer.
+//   - etcdctl available on the healthy peer (k3s does not bundle it; the
+//     procedure installs it on demand on Fedora).
+
+import type { SshClient } from "../types.js";
+
+const ETCD_TLS = {
+  ca: "/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls/etcd/server-ca.crt",
+  cert: "/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls/etcd/server-client.crt",
+  key: "/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls/etcd/server-client.key",
+} as const;
+
+const SSH_TIMEOUT = 60_000;
+
+export interface RecoverEtcdMemberOptions {
+  /** SSH client for the broken node (the one panicking). */
+  broken: SshClient;
+  /** SSH client for any healthy server peer in the same cluster. */
+  peer: SshClient;
+  /** Hostname (k8s node name) of the broken node. Used to find its etcd member id. */
+  brokenHostname: string;
+  /** Logger for progress output. */
+  log?: (msg: string) => void;
+}
+
+export interface RecoverEtcdMemberResult {
+  success: boolean;
+  changed: boolean;
+  message: string;
+  /** New etcd member id assigned after rejoin (when known). */
+  newMemberId?: string;
+  /** Old etcd member id that was removed. */
+  removedMemberId?: string;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+function etcdctl(subcmd: string): string {
+  return [
+    "ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl",
+    `--cacert=${ETCD_TLS.ca}`,
+    `--cert=${ETCD_TLS.cert}`,
+    `--key=${ETCD_TLS.key}`,
+    "--endpoints=https://127.0.0.1:2379",
+    "--command-timeout=10s",
+    subcmd,
+  ].join(" ");
+}
+
+async function ensureEtcdctl(peer: SshClient): Promise<void> {
+  const probe = await peer.exec("command -v etcdctl 2>/dev/null", { timeoutMs: 5_000 });
+  if (probe.exitCode === 0 && probe.stdout.trim()) return;
+  // Best-effort install on Fedora. If the host isn't dnf-based, surface the
+  // error to the caller via the next etcdctl invocation.
+  await peer.exec("dnf install -y etcd 2>&1", { timeoutMs: 120_000 });
+}
+
+async function getMemberList(peer: SshClient): Promise<Array<{ id: string; name: string }>> {
+  const result = await peer.exec(etcdctl("member list"), { timeoutMs: SSH_TIMEOUT });
+  if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(`etcdctl member list failed: ${result.stderr || result.stdout}`);
+  }
+  // Format: <hex-id>, started, <name>, <peer-urls>, <client-urls>, <isLearner>
+  return result.stdout
+    .split("\n")
+    .map((line) => line.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .map((line) => {
+      const [id, , name] = line.split(",").map((p) => p.trim());
+      return { id: id ?? "", name: name ?? "" };
+    })
+    .filter((m) => m.id);
+}
+
+export async function recoverEtcdMember(
+  opts: RecoverEtcdMemberOptions,
+): Promise<RecoverEtcdMemberResult> {
+  const log = opts.log ?? (() => {});
+
+  try {
+    log(`Looking up etcd member id for ${opts.brokenHostname} via peer...`);
+    await ensureEtcdctl(opts.peer);
+
+    const members = await getMemberList(opts.peer);
+    if (members.length < 3) {
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        changed: false,
+        message: "Refusing to remove a member from a cluster with <3 members (quorum would be lost)",
+        error: `member count = ${members.length}`,
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Member names are <hostname>-<random-suffix>; match by hostname prefix.
+    const broken = members.find((m) => m.name.startsWith(opts.brokenHostname));
+    if (!broken) {
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        changed: false,
+        message: `No etcd member found matching hostname ${opts.brokenHostname}`,
+        error: `members: ${members.map((m) => m.name).join(", ")}`,
+      };
+    }
+    log(`Broken member: ${broken.id} (${broken.name})`);
+
+    log("Step 1/4: stopping k3s on broken node");
+    await opts.broken.exec("systemctl stop k3s 2>&1", { timeoutMs: SSH_TIMEOUT });
+
+    log("Step 2/4: removing broken etcd member from cluster");
+    const remove = await opts.peer.exec(
+      etcdctl(`member remove ${broken.id}`),
+      { timeoutMs: SSH_TIMEOUT },
+    );
+    if (remove.exitCode !== 0) {
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        changed: false,
+        message: "etcdctl member remove failed",
+        error: remove.stderr || remove.stdout,
+        removedMemberId: broken.id,
+      };
+    }
+
+    log("Step 3/4: archiving corrupt etcd state and stale TLS/cred dirs on broken node");
+    const ts = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    await opts.broken.exec(
+      [
+        `mv /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/db /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/db.corrupt-${ts} 2>/dev/null || true`,
+        "rm -rf /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/cred",
+      ].join(" && "),
+      { timeoutMs: SSH_TIMEOUT },
+    );
+
+    log("Step 4/4: starting k3s on broken node — it will rejoin");
+    await opts.broken.exec("systemctl start k3s 2>&1", { timeoutMs: SSH_TIMEOUT });
+
+    // Poll for rejoin. The new member-id is what the cluster assigns on join.
+    let newMemberId: string | undefined;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5_000));
+      try {
+        const after = await getMemberList(opts.peer);
+        const rejoined = after.find(
+          (m) => m.name.startsWith(opts.brokenHostname) && m.id !== broken.id,
+        );
+        if (rejoined) {
+          newMemberId = rejoined.id;
+          break;
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // peer may briefly be unreachable mid-rejoin — keep polling
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!newMemberId) {
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        changed: true,
+        message: "k3s started but new member did not appear in cluster within 5 minutes",
+        removedMemberId: broken.id,
+      };
+    }
+
+    log(`Rejoined as ${newMemberId}`);
+    return {
+      success: true,
+      changed: true,
+      message: `Recovered: removed ${broken.id}, rejoined as ${newMemberId}`,
+      removedMemberId: broken.id,
+      newMemberId,
+    };
+  } catch (err) {
+    return {
+      success: false,
+      changed: false,
+      message: "Recovery failed",
+      error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+    };
+  }
+}

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export { loadKernelModules } from "./kernel-modules.js";
 export { applyCisHardening } from "./sysctl.js";
-export { disableSwap } from "./swap.js";
+export { enableSwap } from "./swap.js";
+export { growRancherLv } from "./rancher-storage.js";
 export { enableIscsi } from "./iscsi.js";
 export { disableFirewall } from "./firewall.js";
 export { setSelinuxPermissive } from "./selinux.js";
@@ -9,9 +10,17 @@ export { writeAuditPolicy } from "./audit-policy.js";
 export { cleanupStaleCni } from "./cni-cleanup.js";
 export { installK3sBinary } from "./k3s-install.js";
 export { installCilium } from "./cilium.js";
+export { installMultus } from "./multus.js";
+export { installVlanSetup } from "./vlan-setup.js";
 export { fixCoreDnsUpstream } from "./dns-fix.js";
 export { configureLogRotation } from "./log-rotation.js";
+export { configureJournaldLimits } from "./journald-limits.js";
 export { applyDefaultNetworkPolicies } from "./network-policy.js";
 export { applyPodSecurityStandards } from "./pod-security.js";
 export { checkCertExpiry } from "./cert-check.js";
 export { configureLonghornDisk } from "./longhorn-disk.js";
+export { recoverEtcdMember } from "./etcd-recover.js";
+export type {
+  RecoverEtcdMemberOptions,
+  RecoverEtcdMemberResult,
+} from "./etcd-recover.js";

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/iscsi.ts

@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ export const enableIscsi: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
 
   // Install the package (detect distro)
   const osRelease = await ctx.ssh.exec("cat /etc/os-release", sshOpts(ctx));
-  const isFedora = osRelease.stdout.includes("fedora") || osRelease.stdout.includes("rhel") || osRelease.stdout.includes("centos");
+  const osLower = osRelease.stdout.toLowerCase();
+  const isFedora = osLower.includes("fedora") || osLower.includes("rhel") || osLower.includes("centos");
 
   const pkg = isFedora ? "iscsi-initiator-utils" : "open-iscsi";
-  const installCmd = isFedora ? `dnf install -y ${pkg}` : `apt-get install -y ${pkg}`;
+  const installCmd = isFedora ? `sudo dnf install -y ${pkg}` : `sudo apt-get install -y ${pkg}`;
 
   const install = await ctx.ssh.exec(installCmd, { timeoutMs: 120_000 });
   if (install.exitCode !== 0) {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export const enableIscsi: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
   }
 
   // Enable and start
-  await ctx.ssh.exec("systemctl enable --now iscsid", sshOpts(ctx));
+  await ctx.ssh.exec("sudo systemctl enable --now iscsid", sshOpts(ctx));
 
   return { success: true, changed: true, message: `Installed ${pkg} and enabled iscsid` };
 };

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/journald-limits.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Cap journald disk usage so audit logs (which now flow through journald via
+// kube-apiserver's stdout) cannot fill /var/log. Default journald uses up to
+// 10% of the filesystem, capped at 4 GB. In a /var/log of ~10 GB shared with
+// other services, that's still room for audit volume to evict useful logs.
+// 2 GB / 200 MB-per-file is a comfortable middle.
+
+import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
+import { sshOpts, writeRemoteFile } from "../utils.js";
+
+const DROPIN_CONTENT = `[Journal]
+SystemMaxUse=2G
+SystemKeepFree=1G
+SystemMaxFileSize=200M
+`;
+
+const DROPIN_PATH = "/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/10-k3s-audit-cap.conf";
+
+export const configureJournaldLimits: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
+  const changed = await writeRemoteFile(ctx, DROPIN_PATH, DROPIN_CONTENT);
+  if (changed) {
+    // Reload journald so the new limit applies without a reboot.
+    await ctx.ssh.exec(
+      "systemctl kill --signal=SIGUSR2 systemd-journald 2>/dev/null; " +
+      "systemctl restart systemd-journald 2>&1 || true",
+      sshOpts(ctx),
+    );
+  }
+  return {
+    success: true,
+    changed,
+    message: changed ? "journald limits configured (2 GB cap)" : "journald limits already configured",
+  };
+};

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/k3s-config.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,18 @@ function isServerRole(role: string): boolean {
 
 function generateServerConfig(config: K3sConfig): string {
   const tlsSans = [config.hostname, config.ip, ...(config.tlsSans ?? [])];
-  return `# k3s server configuration — CIS hardened
+  const isJoining = !!config.k3sServerUrl;
+  const clusterLines = isJoining
+    ? `server: "${config.k3sServerUrl}"\ntoken: "${config.k3sToken}"`
+    : "cluster-init: true";
+  // audit-log-path=- routes audit events to k3s.service's stdout, which systemd
+  // forwards to journald. journald enforces its own size caps (see
+  // configureJournaldLimits) so audit volume cannot fill the disk. File-based
+  // audit logs led to /var/log/kubernetes growing to 7+ GB because apiserver's
+  // own rotation produced files that any logrotate glob would double-rotate
+  // and never expire.
+  return `# k3s server configuration — CIS hardened, etcd HA
+${clusterLines}
 protect-kernel-defaults: true
 secrets-encryption: true
 write-kubeconfig-mode: "0640"
@@ -25,10 +36,7 @@ node-label:
 
 kube-apiserver-arg:
   - "anonymous-auth=false"
-  - "audit-log-path=/var/log/kubernetes/audit.log"
-  - "audit-log-maxage=30"
-  - "audit-log-maxbackup=10"
-  - "audit-log-maxsize=100"
+  - "audit-log-path=-"
   - "audit-policy-file=/etc/rancher/k3s/audit-policy.yaml"
   - "enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction,PodSecurity"
   - "request-timeout=300s"
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ kubelet-arg:
 }
 
 export const writeK3sConfig: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
-  await ctx.ssh.exec("mkdir -p /etc/rancher/k3s /var/log/kubernetes", sshOpts(ctx));
+  await ctx.ssh.exec("mkdir -p /etc/rancher/k3s", sshOpts(ctx));
 
   const content = isServerRole(ctx.config.role)
     ? generateServerConfig(ctx.config)

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/k3s-install.ts

@@ -15,8 +15,21 @@ export const installK3sBinary: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult>
   const alreadyInstalled = version.exitCode === 0;
 
   if (isServer) {
+    // Clean stale server state when joining an existing cluster
+    // (TLS certs from a previous run cause "newer than datastore" fatal error)
+    if (ctx.config.k3sServerUrl && ctx.config.k3sToken) {
+      await ctx.ssh.exec(
+        "rm -rf /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/cred /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/db",
+        sshOpts(ctx),
+      );
+    }
+
+    // If joining an existing cluster, pass K3S_URL and K3S_TOKEN
+    const joinEnv = ctx.config.k3sServerUrl && ctx.config.k3sToken
+      ? `K3S_URL="${ctx.config.k3sServerUrl}" K3S_TOKEN="${ctx.config.k3sToken}"`
+      : "";
     const result = await ctx.ssh.exec(
-      'curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_EXEC="server" INSTALL_K3S_SKIP_SELINUX_RPM=true sh -',
+      `curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_EXEC="server" INSTALL_K3S_SKIP_SELINUX_RPM=true ${joinEnv} sh -`,
       { timeoutMs: 300_000 },
     );
     if (result.exitCode !== 0) {

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/log-rotation.ts

@@ -1,25 +1,44 @@
-// Configure log rotation for k3s.
+// Decommission file-based k8s audit logging in favor of journald.
+//
+// Earlier versions wrote audit events to /var/log/kubernetes/audit.log and
+// rotated them with a logrotate rule. Two failure modes followed: kube-apiserver
+// rotated internally (audit-{ts}.log), the *.log glob in logrotate
+// double-rotated those (-{date}), and the resulting filename matched no
+// retention policy, so the directory grew unbounded (we observed 7+ GB).
+//
+// k3s now sets audit-log-path=- so audit goes to stdout → journald, which
+// enforces SystemMaxUse caps. This operation removes the obsolete logrotate
+// rule and reaps any audit files left behind by the old setup. Idempotent: on
+// fresh installs everything is already absent and the operation is a no-op.
 
 import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
-import { writeRemoteFile } from "../utils.js";
+import { sshOpts } from "../utils.js";
 
-const LOGROTATE_CONFIG = `/var/log/kubernetes/*.log {
-  daily
-  rotate 14
-  compress
-  delaycompress
-  missingok
-  notifempty
-  copytruncate
-  maxsize 100M
-}`;
+const REMOVE_LOGROTATE = "rm -f /etc/logrotate.d/k3s";
+
+// Bounded by a max-depth and explicit name pattern so we never reach outside
+// the deprecated audit-log directory.
+const REAP_OLD_AUDIT_FILES =
+  "find /var/log/kubernetes -maxdepth 1 -type f " +
+  "\\( -name 'audit*.log*' -o -name 'audit-*.log' \\) " +
+  "-delete 2>/dev/null; " +
+  "rmdir /var/log/kubernetes 2>/dev/null; true";
 
 export const configureLogRotation: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
-  const changed = await writeRemoteFile(ctx, "/etc/logrotate.d/k3s", LOGROTATE_CONFIG);
+  const before = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    "test -e /etc/logrotate.d/k3s -o -d /var/log/kubernetes && echo present || echo absent",
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
+  const wasPresent = before.stdout.trim() === "present";
+
+  await ctx.ssh.exec(REMOVE_LOGROTATE, sshOpts(ctx));
+  await ctx.ssh.exec(REAP_OLD_AUDIT_FILES, sshOpts(ctx));
 
   return {
     success: true,
-    changed,
-    message: changed ? "Log rotation configured" : "Log rotation already configured",
+    changed: wasPresent,
+    message: wasPresent
+      ? "Removed legacy file-based audit logging (now via journald)"
+      : "No legacy audit log artifacts present",
   };
 };

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/longhorn-disk.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
 import { sshOpts } from "../utils.js";
+import { sshExec as remoteSshExec } from "../../../../src/ssh.js";
 
 export const configureLonghornDisk: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
   // Check if /var/lib/longhorn exists on this node
@@ -15,12 +16,11 @@ export const configureLonghornDisk: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationRe
   const nodeNameResult = await ctx.ssh.exec("hostname -f 2>/dev/null || hostname", sshOpts(ctx));
   const nodeName = nodeNameResult.stdout.trim();
 
-  // Apply the annotation via kubectl (works on server nodes, or via KUBECONFIG on agents)
-  const kubectlPrefix = "k3s kubectl";
   const annotation = JSON.stringify([{ path: "/var/lib/longhorn", allowScheduling: true }]);
 
+  // Try kubectl locally first (works on server nodes)
   const result = await ctx.ssh.exec(
-    `${kubectlPrefix} annotate node "${nodeName}" "node.longhorn.io/default-disks-config=${annotation}" --overwrite 2>&1 || true`,
+    `k3s kubectl annotate node "${nodeName}" "node.longhorn.io/default-disks-config=${annotation}" --overwrite 2>&1 || true`,
     sshOpts(ctx),
   );
 
@@ -28,7 +28,23 @@ export const configureLonghornDisk: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationRe
     return { success: true, changed: true, message: `Longhorn disk annotation applied to ${nodeName}` };
   }
 
-  // If kubectl isn't available (agent node without server access), that's OK —
-  // the label is set, annotation can be applied from the server later
+  // For worker/agent nodes without local kubectl: apply via the server
+  if (ctx.config.k3sServerUrl) {
+    // The CLI has SSH access to the server — use sshExec from there
+    const serverHost = new URL(ctx.config.k3sServerUrl).hostname;
+    try {
+      const remoteResult = await remoteSshExec(
+        serverHost, "root",
+        `k3s kubectl annotate node "${nodeName}" "node.longhorn.io/default-disks-config=${annotation}" --overwrite`,
+        { ...(ctx.ssh.keyPath ? { keyPath: ctx.ssh.keyPath } : {}), timeoutMs: 15_000 },
+      );
+      if (remoteResult.stdout.includes("annotated") || remoteResult.stdout.includes("unchanged")) {
+        return { success: true, changed: true, message: `Longhorn disk annotation applied to ${nodeName} (via server)` };
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Fall through to manual instruction
+    }
+  }
+
   return { success: true, changed: false, message: "Longhorn disk label set (annotation requires server kubectl)" };
 };

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/multus.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Install Multus CNI (thick plugin) — the meta-CNI that lets pods attach an
+// extra interface (macvlan on VLAN 10) alongside Cilium, via a
+// NetworkAttachmentDefinition. Required for Home Assistant's LAN presence
+// (Matter/HomeKit mDNS discovery). Cilium must be installed with
+// cni.exclusive=false first (see cilium.ts) or it deletes Multus's CNI conf.
+
+import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
+import { sshOpts } from "../utils.js";
+
+const MULTUS_VERSION = "v4.1.4";
+const MULTUS_MANIFEST = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni/${MULTUS_VERSION}/deployments/multus-daemonset-thick.yml`;
+
+export const installMultus: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
+  const K = "KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml";
+
+  // Idempotent: skip if the Multus DaemonSet is already present.
+  const check = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `${K} kubectl -n kube-system get ds kube-multus-ds -o name 2>/dev/null`,
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
+  if (check.exitCode === 0 && check.stdout.includes("kube-multus-ds")) {
+    return { success: true, changed: false, message: `Multus already installed (${MULTUS_VERSION})` };
+  }
+
+  const apply = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `${K} kubectl apply -f ${MULTUS_MANIFEST}`,
+    { ...sshOpts(ctx), timeoutMs: 120_000 },
+  );
+  if (apply.exitCode !== 0) {
+    return { success: false, changed: false, message: "Failed to apply Multus manifest", error: apply.stderr };
+  }
+
+  return { success: true, changed: true, message: `Installed Multus ${MULTUS_VERSION} (thick)` };
+};

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/rancher-storage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Grow the labvg/rancher LV (k3s image store / imageFs) to 120G.
+// 2026-08 incident: the original 20G LV sat at 85% used from steady-state
+// images alone, so one ~5G image pull tripped imagefs eviction and evicted
+// unrelated pods. Fresh installs are sized at 120G by the kickstart; this op
+// covers nodes installed before that change and vanilla nodes converted to
+// k8s later. Never removes or shrinks anything — if the VG lacks free space
+// (e.g. a longhorn --grow LV consumed it), it reports and moves on.
+
+import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
+import { sshOpts } from "../utils.js";
+
+const RANCHER_LV = "labvg/rancher";
+const TARGET_MIB = 122880; // 120G
+
+export const growRancherLv: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
+  const lv = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `lvs --noheadings --units m --nosuffix -o lv_size ${RANCHER_LV} 2>/dev/null || true`,
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
+  const sizeMib = Number.parseFloat(lv.stdout.trim());
+  if (Number.isNaN(sizeMib)) {
+    return { success: true, changed: false, message: "No labvg/rancher LV — imageFs shares /var, skipping" };
+  }
+  if (sizeMib >= TARGET_MIB) {
+    return { success: true, changed: false, message: `rancher LV already ${Math.round(sizeMib / 1024)}G` };
+  }
+
+  const vg = await ctx.ssh.exec(`vgs --noheadings --units m --nosuffix -o vg_free labvg`, sshOpts(ctx));
+  const freeMib = Number.parseFloat(vg.stdout.trim());
+  const neededMib = TARGET_MIB - sizeMib;
+  if (Number.isNaN(freeMib) || freeMib < neededMib) {
+    return {
+      success: true,
+      changed: false,
+      message: `VG labvg has ${Math.floor((Number.isNaN(freeMib) ? 0 : freeMib) / 1024)}G free — ` +
+        `need ${Math.ceil(neededMib / 1024)}G to grow rancher LV to 120G (manual LV rebuild required)`,
+    };
+  }
+
+  await ctx.ssh.exec(`lvextend -L ${TARGET_MIB}m /dev/${RANCHER_LV}`, sshOpts(ctx));
+  await ctx.ssh.exec(`xfs_growfs /var/lib/rancher`, sshOpts(ctx));
+
+  return {
+    success: true,
+    changed: true,
+    message: `rancher LV grown ${Math.round(sizeMib / 1024)}G → 120G`,
+  };
+};

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/swap.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,40 @@
-// Disable swap (CIS requirement for k3s).
+// Enable swap so memory pressure spills to disk instead of OOM-killing.
+// kubelet runs with failSwapOn=false (k3s default); zram stays the fast tier,
+// the labvg-swap LV is the overflow tier. Replaces the old CIS-style
+// disableSwap op — a kernel OOM kill of a node daemon is worse than slow swap.
 
 import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
 import { sshOpts } from "../utils.js";
 
-export const disableSwap: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
-  const check = await ctx.ssh.exec("swapon --show --noheadings", sshOpts(ctx));
-  const active = check.stdout.trim().length > 0;
+const SWAP_DEV = "/dev/mapper/labvg-swap";
 
-  if (active) {
-    await ctx.ssh.exec("swapoff -a", sshOpts(ctx));
+export const enableSwap: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
+  const lv = await ctx.ssh.exec(`test -b ${SWAP_DEV} && echo yes || echo no`, sshOpts(ctx));
+  if (lv.stdout.trim() !== "yes") {
+    return { success: true, changed: false, message: "No labvg-swap LV — skipping swap enable" };
   }
 
-  // Remove swap entries from fstab permanently
-  await ctx.ssh.exec("sed -i '/\\sswap\\s/d' /etc/fstab", sshOpts(ctx));
+  const active = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `grep -q "^$(readlink -f ${SWAP_DEV}) " /proc/swaps && echo on || echo off`,
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
+  const wasOff = active.stdout.trim() !== "on";
+
+  if (wasOff) {
+    // Format if the LV was never (or wrongly) initialised, then activate
+    await ctx.ssh.exec(`blkid ${SWAP_DEV} | grep -q 'TYPE="swap"' || mkswap ${SWAP_DEV}`, sshOpts(ctx));
+    await ctx.ssh.exec(`swapon ${SWAP_DEV}`, sshOpts(ctx));
+  }
+
+  // Persist across reboots (idempotent)
+  await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `grep -q "labvg-swap" /etc/fstab || echo "${SWAP_DEV} none swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab`,
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
 
   return {
     success: true,
-    changed: active,
-    message: active ? "Swap disabled" : "Swap already disabled",
+    changed: wasOff,
+    message: wasOff ? "LV swap enabled" : "LV swap already active",
   };
 };

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/src/operations/vlan-setup.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// vlan-setup DaemonSet — the node-level half of the macvlan/VLAN-10 story.
+// On every node it (1) installs the reference CNI plugins (macvlan/ipvlan/
+// static/host-local/vlan/tuning) into /opt/cni/bin if missing, and (2) creates
+// a `lan10` VLAN-10 sub-interface on the primary NIC that macvlan
+// NetworkAttachmentDefinitions use as their master. Idempotent + self-healing
+// (re-creates lan10 if it disappears). Paired with Multus (multus.ts) + Cilium
+// bpf.vlanBypass={10} (cilium.ts).
+
+import type { Operation, OperationResult } from "../types.js";
+import { sshOpts } from "../utils.js";
+
+const MANIFEST = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: macvlan-sys
+  labels:
+    pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: privileged
+    pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit: privileged
+    pod-security.kubernetes.io/warn: privileged
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: vlan-setup
+  namespace: macvlan-sys
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels: { app: vlan-setup }
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels: { app: vlan-setup }
+    spec:
+      hostNetwork: true
+      tolerations:
+      - operator: Exists
+      containers:
+      - name: vlan
+        image: nicolaka/netshoot
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        command:
+        - sh
+        - -c
+        - |
+          set -x
+          # install reference CNI plugins (macvlan/ipvlan/static/host-local) if missing
+          if [ ! -f /host/opt/cni/bin/macvlan ] || [ ! -f /host/opt/cni/bin/ipvlan ]; then
+            case "$(uname -m)" in x86_64) A=amd64;; aarch64) A=arm64;; *) A=amd64;; esac
+            curl -sSL "https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/v1.5.1/cni-plugins-linux-$A-v1.5.1.tgz" -o /tmp/cni.tgz
+            tar -xzf /tmp/cni.tgz -C /host/opt/cni/bin ./macvlan ./ipvlan ./static ./host-local ./vlan ./tuning
+          fi
+          # detect the primary NIC (default route dev, else the one holding 192.168.8.x)
+          NIC="$(ip -o -4 route show default 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $5; exit}')"
+          [ -z "$NIC" ] && NIC="$(ip -o -4 addr show 2>/dev/null | awk '/192\\.168\\.8\\./{print $2; exit}')"
+          echo "primary NIC = $NIC"
+          while true; do
+            if [ -n "$NIC" ]; then
+              ip link show lan10 >/dev/null 2>&1 || ip link add link "$NIC" name lan10 type vlan id 10
+              ip link set lan10 up
+              # NIC-driver workarounds for VLAN multicast RX
+              ip link set "$NIC" allmulticast on 2>/dev/null
+              ethtool -K "$NIC" rxvlan off rx-vlan-filter off 2>/dev/null
+            fi
+            sleep 30
+          done
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: cnibin
+          mountPath: /host/opt/cni/bin
+      volumes:
+      - name: cnibin
+        hostPath:
+          path: /opt/cni/bin
+`;
+
+export const installVlanSetup: Operation = async (ctx): Promise<OperationResult> => {
+  const K = "KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml";
+
+  const check = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `${K} kubectl -n macvlan-sys get ds vlan-setup -o name 2>/dev/null`,
+    sshOpts(ctx),
+  );
+  if (check.exitCode === 0 && check.stdout.includes("vlan-setup")) {
+    return { success: true, changed: false, message: "vlan-setup DaemonSet already installed" };
+  }
+
+  const b64 = Buffer.from(MANIFEST).toString("base64");
+  const apply = await ctx.ssh.exec(
+    `echo ${b64} | base64 -d | ${K} kubectl apply -f -`,
+    { ...sshOpts(ctx), timeoutMs: 60_000 },
+  );
+  if (apply.exitCode !== 0) {
+    return { success: false, changed: false, message: "Failed to apply vlan-setup DaemonSet", error: apply.stderr };
+  }
+
+  return { success: true, changed: true, message: "Installed vlan-setup DaemonSet (lan10 + CNI plugins)" };
+};

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/tests/install.test.ts

@@ -71,9 +71,14 @@ describe("k3s install script — server role", () => {
     expect(script).toContain("enable-admission-plugins=NodeRestriction,PodSecurity");
   });
 
-  it("configures audit logging", () => {
-    expect(script).toContain("audit-log-path=/var/log/kubernetes/audit.log");
-    expect(script).toContain("audit-log-maxage=30");
+  it("configures audit logging via journald (stdout)", () => {
+    expect(script).toContain("audit-log-path=-");
+    // file-based fields and the now-obsolete log directory must be gone
+    expect(script).not.toContain("/var/log/kubernetes/audit.log");
+    expect(script).not.toContain("audit-log-maxage");
+    expect(script).not.toContain("audit-log-maxbackup");
+    expect(script).not.toContain("audit-log-maxsize");
+    expect(script).not.toContain("mkdir -p /var/log/kubernetes");
   });
 
   it("cleans stale flannel vxlan before Cilium install", () => {

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/tests/operations.test.ts

@@ -72,31 +72,97 @@ describe("applyCisHardening", () => {
 
 // --- Swap ---
 
-import { disableSwap } from "../src/operations/swap.js";
+import { enableSwap } from "../src/operations/swap.js";
 
-describe("disableSwap", () => {
-  it("disables active swap", async () => {
+describe("enableSwap", () => {
+  it("activates LV swap when present but off", async () => {
     const ctx = mockCtx();
     ctx.ssh.exec
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("/dev/sda2 partition 2G"))  // swap active
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK)   // swapoff
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);  // sed fstab
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("yes"))  // LV exists
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("off"))  // not in /proc/swaps
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK)             // blkid || mkswap
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK)             // swapon
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);            // fstab entry
 
-    const result = await disableSwap(ctx);
+    const result = await enableSwap(ctx);
     expect(result.success).toBe(true);
     expect(result.changed).toBe(true);
-    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapoff -a");
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapon /dev/mapper/labvg-swap");
   });
 
-  it("is idempotent when swap already off", async () => {
+  it("is idempotent when LV swap already active", async () => {
     const ctx = mockCtx();
     ctx.ssh.exec
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout(""))  // no swap
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);          // sed fstab (always runs)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("yes"))  // LV exists
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("on"))   // already in /proc/swaps
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);            // fstab entry (always ensured)
 
-    const result = await disableSwap(ctx);
+    const result = await enableSwap(ctx);
     expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
-    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapoff");
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapon /dev/mapper/labvg-swap");
+  });
+
+  it("skips when no labvg-swap LV exists", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("no")); // LV missing
+
+    const result = await enableSwap(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "swapon");
+  });
+});
+
+// --- Rancher LV (imageFs sizing) ---
+
+import { growRancherLv } from "../src/operations/rancher-storage.js";
+
+describe("growRancherLv", () => {
+  it("grows a 20G LV to 120G when the VG has space", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  20480.00"))   // lv_size
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  747807.00"))  // vg_free
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK)                     // lvextend
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(OK);                    // xfs_growfs
+
+    const result = await growRancherLv(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(true);
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "lvextend -L 122880m /dev/labvg/rancher");
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "xfs_growfs /var/lib/rancher");
+  });
+
+  it("is idempotent when the LV is already 120G", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  122880.00")); // lv_size
+
+    const result = await growRancherLv(ctx);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "lvextend");
+  });
+
+  it("reports without failing when the VG has no free space", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  20480.00"))  // lv_size
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("  0.00"));     // vg_free
+
+    const result = await growRancherLv(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.message).toContain("free");
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "lvextend");
+  });
+
+  it("skips when there is no rancher LV", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("")); // lvs empty
+
+    const result = await growRancherLv(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "lvextend");
   });
 });
 
@@ -348,3 +414,143 @@ describe("applyPodSecurityStandards", () => {
     expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit=restricted");
   });
 });
+
+// --- Audit Logging Decommission (file-based → journald) ---
+
+import { configureLogRotation } from "../src/operations/log-rotation.js";
+import { configureJournaldLimits } from "../src/operations/journald-limits.js";
+
+describe("configureLogRotation (decommission file-based audit logs)", () => {
+  it("removes the legacy logrotate rule and reaps obsolete audit files", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("present")); // probe: legacy artifacts exist
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValue(OK);
+
+    const result = await configureLogRotation(ctx);
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(true);
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "rm -f /etc/logrotate.d/k3s");
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, /find \/var\/log\/kubernetes.*audit.*-delete/);
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "rmdir /var/log/kubernetes");
+  });
+
+  it("is a no-op when nothing legacy is present", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("absent"));
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValue(OK);
+
+    const result = await configureLogRotation(ctx);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("configureJournaldLimits", () => {
+  it("writes a 2 GB SystemMaxUse drop-in and reloads journald when changed", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("__LABCTL_NOT_FOUND__")); // no existing drop-in
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValue(OK);
+
+    const result = await configureJournaldLimits(ctx);
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(true);
+    const writeCall = ctx.ssh.exec.mock.calls.find((c) => {
+      const cmd = c[0] as string;
+      return cmd.includes("10-k3s-audit-cap.conf") && cmd.includes("LABCTL_EOF");
+    });
+    expect(writeCall).toBeTruthy();
+    const written = writeCall?.[0] as string;
+    expect(written).toContain("SystemMaxUse=2G");
+    expect(written).toContain("SystemKeepFree=1G");
+    expectCommand(ctx.ssh, "systemctl restart systemd-journald");
+  });
+
+  it("does not restart journald when the drop-in is already correct", async () => {
+    const ctx = mockCtx();
+    const existing =
+      "[Journal]\nSystemMaxUse=2G\nSystemKeepFree=1G\nSystemMaxFileSize=200M\n";
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout(existing));
+    ctx.ssh.exec.mockResolvedValue(OK);
+
+    const result = await configureJournaldLimits(ctx);
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+    expectNoCommand(ctx.ssh, "systemctl restart systemd-journald");
+  });
+});
+
+// --- Etcd Recovery ---
+
+import { recoverEtcdMember } from "../src/operations/etcd-recover.js";
+import { mockSsh } from "./helpers.js";
+
+describe("recoverEtcdMember", () => {
+  it("refuses to operate when cluster is below 3 members (quorum risk)", async () => {
+    const broken = mockSsh();
+    const peer = mockSsh();
+    peer.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("/usr/bin/etcdctl")); // etcdctl present
+    peer.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout(
+      "111, started, host-a-aaa, https://10.0.0.1:2380, https://10.0.0.1:2379, false\n" +
+      "222, started, host-b-bbb, https://10.0.0.2:2380, https://10.0.0.2:2379, false",
+    ));
+
+    const result = await recoverEtcdMember({ broken, peer, brokenHostname: "host-b" });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.message).toMatch(/quorum/i);
+    // Critically: must NOT have stopped k3s or removed anything
+    expect(broken.exec).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("systemctl stop k3s"), expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it("performs full procedure when quorum is preserved", async () => {
+    const broken = mockSsh();
+    const peer = mockSsh();
+    // ensureEtcdctl: present
+    peer.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("/usr/bin/etcdctl"));
+    // member list (3 members, target = host-b)
+    peer.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout(
+      "111, started, host-a-aaa, https://10.0.0.1:2380, https://10.0.0.1:2379, false\n" +
+      "222, started, host-b-bbb, https://10.0.0.2:2380, https://10.0.0.2:2379, false\n" +
+      "333, started, host-c-ccc, https://10.0.0.3:2380, https://10.0.0.3:2379, false",
+    ));
+    // member remove
+    peer.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("Member 222 removed"));
+    // post-rejoin member list — new id 444 for host-b
+    peer.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout(
+      "111, started, host-a-aaa, https://10.0.0.1:2380, https://10.0.0.1:2379, false\n" +
+      "333, started, host-c-ccc, https://10.0.0.3:2380, https://10.0.0.3:2379, false\n" +
+      "444, started, host-b-zzz, https://10.0.0.2:2380, https://10.0.0.2:2379, false",
+    ));
+
+    const result = await recoverEtcdMember({ broken, peer, brokenHostname: "host-b" });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.removedMemberId).toBe("222");
+    expect(result.newMemberId).toBe("444");
+    expectCommand(broken,"systemctl stop k3s");
+    expectCommand(peer,"member remove 222");
+    expectCommand(broken,/db\.corrupt-/);
+    expectCommand(broken,/rm -rf .*\/server\/tls/);
+    expectCommand(broken,"systemctl start k3s");
+  });
+
+  it("fails clearly when no member matches the broken hostname", async () => {
+    const broken = mockSsh();
+    const peer = mockSsh();
+    peer.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout("/usr/bin/etcdctl"));
+    peer.exec.mockResolvedValueOnce(stdout(
+      "111, started, host-a-aaa, https://10.0.0.1:2380, https://10.0.0.1:2379, false\n" +
+      "222, started, host-b-bbb, https://10.0.0.2:2380, https://10.0.0.2:2379, false\n" +
+      "333, started, host-c-ccc, https://10.0.0.3:2380, https://10.0.0.3:2379, false",
+    ));
+
+    const result = await recoverEtcdMember({ broken, peer, brokenHostname: "host-d" });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.message).toMatch(/No etcd member found/);
+    expect(broken.exec).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("systemctl stop k3s"), expect.anything());
+  });
+});

bastion/src/modules/modules/k3s/tests/smoke.test.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe("smoke: full server install pipeline", () => {
     const pipeline: NamedOperation[] = [
       { name: "Kernel modules", fn: ops.loadKernelModules },
       { name: "Sysctl hardening", fn: ops.applyCisHardening },
-      { name: "Disable swap", fn: ops.disableSwap },
+      { name: "Enable swap", fn: ops.enableSwap },
       { name: "Disable firewall", fn: ops.disableFirewall },
       { name: "SELinux permissive", fn: ops.setSelinuxPermissive },
       { name: "Write k3s config", fn: ops.writeK3sConfig },
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe("smoke: pipeline stops on failure", () => {
     };
 
     const results = await runSequential(ctx, [
-      { name: "OK op", fn: ops.disableSwap },
+      { name: "OK op", fn: ops.enableSwap },
       { name: "Failing op", fn: failingOp },
       { name: "Never called", fn: neverCalled },
     ]);
@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ describe("smoke: agent install rejects missing config", () => {
 });
 
 describe("smoke: all operations are exported", () => {
-  it("exports all 15 operations", () => {
+  it("exports all 16 operations", () => {
     const exported = [
       ops.loadKernelModules,
       ops.applyCisHardening,
-      ops.disableSwap,
+      ops.enableSwap,
+      ops.growRancherLv,
       ops.disableFirewall,
       ops.setSelinuxPermissive,
       ops.writeK3sConfig,
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ describe("smoke: all operations are exported", () => {
       ops.checkCertExpiry,
     ];
 
-    expect(exported).toHaveLength(15);
+    expect(exported).toHaveLength(16);
     for (const op of exported) {
       expect(typeof op).toBe("function");
     }

bastion/src/shared/src/index.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ export type {
   DebugConfig,
   BastionState,
   BastionConfig,
+  VyosVlanSpec,
+  VyosInstallSpec,
+  VyosBundle,
+  VyosBundleSetOp,
 } from "./types/index.js";
 
 export { SUPPORTED_OS, SUPPORTED_ROLES, ROLE_REGISTRY, isValidOsId } from "./types/index.js";

bastion/src/shared/src/protocol/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Protocol types for agent-labd WebSocket communication.
 
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import type { VyosInstallSpec } from "../types/state.js";
 
 // --- Agent -> labd messages ---
 
@@ -108,11 +109,12 @@ export type BastionMessage =
 export type LabdBastionMessage =
   | { type: "bastion-enrolled"; bastionId: string }
   | { type: "bastion-heartbeat-ack"; serverTime: string }
-  | { type: "command-install"; requestId: string; mac: string; hostname: string; disk?: string; role: string; os: string }
+  | { type: "command-install"; requestId: string; mac: string; hostname: string; disk?: string; role: string; os: string; vyos?: VyosInstallSpec }
   | { type: "command-forget"; requestId: string; mac: string }
   | { type: "command-role-update"; requestId: string; mac: string; role: string }
   | { type: "command-debug"; requestId: string; mac: string; pxeBoot?: boolean }
   | { type: "command-register"; requestId: string; mac: string; hostname: string; role: string; ip: string }
+  | { type: "command-discover"; requestId: string; mac: string; product?: string; board?: string; serial?: string; manufacturer?: string; cpu_model?: string; cpu_cores?: number; memory_gb?: number; arch?: string; disks?: Array<{ name: string; size_gb: number; model: string }>; nics?: Array<{ name: string; mac: string; state: string }> }
   | { type: "server-shutdown"; reconnectAfter: number };
 
 export type BastionMessageType = BastionMessage["type"];
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ const BASTION_MESSAGE_TYPES = new Set<string>([
 
 const LABD_BASTION_MESSAGE_TYPES = new Set<string>([
   "bastion-enrolled", "bastion-heartbeat-ack", "command-install",
-  "command-forget", "command-role-update", "command-debug", "command-register", "server-shutdown",
+  "command-forget", "command-role-update", "command-debug", "command-register", "command-discover", "server-shutdown",
 ]);
 
 export function isBastionMessage(msg: unknown): msg is BastionMessage {

bastion/src/shared/src/types/config.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export interface BastionConfig {
   // Ubuntu support
   ubuntuVersion: string;
   ubuntuMirror: string;
+  // VyOS support — netboot artifacts are extracted from the ISO at startup.
+  // LTS ISOs are subscription-only, so this defaults to a rolling release.
+  vyosIsoUrl: string;
+  vyosDefaultPassword: string;
   // Syslog listener for install logs (Anaconda logging --host)
   syslogPort: number;
   // Flags

bastion/src/shared/src/types/index.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export type {
   InstalledInfo,
   DebugConfig,
   BastionState,
+  VyosVlanSpec,
+  VyosInstallSpec,
+  VyosBundle,
+  VyosBundleSetOp,
 } from "./state.js";
 
 export { SUPPORTED_OS, SUPPORTED_ROLES, ROLE_REGISTRY, isValidOsId } from "./state.js";

bastion/src/shared/src/types/state.ts

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 export type ProvisionStackType = "dhcpproxy" | "iso" | "cloud-init";
 
-export type OsId = "fedora-43" | "ubuntu-26.04";
+export type OsId = "fedora-43" | "ubuntu-26.04" | "vyos-rolling";
 export type Arch = "x86_64" | "aarch64";
 
-export const SUPPORTED_OS: readonly OsId[] = ["fedora-43", "ubuntu-26.04"] as const;
+export const SUPPORTED_OS: readonly OsId[] = ["fedora-43", "ubuntu-26.04", "vyos-rolling"] as const;
 
 export function isValidOsId(value: string): value is OsId {
   return (SUPPORTED_OS as readonly string[]).includes(value);
@@ -75,13 +75,141 @@ export interface ProgressLogEntry {
   timestamp: string;
 }
 
+/** A tagged VLAN sub-interface on the bond (or on the mgmt NIC when unbonded). */
+export interface VyosVlanSpec {
+  id: number;
+  address: string;         // CIDR, e.g. "10.0.10.1/24"
+  description?: string;
+  /**
+   * VRRP virtual address (CIDR) floated on this VLAN. Emitted as a
+   * high-availability vrrp group with vrid = VLAN id, so the same spec on both
+   * HA peers (with different priorities) produces a matching group pair.
+   */
+  vrrp?: string;
+}
+
+/** One config node in a rendered bundle. Mirrors VyosSetOp on the bastion side. */
+export interface VyosBundleSetOp {
+  path: string[];
+  value?: string;
+  /** false appends to a multi-value node (e.g. bond members) instead of replacing. */
+  replace?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A router's complete desired config, rendered from the Pulumi model.
+ *
+ * Produced by `kubernetes-deployment/scripts/vyos-render-bundle.ts` from the
+ * same subtree model `pulumi up` applies. The point is that labctl never
+ * authors VyOS config: bring-up replays what Pulumi already declares, so a
+ * freshly installed router and a `pulumi up` cannot disagree.
+ *
+ * Secret values arrive as `@secret:<key>` sentinels and are DROPPED at install
+ * time -- the bundle is committed to git and must stay safe to read. The router
+ * comes up on the LAN without its PPPoE credential; the first `pulumi up`
+ * supplies it. That handoff is deliberate.
+ */
+export interface VyosBundle {
+  sets: VyosBundleSetOp[];
+  /** Paths that are VyOS tag nodes — the installer's ConfigTree needs them marked. */
+  tags: string[][];
+}
+
+/**
+ * VyOS-specific install parameters. Rendered into the config.boot that the
+ * installer adopts, so the router comes up already configured.
+ *
+ * NOTE: bondMembers must NOT include the interface PXE booted from. Firmware
+ * PXE cannot run over LACP, so the install-time NIC has to stay unbonded.
+ */
+export interface VyosInstallSpec {
+  /**
+   * A complete rendered config for this router. When present it REPLACES the
+   * derived interface/VLAN/VRRP config below -- the bundle already describes
+   * all of it, and deriving a second opinion is exactly the drift this exists
+   * to prevent. The remaining install parameters (password, disk, console) are
+   * still honoured because they are installer inputs, not router config.
+   */
+  bundle?: VyosBundle;
+  /**
+   * Key for the VyOS HTTP API, enabled at install so the router is manageable
+   * from the moment it boots.
+   *
+   * Without this the box comes up reachable only over SSH, and enabling the API
+   * later is a hand-run config change on a live firewall -- which is exactly the
+   * gap that left vyos001/vyos002 unmanageable by Pulumi after their cutover.
+   * The API is deliberately NOT part of the Pulumi model: a provider that
+   * manages its own transport can revoke its own access.
+   */
+  apiKey?: string;
+  /**
+   * Address the API listens on. Defaults to the management address when static.
+   * Never left unbound: an unrestricted listener puts a config-write endpoint on
+   * every segment the router touches, including the WAN.
+   */
+  apiListenAddress?: string;
+  /** Interfaces aggregated into bond0 with LACP (802.3ad). Omit for no bond. */
+  bondMembers?: string[];
+  /** CIDR address on bond0 itself — the switch trunk's native/untagged VLAN. */
+  bondAddress?: string;
+  /** VRRP virtual address (CIDR) floated on the untagged bond (vrid 1). */
+  bondVrrp?: string;
+  /**
+   * VRRP priority for every group on this box. Higher wins mastership.
+   * The HA pair differs ONLY here (e.g. 200 on the primary, 100 on the
+   * standby) — addresses differ per box, VIPs and vrids match.
+   */
+  vrrpPriority?: number;
+  /** Tagged VLAN sub-interfaces, created on bond0 when bonded, else on mgmtInterface. */
+  vlans?: VyosVlanSpec[];
+  /** Untagged interface the machine PXE booted from. Defaults to "eth0". */
+  mgmtInterface?: string;
+  /** CIDR address for mgmtInterface, or "dhcp". Defaults to "dhcp". */
+  mgmtAddress?: string;
+  /**
+   * Tagged management VLAN on mgmtInterface, separate from the routed VLANs
+   * carried by the bond.
+   *
+   * Needed when the PXE port is a trunk: it boots untagged on the VLAN the
+   * bastion's proxy DHCP serves, and carries the management VLAN tagged so the
+   * router stays reachable there without giving up reinstallability.
+   */
+  mgmtVlan?: VyosVlanSpec;
+  /** Password for the "vyos" user. Falls back to the bastion default. */
+  password?: string;
+  /**
+   * On reinstall the VyOS installer carries the previous on-disk config (and
+   * SSH host keys) forward -- the "reinstall without losing data" default.
+   * Set true to make the bastion-generated config win instead: after install
+   * the driver overwrites the installed image's config.boot.
+   */
+  freshConfig?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * VyOS interface name -> MAC, emitted as `hw-id` so names bind deterministically.
+   *
+   * Discovery runs under Fedora and reports predictable names (enp2s0,
+   * enp1s0f0np0), but VyOS enumerates its own eth<N> names, so a name observed
+   * during discovery cannot be used directly. Pinning by MAC removes the guess
+   * about which physical port a given eth<N> is.
+   */
+  hwIds?: Record<string, string>;
+}
+
 export interface InstallConfig {
   hostname: string;
   disk: string;
   role: Role;
   os?: OsId;          // defaults to "fedora-43" for backward compat
+  vyos?: VyosInstallSpec;  // only consulted when os is "vyos-rolling"
   arch?: Arch;         // detected from HardwareInfo or overridden
   queued_at: string;
+  /**
+   * When dispatch last served this machine an install boot script. Progress
+   * callbacks only start once the installer environment is up, so a machine
+   * dispatched long ago with no progress is wedged before that point (bad
+   * kernel/initrd, no network in the initramfs, wrong NIC picked...).
+   */
+  dispatched_at?: string;
   progress?: string;
   progress_at?: string;
   progress_detail?: string;
@@ -96,6 +224,13 @@ export interface InstalledInfo {
   ip: string;
   installed_at: string;
   bastionId?: string;  // set when aggregated through labd
+  // Hardware info (copied from discovered on install completion)
+  product?: string;
+  manufacturer?: string;
+  cpu_model?: string;
+  cpu_cores?: number;
+  memory_gb?: number;
+  arch?: string;
 }
 
 export interface DebugConfig {

bastion/tests/integration/helpers/pxe-vm.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ export interface PxeVmConfig {
   diskSize: number;     // GB
   network: string;      // libvirt network name
   arch?: "x86_64" | "aarch64";
+  /**
+   * Extra NICs enumerated BEFORE the PXE NIC, on a network with no route to
+   * the bastion (defaults to libvirt's "default").
+   *
+   * Real multi-NIC boxes expose a class of bug a single-NIC VM cannot: an
+   * initramfs that picks "the first connected interface" grabs one of these
+   * instead of the NIC that PXE booted, and then cannot reach the bastion.
+   * Defaults to 0 (single NIC).
+   */
+  decoyNics?: number;
+  decoyNetwork?: string;
 }
 
 /** Create a blank UEFI VM that PXE boots from the network. */
@@ -61,6 +72,10 @@ export function createPxeVm(config: PxeVmConfig): void {
     `--memory=${config.memory}`,
     `--vcpus=${config.vcpus}`,
     `--disk=path=${diskPath},format=qcow2,bus=virtio`,
+    // Decoys first so they enumerate ahead of the PXE NIC. They are up and
+    // carry a lease, but have no route to the bastion.
+    ...Array.from({ length: config.decoyNics ?? 0 }, () =>
+      `--network=network=${config.decoyNetwork ?? "default"},model=virtio`),
     `--network=network=${config.network},model=virtio`,
     // UEFI firmware — required for PXE boot in modern mode
     `--boot=uefi,network,hd`,
@@ -95,12 +110,21 @@ export function destroyPxeVm(name: string): void {
 }
 
 /** Get the MAC address of a VM's first NIC. */
-export function getVmMac(name: string): string | null {
+export function getVmMac(name: string, network?: string): string | null {
   const result = virsh("domiflist", name);
   if (result.status !== 0) return null;
   // Output format: Interface  Type  Source  Model  MAC
-  const match = result.stdout.match(/([0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2})/i);
-  return match ? match[1].toLowerCase() : null;
+  // With decoy NICs present, match the line for the PXE network so we return
+  // the NIC that actually boots rather than whichever is listed first.
+  const lines = result.stdout.split("\n");
+  const candidates = network === undefined
+    ? lines
+    : lines.filter((l) => l.split(/\s+/).includes(network));
+  for (const line of candidates.length > 0 ? candidates : lines) {
+    const m = line.match(/([0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2}:[0-9a-f]{2})/i);
+    if (m) return m[1].toLowerCase();
+  }
+  return null;
 }
 
 /** Reboot a VM (force off + start). */

bastion/tests/integration/k3s-single-node.test.ts

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ EOF'
       CILIUM_CLI_VERSION=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cilium/cilium-cli/main/stable.txt)
       curl -L --fail --silent "https://github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/releases/download/\${CILIUM_CLI_VERSION}/cilium-linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sudo tar xz -C /usr/local/bin
       DEFAULT_DEV=$(ip -4 route show default | awk '{print $5}' | head -1)
-      sudo KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml cilium install --set kubeProxyReplacement=true --set ipam.mode=kubernetes --set devices=$DEFAULT_DEV --set nodePort.directRoutingDevice=$DEFAULT_DEV
+      sudo KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml cilium install --set kubeProxyReplacement=true --set ipam.mode=cluster-pool --set ipam.operator.clusterPoolIPv4PodCIDRList='{10.42.0.0/16}' --set ipam.operator.clusterPoolIPv4MaskSize=24 --set devices=$DEFAULT_DEV --set nodePort.directRoutingDevice=$DEFAULT_DEV
     `.trim(), "cilium install", { keyPath: sshKeyPath, timeout: 120_000 });
 
     log("Waiting for Cilium to be ready...");

bastion/tests/integration/vyos-provision.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,387 @@
+// Integration test: full VyOS unattended provisioning flow.
+//
+// Validates the VyOS install path end-to-end, at the same depth as the Fedora
+// pxe-provision test:
+//   1. Bastion (HTTP + dnsmasq) on the isolated libvirt PXE network
+//   2. Blank UEFI VM PXE boots -> Fedora-based discovery (OS-neutral)
+//   3. Queue os=vyos-rolling -> live boot + live-config hook + pty driver
+//   4. Fresh-install asserts: installed.ip, streamed logs, applied config,
+//      /config/lab-provisioned, boot-order handling
+//   5. REINSTALL round: previous config + /config data carried forward
+//      ("reinstall without losing data", VyOS-flavored)
+//   6. freshConfig round: bastion-generated config wins, /config data kept
+//
+// Prerequisites: libvirtd, OVMF, ipxe-bootimgs-x86, sudo, internet
+// (first run downloads the ~600MB VyOS nightly ISO; artifacts are cached).
+// Run: sudo pnpm run test:integration:vyos
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from "vitest";
+import { readFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, copyFileSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { homedir, tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { log, waitForSsh } from "./helpers/libvirt.js";
+import { ensurePxeNetwork, destroyPxeNetwork, deleteNftablesRejectRules, PXE_NETWORK_NAME, PXE_GATEWAY, PXE_SUBNET } from "./helpers/pxe-network.js";
+import { createPxeVm, destroyPxeVm, getVmMac, rebootPxeVm } from "./helpers/pxe-vm.js";
+import { sshExec } from "./helpers/ssh.js";
+
+const VM_NAME = "lab-vyos-test";
+const VM_MEMORY = 4096;
+const VM_VCPUS = 4;
+const VM_DISK_GB = 10;       // VyOS image install needs ~2GB minimum
+const HTTP_PORT = 8099;
+const SSH_USER = "vyos";     // the only VyOS login user
+const BASTION_IP = PXE_GATEWAY;
+const DHCP_RANGE_START = `${PXE_SUBNET}.100`;
+const DHCP_RANGE_END = `${PXE_SUBNET}.200`;
+
+const DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS = 5 * 60_000;
+const INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS = 15 * 60_000;  // squashfs fetch + copy; much faster than Anaconda
+const SSH_TIMEOUT_MS = 8 * 60_000;
+
+const HOSTNAME_R1 = "vyos-r1";
+const HOSTNAME_R2 = "vyos-r2";
+const HOSTNAME_R3 = "vyos-r3";
+
+function findSshKey(): { pubKey: string; keyPath: string } {
+  const homes = [homedir()];
+  const sudoUser = process.env["SUDO_USER"];
+  if (sudoUser) homes.push(join("/home", sudoUser));
+  if (process.env["SSH_KEY_PATH"]) {
+    const keyPath = process.env["SSH_KEY_PATH"];
+    const pubPath = `${keyPath}.pub`;
+    if (existsSync(keyPath) && existsSync(pubPath)) {
+      return { pubKey: readFileSync(pubPath, "utf-8").trim(), keyPath };
+    }
+  }
+  for (const home of homes) {
+    for (const name of ["id_ed25519", "id_ecdsa", "id_rsa"]) {
+      const keyPath = join(home, ".ssh", name);
+      const pubPath = `${keyPath}.pub`;
+      if (existsSync(keyPath) && existsSync(pubPath)) {
+        return { pubKey: readFileSync(pubPath, "utf-8").trim(), keyPath };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  throw new Error("No SSH key found — set SSH_KEY_PATH or ensure keys exist in ~/.ssh/");
+}
+
+function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+}
+
+async function pollApi<T>(
+  url: string,
+  check: (data: T) => boolean,
+  timeoutMs: number,
+  intervalMs = 5000,
+): Promise<T> {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  while (Date.now() - start < timeoutMs) {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(url);
+      if (res.ok) {
+        const data = (await res.json()) as T;
+        if (check(data)) return data;
+      }
+    } catch { /* not ready yet */ }
+    await sleep(intervalMs);
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Timeout after ${timeoutMs}ms polling ${url}`);
+}
+
+type LogsResponse = {
+  status: string;
+  progress: string;
+  progress_detail?: string;
+  ip?: string;
+  log_total?: number;
+  log_lines?: Array<{ line: string }>;
+};
+
+/** Queue a VyOS install, reboot the VM into PXE, wait for completion + SSH. */
+async function installRound(opts: {
+  mac: string;
+  hostname: string;
+  freshConfig?: boolean;
+}): Promise<string> {
+  const body = {
+    mac: opts.mac,
+    hostname: opts.hostname,
+    disk: "/dev/vda",
+    role: "vanilla",
+    os: "vyos-rolling",
+    vyos: {
+      mgmtInterface: "eth0",
+      mgmtAddress: "dhcp",
+      hwIds: { eth0: opts.mac },
+      ...(opts.freshConfig ? { freshConfig: true } : {}),
+    },
+  };
+  const res = await fetch(`http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/install`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  });
+  log(`Install queued (${opts.hostname}): ${JSON.stringify(await res.json())}`);
+
+  await sleep(5_000);
+  rebootPxeVm(VM_NAME);
+  await sleep(3_000);
+  deleteNftablesRejectRules();
+
+  const finalState = await pollApi<LogsResponse>(
+    `http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/logs/${encodeURIComponent(opts.mac)}`,
+    (data) => data.status === "installed" || data.progress === "error",
+    INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    10_000,
+  );
+  if (finalState.progress === "error") {
+    log(`INSTALL FAILED: ${JSON.stringify(finalState.progress_detail ?? finalState, null, 2)}`);
+    throw new Error(`VyOS install failed for ${opts.hostname}`);
+  }
+  const ip = finalState.ip ?? "";
+  log(`Install complete (${opts.hostname}). IP: ${ip}`);
+
+  // The driver force-reboots; the VM PXE boots, dispatch says installed ->
+  // localboot exit -> GRUB -> VyOS. nftables reject rules do not reappear
+  // (guest reboot, not a libvirt restart), but clearing is harmless.
+  deleteNftablesRejectRules();
+  await waitForSsh(ip, SSH_USER, SSH_TIMEOUT_MS, sshKeyPathGlobal);
+  return ip;
+}
+
+let sshKeyPathGlobal = "";
+
+describe("VyOS provisioning", () => {
+  let bastionApp: { close: () => Promise<void> };
+  let testDir: string;
+  let vmMac: string;
+  let vmIp: string;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const { pubKey, keyPath } = findSshKey();
+    sshKeyPathGlobal = keyPath;
+
+    log("Setting up PXE test network...");
+    ensurePxeNetwork();
+
+    testDir = join(tmpdir(), `lab-vyos-test-${Date.now()}`);
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "tftp"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "http"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, "logs"), { recursive: true });
+
+    log("Starting bastion...");
+    const { createApp } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/server.js");
+    const { loadConfig } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/config.js");
+    const { generateDnsmasqConf, startDnsmasq } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/services/dnsmasq.js");
+    const { generateDiscoverKickstart } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/services/kickstart-generator.js");
+    const { renderBootIpxe } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/templates/boot.ipxe.js");
+    const { prepareVyosArtifacts } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/main.js");
+
+    const config = loadConfig({
+      bastionDir: testDir,
+      httpPort: HTTP_PORT,
+      iface: "virbr-pxe",
+      serverIp: BASTION_IP,
+      network: `${PXE_SUBNET}.0`,
+      gateway: BASTION_IP,
+      dhcpMode: "full",
+      dhcpRangeStart: DHCP_RANGE_START,
+      dhcpRangeEnd: DHCP_RANGE_END,
+      domain: "pxe-test.local",
+      sshKeys: [pubKey],
+      adminUser: "lab",
+    });
+
+    // iPXE binary
+    const ipxeSrc = "/usr/share/ipxe/ipxe-snponly-x86_64.efi";
+    if (!existsSync(ipxeSrc)) {
+      throw new Error(`iPXE not found: ${ipxeSrc}. Install: sudo dnf install ipxe-bootimgs-x86`);
+    }
+    copyFileSync(ipxeSrc, join(config.tftpDir, "ipxe.efi"));
+    try { symlinkSync(join(config.tftpDir, "ipxe.efi"), join(config.httpDir, "ipxe.efi")); } catch { /* exists */ }
+
+    const cacheDir = "/var/lib/libvirt/images/lab-pxe-cache";
+    execSync(`mkdir -p "${cacheDir}"`, { stdio: "pipe" });
+
+    // Fedora kernel+initrd for DISCOVERY (OS-neutral, same as pxe test)
+    const kernel = join(cacheDir, `vmlinuz-${config.fedoraVersion}`);
+    const initrd = join(cacheDir, `initrd-${config.fedoraVersion}.img`);
+    if (!existsSync(kernel)) {
+      log(`Downloading Fedora ${config.fedoraVersion} kernel (discovery)...`);
+      execSync(`curl -# -L -f -o "${kernel}" "${config.fedoraMirror}/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz"`, { stdio: "inherit", timeout: 300_000 });
+    }
+    if (!existsSync(initrd)) {
+      log(`Downloading Fedora ${config.fedoraVersion} initrd (discovery)...`);
+      execSync(`curl -# -L -f -o "${initrd}" "${config.fedoraMirror}/images/pxeboot/initrd.img"`, { stdio: "inherit", timeout: 300_000 });
+    }
+    copyFileSync(kernel, join(config.httpDir, "vmlinuz"));
+    copyFileSync(initrd, join(config.httpDir, "initrd.img"));
+
+    // VyOS netboot artifacts — cache the three extracted files across runs
+    const vyosCache = {
+      kernel: join(cacheDir, "vyos-vmlinuz"),
+      initrd: join(cacheDir, "vyos-initrd"),
+      squashfs: join(cacheDir, "vyos-filesystem.squashfs"),
+    };
+    if (Object.values(vyosCache).every((p) => existsSync(p))) {
+      log("VyOS netboot artifacts cached");
+      copyFileSync(vyosCache.kernel, join(config.httpDir, "vyos-vmlinuz"));
+      copyFileSync(vyosCache.initrd, join(config.httpDir, "vyos-initrd"));
+      copyFileSync(vyosCache.squashfs, join(config.httpDir, "vyos-filesystem.squashfs"));
+    } else {
+      log("Extracting VyOS artifacts from ISO (downloads ~600MB on first run)...");
+      prepareVyosArtifacts(config);
+      copyFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "vyos-vmlinuz"), vyosCache.kernel);
+      copyFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "vyos-initrd"), vyosCache.initrd);
+      copyFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "vyos-filesystem.squashfs"), vyosCache.squashfs);
+    }
+
+    writeFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "discover.ks"), generateDiscoverKickstart(config));
+    writeFileSync(join(config.httpDir, "boot.ipxe"), renderBootIpxe({ serverIp: config.serverIp, httpPort: config.httpPort }));
+    generateDnsmasqConf(config);
+
+    const { app, syslog } = createApp(config);
+    bastionApp = app;
+    await app.listen({ port: config.httpPort, host: "0.0.0.0" });
+    syslog.start();
+    log(`Bastion listening on :${HTTP_PORT}`);
+
+    log("Starting dnsmasq...");
+    startDnsmasq(config).catch((err) => {
+      log(`dnsmasq failed (expected without root): ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+    });
+    await sleep(1000);
+
+    log("Creating PXE VM...");
+    // Two decoy NICs ahead of the PXE NIC, on a network with no route to the
+    // bastion. This reproduces the real VP2440 topology: live-boot scans for
+    // "the first connected interface", and without BOOTIF it picks a decoy,
+    // times out on DHCP/fetch, and dies with "Unable to find a live file
+    // system on the network". A single-NIC VM cannot catch that.
+    createPxeVm({
+      name: VM_NAME,
+      memory: VM_MEMORY,
+      vcpus: VM_VCPUS,
+      diskSize: VM_DISK_GB,
+      network: PXE_NETWORK_NAME,
+      decoyNics: 2,
+    });
+    const mac = getVmMac(VM_NAME, PXE_NETWORK_NAME);
+    if (!mac) throw new Error("Could not determine VM MAC address");
+    vmMac = mac;
+    log(`VM MAC: ${vmMac}`);
+
+    log("Waiting for discovery...");
+    type MachinesResponse = { discovered: Record<string, unknown> };
+    await pollApi<MachinesResponse>(
+      `http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/machines`,
+      (data) => vmMac in data.discovered,
+      DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    );
+    log("VM discovered. Running fresh VyOS install (round 1)...");
+
+    await sleep(15_000); // discovery reboot cycle
+    vmIp = await installRound({ mac: vmMac, hostname: HOSTNAME_R1 });
+    log("Round 1 (fresh install) complete.");
+  }, DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS + INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS + SSH_TIMEOUT_MS + 300_000);
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    log("Cleaning up...");
+    if (bastionApp) await bastionApp.close().catch(() => {});
+    const { stopDnsmasq } = await import("../../src/bastion/src/services/dnsmasq.js");
+    stopDnsmasq();
+    destroyPxeVm(VM_NAME);
+    destroyPxeNetwork();
+    if (testDir) rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("machine is installed with a real IP (WI-1: ready-at parsing)", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/machines`);
+    const data = (await res.json()) as { installed: Record<string, { ip: string; os?: string }> };
+    const machine = data.installed[vmMac];
+    expect(machine).toBeDefined();
+    expect(machine.ip).toMatch(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/);
+    expect(machine.os).toBe("vyos-rolling");
+  });
+
+  it("install logs were streamed live (WI-2)", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/logs/${encodeURIComponent(vmMac)}`);
+    const data = (await res.json()) as LogsResponse;
+    expect(data.log_total).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const lines = (data.log_lines ?? []).map((l) => l.line).join("\n");
+    // Installer transcript lines and driver messages both flow through /api/log
+    expect(lines).toMatch(/Welcome to VyOS installation|>>> answered|base config:/);
+  });
+
+  it("SSH works as the vyos user with the injected key", () => {
+    const result = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "whoami", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout.trim()).toBe("vyos");
+  });
+
+  it("generated config was adopted (hostname + ssh key)", () => {
+    const result = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/config.boot", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(`host-name "${HOSTNAME_R1}"`);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("public-keys");
+  });
+
+  it("boot-order step ran and reported (WI-3)", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}/api/logs/${encodeURIComponent(vmMac)}`);
+    const data = (await res.json()) as LogsResponse;
+    const lines = (data.log_lines ?? []).map((l) => l.line).join("\n");
+    expect(lines).toContain("boot order:");
+  });
+
+  it("provisioning metadata persisted to /config (WI-4)", () => {
+    const result = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /config/lab-provisioned 2>/dev/null || cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/lab-provisioned", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(`hostname=${HOSTNAME_R1}`);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("role=vanilla");
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(`bastion=http://${BASTION_IP}:${HTTP_PORT}`);
+  });
+
+  it("reinstall preserves config and /config data (round 2)", async () => {
+    // Drop a marker in /config — the installer's previous-installation copy
+    // must carry it (and the whole old config) into the new image.
+    // `sync` is REQUIRED: rebootPxeVm uses `virsh destroy` (a hard power-cut),
+    // so an unsynced write never reaches the disk and the marker vanishes for
+    // reasons that have nothing to do with the installer.
+    const marker = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "echo LAB-MARKER-R2 > /config/lab-marker && sync && cat /config/lab-marker", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(marker.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(marker.stdout).toContain("LAB-MARKER-R2");
+
+    // Queue with a DIFFERENT hostname: with preserve semantics the previous
+    // config must win, so the hostname must NOT change.
+    vmIp = await installRound({ mac: vmMac, hostname: HOSTNAME_R2 });
+
+    // Assert the config carry-forward first — it is the primary preservation
+    // signal and does not depend on the marker mechanism above.
+    const cfg = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/config.boot", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(cfg.stdout).toContain(`host-name "${HOSTNAME_R1}"`);   // old config carried
+    expect(cfg.stdout).not.toContain(`host-name "${HOSTNAME_R2}"`);
+
+    const markerAfter = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /config/lab-marker", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(markerAfter.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(markerAfter.stdout).toContain("LAB-MARKER-R2");
+  }, INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS + SSH_TIMEOUT_MS + 60_000);
+
+  it("freshConfig makes the generated config win, data still kept (round 3)", async () => {
+    // Re-assert the marker is on disk and synced before the next power-cut.
+    const pre = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "sync && cat /config/lab-marker", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(pre.stdout).toContain("LAB-MARKER-R2");
+
+    vmIp = await installRound({ mac: vmMac, hostname: HOSTNAME_R3, freshConfig: true });
+
+    const cfg = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /opt/vyatta/etc/config/config.boot", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(cfg.stdout).toContain(`host-name "${HOSTNAME_R3}"`);   // generated config won
+
+    // The marker file (non-config data under /config) still survives —
+    // freshConfig replaces only config.boot, not the carried data.
+    const markerAfter = sshExec(vmIp, SSH_USER, "cat /config/lab-marker", { keyPath: sshKeyPathGlobal });
+    expect(markerAfter.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(markerAfter.stdout).toContain("LAB-MARKER-R2");
+  }, INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS + SSH_TIMEOUT_MS + 60_000);
+});

bastion/tsconfig.json

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "files": [],
   "references": [
+    { "path": "src/core" },
     { "path": "src/shared" },
     { "path": "src/bastion" },
     { "path": "src/cli" },

labsim/.gitignore

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+# runtime artifacts, not source
+*.log
+labsim_matrix_lib.py
+__pycache__/
+
+# Cluster-admin credentials for the rehearsal cluster, written by
+# `k8s-up.sh --kubeconfig`. Regenerate it rather than commit it.
+*.kubeconfig

labsim/README.md

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+# labsim — libvirt replica of the lab network
+
+A throwaway copy of the production VLAN topology for testing routing, firewall
+rules and failover **without touching the real network**. Same VLAN IDs and
+roles as UniFi, deliberately different IP ranges so nothing can be confused for
+production.
+
+## Topology
+
+Each VLAN is its own isolated libvirt network with one tiny Alpine VM on it.
+
+| VLAN | Name | Sim subnet | VM address | Mirrors production |
+|-----:|------|------------|-----------|--------------------|
+| 1 | management | 172.31.1.0/24 | 172.31.1.10 | 192.168.1.0/24 |
+| 2 | k8s | 172.31.2.0/24 | 172.31.2.10 | 192.168.8.0/23 |
+| 3 | kvm | 172.31.3.0/24 | 172.31.3.10 | 192.168.3.0/24 |
+| 9 | private | 172.31.9.0/24 | 172.31.9.10 | 10.0.9.0/23 |
+| 10 | lot | **172.31.10.0/23** | 172.31.10.10 | 10.0.0.0/23 |
+| 200 | roomates | 172.31.200.0/24 | 172.31.200.10 | 192.168.2.0/24 |
+
+The sim subnet encodes the VLAN id: `172.31.<vlan>.0/24`, with one exception.
+**VLAN 10 is a `/23`** because every UniFi DHCP reservation lives in LoT and LoT
+spans `10.0.0.x` *and* `10.0.1.x`, which a `/24` cannot hold. The mapping stays
+readable — `10.0.0.46 → 172.31.10.46`, `10.0.1.67 → 172.31.11.67`.
+
+LoT's host leg is `.3`, not `.2`, because `10.0.0.2` is a real reservation
+(Hubitat) that maps onto `172.31.10.2`. `.3` is unreserved and sits below the
+DHCP pool, so it can never be handed out.
+
+`vlans.conf` therefore takes two optional trailing fields:
+
+```
+vlan_id:name:sim_prefix:real_subnet[:masklen][:host_octet]
+```
+
+defaulting to `24` and `2`. k8s and Private are also `/23` in production but
+hold no reservations, so they keep their `/24` and their DHCP range is clamped
+— reported at generation time, never silently.
+
+Address plan, identical on every VLAN:
+
+| Address | Role |
+|---------|------|
+| `.1` | gateway under test — a router VM you add (not created by default) |
+| `.2` | host bridge — how you reach the VMs from this workstation |
+| `.10` | the VLAN's micro VM |
+| `.254` | reserved for a VRRP VIP, mirroring production |
+
+The host sits at `.2` purely so you can SSH in. It is deliberately **not** the
+VMs' default route — that is `.1` — so inter-VLAN tests fail loudly when no
+router is present instead of being silently served by the host's own routing
+table. libvirt also installs reject rules that stop these networks forwarding
+to each other, so traffic between VLANs only works once a router VM bridges
+them.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+./labsim-up.sh              # bring up every VLAN (idempotent)
+./labsim-up.sh 2 3          # only VLANs 2 and 3
+./labsim-down.sh            # destroy VMs + networks, keep the base image
+./labsim-down.sh --purge    # also delete the downloaded Alpine image
+```
+
+Each VM: 256 MB, 1 vCPU, a copy-on-write overlay on one shared 176 MB Alpine
+image (so six VMs cost a few MB of disk, not 1 GB).
+
+## Access
+
+```bash
+ssh alpine@172.31.2.10       # normal user (password: labsim)
+ssh root@172.31.2.10         # privileged — this image has no sudo
+curl http://172.31.2.10/     # hello-world page naming the VLAN
+```
+
+Console, when the network is the thing that is broken:
+
+```bash
+sudo virsh console labsim-2-k8s     # root / labsim
+```
+
+## Watching it
+
+```bash
+./labsim-matrix.py --watch 2     # terminal grid, changed cells highlighted
+./monitoring-up.sh               # topology page + Prometheus + Grafana
+```
+
+## Testing the DHCP migration
+
+`./labsim-dhcp-test.sh` boots throwaway VMs whose MACs are **real production
+MACs** and checks each gets the address UniFi reserved for it. MACs are the one
+piece of production config that transplants verbatim, which is what makes this a
+test rather than a rehearsal. It is safe because `ovs-labsim` has no physical
+NIC — verified with `ovs-vsctl show` — so a production MAC cannot reach the real
+LAN.
+
+Apply the config first, from `../migration`:
+
+```bash
+python3 unifi-to-vyos.py --mode sim -o /tmp/sim.conf   # 6 subnets, 31 mappings
+# load onto labsim-vyos, then:
+./labsim-dhcp-test.sh
+```
+
+**Result on VyOS 2026.08 (kea): all four cases pass.** The one that mattered:
+most UniFi reservations sit *inside* the DHCP pool, and **kea honours in-pool
+host reservations** — `printer1` received `172.31.10.46` from within the
+`.10.11–.11.254` pool. That was the open question blocking the cutover.
+
+### The lease database will lie to you
+
+The script wipes `/config/dhcp/dhcp4-leases.csv*` before every run, and both
+halves of that matter:
+
+- **Stale leases defeat reservations.** Re-running against yesterday's leases,
+  kea handed dynamic addresses to three devices that have reservations. The
+  reservation was present and correct in `/run/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf` the whole
+  time. Kea saw the reserved address as already leased to "another client" —
+  same MAC, but a different client-id from the earlier boot — and allocated
+  elsewhere. The cutover itself starts with an empty lease database, so this is
+  a *testing* artifact, but it is worth knowing that a reservation is not an
+  unconditional guarantee once leases exist.
+- **The `*` is load-bearing.** Kea's memfile backend keeps lease-file-cleanup
+  rotations (`dhcp4-leases.csv.2`) and restores from them on start, so
+  truncating only the primary file changes nothing.
+
+Both of those first appeared as a *passing* test. The verdict logic now refuses
+to score a MAC with more than one lease, because taking the first match had
+reported an hours-old lease as the current answer and turned three failures
+into apparent passes.
+
+Still open: whether kea will hand a *reserved* address to a *different* client
+while the reserved device is offline. The negative case here only proves an
+unreserved MAC gets an unreserved address.
+
+- **http://localhost:9101/** — live mesh: a node per VLAN, the router in the
+  middle, one line per pair coloured green/red with the ICMP RTT on it. Hover a
+  line for per-direction detail. Refreshes every 5s. This is the one to watch
+  while changing firewall rules.
+- **http://localhost:3000/d/labsim-matrix** — Grafana (anonymous, no login) for
+  *history*: when did a path flip, and how has latency moved.
+- **http://localhost:9101/metrics** — `labsim_reachable{src,dst,proto}` and
+  `labsim_rtt_ms{src,dst}`.
+
+## Routing: BGP, dual WAN, and the ISP VMs
+
+`sim-ha-config.py` covers the LAN side of the routers. `sim-net-config.py`
+covers everything that makes this a rehearsal for production *routing*:
+
+| role | VM | what it generates |
+|---|---|---|
+| `primary` | `labsim-vyos` | BGP + dual WAN + health-checked failover |
+| `secondary` | `labsim-vyos2` | BGP only |
+| `isp-dhcp` | `labsim-isp-dhcp` | 10gig-equivalent ISP on VLAN 53 |
+| `isp-pppoe` | `labsim-isp-pppoe` | Vodafone-equivalent PPPoE ISP on VLAN 51 |
+
+Both ISP VMs are VyOS with two NICs: one on the OVS trunk facing the sim
+router, one on libvirt's `default` network, NATing customers to the real
+internet. They use RFC 5737 documentation ranges (`203.0.113.0/24`,
+`198.51.100.0/24`) so a leaked sim route cannot blackhole anything real.
+
+```sh
+./sim-net-apply.sh check     # VM state vs what the code says — run this first
+./sim-net-apply.sh apply     # push generated config over the serial console
+```
+
+`check` is the important one. All of this previously existed only as running
+state, applied by hand over SSH; rebuilding a VM lost it, and nothing recorded
+why any of it was shaped the way it was.
+
+### Known gaps vs production
+
+- **WAN is on the primary router only.** Production has WAN on both. Two PPPoE
+  clients sharing one credential against a single access concentrator is a
+  failure mode production does not have, so the sim does not model it. VRRP and
+  conntrack failover are still exercised.
+- **ISP VM interface names are not stable across a rebuild** — `isp-dhcp` came
+  up as `eth0`/`eth1` and `isp-pppoe` as `eth2`/`eth3` from identical XML.
+  Check `show interfaces` and pass `--wan-if` / `--uplink-if` rather than
+  trusting the defaults.
+- **`eth2` on the primary router** is a libvirt-NAT uplink predating the ISP
+  VMs: a third default route with no production equivalent that masks real WAN
+  failures during a failover test. `--drop-scaffold` removes it.
+- **Committing on `isp-pppoe` drops the router's PPPoE session**, and the
+  client does not redial promptly. After any change there, check `pppoe0` on
+  the router and `sudo systemctl restart ppp@pppoe0` if it is missing.
+
+## The trunk carries every VLAN tagged, including Management
+
+There is deliberately **no native/untagged VLAN** on the trunks to the routers,
+and Management lives on `bond0.1`, not on the bare `bond0`.
+
+A native VLAN is what puts a subnet on the bond **parent** while every other
+VLAN sits on a sub-interface of it. With `dhcp-socket-type: raw`, kea receives
+each tagged frame *twice* — once on the sub-interface and once on the parent —
+and answers from the parent's pool as well (ISC Kea
+[#1117](https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/kea/-/issues/1117)). A client on
+VLAN 3 gets two OFFERs and keeps whichever arrives first:
+
+```
+bond0.3 :  172.31.3.252 → 172.31.3.11   correct
+bond0   :  172.31.1.252 → 172.31.1.8    UNTAGGED, Management pool, wrong
+```
+
+`./labsim-vlan-leak-test.sh` makes one client on a tagged VLAN send a DISCOVER
+and captures on the parent and the sub-interface at once. The verdict is how
+many OFFERs the **server** emitted and from which subnets — deliberately not
+"did the client get the right address", because a client picking correctly is
+exactly how this hid. Both orderings were observed across runs, so a passing
+client proves nothing.
+
+```sh
+./labsim-vlan-leak-test.sh --vlan 3           # PASS on the current shape
+LABSIM_NATIVE_VLAN=1 ./router-up.sh           # restore the old shape...
+./labsim-vlan-leak-test.sh --vlan 3           # ...and it FAILs again
+```
+
+Three things this cost, all of which apply to production:
+
+- **Kea must be restarted after the address moves.** VyOS does not restart it
+  for an interface address change, so it keeps a raw socket bound with the old
+  address and the bug survives the fix. In the sim kea had been running since
+  16 Aug; the first post-fix test failed for this reason alone and looked like
+  the fix simply not working.
+- **The firewall interface-group must move too.** `interface-group LAN` named
+  the bare `bond0`; with a default-deny ruleset, moving the address without
+  moving the group drops every management session and all VLAN 1 routing.
+- **Duplicate delivery does not stop.** #1117 says only that there is no longer
+  a subnet on the parent to match, and that is exactly what happens: two replies
+  per DISCOVER, both now from the correct pool. Harmless, but do not read a
+  duplicate as a failure.
+
+### Tagged and untagged Management coexist
+
+Verified directly, and it is what makes the production cutover a rolling change
+rather than an outage: with the primary still untagged on `bond0` and the
+secondary already tagged on `bond0.1`, both routers were reachable, the VIP
+stayed up and a VLAN 1 client kept its gateway. One VLAN is one broadcast
+domain regardless of how each port tags it, so the two firewalls can be
+converted one at a time. See `migration/MANAGEMENT-VLAN-TAGGED.md`.
+
+`./vlan1-move-monitor.sh` logs VIP/router liveness once a second during the
+change, because VRRP reconverges and leaves no trace of who held the VIP.
+
+## Notes for whoever extends this
+
+Things that cost time the first time round, all verified on this image:
+
+- **No `sudo`.** Alpine ships `doas`; cloud-init's `sudo:` directive is inert
+  here. Use `root@` for privileged work.
+- **cloud-init leaves users locked** (`!*` in `/etc/shadow`) unless
+  `lock_passwd: false`, and sshd then refuses key auth for that user.
+- **One failing `runcmd` aborts every command after it.** Each entry is
+  `|| true` for that reason.
+- **busybox here has no `httpd` applet**, and the VMs have no internet to
+  `apk add` one — so the hello-world server is `python3 -m http.server`
+  (python3 is already present because cloud-init depends on it).
+- **`start-stop-daemon --exec /usr/bin/python3` matches cloud-init's own
+  python3** at boot and refuses to start anything.
+- **busybox `pgrep -f PATTERN` matches its own argv**, so a "skip if already
+  running" guard always fires. Verified: `guard_exit=0` with nothing listening.
+
+## Not modelled (yet)
+
+- **The secondary's bond was fiction until 2026-09-02.** `ovs_bond_router`'s
+  "already bonded, nothing to do" check compared only the trunk VLAN list, not
+  the membership. Restarting a VM recreates its taps under new names, so the
+  bond sat there holding two interfaces that no longer existed while the router's
+  real taps ran in the bridge as two *independent* ports — no LACP, and carrying
+  libvirt's own portgroup VLAN config rather than the bond's. It reconciles
+  membership now, but the lesson generalises: a sim that reports success is not
+  the same as a sim that models the thing.
+- **`labsim-vyos` has a third NIC** on libvirt's `default` network (the scaffold
+  uplink, see `--drop-scaffold`). The tap count is filtered to `$OVS_NET` for
+  that reason; an unfiltered count is 3 and silently skipped the primary's bond.

labsim/cilium-ipam-switch.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Procedure around a Cilium IPAM mode change. Works against any cluster, so the
+# rehearsal in labsim and the real thing in production run the SAME steps.
+#
+# It deliberately does NOT change the mode itself. In labsim that is `helm
+# upgrade`; in production Pulumi owns the release and a script racing it would
+# just reintroduce drift. What this owns is everything around the apply -- the
+# evidence, the deadlock, and the verdict.
+#
+#   ./cilium-ipam-switch.sh preflight   record what the cluster looks like now
+#   ./cilium-ipam-switch.sh unstick     break the agent-not-ready taint deadlock
+#   ./cilium-ipam-switch.sh verify      compare against preflight, report renumbering
+#
+#   KUBECONFIG=... ./cilium-ipam-switch.sh preflight
+#
+# Whether a recycle is needed is CONDITIONAL, and `verify` is what decides it.
+#
+# The operator does not preserve which node held which /24 -- it adopts whatever
+# CiliumNode.spec.ipam.podCIDRs already says. So:
+#
+#   * If CiliumNode already agrees with node.spec.podCIDRs on every node -- which
+#     is the case for any cluster that has only ever run ipam=kubernetes, because
+#     the operator syncs one from the other -- the pool adopts the existing
+#     allocation, no node is renumbered, and NO pod recycle is needed. Verified
+#     on the 3-node labsim cluster: CIDRs unchanged, nothing stranded, the only
+#     blip was the cilium DaemonSet restarting itself.
+#
+#   * If the two sources DISAGREE, nodes can swap /24s. Their running pods keep
+#     addresses that no longer fall inside the node's range, every other node
+#     routes that prefix to the wrong node, and those pods go unreachable
+#     cross-node while still showing Running. Then a full recycle is mandatory.
+#
+# Do not skip `verify` on the assumption of the good case. Run it and read it.
+set -uo pipefail
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+STATE="${STATE:-$SCRIPT_DIR/.ipam-switch-state}"
+K="kubectl"
+
+say()  { printf '\033[0;36m[ipam]\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
+warn() { printf '\033[1;33m[ipam]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
+
+snapshot() {
+  echo "## nodes"
+  $K get nodes -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.spec.podCIDRs}{"\n"}{end}' 2>/dev/null
+  echo "## ciliumnodes"
+  $K get ciliumnode -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.spec.ipam.podCIDRs}{"\n"}{end}' 2>/dev/null
+  echo "## pods"
+  $K get pods -A -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.namespace}/{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.status.podIP}{"\n"}{end}' 2>/dev/null \
+    | grep -vP '\t$' | sort
+  echo "## ipam"
+  $K -n kube-system get cm cilium-config -o jsonpath='{.data.ipam}' 2>/dev/null; echo
+}
+
+cmd_preflight() {
+  mkdir -p "$STATE"
+  snapshot > "$STATE/before.txt"
+  say "recorded $(grep -c . "$STATE/before.txt") lines -> $STATE/before.txt"
+  say "mode now: $(sed -n '/^## ipam/,$p' "$STATE/before.txt" | tail -1)"
+  # The pod inventory is the rollback reference: if the switch renumbers, this
+  # is the only record of what an address USED to be.
+  say "pods on the pod network: $(sed -n '/^## pods/,/^## ipam/p' "$STATE/before.txt" | grep -c '10\.')"
+}
+
+# The deadlock, in one place because it WILL happen and doing it by hand under
+# time pressure is how the wrong node gets untainted:
+#   agent has no pod CIDR -> agent not ready -> node keeps
+#   node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready:NoSchedule -> the operator that would assign
+#   the CIDR cannot schedule -> agent still has no pod CIDR.
+# Removing the taint is safe: it exists to keep normal workloads off a node
+# without working networking, and the operator is precisely the thing that fixes
+# that. Kubernetes re-adds it on the next agent restart.
+cmd_unstick() {
+  local stuck=0
+  for n in $($K get nodes -o name 2>/dev/null); do
+    $K get "$n" -o jsonpath='{.spec.taints[*].key}' 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'agent-not-ready' || continue
+    warn "${n#node/} carries agent-not-ready; removing so the operator can schedule"
+    $K taint "$n" node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready- >/dev/null 2>&1 && stuck=$((stuck+1))
+  done
+  [ "$stuck" -eq 0 ] && say "no node was stuck" || say "cleared $stuck node(s)"
+  local pend
+  pend="$($K -n kube-system get pods -l io.cilium/app=operator --no-headers 2>/dev/null | grep -c Pending)"
+  [ "${pend:-0}" -gt 0 ] && warn "$pend operator pod(s) still Pending — check tolerations, not just taints"
+  return 0
+}
+
+cmd_verify() {
+  [ -f "$STATE/before.txt" ] || { warn "no preflight snapshot; nothing to compare"; return 1; }
+  snapshot > "$STATE/after.txt"
+  echo
+  say "mode: $(sed -n '/^## ipam/,$p' "$STATE/before.txt" | tail -1) -> $(sed -n '/^## ipam/,$p' "$STATE/after.txt" | tail -1)"
+
+  # The question that decides the size of the maintenance window: did per-node
+  # CIDRs survive, or was every node renumbered (and every pod with it)?
+  local moved=0
+  while IFS=$'\t' read -r node cidr; do
+    [ -z "${node:-}" ] && continue
+    local now; now="$(sed -n '/^## ciliumnodes/,/^## pods/p' "$STATE/after.txt" | awk -F'\t' -v n="$node" '$1==n{print $2}')"
+    if [ -n "$now" ] && [ "$now" != "$cidr" ]; then
+      printf '    %-16s %s -> %s\n' "$node" "$cidr" "$now"; moved=$((moved+1))
+    fi
+  done < <(sed -n '/^## ciliumnodes/,/^## pods/p' "$STATE/before.txt" | grep -P '\t')
+  if [ "$moved" -eq 0 ]; then
+    say "per-node CIDRs UNCHANGED — the pool adopted the existing allocation"
+  else
+    warn "$moved node(s) renumbered — every pod on them must be recycled"
+  fi
+
+  local before after same
+  before="$(sed -n '/^## pods/,/^## ipam/p' "$STATE/before.txt" | grep -P '\t10\.' | wc -l)"
+  after="$(sed -n '/^## pods/,/^## ipam/p' "$STATE/after.txt"  | grep -P '\t10\.' | wc -l)"
+  same="$(comm -12 <(sed -n '/^## pods/,/^## ipam/p' "$STATE/before.txt" | grep -P '\t10\.' | sort) \
+                   <(sed -n '/^## pods/,/^## ipam/p' "$STATE/after.txt"  | grep -P '\t10\.' | sort) | wc -l)"
+  say "pods: $before before, $after after, $same kept the SAME address"
+  # Keeping the address is NOT the good outcome. If a node's CIDR moved, its
+  # existing pods keep IPs that no longer fall inside it, every other node routes
+  # that prefix to the WRONG node, and those pods go unreachable cross-node while
+  # looking perfectly healthy. Observed in labsim: two nodes swapped CIDRs and
+  # cross-node ping to their pods dropped 100%, with every pod still Running.
+  # This is the check that decides whether a recycle is optional or mandatory.
+  local stranded=0
+  while read -r ns name ip node; do
+    [ -z "${node:-}" ] && continue
+    local cidr; cidr="$($K get ciliumnode "$node" -o jsonpath='{.spec.ipam.podCIDRs[0]}' 2>/dev/null)"
+    [ -z "$cidr" ] && continue
+    case "$ip" in
+      "${cidr%.*/*}".*) ;;
+      *) printf '    STRANDED %-40s %-15s on %s (now %s)\n' "$ns/$name" "$ip" "$node" "$cidr"; stranded=$((stranded+1)) ;;
+    esac
+  done < <($K get pods -A -o jsonpath='{range .items[?(@.status.podIP)]}{.metadata.namespace}{" "}{.metadata.name}{" "}{.status.podIP}{" "}{.spec.nodeName}{"\n"}{end}' 2>/dev/null | grep -E ' 10\.')
+  if [ "$stranded" -gt 0 ]; then
+    warn "$stranded pod(s) sit OUTSIDE their node CIDR — unreachable cross-node until recycled"
+    warn "recycle: for ns in $(kubectl get ns -o name | cut -d/ -f2); do kubectl -n $ns rollout restart deploy,ds,sts 2>/dev/null; done"
+  else
+    say "every pod is inside its node CIDR — no recycle needed"
+  fi
+  say "not-Running pods: $($K get pods -A --no-headers 2>/dev/null | grep -vcE 'Running|Completed')"
+}
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+  preflight) cmd_preflight ;;
+  unstick)   cmd_unstick ;;
+  verify)    cmd_verify ;;
+  *) sed -n '2,16p' "$0"; exit 1 ;;
+esac

labsim/console-apply.py

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Apply VyOS config to a labsim VM over its serial console.
+
+Needed because a freshly installed VyOS comes up holding the same addresses as
+its peer, so there is a window where it cannot safely be reached over the
+network at all. The console does not care.
+
+  ./console-apply.py --vm labsim-vyos2 --config r2.conf
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import time
+
+import pexpect
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--vm", required=True)
+    ap.add_argument("--config", required=True)
+    ap.add_argument("--user", default="vyos")
+    ap.add_argument("--password", default="vyos")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    cmds = [l.rstrip() for l in open(args.config)
+            if l.strip() and not l.lstrip().startswith("#")]
+    print(f"{len(cmds)} commands to apply to {args.vm}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    c = pexpect.spawn(f"virsh --connect qemu:///system console {args.vm}",
+                      timeout=90, encoding="utf-8")
+    c.logfile_read = None
+    c.sendline("")
+    time.sleep(2)
+    c.sendline("")
+
+    # Log in. A freshly booted box may still be starting services, so allow a
+    # generous window and re-prod the console rather than failing on the first
+    # miss.
+    #
+    # `# ` matters as much as `$ `: a previous run that died mid-config leaves
+    # the console sitting in configuration mode, and waiting only for the
+    # operational prompt then hangs forever against a perfectly healthy VM.
+    in_config = False
+    for _ in range(40):
+        i = c.expect([r"login:", r"\$ ", r"# ", pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=15)
+        if i == 0:
+            c.sendline(args.user)
+            c.expect("Password:", timeout=30)
+            c.sendline(args.password)
+            c.expect([r"\$ ", r"# "], timeout=60)
+            break
+        if i == 1:
+            break
+        if i == 2:
+            in_config = True
+            break
+        c.sendline("")
+    else:
+        print("never reached a prompt", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    if in_config:
+        # Drop whatever the previous run left half-built rather than committing
+        # a candidate nobody has seen.
+        print("console was left in config mode; discarding stale candidate",
+              file=sys.stderr)
+        c.sendline("discard")
+        c.expect(r"# ", timeout=60)
+    else:
+        c.sendline("configure")
+        c.expect(r"# ", timeout=60)
+
+    for cmd in cmds:
+        c.sendline(cmd)
+        c.expect(r"# ", timeout=60)
+        out = c.before or ""
+        if "Set failed" in out or "not valid" in out or "Invalid" in out:
+            print(f"FAILED: {cmd}\n  {out.strip()[:200]}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    print("committing...", file=sys.stderr)
+    c.sendline("commit")
+    c.expect(r"# ", timeout=300)
+    commit_out = c.before or ""
+    c.sendline("save")
+    c.expect(r"# ", timeout=120)
+    # Accept either prompt on the way out. Insisting on `$ ` here hangs against
+    # a healthy box -- and worse, leaves the console parked in config mode, so
+    # the NEXT run finds a `# ` it was not expecting either. One strict expect
+    # turned into two failures.
+    c.sendline("exit")
+    c.expect([r"\$ ", r"# ", pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=60)
+    c.sendline("exit")
+    c.close(force=True)
+
+    bad = [l for l in commit_out.splitlines()
+           if "failed" in l.lower() or "error" in l.lower()]
+    if bad:
+        print("commit reported:", file=sys.stderr)
+        for l in bad[:10]:
+            print(f"  {l.strip()}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+    print("committed and saved", file=sys.stderr)
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())