After build-iso, a new smoke-vm job uploads the freshly built ISO to
the test Proxmox at 192.168.178.165 via PVE API token, boots it in a
fresh VM (VMID range 9000-9099, MAC derived from commit SHA so the
runner can find the DHCP IP by scanning the LAN), and curls :5000 to
confirm the webinstaller answers HTTP 200. Last 5 smoke VMs + their
ISOs are kept for post-mortem; older ones are purged. continue-on-error
on the smoke job so a VM-side flake doesn't mark the ISO build red.
Shortens the feedback loop on ISO regressions from "next manual VM
test session" (days) to "next push" (minutes) — the 2026-04-15/16 VM
sessions each found real boot-time bugs that unit tests missed.
Docs at docs/smoke-vm.md. Requires Forgejo secrets PVE_TEST_HOST and
PVE_TEST_TOKEN (dedicated smoke@pve!ci PVE token, privilege-separated).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
A lot moved since the last docs sweep. Catching everything up in one
batch so a newcomer (or future us) reading the repo isn't lied to.
**README.md roadmap:**
- Walking-skeleton live ISO: upgraded from "screens 1-3 work
end-to-end" to "install runs to completion on a VM and the installed
system logs in and runs `docker ps` without sudo".
- 26.0-alpha release: dropped the "deferred" note — its blocker
(archinstall not completing) is gone; just needs a re-tag when we
like the installer copy.
- Added an explicit "ISO-build in CI" line for the new
`.forgejo/workflows/build-iso.yml`.
- Split the old "mDNS + local CA" item: mDNS is live (hostname baked
in, avahi/nss-mdns in the image), HTTPS via local CA still open.
- Noted post-install reboot button, progress bar, archinstall 4.x
schema work, console welcome, custom_commands docker group join in
the wizard milestone bullet.
**docs/runner-setup.md:**
- Full rewrite for the docker-outside-of-docker architecture we
actually run now (was still describing the DinD sidecar setup).
- Documents the `/data` symlink on the host that makes host-mode
`-v /data/…:/work` resolve — the non-obvious piece that took the
longest to nail down today.
- Describes the two runtime modes (`ubuntu-latest:docker://…` for CI,
`self-hosted:host` for build-iso) and why each exists.
- Adds the `upload-artifact@v3` pin note — v4+ fails on Forgejo with
`GHESNotSupportedError`.
**ops/forgejo-runner/compose.yml + config.yml:**
- Compose now matches what's actually running: DooD (no DinD sidecar),
runs as root so apk can install nodejs + docker-cli at startup,
/var/run/docker.sock bind-mounted.
- Config gets the three explicit label mappings and DooD
`docker_host` + `valid_volumes`.
**.forgejo/workflows/build-iso.yml:**
- Added `paths-ignore` for docs/website/*.md so doc-only commits don't
kick off 5-min ISO rebuilds. Code + ISO overlay changes still
trigger.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bootstrap script + compose + config checked in under ops/forgejo-runner/
so a second runner is a scripted setup. runner-setup.md corrects the
register label format (<name>:docker://<image>, not bare names) and
documents the Ubuntu systemd-resolved DNS gotcha.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
