NetServa Fleet Management Plugin

A comprehensive infrastructure management plugin for NetServa that tracks and manages your VSite→VNode→VHost hierarchy across mixed infrastructure environments.

Overview

NetServa Fleet provides unified management for:

• VSites - Hosting providers/locations (local Incus, BinaryLane VPS, customer hardware)
• VNodes - Physical/virtual servers
• VHosts - VM/CT instances (complete virtualized environments, not just web vhosts)

Key Features

🏗️ Three-Tier Infrastructure Hierarchy

• VSite (hosting provider/location) → VNode (server) → VHost (VM/CT instance)
• Supports mixed infrastructure: local Incus, local Proxmox, BinaryLane VPS, customer hardware
• Role-based node classification: compute, network, storage, mixed

🔍 SSH-Based Discovery

• Automatic system information discovery via SSH
• Graceful error handling for unreachable nodes
• Role-specific discovery commands for different node types
• Scheduled scanning with configurable frequency

📊 Comprehensive Management Interface

• Full Filament 4.0 admin interface for fleet management
• Real-time discovery status and system information
• Bulk operations for discovery and management
• Integration with existing NetServa SSH host management

📁 NetServa Integration

• Import existing infrastructure from var/ directory structure
• Sync with NetServa 54-variable environment files
• Support for /srv/ filesystem layout standard
• Integration with existing SSH host configurations

Installation

1. Add to your Laravel application's composer.json:

"repositories": [
    {
        "type": "path",
        "url": "./packages/netserva-fleet"
    }
]

2. Install the package:

composer require netserva/netserva-fleet

3. Run migrations:

php artisan migrate

4. Publish configuration (optional):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=fleet-config

Usage

Import Existing Infrastructure

Import from your existing var/ directory structure:

# Dry run to see what would be imported
php artisan fleet:import --dry-run

# Import all infrastructure
php artisan fleet:import

# Import specific vnode only
php artisan fleet:import --vnode=mgo

# Force overwrite existing data
php artisan fleet:import --force

Discovery Management

Discover system information via SSH:

# Discover all nodes that need scanning
php artisan fleet:discover

# Discover specific vnode
php artisan fleet:discover --vnode=mgo

# Force discovery even if not scheduled
php artisan fleet:discover --force

# Test SSH connections only
php artisan fleet:discover --test-ssh

Web Interface

Access the fleet management interface at /admin/fleet-vsites in your Filament admin panel.

Configuration

VSite Directory Mappings

Configure how var/ directory names map to VSites in config/fleet.php:

'vsites' => [
    'directory_mappings' => [
        'mgo' => ['provider' => 'local', 'technology' => 'incus', 'location' => 'workstation'],
        'nsorg' => ['provider' => 'binarylane', 'technology' => 'vps', 'location' => 'sydney'],
    ],
],

Discovery Commands

Customize discovery commands for different node roles:

'discovery' => [
    'discovery_commands' => [
        'compute' => [
            'hostname -f',
            'uname -a',
            'cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "processor" | wc -l',
            // ... more commands
        ],
        'network' => [
            'hostname',
            'uptime',
            'ip addr show',
        ],
    ],
],

Architecture

Database Schema

fleet_vsites (Hosting Providers)

• Tracks hosting providers and technologies
• Unique constraint on provider+technology+location
• Capabilities and API endpoint configuration

fleet_vnodes (Servers)

• Physical/virtual servers with SSH access
• Role-based classification and discovery
• System information and discovery status
• Links to SSH host configurations

fleet_vhosts (VM/CT Instances)

• Complete virtualized environments
• NetServa environment variable integration
• Instance type and resource tracking
• File system integration with var/ directory

Discovery Architecture

• Role-based discovery: Different commands for compute/network/storage nodes
• Graceful failure handling: Continue discovery even if some commands fail
• SSH-only approach: All discovery via SSH with proper error handling
• Scheduled scanning: Configurable frequency with automatic retry for failures

Error Handling

• SSH connection failures are logged but don't stop discovery
• Command failures are tracked per-node for debugging
• Partial discovery results are saved (get what we can)
• Failed nodes are scheduled for retry at shorter intervals

Testing

Run the test suite:

# Run all fleet tests
php artisan test packages/netserva-fleet/tests

# Run specific test groups
php artisan test --group=fleet
php artisan test --group=discovery
php artisan test --group=import

NetServa Compliance

This plugin follows NetServa standards:

• ✅ Uses NetServa 5-character environment variables ($NSVAR, $NSSSH, etc.)
• ✅ Supports 54-variable NetServa environment files
• ✅ Compatible with /srv/ filesystem layout
• ✅ Integrates with existing SSH host management
• ✅ Follows MIT license with consistent headers
• ✅ Uses Pest 4.0 for testing
• ✅ Filament 4.0 admin interface

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Support

For issues and feature requests, please use the main NetServa repository issue tracker.