Document SSO login flow in packaging and deployment guide
Add SSO redirect flow alongside direct credentials, MCIAS client registration steps, [sso] config section, and updated service versions. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Phase E: Multi-Node Orchestration
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Phase D (automated DNS registration) is complete. Phase E extends MCP from
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a single-node agent on rift to a multi-node fleet with a central master
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process.
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## Goal
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Deploy and manage services across multiple nodes from a single control
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plane. The operator runs `mcp deploy` and the system places the workload on
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the right node, provisions certs, registers DNS, and configures routing --
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same as today on rift, but across the fleet.
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## Fleet Topology
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| Node | OS | Arch | Role |
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|------|----|------|------|
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| desktop (TBD) | NixOS | amd64 | Control plane -- runs master + MCIAS + MCNS |
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| rift | NixOS | amd64 | Compute -- application services |
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| orion | NixOS | amd64 | Compute |
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| hyperborea | Debian | arm64 | Compute (Raspberry Pi) |
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| svc | Debian | amd64 | Edge -- mc-proxy for public traffic, no containers |
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Tailnet is the interconnect between all nodes. Public traffic enters via
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mc-proxy on svc, which forwards over Tailnet to compute nodes.
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## Components
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### Master (`mcp-master`)
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Long-lived orchestrator on the control plane node. Responsibilities:
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- Accept CLI commands and dispatch to the correct agent
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- Aggregate status from all agents (fleet-wide view)
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- Node selection when `node` is omitted from a service definition
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- Health-aware scheduling using agent heartbeat data
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The master is stateless in the durable sense -- it rebuilds its world view
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from agents on startup. If the master goes down, running services continue
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unaffected; only new deploys and rescheduling stop.
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### Agent upgrades
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The fleet is heterogeneous (NixOS + Debian, amd64 + arm64), so NixOS flake
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inputs don't work as a universal update mechanism.
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**Design:** MCP owns the binary at `/srv/mcp/mcp-agent` on all nodes.
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- `mcp agent upgrade [node]` -- CLI cross-compiles for the target's
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GOARCH, SCPs the binary, restarts via SSH
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- Node config gains `ssh` (user@host) and `arch` (amd64/arm64) fields
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- rift's NixOS `ExecStart` changes from nix store path to
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`/srv/mcp/mcp-agent`
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- All nodes: binary at `/srv/mcp/mcp-agent`, systemd unit
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`mcp-agent.service`
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Upgrades must be coordinated -- new RPCs cause `Unimplemented` errors on
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old agents.
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### Edge agents
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svc runs an agent but does NOT run containers. Its agent manages mc-proxy
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routing only: when the master provisions a service on a compute node, svc's
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agent updates mc-proxy routes to point at the compute node's Tailnet
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address.
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### MCIAS migration
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MCIAS moves from the svc VPS to the control plane node, running as an
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MCP-managed container with an independent lifecycle. Bootstrap order:
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1. MCIAS image pre-staged or pulled unauthenticated
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2. MCIAS starts (L4 passthrough through mc-proxy -- manages its own TLS)
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3. All other services bootstrap after MCIAS is up
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## Scheduling
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Three placement modes, in order of specificity:
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1. `node = "rift"` -- explicit placement on a named node
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2. `node = "pi-pool"` -- master picks within a named cluster
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3. `node` omitted -- master picks any compute node with capacity
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Resource-aware placement via agent heartbeats (CPU, memory, disk). RPis
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with 4-8 GB RAM need resource tracking more than beefy servers.
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## Open Questions
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- **Control plane machine**: which desktop becomes the always-on node?
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- **Heartbeat model**: agent push vs. master poll?
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- **Cluster definition**: explicit pool config in master vs. node labels/tags?
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- **MCIAS migration timeline**: when to cut over from svc to control plane?
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- **Agent on svc**: what subset of agent RPCs does an edge-only agent need?
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## What Phase E Does NOT Include
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These remain future work:
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- Auto-reconciliation (agent auto-restarting drifted containers)
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- Migration (snapshot streaming between nodes)
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- Web UI for fleet management
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- Observability / log aggregation
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- Object store
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