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- Rewrote RUNBOOK.md and DEBUG-DOCUMENTATION.md in simple 5th-grade language
  with real-world analogies for every technical concept
- Updated README.md with current service inventory and folder map
- Added cloud-migration/ subdirectory (from kitestacks-cloud-migration repo)
- Added autosync/ subdirectory (from kitestacks-homelab-autosync-test repo)
- Added osticket/ subdirectory (from OSTicketSystem repo)
- Added cloud/ placeholder for future cloud configs
- Excluded binary DB/postgres files from autosync subdirectory

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-18 18:37:58 -05:00
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KiteStacks Homelab

Everything needed to run, fix, and understand the KiteStacks homelab lives here.

What is KiteStacks?

KiteStacks is a personal homelab — a set of useful web apps that run on two computers (monk at home, kscloud1 in Germany). All the websites are accessible over the internet through Cloudflare without exposing any home IP addresses.

How to Read This Repo

File / Folder What it is
RUNBOOK.md Start here. Plain-English guide to how everything works and how to do common tasks
DEBUG-DOCUMENTATION.md Every problem we've hit and how we solved it
docs/ Detailed setup guides for specific services (Authentik SSO, etc.)
apps/ Docker Compose files for each service
clusters/ Infrastructure-level configs
projects/ Active project notes
cloud/ Cloud-specific configurations (kscloud1)
cloud-migration/ Archive of cloud migration work and volume backups
autosync/ Auto-sync scripts that keep the repo up to date automatically
osticket/ OSTicket help-desk project notes

Services Running Right Now

Service Website What it does
Authentik auth.kitestacks.com Single login for all services
Portainer portainer.kitestacks.com Manage all Docker containers
Forgejo gitforge.kitestacks.com Git server (code + scripts)
BookStack wiki.kitestacks.com Wiki and notes
Grafana grafana.kitestacks.com Server health charts
Karakeep links.kitestacks.com Bookmark manager
Kavita kavita.kitestacks.com Ebook reader
OSTicket tasks.kitestacks.com Help desk / ticket system
Open WebUI ai.kitestacks.com AI chat (GPT, Claude, local)
Uptime Kuma status.kitestacks.com Service monitor
Portal www.kitestacks.com Homepage

Quick Reference

# Check all running containers
docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}"

# Restart a service
cd ~/kitestacks-live/docker/SERVICE_NAME && docker compose restart

# View live logs
docker logs CONTAINER_NAME --tail 50 -f

All usernames and passwords go through Authentik at https://auth.kitestacks.com.