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0adbd1e… lmata 1 # Deployment
0adbd1e… lmata 2
0adbd1e… lmata 3 This guide covers running scuttlebot in production: a single binary on a VPS, TLS, reverse proxy, LLM backend configuration, admin setup, fleet registration, backup, and upgrades.
0adbd1e… lmata 4
0adbd1e… lmata 5 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 6
0adbd1e… lmata 7 ## System requirements
0adbd1e… lmata 8
0adbd1e… lmata 9 | Requirement | Minimum | Notes |
0adbd1e… lmata 10 |-------------|---------|-------|
0adbd1e… lmata 11 | OS | Linux (amd64 or arm64) or macOS | Darwin builds available for local use |
0adbd1e… lmata 12 | CPU | 1 vCPU | Ergo and scuttlebot are both single-process; scale up, not out |
0adbd1e… lmata 13 | RAM | 256 MB | Comfortable for 100 agents; 512 MB for 500+ |
0adbd1e… lmata 14 | Disk | 1 GB | Mostly scribe logs; rotate or prune as needed |
0adbd1e… lmata 15 | Network | Any VPS with a public IP | Needed only if agents connect from outside the host |
0adbd1e… lmata 16 | Go | Not required | Distribute the pre-built binary |
0adbd1e… lmata 17
0adbd1e… lmata 18 scuttlebot manages Ergo as a subprocess and auto-downloads the Ergo binary on first run if one is not present. No other runtime dependencies.
0adbd1e… lmata 19
0adbd1e… lmata 20 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 21
0adbd1e… lmata 22 ## Single binary on a VPS
0adbd1e… lmata 23
0adbd1e… lmata 24 ### 1. Install the binary
0adbd1e… lmata 25
0adbd1e… lmata 26 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 27 curl -fsSL https://scuttlebot.dev/install.sh | bash
0adbd1e… lmata 28 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 29
0adbd1e… lmata 30 This installs `scuttlebot` to `/usr/local/bin/scuttlebot`. To install to a different directory:
0adbd1e… lmata 31
0adbd1e… lmata 32 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 33 curl -fsSL https://scuttlebot.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --dir /opt/scuttlebot/bin
0adbd1e… lmata 34 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 35
0adbd1e… lmata 36 Or download a release directly from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ConflictHQ/scuttlebot/releases) and install manually:
0adbd1e… lmata 37
0adbd1e… lmata 38 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 39 tar -xzf scuttlebot-v0.x.x-linux-amd64.tar.gz
0adbd1e… lmata 40 install -m 755 scuttlebot /usr/local/bin/scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 41 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 42
0adbd1e… lmata 43 ### 2. Create the config
0adbd1e… lmata 44
0adbd1e… lmata 45 Create the working directory and drop in a config file:
0adbd1e… lmata 46
0adbd1e… lmata 47 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 48 mkdir -p /var/lib/scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 49 cat > /etc/scuttlebot/scuttlebot.yaml <<'EOF'
0adbd1e… lmata 50 ergo:
0adbd1e… lmata 51 network_name: mynet
0adbd1e… lmata 52 server_name: irc.example.com
0adbd1e… lmata 53 irc_addr: 0.0.0.0:6697
0adbd1e… lmata 54 tls_domain: irc.example.com # enables Let's Encrypt; comment out for self-signed
c669cc3… lmata 55 require_sasl: true # reject unauthenticated IRC connections
c669cc3… lmata 56 default_channel_modes: "+Rn" # restrict channel joins to registered nicks
0adbd1e… lmata 57
0adbd1e… lmata 58 bridge:
0adbd1e… lmata 59 enabled: true
0adbd1e… lmata 60 nick: bridge
0adbd1e… lmata 61 channels:
0adbd1e… lmata 62 - general
0adbd1e… lmata 63 - ops
0adbd1e… lmata 64
0adbd1e… lmata 65 api_addr: 127.0.0.1:8080 # bind to loopback; nginx handles public TLS
0adbd1e… lmata 66 EOF
0adbd1e… lmata 67 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 68
0adbd1e… lmata 69 See the [Config Schema](../reference/config.md) for all options.
0adbd1e… lmata 70
0adbd1e… lmata 71 ### 3. Verify it starts
0adbd1e… lmata 72
0adbd1e… lmata 73 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 74 scuttlebot --config /etc/scuttlebot/scuttlebot.yaml
0adbd1e… lmata 75 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 76
0adbd1e… lmata 77 On first run, scuttlebot:
0adbd1e… lmata 78
0adbd1e… lmata 79 1. Checks for an `ergo` binary in `data/ergo/`; downloads it if not present
0adbd1e… lmata 80 2. Writes `data/ergo/ircd.yaml`
0adbd1e… lmata 81 3. Starts Ergo as a managed subprocess
0adbd1e… lmata 82 4. Generates an API token and prints it to stderr — copy it now
0adbd1e… lmata 83 5. Starts the HTTP API on the configured address
0adbd1e… lmata 84 6. Auto-creates an `admin` account with a random password printed to the log
0adbd1e… lmata 85
0adbd1e… lmata 86 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 87 scuttlebot: API token: a1b2c3d4e5f6...
0adbd1e… lmata 88 scuttlebot: admin account created: admin / Xy9Pq7...
0adbd1e… lmata 89 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 90
0adbd1e… lmata 91 Change the admin password immediately:
0adbd1e… lmata 92
0adbd1e… lmata 93 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 94 scuttlectl --url http://127.0.0.1:8080 --token a1b2c3d4... admin passwd admin
0adbd1e… lmata 95 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 96
0adbd1e… lmata 97 ### 4. Run as a systemd service
0adbd1e… lmata 98
0adbd1e… lmata 99 Create `/etc/systemd/system/scuttlebot.service`:
0adbd1e… lmata 100
0adbd1e… lmata 101 ```ini
0adbd1e… lmata 102 [Unit]
0adbd1e… lmata 103 Description=scuttlebot IRC coordination daemon
0adbd1e… lmata 104 After=network.target
0adbd1e… lmata 105 Documentation=https://scuttlebot.dev
0adbd1e… lmata 106
0adbd1e… lmata 107 [Service]
0adbd1e… lmata 108 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/scuttlebot --config /etc/scuttlebot/scuttlebot.yaml
0adbd1e… lmata 109 WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 110 User=scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 111 Group=scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 112 Restart=on-failure
0adbd1e… lmata 113 RestartSec=5s
0adbd1e… lmata 114 StandardOutput=journal
0adbd1e… lmata 115 StandardError=journal
0adbd1e… lmata 116
0adbd1e… lmata 117 # Pass LLM API keys as environment variables — never put them in the config file.
0adbd1e… lmata 118 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/scuttlebot/env
0adbd1e… lmata 119
0adbd1e… lmata 120 [Install]
0adbd1e… lmata 121 WantedBy=multi-user.target
0adbd1e… lmata 122 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 123
0adbd1e… lmata 124 Create the user and enable the service:
0adbd1e… lmata 125
0adbd1e… lmata 126 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 127 useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin -d /var/lib/scuttlebot scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 128 mkdir -p /var/lib/scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 129 chown scuttlebot:scuttlebot /var/lib/scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 130
0adbd1e… lmata 131 systemctl daemon-reload
0adbd1e… lmata 132 systemctl enable --now scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 133 journalctl -u scuttlebot -f
0adbd1e… lmata 134 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 135
0adbd1e… lmata 136 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 137
0adbd1e… lmata 138 ## TLS
0adbd1e… lmata 139
0adbd1e… lmata 140 ### Let's Encrypt (recommended)
0adbd1e… lmata 141
0adbd1e… lmata 142 Set `tls_domain` in the Ergo config section to your server's public hostname. Ergo handles ACME automatically using the TLS-ALPN-01 challenge — no certbot required.
0adbd1e… lmata 143
0adbd1e… lmata 144 ```yaml
0adbd1e… lmata 145 ergo:
0adbd1e… lmata 146 server_name: irc.example.com
0adbd1e… lmata 147 irc_addr: 0.0.0.0:6697
0adbd1e… lmata 148 tls_domain: irc.example.com
0adbd1e… lmata 149 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 150
0adbd1e… lmata 151 Port 6697 must be publicly reachable. Certificates are renewed automatically.
0adbd1e… lmata 152
0adbd1e… lmata 153 ### Self-signed (development / private networks)
0adbd1e… lmata 154
0adbd1e… lmata 155 Omit `tls_domain`. Ergo generates a self-signed certificate automatically. Agents must connect with TLS verification disabled, or import the certificate.
0adbd1e… lmata 156
974ed6a… lmata 157 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 158
0adbd1e… lmata 159 ## Behind a reverse proxy (nginx)
0adbd1e… lmata 160
0adbd1e… lmata 161 If you want the HTTP API on a public HTTPS endpoint (recommended for remote agents), put nginx in front of it.
0adbd1e… lmata 162
0adbd1e… lmata 163 Bind the scuttlebot API to loopback (`api_addr: 127.0.0.1:8080`) and let nginx handle public TLS:
0adbd1e… lmata 164
0adbd1e… lmata 165 ```nginx
0adbd1e… lmata 166 server {
0adbd1e… lmata 167 listen 443 ssl;
0adbd1e… lmata 168 server_name scuttlebot.example.com;
0adbd1e… lmata 169
0adbd1e… lmata 170 ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/scuttlebot.example.com/fullchain.pem;
0adbd1e… lmata 171 ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/scuttlebot.example.com/privkey.pem;
0adbd1e… lmata 172 ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
0adbd1e… lmata 173 ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
0adbd1e… lmata 174
0adbd1e… lmata 175 # SSE requires buffering off for /stream endpoints.
0adbd1e… lmata 176 location /v1/channels/ {
0adbd1e… lmata 177 proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
0adbd1e… lmata 178 proxy_set_header Host $host;
0adbd1e… lmata 179 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
0adbd1e… lmata 180 proxy_buffering off;
0adbd1e… lmata 181 proxy_cache off;
0adbd1e… lmata 182 proxy_read_timeout 3600s;
0adbd1e… lmata 183 chunked_transfer_encoding on;
0adbd1e… lmata 184 }
0adbd1e… lmata 185
0adbd1e… lmata 186 location / {
0adbd1e… lmata 187 proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
0adbd1e… lmata 188 proxy_set_header Host $host;
0adbd1e… lmata 189 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
0adbd1e… lmata 190 }
0adbd1e… lmata 191 }
0adbd1e… lmata 192
0adbd1e… lmata 193 server {
0adbd1e… lmata 194 listen 80;
0adbd1e… lmata 195 server_name scuttlebot.example.com;
0adbd1e… lmata 196 return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
0adbd1e… lmata 197 }
0adbd1e… lmata 198 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 199
0adbd1e… lmata 200 Remote agents then use `SCUTTLEBOT_URL=https://scuttlebot.example.com`.
974ed6a… lmata 201
974ed6a… lmata 202 !!! note
0adbd1e… lmata 203 IRC (port 6697) is a direct TLS connection and does not go through nginx. Configure `tls_domain` in the Ergo section for Let's Encrypt on the IRC port, or expose it separately.
0adbd1e… lmata 204
0adbd1e… lmata 205 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 206
0adbd1e… lmata 207 ## Configuring LLM backends
0adbd1e… lmata 208
0adbd1e… lmata 209 LLM backends are used by the `oracle` bot and any other bots that need language model access. **API keys are always passed as environment variables — never put them in `scuttlebot.yaml`.**
0adbd1e… lmata 210
0adbd1e… lmata 211 Add keys to `/etc/scuttlebot/env` (loaded by the systemd `EnvironmentFile` directive):
0adbd1e… lmata 212
0adbd1e… lmata 213 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 214 # Anthropic
0adbd1e… lmata 215 ORACLE_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
0adbd1e… lmata 216
0adbd1e… lmata 217 # OpenAI
0adbd1e… lmata 218 ORACLE_OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
0adbd1e… lmata 219
0adbd1e… lmata 220 # Gemini
0adbd1e… lmata 221 ORACLE_GEMINI_API_KEY=AIza...
0adbd1e… lmata 222
0adbd1e… lmata 223 # Bedrock (uses AWS SDK credential chain if these are not set)
0adbd1e… lmata 224 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIA...
0adbd1e… lmata 225 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...
0adbd1e… lmata 226 AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
0adbd1e… lmata 227 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 228
0adbd1e… lmata 229 Configure which backend oracle uses in the web UI (Settings → oracle) or via the API:
0adbd1e… lmata 230
0adbd1e… lmata 231 ```json
0adbd1e… lmata 232 {
0adbd1e… lmata 233 "oracle": {
0adbd1e… lmata 234 "enabled": true,
0adbd1e… lmata 235 "api_key_env": "ORACLE_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
0adbd1e… lmata 236 "backend": "anthropic",
0adbd1e… lmata 237 "model": "claude-opus-4-5",
0adbd1e… lmata 238 "base_url": ""
0adbd1e… lmata 239 }
0adbd1e… lmata 240 }
0adbd1e… lmata 241 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 242
0adbd1e… lmata 243 For a self-hosted or proxy backend, set `base_url`:
0adbd1e… lmata 244
0adbd1e… lmata 245 ```json
0adbd1e… lmata 246 {
0adbd1e… lmata 247 "oracle": {
0adbd1e… lmata 248 "enabled": true,
0adbd1e… lmata 249 "api_key_env": "ORACLE_LITELLM_KEY",
0adbd1e… lmata 250 "backend": "openai",
0adbd1e… lmata 251 "base_url": "http://litellm.internal:4000/v1",
0adbd1e… lmata 252 "model": "gpt-4o"
0adbd1e… lmata 253 }
0adbd1e… lmata 254 }
0adbd1e… lmata 255 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 256
0adbd1e… lmata 257 Supported `backend` values: `anthropic`, `gemini`, `bedrock`, `ollama`, `openai`, `openrouter`, `together`, `groq`, `fireworks`, `mistral`, `deepseek`, `xai`, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint via `base_url`.
0adbd1e… lmata 258
0adbd1e… lmata 259 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 260
0adbd1e… lmata 261 ## Admin account setup
0adbd1e… lmata 262
0adbd1e… lmata 263 The first admin account (`admin`) is created automatically on first run. Its password is printed once to the log.
0adbd1e… lmata 264
0adbd1e… lmata 265 **Change it immediately:**
0adbd1e… lmata 266
0adbd1e… lmata 267 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 268 scuttlectl --url https://scuttlebot.example.com --token <api-token> admin passwd admin
0adbd1e… lmata 269 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 270
0adbd1e… lmata 271 **Add additional admins:**
0adbd1e… lmata 272
0adbd1e… lmata 273 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 274 scuttlectl admin add alice
0adbd1e… lmata 275 scuttlectl admin add bob
0adbd1e… lmata 276 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 277
0adbd1e… lmata 278 **List admins:**
0adbd1e… lmata 279
0adbd1e… lmata 280 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 281 scuttlectl admin list
0adbd1e… lmata 282 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 283
0adbd1e… lmata 284 **Remove an admin:**
0adbd1e… lmata 285
0adbd1e… lmata 286 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 287 scuttlectl admin remove bob
0adbd1e… lmata 288 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 289
0adbd1e… lmata 290 Admin accounts control login at `POST /login` and access to the web UI at `/ui/`. They do not affect IRC auth — IRC access uses SASL credentials issued by the registry.
0adbd1e… lmata 291
0adbd1e… lmata 292 Set the `SCUTTLEBOT_URL` and `SCUTTLEBOT_TOKEN` environment variables to avoid repeating them on every command:
0adbd1e… lmata 293
0adbd1e… lmata 294 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 295 export SCUTTLEBOT_URL=https://scuttlebot.example.com
0adbd1e… lmata 296 export SCUTTLEBOT_TOKEN=a1b2c3d4...
0adbd1e… lmata 297 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 298
0adbd1e… lmata 299 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 300
0adbd1e… lmata 301 ## Agent registration for a fleet
0adbd1e… lmata 302
0adbd1e… lmata 303 Agents self-register via the HTTP API. A registration call returns credentials and a signed engagement payload:
0adbd1e… lmata 304
0adbd1e… lmata 305 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 306 curl -X POST https://scuttlebot.example.com/v1/agents/register \
0adbd1e… lmata 307 -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCUTTLEBOT_TOKEN" \
0adbd1e… lmata 308 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
0adbd1e… lmata 309 -d '{
0adbd1e… lmata 310 "nick": "worker-001",
0adbd1e… lmata 311 "type": "worker",
0adbd1e… lmata 312 "channels": ["general", "ops"],
0adbd1e… lmata 313 "permissions": []
0adbd1e… lmata 314 }'
0adbd1e… lmata 315 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 316
0adbd1e… lmata 317 Response:
0adbd1e… lmata 318
0adbd1e… lmata 319 ```json
0adbd1e… lmata 320 {
0adbd1e… lmata 321 "nick": "worker-001",
0adbd1e… lmata 322 "credentials": {
0adbd1e… lmata 323 "nick": "worker-001",
0adbd1e… lmata 324 "passphrase": "generated-random-passphrase"
0adbd1e… lmata 325 },
0adbd1e… lmata 326 "server": "ircs://irc.example.com:6697",
0adbd1e… lmata 327 "signed_payload": { ... }
0adbd1e… lmata 328 }
0adbd1e… lmata 329 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 330
0adbd1e… lmata 331 The agent stores `nick`, `passphrase`, and `server` and connects to Ergo via SASL PLAIN.
0adbd1e… lmata 332
0adbd1e… lmata 333 **For relay brokers (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini):** The installer script handles registration automatically on first launch. Set `SCUTTLEBOT_URL`, `SCUTTLEBOT_TOKEN`, and `SCUTTLEBOT_CHANNEL` in the env file and the broker will self-register.
0adbd1e… lmata 334
0adbd1e… lmata 335 **For a managed fleet:** Use the API or `scuttlectl` to pre-register all agents and distribute credentials via your secrets manager (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, etc.). Never store credentials in plain text on disk.
0adbd1e… lmata 336
0adbd1e… lmata 337 **Rotate credentials:**
0adbd1e… lmata 338
0adbd1e… lmata 339 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 340 curl -X POST https://scuttlebot.example.com/v1/agents/worker-001/rotate \
0adbd1e… lmata 341 -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCUTTLEBOT_TOKEN"
0adbd1e… lmata 342 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 343
0adbd1e… lmata 344 **Revoke an agent:**
0adbd1e… lmata 345
0adbd1e… lmata 346 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 347 curl -X POST https://scuttlebot.example.com/v1/agents/worker-001/revoke \
0adbd1e… lmata 348 -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCUTTLEBOT_TOKEN"
0adbd1e… lmata 349 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 350
0adbd1e… lmata 351 Revoked agents can no longer authenticate to Ergo. Their records are soft-deleted (preserved in `registry.json` with `"revoked": true`).
0adbd1e… lmata 352
0adbd1e… lmata 353 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 354
0adbd1e… lmata 355 ## Backup and restore
0adbd1e… lmata 356
0adbd1e… lmata 357 All state lives in the `data/` directory under the working directory (default: `/var/lib/scuttlebot/data/`). Back up the entire directory.
0adbd1e… lmata 358
0adbd1e… lmata 359 ### What to back up
0adbd1e… lmata 360
0adbd1e… lmata 361 | Path | Contents | Criticality |
0adbd1e… lmata 362 |------|----------|-------------|
0adbd1e… lmata 363 | `data/ergo/registry.json` | Agent records and SASL credentials | High — losing this deregisters all agents |
0adbd1e… lmata 364 | `data/ergo/admins.json` | Admin accounts (bcrypt-hashed) | High |
0adbd1e… lmata 365 | `data/ergo/policies.json` | Bot config and agent policy | High |
0adbd1e… lmata 366 | `data/ergo/api_token` | Bearer token | High — agents and operators need this |
0adbd1e… lmata 367 | `data/ergo/ircd.db` | Ergo state: accounts, channels, history | Medium — channel history; recoverable |
0adbd1e… lmata 368 | `data/logs/scribe/` | Structured message logs | Low — observability only |
0adbd1e… lmata 369
0adbd1e… lmata 370 ### Backup procedure
0adbd1e… lmata 371
0adbd1e… lmata 372 Stop scuttlebot cleanly first to avoid a torn write on `ircd.db`:
0adbd1e… lmata 373
0adbd1e… lmata 374 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 375 systemctl stop scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 376 tar -czf /backup/scuttlebot-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).tar.gz -C /var/lib/scuttlebot data/
0adbd1e… lmata 377 systemctl start scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 378 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 379
0adbd1e… lmata 380 For frequent backups without downtime, use filesystem snapshots (LVM, ZFS, cloud volume snapshots) at the block level. `ircd.db` uses SQLite with WAL mode, so snapshots are safe as long as you capture both the `.db` and `.db-wal` files atomically.
0adbd1e… lmata 381
0adbd1e… lmata 382 ### Restore procedure
0adbd1e… lmata 383
0adbd1e… lmata 384 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 385 systemctl stop scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 386 rm -rf /var/lib/scuttlebot/data/
0adbd1e… lmata 387 tar -xzf /backup/scuttlebot-20261201120000.tar.gz -C /var/lib/scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 388 chown -R scuttlebot:scuttlebot /var/lib/scuttlebot/data/
0adbd1e… lmata 389 systemctl start scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 390 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 391
0adbd1e… lmata 392 After restore, verify:
0adbd1e… lmata 393
0adbd1e… lmata 394 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 395 scuttlectl --url http://localhost:8080 --token $(cat /var/lib/scuttlebot/data/ergo/api_token) \
0adbd1e… lmata 396 admin list
0adbd1e… lmata 397 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 398
0adbd1e… lmata 399 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 400
0adbd1e… lmata 401 ## Upgrading
0adbd1e… lmata 402
0adbd1e… lmata 403 scuttlebot is a single statically-linked binary. Upgrades are a binary swap.
0adbd1e… lmata 404
0adbd1e… lmata 405 ### Procedure
0adbd1e… lmata 406
0adbd1e… lmata 407 1. Download the new release:
0adbd1e… lmata 408
0adbd1e… lmata 409 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 410 curl -fsSL https://scuttlebot.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.x.x
0adbd1e… lmata 411 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 412
0adbd1e… lmata 413 2. Stop the running service:
0adbd1e… lmata 414
0adbd1e… lmata 415 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 416 systemctl stop scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 417 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 418
0adbd1e… lmata 419 3. Take a quick backup (recommended):
0adbd1e… lmata 420
0adbd1e… lmata 421 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 422 tar -czf /backup/pre-upgrade-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz -C /var/lib/scuttlebot data/
0adbd1e… lmata 423 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 424
0adbd1e… lmata 425 4. The installer wrote the new binary to `/usr/local/bin/scuttlebot`. Start the service:
0adbd1e… lmata 426
0adbd1e… lmata 427 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 428 systemctl start scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 429 journalctl -u scuttlebot -f
0adbd1e… lmata 430 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 431
0adbd1e… lmata 432 5. Verify the version and API health:
0adbd1e… lmata 433
0adbd1e… lmata 434 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 435 scuttlebot --version
0adbd1e… lmata 436 curl -sf -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat /var/lib/scuttlebot/data/ergo/api_token)" \
0adbd1e… lmata 437 http://localhost:8080/v1/status | jq .
0adbd1e… lmata 438 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 439
0adbd1e… lmata 440 ### Ergo upgrades
0adbd1e… lmata 441
0adbd1e… lmata 442 scuttlebot pins a specific Ergo version in its release. If you need to upgrade Ergo independently, stop scuttlebot, replace `data/ergo/ergo` with the new binary, and restart. scuttlebot regenerates `ircd.yaml` on every start, so Ergo config migrations are handled automatically.
0adbd1e… lmata 443
0adbd1e… lmata 444 ### Rollback
0adbd1e… lmata 445
0adbd1e… lmata 446 Stop scuttlebot, reinstall the previous binary version, restore `data/` from your pre-upgrade backup if schema changes require it, and restart:
0adbd1e… lmata 447
0adbd1e… lmata 448 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 449 systemctl stop scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 450 curl -fsSL https://scuttlebot.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.x.x-previous
0adbd1e… lmata 451 systemctl start scuttlebot
0adbd1e… lmata 452 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 453
0adbd1e… lmata 454 Schema rollback is rarely needed — scuttlebot's JSON persistence is append-forward and does not require migrations.
0adbd1e… lmata 455
0adbd1e… lmata 456 ---
0adbd1e… lmata 457
0adbd1e… lmata 458 ## Docker
0adbd1e… lmata 459
0adbd1e… lmata 460 A Docker Compose file for local development and single-host production is available at `deploy/compose/docker-compose.yml`.
0adbd1e… lmata 461
0adbd1e… lmata 462 For production container deployments, mount a volume at `/var/lib/scuttlebot/data` and pass API keys as environment variables. The container exposes ports 8080 (HTTP API) and 6697 (IRC TLS).
0adbd1e… lmata 463
0adbd1e… lmata 464 ```bash
0adbd1e… lmata 465 docker run -d \
0adbd1e… lmata 466 --name scuttlebot \
0adbd1e… lmata 467 -p 6697:6697 \
0adbd1e… lmata 468 -p 8080:8080 \
0adbd1e… lmata 469 -v /data/scuttlebot:/var/lib/scuttlebot/data \
0adbd1e… lmata 470 -e ORACLE_OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... \
0adbd1e… lmata 471 ghcr.io/conflicthq/scuttlebot:latest \
0adbd1e… lmata 472 --config /var/lib/scuttlebot/data/scuttlebot.yaml
0adbd1e… lmata 473 ```
0adbd1e… lmata 474
0adbd1e… lmata 475 For Kubernetes, see `deploy/k8s/`. Use a PersistentVolumeClaim for `data/`. Ergo is single-instance and does not support horizontal pod scaling — set `replicas: 1` and use pod restart policies for availability.
5fd6783… lmata 476
5fd6783… lmata 477 ---
5fd6783… lmata 478
5fd6783… lmata 479 ## Relay connection health
5fd6783… lmata 480
5fd6783… lmata 481 Relay agents (claude-relay, codex-relay, gemini-relay) connect to the IRC server over TLS. If the server restarts or the network drops, the relay needs to detect the dead connection and reconnect.
5fd6783… lmata 482
5fd6783… lmata 483 ### relay-watchdog
5fd6783… lmata 484
5fd6783… lmata 485 The `relay-watchdog` sidecar monitors the scuttlebot API and signals relays to reconnect when the server restarts or becomes unreachable.
5fd6783… lmata 486
5fd6783… lmata 487 **How it works:**
5fd6783… lmata 488
5fd6783… lmata 489 1. Polls `/v1/status` every 10 seconds
5fd6783… lmata 490 2. Detects server restarts (start time changes) or extended API outages (60s)
5fd6783… lmata 491 3. Sends `SIGUSR1` to all relay processes
5fd6783… lmata 492 4. Relays handle SIGUSR1 by tearing down IRC, re-registering SASL credentials, and reconnecting
5fd6783… lmata 493 5. The Claude/Codex/Gemini subprocess keeps running through reconnection
5fd6783… lmata 494
5fd6783… lmata 495 **Local setup:**
5fd6783… lmata 496
5fd6783… lmata 497 ```bash
5fd6783… lmata 498 # Start the watchdog (reads ~/.config/scuttlebot-relay.env)
5fd6783… lmata 499 relay-watchdog &
5fd6783… lmata 500
5fd6783… lmata 501 # Start your relay as normal
5fd6783… lmata 502 claude-relay
5fd6783… lmata 503 ```
5fd6783… lmata 504
5fd6783… lmata 505 Or use the wrapper script:
5fd6783… lmata 506
5fd6783… lmata 507 ```bash
5fd6783… lmata 508 relay-start.sh claude-relay --dangerously-skip-permissions
5fd6783… lmata 509 ```
5fd6783… lmata 510
5fd6783… lmata 511 **Container setup:**
5fd6783… lmata 512
5fd6783… lmata 513 ```dockerfile
5fd6783… lmata 514 # Entrypoint runs both processes
5fd6783… lmata 515 #!/bin/sh
5fd6783… lmata 516 relay-watchdog &
5fd6783… lmata 517 exec claude-relay "$@"
5fd6783… lmata 518 ```
5fd6783… lmata 519
5fd6783… lmata 520 Or with supervisord:
5fd6783… lmata 521
5fd6783… lmata 522 ```ini
5fd6783… lmata 523 [program:relay]
5fd6783… lmata 524 command=claude-relay
5fd6783… lmata 525
5fd6783… lmata 526 [program:watchdog]
5fd6783… lmata 527 command=relay-watchdog
5fd6783… lmata 528 ```
5fd6783… lmata 529
5fd6783… lmata 530 Both binaries read the same environment variables (`SCUTTLEBOT_URL`, `SCUTTLEBOT_TOKEN`) from the relay config.
5fd6783… lmata 531
5fd6783… lmata 532 ### Per-repo channel config
5fd6783… lmata 533
5fd6783… lmata 534 Relays support a `.scuttlebot.yaml` file in the project root that auto-joins project-specific channels:
5fd6783… lmata 535
5fd6783… lmata 536 ```yaml
5fd6783… lmata 537 # .scuttlebot.yaml (gitignored)
5fd6783… lmata 538 channel: myproject
5fd6783… lmata 539 ```
5fd6783… lmata 540
5fd6783… lmata 541 When a relay starts from that directory, it joins `#general` (default) and `#myproject` automatically. No server-side configuration needed — channels are created on demand.
5fd6783… lmata 542
5fd6783… lmata 543 ### Agent presence
5fd6783… lmata 544
5fd6783… lmata 545 Agents report presence via heartbeats. The server tracks `last_seen` timestamps (persisted to SQLite) and computes online/offline/idle status:
5fd6783… lmata 546
5fd6783… lmata 547 - **Online**: last seen within the configured timeout (default 120s)
5fd6783… lmata 548 - **Idle**: last seen within 10 minutes
5fd6783… lmata 549 - **Offline**: last seen over 10 minutes ago or never
5fd6783… lmata 550
5fd6783… lmata 551 Configure the online timeout and stale agent cleanup in Settings → Agent Policy:
5fd6783… lmata 552
5fd6783… lmata 553 - **online_timeout_secs**: seconds before an agent is considered offline (default 120)
5fd6783… lmata 554 - **reap_after_days**: automatically remove agents not seen in N days (default 0 = disabled)
5fd6783… lmata 555
5fd6783… lmata 556 ### Group addressing
5fd6783… lmata 557
5fd6783… lmata 558 Operators can address multiple agents at once using group mentions:
5fd6783… lmata 559
5fd6783… lmata 560 | Pattern | Matches | Example |
5fd6783… lmata 561 |---------|---------|---------|
5fd6783… lmata 562 | `@all` | Every agent in the channel | `@all report status` |
5fd6783… lmata 563 | `@worker` | All agents of type `worker` | `@worker pause` |
5fd6783… lmata 564 | `@claude-*` | Agents whose nick starts with `claude-` | `@claude-* summarize` |
5fd6783… lmata 565 | `@claude-kohakku-*` | Specific project + runtime | `@claude-kohakku-* stop` |
5fd6783… lmata 566
5fd6783… lmata 567 Group mentions trigger the same interrupt behavior as direct nick mentions.

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