Jon Chery 9991e3d561 feat(P10): lead rules + step-ca integration (REQ-076)
P10 — step-ca cluster CA (D-101) + lead eligibility (R-003).

step-ca (internal/stepca/stepca.go, REQ-076):
- Client wraps step CLI via SSH on the lead (no Go step-ca client lib).
- Init: step ca init --name --dns --address --provisioner orca-admin. Root
  mirrored to paths.CACertPath() (cluster/ca.crt, v0.9 location).
- IssueServerCert: 90-day (2160h) server cert with SANs. IssueSVID: 24h
  SVID with SPIFFE ID as URI SAN, provisioner orca-admin. RenewServerCert.
  Fingerprint. 96.6% coverage.

Lead rules (internal/cluster/lead.go, R-003):
- IsLeadEligible: linux=true, proxmox=false, unknown=false.
- ValidateLeadRotation: refuses proxmox nodes with R-003 message, refuses
  unregistered nodes. 100% coverage.

26 packages pass, 20 bats pass, gofmt clean, verify-reqs 90 consistent.

---ci---
project: orca
phase: P10
milestone: v0.9
status: execute
---/ci---
2026-08-05 18:48:46 +00:00

Orca

Offline/CLI-first orchestration engine inspired by HashiCorp Nomad, far simpler than Kubernetes.

Status

v0.1: Foundation — see .ciagent/ROADMAP.md for the 6-phase plan.

Pillars

  • Simplicity — single binary, minimal dependencies
  • AI-first — CLI designed for both humans and AI agents
  • Offline-first — no cloud dependencies
  • CLI-first — primary interface is the command line
  • Security before features — NFRs ship before new functionality
  • Bug fixes before features — stability is paramount
  • NFRs before features — observability and auditability first

Quickstart

Install (1-liner)

# User-level install (binary at ~/.local/bin/orca, state at ~/.orca)
curl -fsSL https://git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/raw/branch/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

# System-level install (binary at /usr/local/bin/orca, state at /root/.orca)
curl -fsSL https://git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/raw/branch/main/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- --system

# Pin a specific version
curl -fsSL https://git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/raw/branch/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.4.2

Then initialize local state and verify:

orca init          # creates ~/.orca/ (or /root/.orca with --system)
orca version       # prints version info
orca --help        # show all subcommands

Build from source

make build         # Build binary to ./bin/orca
./bin/orca init    # Initialize local state
./bin/orca version # Verify

Update in place

Re-running the installer updates the binary while preserving your config, database, and certificates in the namespace dir:

curl -fsSL https://git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/raw/branch/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
# → "updated orca from v0.4.1 to v0.4.2"

Subcommands

Command Description Status
orca version Print version info Phase 1
orca init Initialize local orca state Phase 1 (stub)
orca status Show orca daemon status Phase 1 (stub)
orca node Node management (join, leave, list) Phase 2
orca job Job management (run, list, stop, logs) Phase 3

Development

make build      # Build binary to ./bin/orca
make test       # Run tests with race detection
make lint       # Run golangci-lint
make fmt        # Format code
make release    # Build + create Gitea release (Phase 6)

Architecture

See .ciagent/ARCHITECTURE.md for full architecture details.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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