debian-forge/generated_docs/MAINTENANCE_GUIDE.md

Debian Forge Maintenance Guide

Generated on: 2025-08-23 09:39:21

Regular Maintenance Tasks

Daily Tasks

• System Health Check: Verify all services are running
• Performance Monitoring: Review performance metrics
• Error Log Review: Check for new error messages
• Backup Verification: Ensure backups completed successfully

Weekly Tasks

• Performance Analysis: Review weekly performance trends
• Security Audit: Run security vulnerability scans
• Database Maintenance: Clean up old data and optimize
• Log Rotation: Rotate and compress log files

Monthly Tasks

• System Updates: Apply security and feature updates
• Capacity Planning: Review resource usage trends
• Security Review: Update security configurations
• Documentation Review: Update operational procedures

Troubleshooting

Common Issues and Solutions

Service Won't Start

1. Check systemd service status: systemctl status debian-forge
2. Review service logs: journalctl -u debian-forge
3. Verify configuration files
4. Check file permissions and ownership

Performance Issues

1. Monitor system resources: htop, iotop
2. Check database performance
3. Review build queue length
4. Analyze performance metrics

Authentication Problems

1. Verify user database integrity
2. Check password policies
3. Review authentication logs
4. Test user login process

Backup and Recovery

Backup Procedures

Configuration Backup

# Backup configuration directory
tar -czf config-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz config/

# Backup database files
cp *.db backup/

Database Backup

# SQLite backup
sqlite3 users.db .dump > backup/users-$(date +%Y%m%d).sql

# PostgreSQL backup
pg_dump debian_forge > backup/postgres-$(date +%Y%m%d).sql

Recovery Procedures

Configuration Recovery

1. Stop the service: systemctl stop debian-forge
2. Restore configuration files
3. Verify file permissions
4. Start the service: systemctl start debian-forge

Database Recovery

1. Stop the service
2. Restore database from backup
3. Verify database integrity
4. Start the service

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

• CPU Optimization: Adjust process priorities
• Memory Management: Configure swap and memory limits
• Disk I/O: Optimize storage configuration
• Network Tuning: Optimize network parameters

Application Tuning

• Database Optimization: Index optimization and query tuning
• Build Optimization: Parallel build processing
• Cache Management: Implement and tune caching
• Resource Pooling: Optimize resource allocation

Security Maintenance

Regular Security Tasks

• Vulnerability Scanning: Run security audits
• Access Review: Review user access and permissions
• Security Updates: Apply security patches
• Configuration Review: Review security settings

Incident Response

1. Detection: Identify security incidents
2. Assessment: Evaluate incident severity
3. Containment: Limit incident impact
4. Eradication: Remove security threats
5. Recovery: Restore normal operations
6. Lessons Learned: Document and improve procedures

Monitoring and Alerting

Key Metrics to Monitor

• System Resources: CPU, memory, disk, network
• Application Performance: Response times, throughput
• Build Queue: Queue length, processing times
• Security Events: Authentication failures, access attempts

Alerting Configuration

• Threshold Alerts: Resource usage alerts
• Performance Alerts: Response time and error rate alerts
• Security Alerts: Security incident notifications
• Service Alerts: Service availability notifications