tautulli: its config is placed, it runs the build in use, and its runtime finds its own key

The module stated /services/tautulli/config and /var/lib/mesh/tautulli/route.json,
novox's layout, which no definition may carry (ADR 0112). Tautulli's config dir is
now a placed directory (${dir:config}) and the route binds into the placed state
(${dir:state}), as searxng and mosquitto do.

The image was pinned to v2.18.1-ls242; ace runs ls244 (2026-09-11), and Tautulli
migrates its own database schema, so the pin moves to the digest ace runs.

The runtime called http://127.0.0.1:8181, which is the software's port, not the
machine port the mesh assigns; it now asks with ${port:8181}, as gitea does.

The runtime mounted Tautulli's config dir read-only but never read it: its API key
could only come from MESH_TAUTULLI_APIKEY or the settings-merged config.json, i.e.
a secret in settings. Tautulli mints and owns that key in its config.ini, so the
runtime now reads it from there. Nothing for the mesh to mint or accept.

Verified: catalogue tests with MESH_CATALOGUE pointing here (not skipped); the
pinned image started in a throwaway container on a dir owned 1001:2000 with
PUID/PGID 1000 answers /status 200 and re-owns /config to 1000:1000 on start;
client.ts, run under node, read the key from that instance's config.ini and got
success from get_activity and get_history; without a config.ini it throws, which
the tools and events entrypoints already treat as "not configured".

modules/icecast/module.json

@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@
 {
   "module": "icecast",
   "version": "1",
-  "requires": [
-    "route",
-    "secret"
-  ],
-  "contributes": {
-    "route": {
-      "label": "icecast",
-      "endpoint": "stream"
-    }
-  },
-  "binds": {
-    "route": "${dir:state}/route.json"
-  },
-  "secrets": {
-    "secret": {
-      "source": "${dir:state}/source.secret",
-      "admin": "${dir:state}/admin.secret",
-      "relay": "${dir:state}/relay.secret"
-    }
-  },
   "capabilities": [
     "container-runtime"
   ],
@@ -37,7 +17,7 @@
       "port": 8000,
       "protocol": "tcp",
       "from": "mesh",
-      "why": "streams in from sources (HTTP PUT) and out to listeners, plus the status and admin pages; a public name is its route"
+      "why": "streams in from sources and out to listeners"
     }
   ],
   "resources": [
@@ -50,43 +30,28 @@
     {
       "id": "state",
       "type": "directory",
-      "mode": "0700",
-      "place": "."
+      "path": "/var/lib/icecast-module",
+      "mode": "0700"
     },
     {
-      "id": "logs",
-      "type": "directory",
-      "mode": "0700",
-      "owner": "100:101"
-    },
-    {
-      "id": "server-conf",
+      "id": "server-env",
       "type": "file",
-      "path": "${dir:state}/icecast.xml",
+      "path": "/var/lib/icecast-module/server.env",
       "mode": "0600",
-      "content": "<icecast>\n    <!-- Written by the mesh (modules/icecast). Passwords arrive as secrets rendered into this file,\n         never as environment: the image's entrypoint seds ICECAST_* variables into the file only\n         when they are set, and none are. -->\n    <location>Earth</location>\n    <admin>icemaster@localhost</admin>\n    <limits>\n        <clients>100</clients>\n        <sources>2</sources>\n        <queue-size>524288</queue-size>\n        <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>\n        <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>\n        <source-timeout>10</source-timeout>\n        <burst-on-connect>1</burst-on-connect>\n        <burst-size>65535</burst-size>\n    </limits>\n    <authentication>\n        <source-password>${secret:source}</source-password>\n        <relay-password>${secret:relay}</relay-password>\n        <admin-user>admin</admin-user>\n        <admin-password>${secret:admin}</admin-password>\n    </authentication>\n    <!-- The name icecast writes into playlists (.m3u/.xspf: http://<hostname>:<port>/<mount>) and\n         would announce to YP (none configured). A machine's own name belongs to its assignment, and\n         an assignment merges only into JSON; this XML cannot take it, so the neutral default stays. -->\n    <hostname>localhost</hostname>\n    <listen-socket>\n        <port>8000</port>\n    </listen-socket>\n    <http-headers>\n        <header name=\"Access-Control-Allow-Origin\" value=\"*\" />\n    </http-headers>\n    <fileserve>1</fileserve>\n    <paths>\n        <basedir>/usr/share/icecast</basedir>\n        <logdir>/var/log/icecast</logdir>\n        <webroot>/usr/share/icecast/web</webroot>\n        <adminroot>/usr/share/icecast/admin</adminroot>\n        <alias source=\"/\" destination=\"/status.xsl\"/>\n    </paths>\n    <logging>\n        <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>\n        <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>\n        <loglevel>3</loglevel>\n        <logsize>10000</logsize>\n    </logging>\n    <security>\n        <chroot>0</chroot>\n        <!-- Starts as root, reads this 0600 root-owned file, then drops to the image's icecast user\n             (uid 100, group icecast 101) before serving. -->\n        <changeowner>\n            <user>icecast</user>\n            <group>icecast</group>\n        </changeowner>\n    </security>\n</icecast>\n"
-    },
-    {
-      "id": "net",
-      "type": "network",
-      "name": "icecast"
+      "content": "ICECAST_SOURCE_PASSWORD=${secret:source}\nICECAST_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${secret:admin}\nICECAST_RELAY_PASSWORD=${secret:relay}\nICECAST_ADMIN_USERNAME=admin\n"
     },
     {
       "id": "server",
       "type": "container",
       "name": "icecast",
       "image": "infiniteproject/icecast@sha256:cd506cf3dfe31ce05fd37d7e672dbd1213e7255cc93d28ecf5a3b547af4e162c",
-      "network": "icecast",
+      "env-file": [
+        "/var/lib/icecast-module/server.env"
+      ],
       "ports": [
         "8000"
       ],
-      "volumes": [
-        "${dir:state}/icecast.xml:/etc/icecast.xml:ro",
-        "${dir:logs}:/var/log/icecast"
-      ],
-      "restart-on": [
-        "server-conf"
-      ]
+      "secrets-in-environment": "the image seds ICECAST_*_PASSWORD into icecast.xml and has no _FILE; convertible by mounting a generated icecast.xml, not yet done"
     },
     {
       "id": "runtime-config",
@@ -100,14 +65,14 @@
       "id": "runtime",
       "type": "container",
       "name": "mesh-icecast",
-      "network": "icecast",
+      "network": "host",
       "volumes": [
         "/var/lib/mesh/icecast/broker:/run/secrets/broker:ro",
         "/var/lib/mesh/icecast/config.json:/run/config/config.json:ro"
       ],
       "env": {
         "MESH_BROKER_FILE": "/run/secrets/broker",
-        "MESH_ICECAST_URL": "http://icecast:8000",
+        "MESH_ICECAST_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8000",
         "MESH_ICECAST_CONFIG_FILE": "/run/config/config.json"
       },
       "restart-on": [
@@ -136,5 +101,15 @@
         "from": "Dockerfile"
       }
     ]
+  },
+  "requires": [
+    "secret"
+  ],
+  "secrets": {
+    "secret": {
+      "source": "/var/lib/icecast-module/source.secret",
+      "admin": "/var/lib/icecast-module/admin.secret",
+      "relay": "/var/lib/icecast-module/relay.secret"
+    }
   }
 }

modules/tautulli/client.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,32 @@ function meshConfig(file?: string): Record<string, string> {
   catch { return {}; }
 }
 
+/**
+ * The API key Tautulli minted for itself, read from its own config.ini (mounted read-only).
+ *
+ * Tautulli owns this key: it writes it on first run and every client of its API — this runtime
+ * included — must present the same one. So the mesh does not mint or hold it; the one place it
+ * lives is the file Tautulli keeps, and a key regenerated in Tautulli's settings is simply read
+ * again on the next start. Undefined when there is no file or no key yet (a fresh install whose
+ * setup wizard has not run).
+ */
+function keyOfTautulli(dir?: string): string | undefined {
+  if (!dir) return undefined;
+  let ini: string;
+  try { ini = readFileSync(`${dir.replace(/\/$/, "")}/config.ini`, "utf8"); }
+  catch { return undefined; }
+  let section = "";
+  for (const raw of ini.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    const line = raw.trim();
+    const header = /^\[(.+)\]$/.exec(line);
+    if (header) { section = header[1]; continue; }
+    if (section !== "General") continue;
+    const kv = /^api_key\s*=\s*"?([^"]*)"?$/.exec(line);
+    if (kv && kv[1]) return kv[1];
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 export class TautulliClient {
   readonly baseUrl: string;
 
@@ -52,15 +78,16 @@ export class TautulliClient {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Build from the module's resolved environment. The API key is read from MESH_TAUTULLI_APIKEY
-   * (Tautulli mints it in Settings → Web Interface); the base URL defaults to the local container.
+   * Build from the module's resolved environment. The API key is the one Tautulli minted for
+   * itself (Settings → Web Interface), read from its config.ini under MESH_TAUTULLI_CONFIG_DIR;
+   * MESH_TAUTULLI_APIKEY still wins where it is set. The base URL defaults to the local container.
    * Throws when no key is configured — the module then contributes nothing rather than failing.
    */
   static fromEnv(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): TautulliClient {
     const cfg = meshConfig(env.MESH_TAUTULLI_CONFIG_FILE);
     const url = cfg.url ?? (env.MESH_TAUTULLI_URL ?? `http://127.0.0.1:${env.TAUTULLI_PORT ?? "8181"}`);
-    const apiKey = cfg.apiKey ?? env.MESH_TAUTULLI_APIKEY;
-    if (!apiKey) throw new Error("no Tautulli API key — set MESH_TAUTULLI_APIKEY");
+    const apiKey = cfg.apiKey ?? env.MESH_TAUTULLI_APIKEY ?? keyOfTautulli(env.MESH_TAUTULLI_CONFIG_DIR);
+    if (!apiKey) throw new Error("no Tautulli API key — Tautulli's config.ini has none yet (finish its setup and enable the API)");
     return new TautulliClient(url, apiKey);
   }
 

modules/tautulli/module.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       "port": 8181,
       "protocol": "tcp",
       "from": "mesh",
-      "why": "watch statistics"
+      "why": "the watch statistics pages and API"
     }
   ],
   "resources": [
@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@
       "path": "/var/lib/mesh/tautulli",
       "mode": "0700"
     },
+    {
+      "id": "state",
+      "type": "directory",
+      "mode": "0700",
+      "place": "."
+    },
     {
       "id": "config",
       "type": "directory",
-      "path": "/services/tautulli/config",
       "mode": "0700",
       "owner": "1000:1000"
     },
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@
       "id": "server",
       "type": "container",
       "name": "tautulli",
-      "image": "lscr.io/linuxserver/tautulli@sha256:13f03ecfc61a7af89d492677389771ac29682a72153ce08a5cd4faffbc0197e8",
+      "image": "lscr.io/linuxserver/tautulli@sha256:e35570d636471f8aabfac7044057712679f954844a763ba735baa9659ea142b5",
       "env": {
         "PUID": "1000",
         "PGID": "1000",
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@
         "8181"
       ],
       "volumes": [
-        "/services/tautulli/config:/config"
+        "${dir:config}:/config"
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -66,11 +71,11 @@
       "volumes": [
         "/var/lib/mesh/tautulli/broker:/run/secrets/broker:ro",
         "/var/lib/mesh/tautulli/config.json:/run/config/config.json:ro",
-        "/services/tautulli/config:/var/lib/tautulli/config:ro"
+        "${dir:config}:/var/lib/tautulli/config:ro"
       ],
       "env": {
         "MESH_BROKER_FILE": "/run/secrets/broker",
-        "MESH_TAUTULLI_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8181",
+        "MESH_TAUTULLI_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:${port:8181}",
         "MESH_TAUTULLI_CONFIG_FILE": "/run/config/config.json",
         "MESH_TAUTULLI_CONFIG_DIR": "/var/lib/tautulli/config"
       },
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@
     }
   },
   "binds": {
-    "route": "/var/lib/mesh/tautulli/route.json"
+    "route": "${dir:state}/route.json"
   },
   "build": {
     "on": [