📦 ANSAI Self-Healing - GitHub Packaging Guide

Overview

This guide covers packaging ANSAI Self-Healing components for distribution on GitHub, following ansai workflows and everything-as-code principles.

Repository Structure

The ANSAI repository includes self-healing components as an integrated module:

ansai/
├── orchestrators/
│   └── ansible/
│       ├── roles/
│       │   ├── universal_self_heal/
│       │   ├── js_error_monitoring/
│       │   ├── css_error_monitoring/
│       │   └── healthchecks_monitoring/
│       ├── playbooks/
│       │   ├── deploy-self-healing.yml
│       │   ├── deploy-js-monitoring.yml
│       │   ├── deploy-css-monitoring.yml
│       │   ├── deploy-healthchecks.yml
│       │   └── deploy-complete-monitoring.yml
│       ├── inventory/
│       │   └── hosts.yml.example
│       └── tests/
│           ├── test-service-healing.sh
│           ├── test-js-monitoring.sh
│           ├── test-css-monitoring.sh
│           ├── test-healthchecks.sh
│           └── run-all-tests.sh
├── docs/
│   └── self-healing/
│       ├── index.md
│       ├── UNIVERSAL_SELF_HEALING.md
│       ├── JS_ERROR_MONITORING.md
│       ├── CSS_ERROR_MONITORING.md
│       ├── HEALTHCHECKS_SETUP.md
│       ├── COMPLETE_MONITORING_STACK.md
│       ├── TESTING_GUIDE.md
│       └── GITHUB_PACKAGING.md
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/
│       ├── test-self-healing.yml
│       └── release-package.yml
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
└── CONTRIBUTING.md

Pre-Packaging Checklist

1. Code Quality

• All roles follow Ansible best practices
• Variables are well-documented
• No hardcoded credentials
• Example configurations provided
• Scripts are POSIX-compliant where possible

2. Documentation

• README.md is comprehensive
• Each role has defaults/main.yml documented
• Deployment guides are complete
• Architecture diagrams included
• Troubleshooting sections present

3. Testing

• All test scripts pass
• Integration tests successful
• Clean deployment tested
• Upgrade path tested
• Rollback tested

4. Security

• No secrets in repository
• Example files use placeholders
• SSH keys excluded
• .gitignore properly configured
• Sensitive paths documented

5. Licensing

• LICENSE file present (MIT recommended)
• Copyright notices in files
• Third-party licenses acknowledged
• CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines

Packaging Steps

Step 1: Final Code Review

cd ~/ansai

# Check for sensitive data
git grep -i "password\|secret\|token\|api_key" orchestrators/ansible/

# Verify .gitignore
cat .gitignore

# Check for large files
find . -type f -size +10M

Step 2: Update Version Information

Update version in key files:

README.md:

## Version

Current Release: v1.0.0
Released: 2025-11-18

docs/self-healing/index.md:

> **Current Version: 1.0.0** - Production Ready

Step 3: Tag Release

cd ~/ansai

# Create annotated tag
git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "Release v1.0.0 - ANSAI Self-Healing Infrastructure

Features:
- Universal service self-healing with email alerts
- JavaScript error monitoring (static + runtime)
- CSS error monitoring and validation
- External monitoring via Healthchecks.io
- Comprehensive testing suite
- Production-ready documentation

Tested on:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Fedora 42
- Rocky Linux 9"

# Push tag to GitHub
git push origin v1.0.0

Step 4: Create GitHub Release

1. Go to https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ansai/releases/new

2. Select tag: v1.0.0

3. Release title: ANSAI Self-Healing Infrastructure v1.0.0

4. Release notes:

# 🛡️ ANSAI Self-Healing Infrastructure v1.0.0

## Production-Ready Self-Healing System

The first stable release of ANSAI's self-healing infrastructure brings automated monitoring, remediation, and alerting to your Ansible-managed systems.

## 🎯 Key Features

### Universal Service Healing
- Automatic service restart with intelligent retry logic
- Port conflict detection and resolution
- Configuration validation before restart
- Database health checks and repair
- Detailed email alerts explaining fixes

### JavaScript Error Monitoring
- Static template syntax validation
- Runtime error capture from browsers
- Automatic aggregation and alerting
- Integration with any Flask/Python web app

### CSS Error Monitoring
- Missing CSS file detection
- Syntax validation
- Runtime loading failure detection
- Proactive alerts before user impact

### External Monitoring
- Healthchecks.io integration
- Dead man's switch for server failures
- Heartbeat reporting for all services
- Multiple notification channels

## 📦 Installation

```bash
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ansai.git
cd ansai/orchestrators/ansible
ansible-playbook playbooks/deploy-complete-monitoring.yml

Full Installation Guide →

🧪 Testing

Comprehensive test suite included:

cd ansai/orchestrators/ansible/tests
./run-all-tests.sh

📚 Documentation

• Complete Documentation
• Quick Start Guide
• Testing Guide

🔧 System Requirements

• Ansible 2.9+
• Target system with systemd
• Python 3.6+
• SMTP server for email alerts
• SSH access to target hosts

🐛 Known Issues

None! This is a production-ready release.

📈 What's Next

Roadmap for v2.0: - System admin self-healing (disk, memory, updates) - Automatic certificate renewal - Database optimization automation - Network health monitoring - Security audit automation

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md

📄 License

MIT License - See LICENSE

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Built with ANSAI Everything-as-Code Philosophy 🚀

Infrastructure that heals itself

5. Attach release artifacts:
   - `ansai-self-healing-v1.0.0.tar.gz` (optional, GitHub creates automatically from tag)

### Step 5: Update ansai.dev

```bash
cd ~/ansai

# Build and deploy documentation
mkdocs build
mkdocs gh-deploy

# Or manually deploy to ansai.dev
rsync -avz site/ [email protected]:/var/www/ansai.dev/

GitHub Actions Workflows

Automated Testing Workflow

File: .github/workflows/test-self-healing.yml

name: Test Self-Healing Components

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main, develop ]
    paths:
      - 'orchestrators/ansible/roles/**'
      - 'orchestrators/ansible/playbooks/**'
      - 'orchestrators/ansible/tests/**'
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main ]

jobs:
  syntax-check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: '3.9'

      - name: Install Ansible
        run: |
          pip install ansible ansible-lint

      - name: Ansible Syntax Check
        run: |
          cd orchestrators/ansible
          ansible-playbook playbooks/*.yml --syntax-check

      - name: Ansible Lint
        run: |
          cd orchestrators/ansible
          ansible-lint playbooks/*.yml

  shellcheck:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run ShellCheck
        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
        with:
          scandir: './orchestrators/ansible/tests'

  documentation:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: '3.9'

      - name: Install MkDocs
        run: |
          pip install mkdocs-material mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin

      - name: Build Documentation
        run: mkdocs build --strict

      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
        run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force

Automated Release Workflow

File: .github/workflows/release-package.yml

name: Create Release Package

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Create Release Archive
        run: |
          tar -czf ansai-self-healing-${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz \
            orchestrators/ansible/roles \
            orchestrators/ansible/playbooks \
            orchestrators/ansible/tests \
            orchestrators/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml.example \
            docs/self-healing \
            LICENSE \
            README.md

      - name: Generate Release Notes
        id: release_notes
        run: |
          echo "## Release Notes" > RELEASE_NOTES.md
          git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD^)..HEAD --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)" >> RELEASE_NOTES.md

      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
          body_path: RELEASE_NOTES.md
          files: |
            ansai-self-healing-${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Distribution Methods

1. GitHub Repository (Recommended)

URL: https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ansai

Install:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ansai.git
cd ansai/orchestrators/ansible
ansible-playbook playbooks/deploy-complete-monitoring.yml

Update:

cd ansai
git pull origin main
cd orchestrators/ansible
ansible-playbook playbooks/deploy-complete-monitoring.yml

2. Ansible Galaxy (Future)

Namespace: ansai.self_healing

Install:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansai.self_healing

Playbook:

- hosts: all
  collections:
    - ansai.self_healing
  roles:
    - universal_self_heal
    - js_error_monitoring

3. Direct Download

Release tarball:

curl -LO https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ansai/archive/v1.0.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf v1.0.0.tar.gz
cd ansai-1.0.0/orchestrators/ansible

Version Management

Semantic Versioning

ANSAI Self-Healing follows semantic versioning:

• MAJOR (1.x.x): Breaking changes
• MINOR (x.1.x): New features, backward compatible
• PATCH (x.x.1): Bug fixes, backward compatible

Version Branches

• main: Stable releases only
• develop: Active development
• feature/*: New features
• fix/*: Bug fixes
• release/*: Release candidates

Changelog

Maintain CHANGELOG.md:

# Changelog

## [1.0.0] - 2025-11-18

### Added
- Universal service self-healing with email alerts
- JavaScript error monitoring (static + runtime)
- CSS error monitoring and validation
- External monitoring via Healthchecks.io
- Comprehensive testing suite
- Full documentation on ansai.dev

### Changed
- N/A (initial release)

### Fixed
- N/A (initial release)

Post-Release Tasks

1. Announce release:
2. Update ansai.dev homepage
3. Post on social media

4. Update README badges

5. Monitor feedback:

6. Watch GitHub issues
7. Respond to questions

8. Track adoption metrics

9. Plan next release:

10. Review feature requests
11. Prioritize roadmap
12. Schedule development

Support Channels

• GitHub Issues: Bug reports and feature requests
• GitHub Discussions: Questions and community support
• Documentation: https://ansai.dev/self-healing/
• Email: [email protected] (if applicable)

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Following ANSAI Everything-as-Code Philosophy 🚀

Package once, deploy everywhere