Sankofa/docs/BLOCKING_ISSUES_SUMMARY.md

# Blocking Issues Summary

**Date**: 2025-12-13  
**Status**: 🔴 **CRITICAL - MULTIPLE BLOCKING ISSUES**

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## Executive Summary

**Two critical issues** are blocking VM creation:
1. 🔴 **Authentication Errors** - "invalid PVE ticket" errors still occurring
2. 🔴 **Ceph Storage Issues** - Cluster unhealthy, blocking 21 VMs

### Impact
- **0/30 VMs created** (0% progress)
- **21 VMs blocked** by Ceph issues (using ceph-fs storage)
- **9 VMs potentially blocked** by authentication issues (using local-lvm storage)

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## Issue 1: Authentication Errors (Still Occurring)

### Status
- **Error**: "401 permission denied - invalid PVE ticket"
- **Affected**: All VMs (both ceph-fs and local-lvm)
- **Last Seen**: Recent logs show errors from 19:41 UTC (11:41 AM PST)

### Details
- Node health checks failing for R630-01
- Authentication fix may not be fully applied
- Provider may need restart or token refresh

### Affected VMs
- All VMs attempting to create on R630-01
- Examples: `phoenix-as4-gateway`, `phoenix-email-server`, `rpc-node-02`, etc.

### Next Steps
1. Verify authentication fix is applied
2. Check if provider pod needs restart
3. Verify token is still valid
4. Check for token expiration

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## Issue 2: Ceph Storage Issues (Critical)

### Status
- **5 Critical Warnings** in Ceph cluster
- **21 VMs blocked** (using ceph-fs storage)
- **Cluster unhealthy** - cannot create VMs with ceph-fs storage

### Critical Issues

#### 1. TOO_FEW_OSDS (CRITICAL)
- **Issue**: Only 2 OSDs, need 3 for replication
- **Impact**: Cannot maintain data redundancy
- **Risk**: Data loss if OSD fails

#### 2. UNDERSIZED PLACEMENT GROUPS (CRITICAL)
- **Issue**: PG 3.7f stuck undersized for 32 hours
- **Impact**: Data not fully replicated
- **Risk**: Data loss

#### 3. TOO_MANY_PGS (HIGH)
- **Issue**: 288 PGs per OSD (max 250)
- **Impact**: Performance degradation
- **Risk**: Cluster instability

#### 4. POOL_TOO_MANY_PGS (MEDIUM)
- **Issue**: RBD pool has 64 PGs (should be 32)
- **Impact**: Suboptimal performance

#### 5. SLOW_OPS (MEDIUM)
- **Issue**: 98 slow operations, oldest blocked 100 seconds
- **Impact**: Operations delayed

### Affected VMs (21 total)
- **Phoenix Infrastructure** (7 VMs): git-server, email-server, devops-runner, codespaces-ide, financial-messaging-gateway, business-integration-gateway, as4-gateway
- **SMOM/DBIS-138** (14 VMs): management, monitoring, blockscout, services, rpc-node-01-04, validator-01-04, sentry-03-04

### Next Steps
1. **URGENT**: Add third OSD or reduce replication factor
2. **URGENT**: Reduce PG count in RBD pool (64 → 32)
3. **HIGH**: Fix undersized placement group
4. **MEDIUM**: Monitor and resolve slow operations

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## Combined Impact

### Current State
- ❌ **Authentication**: Errors still occurring
- ❌ **Ceph Storage**: Unhealthy cluster
- ❌ **VM Creation**: 0/30 VMs created (0%)
- ❌ **Progress**: Blocked on multiple fronts

### Blocking Matrix

| Storage Type | VMs | Blocked By | Status |
|-------------|-----|------------|--------|
| ceph-fs | 21 | Ceph Issues + Auth | 🔴 Blocked |
| local-lvm | 9 | Auth Issues | 🔴 Blocked |

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## Priority Actions

### 🔴 URGENT (Blocking All VMs)

1. **Fix Authentication** (affects all 30 VMs)
   - Verify token is valid
   - Restart provider pod if needed
   - Check token expiration
   - Verify Authorization header fix is applied

2. **Fix Ceph OSD Count** (affects 21 VMs)
   - Add third OSD (if hardware available)
   - OR reduce replication from 3 to 2 (temporary)

3. **Fix Ceph PG Count** (affects 21 VMs)
   - Reduce RBD pool PGs from 64 to 32
   - Monitor cluster health

### 🟠 HIGH PRIORITY

4. **Fix Undersized PG** (affects 21 VMs)
   - Force recovery of PG 3.7f
   - Monitor replication status

5. **Resolve Slow Operations** (affects cluster)
   - Identify blocking operations
   - Resolve bottlenecks

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## Verification Commands

### Check Authentication Status
```bash
# Check recent auth errors
kubectl logs -n crossplane-system -l app=crossplane-provider-proxmox --since=5m | \
  grep -i "invalid PVE ticket" | wc -l

# Check provider pod status
kubectl get pods -n crossplane-system -l app=crossplane-provider-proxmox

# Check token secret
kubectl get secret -n crossplane-system proxmox-credentials -o jsonpath='{.data.token}' | base64 -d | head -c 20
```

### Check Ceph Status
```bash
# SSH to Proxmox node
ssh root@ml110-01

# Check cluster health
ceph health
ceph health detail

# Check OSD status
ceph osd tree
ceph osd df

# Check pool status
ceph osd pool ls detail
```

### Check VM Status
```bash
# Total VMs
kubectl get proxmoxvm -A --no-headers | wc -l

# VMs with VMID (created)
kubectl get proxmoxvm -A -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.status.atProvider.vmId}{"\n"}{end}' | \
  grep -v "^$" | wc -l

# VMs using ceph-fs
kubectl get proxmoxvm -A -o json | \
  jq -r '.items[] | select(.spec.forProvider.storage == "ceph-fs") | .metadata.name' | wc -l
```

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## Expected Resolution

### After Fixing Authentication
- ✅ VMs using local-lvm can be created (9 VMs)
- ⏳ VMs using ceph-fs still blocked by Ceph issues

### After Fixing Ceph Issues
- ✅ All VMs can be created (30 VMs)
- ✅ Shared storage available
- ✅ Proper data replication

### Combined Fix
- ✅ All 30 VMs can be created
- ✅ Full deployment can proceed
- ✅ System fully operational

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## Related Documentation

- [Critical Ceph Issues](./ceph/CRITICAL_CEPH_ISSUES.md)
- [Authentication Error Analysis](./proxmox/AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_ANALYSIS.md)
- [Current Deployment Status](./vm/CURRENT_DEPLOYMENT_STATUS.md)

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## Summary

### Current State
- 🔴 **Authentication**: Errors still occurring
- 🔴 **Ceph Storage**: Unhealthy (5 critical warnings)
- 🔴 **VM Creation**: 0/30 VMs (0% progress)
- 🔴 **Status**: **BLOCKED ON MULTIPLE FRONTS**

### Priority
🔴 **URGENT - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED**

**Last Updated**: 2025-12-13  
**Status**: 🔴 **CRITICAL - MULTIPLE BLOCKING ISSUES**