fix: setup.sh ldap.vars re-run abort + drop app_super_admin; roll up sso v1.26.1 (v1.36.1) (#162)

- setup.sh: ldap.vars generation read CFG_* first-run vars (unset on re-run);
  now reads real values from sso-secrets.js, so LDAP enrollment works on re-runs
- generated ldap_access_groups now references god_admin (app_super_admin gone)
- gitlink: sso-manager-node 8db00f0 (v1.26.1)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,99 @@ orchestration code; see each submodule's own `CHANGELOG.md`
 [sso-manager-node](https://github.com/theta42/sso-manager-node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md))
 for what changed inside the apps it composes.
 
+## [v1.36.1] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Fixed
+- **`setup.sh` no longer aborts with `CFG_BASE_DN: unbound variable`** — the ldap-client `ldap.vars` generation read the CFG_* first-run vars, which `ensure_config` only derives once (it returns early on a re-run once `sso-secrets.js` exists). It now reads the real values from the operator-owned `./config/sso-secrets.js` when the CFG_* vars are unset, so LDAP enrollment works on re-runs too. The generated `ldap_access_groups` now references `god_admin` (the legacy `app_super_admin` is gone).
+- **Roll up sso v1.26.1** — drops the legacy `app_super_admin`: `SUPER_ADMIN_GROUP` is now `god_admin` (nested into every resource's `_admin` group), and `docker-entrypoint.sh` no longer seeds/nests `app_super_admin`. See the [sso changelog](https://github.com/theta42/sso-manager-node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
+
+## [v1.36.0] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Added
+- **`god_admin` seeded + site groups auto-provisioned** (sso v1.26.0) — `god_admin` exists from first boot; every site gets `{site}_super_admin`, `{site}_hosts_*`/`{site}_apps_*` aggregates and `{site}_everyone`; per-resource groups (`{site}_{slug}_{level}`) nest into the site aggregates (the inheritance lattice now exists in LDAP, not just the resolver). See the sso changelog for the full group-model completeness + server-side naming enforcement + Directory god_admin management.
+- **Docker discovery plugin configured out of the box** — the bootstrap seeds a `docker-local` plugin instance pointed at `/var/run/docker.sock`, so a fresh stack discovers its own containers into the Directory immediately (idempotent; an operator-created instance is left alone).
+
+### Fixed
+- **ldap-client enrollment no longer fails** — `setup.sh` was calling `ldap-client/index.sh`, which refuses to run without a gitignored `ldap.vars` that nothing ever created (the "ldap.vars file not found!" + "enrollment failed" you saw). It now generates `ldap-client/ldap.vars` from the stack's own config (LDAPS host, base DN, `cn=ldapclient` bind + service password, SSO URL, site name) before enrolling; an operator-provided `ldap.vars` is always kept.
+- **theta-agent no longer logs `Unknown command type: heartbeat_ack`** every minute — the server's ack of the agent's own heartbeat is now silently ignored instead of falling through to the unknown-command handler (which also answered with a spurious error).
+
+### Changed
+- **Roll up sso v1.26.0 + theta-agent v1.3.0** — gitlinks point at the version-tagged commits for both submodules (sso-manager-node → 8a9de94, theta-agent → 52379c2). Full changelogs: [sso](https://github.com/theta42/sso-manager-node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md), [theta-agent](https://github.com/theta42/theta-agent/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
+
+## [v1.35.18] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Changed
+- **Sync proxy + jump-host gitlinks to their version-tagged commits** — proxy v1.33.0 and jump-host v1.18.0 bumped their package.json to match their tags; this release picks up those corrected gitlinks so a fresh deploy reports the matching versions.
+
+## [v1.35.17] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Added
+- **Group & Permission Model spec** — canonical documentation of the hierarchical group schema (`god_admin`, `{site}_super_admin`, per-site/per-resource host+app `admin`/`access`/`<capability>` groups, meta `everyone`/`{site}_everyone`), the inheritance resolver, Directory-only group management, multi-site isolation, host-side SSSD GID mapping (groups are `groupOfNames`, no `gidNumber`), downstream-app consumption, and migration from the legacy `app_*` groups. See [GROUPS.md](GROUPS.html).
+- **sso v1.25.0** — the resolver + schema implemented in the SSO (see its changelog); the standalone Groups page removed.
+
+## [v1.35.16] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Added
+- **theta-proxy + theta-jump as first-class managed host resources** — the bootstrap now seeds them as managed `host`-kind resources in the Directory (in addition to the existing stack host and its service entries), so a fresh install shows them as hosts.
+
+## [v1.35.15] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Fixed
+- **theta-agent re-install failed with "Text file busy"** — setup.sh copied the prebuilt binary over a running agent service, which cp refuses. It now stops the service before copying.
+
+## [v1.35.14] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Fixed
+- **The recurring `/vault` 403 "permission denied" is actually dead this time — it was never a policy problem.** sso's `/api/vault` proxy declared its request hook with http-proxy-middleware **v3** syntax (`on: { proxyReq }`) while the app installs HPM **v2**, which silently ignores the unknown key — so `X-Vault-Token` was never injected and every vault call reached OpenBao unauthenticated. All the policy work of v1.35.10/v1.31.1 was correct and is unchanged; the requests just never carried a token. Ships as **sso v1.23.0** (see its changelog for the companion `fixRequestBody` header-ordering fix and the initORM schema heal that unbreaks the plugin scheduler on upgraded databases).
+
+### Added
+- **OpenBao token lifecycle — nothing expires by surprise anymore.**
+  - New **`theta-svc` token role** (periodic 768h): `SSO/PROXY/JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN` are now minted through it instead of as plain orphan tokens with a hard ~32-day death date. `ensure_token` renews periodic tokens on every `setup.sh` re-run and detects, revokes, and re-mints valid-but-non-periodic tokens from older installs (detection is the token's `role` — OpenBao token lookup does not expose a `period` field).
+  - New **`bao-renewer` sidecar** (docker-compose): renews the three service tokens every 12h while the stack runs, logging each result. Recreated on every `setup.sh` run so it always holds the current tokens.
+  - New **`sso-app` token role** (periodic 768h): external-app tokens minted from the vault UI go through it instead of the broker's 24h role, and sso now stores each app token's *accessor* and auto-renews it (boot + every 6h) — a downstream app's credential stays valid as long as sso runs, with no renewal code in the downstream app.
+  - `sso-broker` policy gained `update` on `auth/token/create/sso-app` and `auth/token/renew-accessor`/`revoke-accessor`/`lookup-accessor`.
+  - `docs/secrets.md` rewritten around the new lifecycle (roles table, renewal layers, disaster recovery).
+
+## [v1.35.13] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Added
+- **sso v1.22.0** — new **Agents** page (live list of connected theta-agent hosts with CPU/RAM/disk/ZFS/GPU telemetry + online status) and a security fix gating the `/api/agent` REST routes. Bumped the sso-manager-node gitlink to v1.22.0.
+
+## [v1.35.12] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Fixed
+- **theta-agent crash-looped (`cannot unmarshal !!bool 'true' into []string`)** — setup.sh's "full control" edit wrote `service_control: true`, but that field is a `[]string` allowlist, so the agent failed to decode the config and restart-loop. Removed the invalid edit; `service_control` now stays as its allowlist (default `[]` = deny all) and the operator can list specific services.
+
+## [v1.35.11] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Fixed
+- **`setup.sh` aborted with `UNSEAL_KEY: unbound variable` on re-runs** — when OpenBao was already unsealed, the unseal block was skipped and `UNSEAL_KEY` was never set, so the later `if [[ -n "$UNSEAL_KEY" ]]` crashed under `set -u`. Guarded with `${UNSEAL_KEY:-}`.
+
+## [v1.35.10] - 2026-08-04
+
+### Added
+- **`--reset-openbao`** — full clean OpenBao reset for clearing stale policies/tokens (re-inits the store, flushes the Redis vault-token cache). Use when the vault UI shows a recurring `403 permission denied` on the secrets list.
+- **sso v1.21.0** — shared secrets: users publish secrets to `secret/shared/<owner>/<slug>` and grant read access to other users and apps; plus a durable fix for the recurring vault 403 (broker now always reconciles policy content before serving a cached token). Bumped the sso-manager-node submodule gitlink to v1.21.0.
+
+### Fixed
+- **theta-agent was never installed** — `setup.sh` tried to `go build` from an incomplete source-file list (omitting `executor.go`/`telemetry.go`), which failed silently and skipped install. It now installs the prebuilt `theta-agent-linux-amd64` binary from the submodule and writes config to `/etc/theta42/agent.yml` (the path the agent actually reads).
+
+## [v1.35.9] - 2026-08-03
+
+### Fixed
+- **sso & proxy version strings now match their release tags** — The v1.20.2 / v1.32.0 release tags were created but their `nodejs/package.json` version fields were left behind (1.20.1 / 1.14.3), so the deployed apps' update-check banner falsely reported a newer version. Bumped submodules to the corrected commits so `buildVersion` matches the deployed tag.
+
+## [v1.35.2] - 2026-08-03
+
+### Fixed
+- **Unbound `CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP` variable in `setup.sh`** — Fixed unbound variable error during host registration in `setup.sh` when `ensure_secrets_files()` is skipped on pre-configured installations.
+
+## [v1.35.1] - 2026-08-03
+
+### Fixed
+- **Directory & Configuration UI enhancements** — Live Cytoscape graph update on parent/child edge modifications, improved discovery reconciler host matching, updated configuration sidebar layout, relocated discovery and messaging plugins to Directory and Configuration pages.
+- **Managed Host Target Filter** — Filter SSH connection targets in Jump Host to managed hosts only.
+
 ## [v1.35.0] - 2026-08-02
 
 ### Added

bootstrap/bootstrap.js

@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ const CLIENT_NAME = 'theta-proxy';
 
 const ADMIN_DN  = `cn=${ADMIN_UID},ou=people,${BASE_DN}`;
 const SVC_DN    = `cn=ldapclient,ou=people,${BASE_DN}`;
-const ADMIN_GROUPS = ['app_sso_admin', 'app_sso_oauth_admin'];
+// god_admin is the global super group (docs/GROUPS.md §2); the bootstrapped
+// admin is its first member. app_sso_admin / app_sso_oauth_admin are the
+// per-console admin groups still used by the SSO UI. god_admin is nested into
+// the app_sso_* groups (and every resource's _admin group) by
+// docker-entrypoint.sh + api_directory_admin, so LDAP-level consumers (SSSD,
+// sudo) resolve it transitively.
+const ADMIN_GROUPS = ['god_admin', 'app_sso_admin', 'app_sso_oauth_admin'];
 
 const log  = (...a) => process.stderr.write('[bootstrap] ' + a.join(' ') + '\n');
 const out  = (k, v) => process.stdout.write(`${k}=${v}\n`);
@@ -423,11 +429,38 @@ async function seedDirectory(token, clientId, jumpClientId) {
 	const host = await ensure('host', HOST_FACTS.name || 'Stack host', hostSlug, site.id, {
 		subType: 'linux',
 		ip: HOST_FACTS.ip,
+		address: HOST_FACTS.ip,
 		macAddress: HOST_FACTS.mac,
 		os: HOST_FACTS.os,
 		kernel: HOST_FACTS.kernel,
 		sshPort: 22,
+		managed: true,
 	}, ['stack-host']);
+
+	// theta-proxy and theta-jump are first-class managed host resources (their
+	// names match the OAuth client identities the proxy/jump apps use). They
+	// appear as hosts in the Directory; the per-app services below still carry
+	// the OAuth-client + reachability detail.
+	const jumpHostAddr = process.env.CFG_JUMP_HOST || (DOMAIN ? `jump.${DOMAIN}` : '');
+	await ensure('host', 'theta-proxy', 'host_theta-proxy', site.id, {
+		subType: 'linux',
+		address: `https://${PROXY_HOST}`,
+		port: 3000,
+		gitRepo: 'https://github.com/theta42/proxy',
+		icon: 'mdi:server-network',
+		tagline: 'Reverse proxy and API gateway (node management UI).',
+		managed: true,
+	});
+	await ensure('host', 'theta-jump', 'host_theta-jump', site.id, {
+		subType: 'ssh',
+		address: jumpHostAddr ? `https://${jumpHostAddr}` : '',
+		port: 3002,
+		gitRepo: 'https://github.com/theta42/jump-host',
+		icon: 'mdi:ssh',
+		tagline: 'Secure SSH jump host.',
+		managed: true,
+	});
+
 	await ensure('service', 'SSO Manager', 'sso-manager', host.id, {
 		address: `https://${SSO_HOST}`,
 		port: 3001,
@@ -510,6 +543,59 @@ async function seedDirectory(token, clientId, jumpClientId) {
 	await linkOauthClient(jumpClientId, jumpSvc, 'jump-host');
 }
 
+// ── Plugin instances ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Seed a sensible default set of plugin instances so the stack is usable the
+// moment it boots, without the operator having to add them by hand. The setup
+// stack runs on Docker, so the single biggest win is a Docker discovery plugin
+// pointed at the local daemon socket: containers that make up the stack (and
+// any others on the host) get discovered into the Directory automatically.
+// Idempotent per slug: an instance an operator already created is left alone.
+async function seedPlugins(token) {
+	async function pluginGet(path) {
+		const res = await fetch(`${SSO_INTERNAL}/api/plugins/${path}`, {
+			headers: { 'auth-token': token },
+		});
+		if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`GET /api/plugins/${path} failed (${res.status})`);
+		return res.json();
+	}
+	async function pluginPost(body) {
+		const res = await fetch(`${SSO_INTERNAL}/api/plugins/`, {
+			method: 'POST',
+			headers: { 'auth-token': token, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+			body: JSON.stringify(body),
+		});
+		if (!res.ok) {
+			const text = await res.text().catch(() => '');
+			throw new Error(`POST /api/plugins failed (${res.status}): ${text}`);
+		}
+		return res.json();
+	}
+
+	async function ensurePlugin({ pluginType, name, slug, config }) {
+		const existing = ((await pluginGet('')).results) || [];
+		if (existing.some((i) => i.slug === slug)) {
+			log(`  plugins: '${slug}' exists — keeping`);
+			return;
+		}
+		await pluginPost({ pluginType, name, slug, config });
+		log(`  plugins: created '${slug}' (${pluginType})`);
+	}
+
+	try {
+		// The Docker daemon the setup stack itself runs under. The socket must be
+		// mounted into the sso container for discovery to reach it; if it isn't,
+		// discovery simply errors non-fatally until it is.
+		await ensurePlugin({
+			pluginType: 'docker',
+			name: 'Local Docker daemon',
+			slug: 'docker-local',
+			config: { socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock' },
+		});
+	} catch (e) {
+		log(`WARNING: plugin seed failed (${e.message || e}) — continuing`);
+	}
+}
+
 // Write the OAuth client creds back into /config/proxy-secrets.js so the proxy
 // (which reads that file) can use them. Only the clientId/clientSecret lines
 // are touched; the rest of the file (operator edits, comments) is preserved.
@@ -759,6 +845,15 @@ async function provisionJumpHost(token) {
 			log(`WARNING: directory seed failed (${e.message || e}) — continuing`);
 		}
 
+		// Seed default plugin instances (Docker discovery) — same warn-and-go
+		// policy; a stack without plugins is still usable.
+		try {
+			log('Seeding default plugins...');
+			await seedPlugins(token);
+		} catch (e) {
+			log(`WARNING: plugin seed failed (${e.message || e}) — continuing`);
+		}
+
 		log('Done.');
 		process.exit(0);
 	} catch (e) {

docker-compose.yml

@@ -238,6 +238,42 @@ services:
       - ./config/ldap-test-host.vars:/config/ldap.vars:ro
       - ./config/ldap-ca.crt:/config/ldap-ca.crt:ro
 
+  # Renews the three periodic service tokens (theta-svc role, 768h period)
+  # every 12h. Periodic tokens live forever ONLY while something renews them —
+  # this sidecar is that something, so the stack survives arbitrarily long
+  # uptimes and the tokens in .env never silently expire. If a token is missing
+  # or already dead it just logs and moves on (setup.sh re-mints on next run).
+  bao-renewer:
+    image: quay.io/openbao/openbao:latest
+    container_name: bao-renewer
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      - openbao
+    environment:
+      - BAO_ADDR=http://openbao:8200
+      - SSO_VAULT_TOKEN=${SSO_VAULT_TOKEN:-}
+      - PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN=${PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN:-}
+      - JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN=${JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN:-}
+    entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+    command:
+      - |
+        renew() {
+          if [ -z "$$2" ]; then return 0; fi
+          if BAO_TOKEN="$$2" bao token renew > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "[bao-renewer] renewed $$1"
+          else
+            echo "[bao-renewer] FAILED to renew $$1 (expired/revoked? re-run setup.sh to re-mint)"
+          fi
+        }
+        while true; do
+          renew SSO_VAULT_TOKEN "$$SSO_VAULT_TOKEN"
+          renew PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN "$$PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN"
+          renew JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN "$$JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN"
+          sleep 43200
+        done
+    networks:
+      - theta-net
+
   openbao:
     image: quay.io/openbao/openbao:latest
     container_name: openbao

docs/GROUPS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: Group & Permission Model
+nav_order: 3
+---
+
+# Theta42 Group & Permission Model
+
+This is the canonical reference for how **groups and permissions work** across the
+theta42 suite (SSO Manager, Proxy, Jump-Host) and how **downstream apps and Linux
+hosts** should read and use them. It is written to be implementable by both humans
+and LLM agents.
+
+Everything below assumes LDAP is the single source of truth for identity and group
+membership. Group membership is managed in the **SSO Manager Directory**, generated
+from adopted resources — there is **no standalone "Groups" page**.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Principles
+
+1. **Groups are a projection of the resource graph.** Every adopted host and app
+   in the Directory gets its own groups, auto-created from its identity. Group
+   membership is managed on the resource's modal.
+2. **Two orthogonal resource namespaces: `host` and `app`.** A host administers
+   hosts; an app administers apps. They do not inherit from each other.
+3. **Three levels per resource: `admin`, `access`, and opaque `capability`.**
+   `admin` implies `access`. Capabilities are explicit and never implied by
+   `admin`.
+4. **Multi-site by prefix.** Each site's groups are fully independent, scoped by
+   the site slug.
+5. **Hosts map, LDAP stays clean.** Directory groups are `groupOfNames` (RBAC)
+   with **no `gidNumber`**. A Linux host uses SSSD to import only the groups it
+   needs and generate their GIDs on the fly (see §8) — no mass import, no GID
+   bloat. Only the meta groups are never imported by hosts.
+6. **The directory is the only place groups are created.** `god_admin` is the sole
+   group that does not belong to a resource or site.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Group schema
+
+`S` = site slug (see §7 for normalization). `<host>`/`<app>` = the resource slug.
+`<capability>` = an opaque, app-defined capability token (see §4).
+
+| Group | Scope | Meaning |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| `god_admin` | global | **Everything, everywhere** (all sites, hosts, apps, consoles, all capabilities). The only non-site group. |
+| `S_super_admin` | site | Everything on site `S` (all hosts, apps, consoles, all capabilities at `S`). |
+| `S_hosts_admin` | site | Admin on **all hosts** at `S`. |
+| `S_hosts_access` | site | Access to **all hosts** at `S`. |
+| `S_hosts_<capability>` | site | Capability `<capability>` on **all hosts** at `S`. |
+| `S_host_<host>_admin` | host | Admin on host `<host>`. |
+| `S_host_<host>_access` | host | Access to host `<host>`. |
+| `S_host_<host>_<capability>` | host | Capability `<capability>` on host `<host>`. |
+| `S_apps_admin` | site | Admin on **all apps** at `S`. |
+| `S_apps_access` | site | Access to **all apps** at `S`. |
+| `S_apps_<capability>` | site | Capability `<capability>` on **all apps** at `S`. |
+| `S_app_<app>_admin` | app | Admin on app `<app>`. |
+| `S_app_<app>_access` | app | Access to app `<app>`. |
+| `S_app_<app>_<capability>` | app | Capability `<capability>` on app `<app>`. |
+
+### Meta groups (implicit membership — not POSIX, no gidNumber)
+
+| Group | Scope | Meaning |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| `everyone` | global | **All authenticated users**, any site. |
+| `S_everyone` | site | **All authenticated users** at site `S`. |
+
+These are resolved by the directory (any authenticated user passes), never
+enumerated as LDAP members, and cannot be used as Unix groups.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Naming, normalization & reserved rules
+
+- The **structural delimiter is `_`**. It appears only between the fixed segments
+  of a group name.
+- **The `S` site segment is the site resource's slug verbatim.** In the SSO
+  Directory, site/host resource slugs carry a kind prefix (`site_local`,
+  `host_theta-env`); the group builders keep them verbatim rather than
+  re-slugifying (which would corrupt the delimiter: `site_local` → `site-local`)
+  or inserting a separate kind segment. So a host resource `host_theta-env` under
+  site `site_local` yields `site_local_host_theta-env_access` (the `host_` is part
+  of the resource slug), and the site's own admin group is `site_local_super_admin`.
+  Services are stored without a prefix, giving `site_local_sso-manager_access`.
+  The kind (`host`/`app`) is used only to pick the **aggregate** the resource's
+  group nests into (`{site}_hosts_*` / `{site}_apps_*`), not the resource's own
+  group name.
+- **Within a segment, normalize to lowercase** — spaces and stray `_` → `-`; strip
+  other non-`[a-z0-9-]`. A host named `Web 01` and a site `Main Office` (resource
+  slugs `host_web-01` and `site_main-office`) yield groups `site_main-office_host_web-01_*`.
+- **Aggregate groups use the plural kind** (`hosts`, `apps`); per-resource groups
+  use the singular (`host`, `app`). This makes `S_hosts_admin` unambiguous even
+  if a host were named `admin` (that host would be `S_host_admin_admin`).
+- **The last segment is the level.** If it is `admin` or `access` it is a known
+  level; any other value is an **opaque capability** owned by a downstream app.
+- **Total length budget:** keep a group cn under ~120 chars; reject group
+  creation that would exceed it.
+- Groups are **`groupOfNames`** (RFC 2307bis) with **no `gidNumber`**. GIDs are
+  generated on the host by SSSD for only the groups that host imports (see §8).
+
+---
+
+## 4. Levels and opaque capabilities
+
+- **`admin`** — manage (create/update/delete/config) the resource.
+- **`access`** — use/read the resource.
+- **`<capability>`** — an arbitrary token the SSO does **not** interpret. The SSO
+  manages membership and exposes the group to the app; **the downstream app
+  defines and enforces what the capability means** (e.g. `emby_admin`,
+  `gitea_maintain`, `reboot`, `backup`).
+
+The directory recognizes `admin`, `access`, `super_admin`, and the meta groups.
+Everything else on a resource group is treated as an opaque capability group and
+passed through to consumers.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Permission resolution (inheritance)
+
+Define a user's **effective permission** on a resource by checking, from most
+specific to most general, whether they are a member of any applicable group. The
+rule: a higher group implies everything below it.
+
+### On host `H` at site `S`
+
+| Wanted | Granted if the user is a member of **any** of |
+| :--- | :--- |
+| **admin** on `H` | `god_admin` · `S_super_admin` · `S_hosts_admin` · `S_host_H_admin` |
+| **access** on `H` | (any admin rule above) · `S_hosts_access` · `S_host_H_access` |
+| **capability `C`** on `H` | `god_admin` · `S_super_admin` · `S_hosts_C` · `S_host_H_C` |
+
+### On app `A` at site `S`
+
+Identical, with `app`/`apps` substituted for `host`/`hosts`.
+
+### Management console (SSO / Proxy / Jump-Host)
+
+Each console is registered as an **app** on its site, so console admin is:
+
+`god_admin` · `S_super_admin` · `S_app_<console>_admin`
+
+### Pseudocode
+
+```
+def effective(resource, level_or_cap, site):
+    if user in "god_admin":                  return True
+    if user in f"{site}_super_admin":        return True
+    if level_or_cap in ("admin","access"):
+        agg = f"{site}_{resource.kind}s_{level_or_cap}"
+        if user in agg:                      return True
+    specific = f"{site}_{resource.slug}_{level_or_cap}"   # slug carries its kind
+    if user in specific:                     return True
+    if level_or_cap == "access":             return effective(resource, "admin", site)
+    if level_or_cap == "admin":              return False          # access does not imply admin
+    return False
+```
+
+`everyone` / `S_everyone` are a special grantee: if a resource grants a group to
+`everyone` (or `S_everyone`), any authenticated user (at that site) passes.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Where groups live — the Directory, generated from adopted resources
+
+- There is **no standalone Groups page.** Group creation/management happens on an
+  **adopted resource** in the Directory.
+- When a host or app is **adopted** (promoted from Discovered Inventory to
+  managed), the directory auto-creates its `_admin` and `_access` groups (and
+  site aggregates if configured). Capability groups are created on demand.
+- Membership (add/remove users) and capability grants are managed on that
+  resource's modal.
+- Deleting a resource removes its per-resource groups.
+- The `S_super_admin`, `S_hosts_*`, `S_apps_*`, `S_everyone` site groups and the
+  global `god_admin`/`everyone` are managed at the site level (not on a single
+  host/app resource).
+
+---
+
+## 7. Multi-site isolation
+
+One LDAP tree can serve many sites ("Main Office", "Branch Office", "co-lo",
+"Mikes Homelab", …). Each site `S` has its own fully independent set of `S_*`
+groups behind its prefix. A `main-office_super_admin` or `main-office_hosts_admin`
+touches nothing in `branch-office_*` or `steves-homelab_*`. Only `god_admin` and
+`everyone` cross site boundaries.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Unix/POSIX groups — mapped on the host, not in LDAP
+
+Directory groups are **`groupOfNames`** (RFC 2307bis) and carry **no `gidNumber`**.
+There are hundreds of them and only a handful matter on any given host, so we do
+**not** bloat LDAP with GIDs. Instead, each Linux host uses SSSD to import only the
+groups it cares about and map them to GIDs **on the fly** (algorithmic ID mapping).
+This keeps the directory clean and the per-host surface tiny.
+
+### SSSD — generate GIDs on the fly, import only what you need
+
+```ini
+[domain/example]
+id_provider = ldap
+auth_provider = ldap
+ldap_uri = ldaps://ldap.example
+ldap_search_base = dc=example,dc=com
+
+# groupOfNames (RFC 2307bis) schema
+ldap_schema = rfc2307bis
+ldap_group_object_class = groupOfNames
+ldap_group_member = member
+
+# Map GIDs mathematically from the LDAP UUID — no gidNumber in LDAP
+ldap_id_mapping = true
+ldap_group_uuid = entryUUID
+
+# Import ONLY the groups this host needs (e.g. a naming convention or an OU)
+ldap_group_search_filter = (&(objectClass=groupOfNames)(cn=linux-*))
+```
+
+Key ideas:
+- `ldap_id_mapping = true` + `ldap_group_uuid = entryUUID` make SSSD derive a
+  stable GID for any group it imports, so **no `gidNumber` attribute is required**
+  in LDAP.
+- `ldap_group_search_filter` is the gatekeeper: SSSD imports only groups that
+  match, discarding the other hundreds. After changing the filter, clear the
+  cache (`sss_cache -E`; `rm -f /var/lib/sss/db/*`; restart sssd) and verify with
+  `getent group <cn>`.
+
+### What filter to use — the naming convention is the answer
+
+A host should import its **own** resource groups (plus any explicitly granted
+ones). Because the schema is predictable, `ldap-client` can generate the per-host
+`ldap_group_search_filter` from the enrolled host's identity, e.g. a host `web01`
+at site `main-office` imports:
+
+```
+(&(objectClass=groupOfNames)(|(cn=main-office_host_web01_access)
+                               (cn=main-office_host_web01_admin)
+                               (cn=main-office_host_web01_sudo)))
+```
+
+So the operator (or ldap-client) selects a small allowlist of the host's `_access`
+/ `_admin` / capability groups to feed sudoers, SSH `AllowGroups`, and filesystem
+ACLs. **Only those groups are imported** — no GID bloat, no mass import.
+
+### Aliasing an LDAP group into a local group (e.g. `input`)
+
+SSSD cannot merge an LDAP group into a local group whose GID varies per host.
+Two host-side mechanisms cover it:
+
+- **pam_exec** — a script in the login stack adds the user to the local group for
+  the session:
+  ```sh
+  #!/bin/bash
+  if id -Gn "$PAM_USER" | grep -q "host_input"; then usermod -a -G input "$PAM_USER"; fi
+  ```
+  `session optional pam_exec.so /usr/local/bin/add_to_input.sh` in
+  `/etc/pam.d/common-session`.
+
+- **nss-groupmerge** — merge an LDAP group into a local group at NSS time
+  (`/etc/groupmerge.conf`: `input: host_input`, then `group: files sssd groupmerge`
+  in `/etc/nsswitch.conf`), so any service querying `input` sees the LDAP group's
+  members regardless of the local GID.
+
+### Meta groups
+
+`god_admin`, `everyone`, and `S_everyone` are NOT imported by hosts — they have
+implicit membership and are resolved by the directory only.
+
+---
+
+## 9. Downstream-app consumption guide
+
+A downstream app (Emby, Gitea, a custom service, a shell script) reads group
+membership from LDAP and interprets it as follows:
+
+1. **Discover the user's groups** — bind with the user's credentials (or use a
+   service account + `memberOf`). Groups are `groupOfNames` (member DN), so query
+   by the user's DN, e.g. `(&(objectClass=groupOfNames)(member=<user_dn>))`, or use
+   the `memberOf` reverse attribute on the user's entry.
+2. **Match each group to a scope:**
+   - `god_admin` → the user is a global administrator.
+   - `{site}_super_admin` → site administrator for that site.
+   - `{site}_hosts_*` / `{site}_app_*` (aggregate) → applies to all hosts/apps at the site.
+   - `{site}_host_<host>_*` / `{site}_app_<app>_*` → applies to that one resource.
+   - `everyone` / `{site}_everyone` → the user is implicitly a member.
+3. **Interpret the last segment:**
+   - `admin` → full control of that resource.
+   - `access` → read/use.
+   - anything else → a capability **you** define; act on it or ignore it.
+4. A user with `{site}_host_web01_access` can reach `web01`; a user with
+   `{site}_host_web01_reboot` (if you define `reboot`) may reboot it; a user with
+   `{site}_app_emby_emby_admin` administers Emby.
+
+The app must **never** treat an unknown last segment as `admin` or `access`.
+
+---
+
+## 10. Migration from the legacy `app_*` groups
+
+The current global groups (`app_sso_admin`, `app_super_admin`,
+`app_sso_directory_admin`, `app_jump_admin`) are replaced by the new model:
+
+| Legacy | New |
+| :--- | :--- |
+| `app_super_admin` | `god_admin` |
+| `app_sso_admin` | `S_app_sso_admin` (+ `S_super_admin` for site admins) |
+| `app_sso_directory_admin` | `S_app_sso_admin` |
+| `app_jump_admin` | `S_app_jump_admin` |
+
+During the transition the legacy groups may be kept as short-lived aliases that
+resolve to the same effective permission; once everything is moved, remove them.
+
+---
+
+## 11. The management consoles are apps
+
+The SSO, Proxy, and Jump-Host each register themselves as an app on their site and
+receive their auto-generated groups (`S_app_sso_admin`, `S_app_proxy_admin`,
+`S_app_jump_admin`, plus `_access`). Their admin UIs gate on
+`god_admin` · `S_super_admin` · `S_app_<console>_admin`. This keeps everything
+self-consistent: the SSO is "just another app."

docs/index.md

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ snapshots state before every rebuild.
 - **Proxy** — add the hosts you want to protect with OIDC login.
 - **LDAPS** for direct binds — Linux hosts (PAM/SSSD, sudo, SSH keys) and
   LDAP-native apps authenticate against the same directory.
+- **Hierarchical groups & permissions** — every adopted host and app gets its own
+  `admin`/`access`/`capability` groups, generated from the Directory; they double
+  as real POSIX groups for sudo/SSH. See
+  [Group & Permission Model](GROUPS.html).
 - **ldap-client** — enroll Linux hosts into the directory (PAM/SSSD login,
   sudo, SSH keys); the host inventory shows up in the SSO UI and drives
   jump-host routing.

docs/secrets.md

@@ -60,23 +60,49 @@ never passed to a service container.
 
 | Policy | Capabilities | Held by |
 |---|---|---|
-| `sso-broker` | read/write `secret/sso-manager/conf`, `secret/users/*`, `secret/apps/*`, `secret/plugins/*`; `update` on `auth/token/create/sso-broker`; `update` on `sys/policies/acl/user-*`, `app-*`, `sso-admin` | SSO (`SSO_VAULT_TOKEN`) |
+| `sso-broker` | read/write `secret/sso-manager/conf`, `secret/users/*`, `secret/apps/*`, `secret/plugins/*`; `update` on `auth/token/create/sso-broker` + `create/sso-app` and `auth/token/renew-accessor`/`revoke-accessor`/`lookup-accessor`; `update` on `sys/policies/acl/user-*`, `app-*`, `sso-admin` | SSO (`SSO_VAULT_TOKEN`) |
 | `sso-admin` | read/write/list all of `secret/*` | admin UI sessions (minted by the broker) |
 | `proxy` | read `secret/proxy/conf` | proxy (`PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN`) |
 | `jump-host` | read `secret/jump-host/conf` | jump host (`JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN`) |
 | `user-<uid>` | read/write `secret/users/<uid>/*` | per-user tokens (minted lazily by the broker) |
 | `app-<name>` | read/write `secret/apps/<name>/*` | per-external-app tokens (minted by an admin) |
 
-**Token role `sso-broker`** — `allowed_policies=sso-admin`,
-`allowed_policies_glob=user-*,app-*`, orphan, renewable, `token_period=24h`.
-The SSO mints per-user, per-admin, and per-app tokens *through* this role at
-runtime, so it never needs the root token to issue scoped access.
+**Token roles** — three, all orphan + renewable:
 
-The three per-app tokens (`SSO_VAULT_TOKEN`, `PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN`,
-`JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN`) are minted orphan + renewable and stored in `./.env` by
-`setup.sh`. They use OpenBao's default service-token TTL; if one expires,
-re-run `./setup.sh` and the `ensure_token` helper re-mints it (the old one
-expires on its own). Automated renewal is a planned follow-up, not yet built.
+- `sso-broker` — `allowed_policies=sso-admin`, `allowed_policies_glob=user-*,app-*`,
+  `token_period=24h`. The SSO mints per-user and per-admin tokens *through*
+  this role at runtime, so it never needs the root token to issue scoped
+  access. The 24h period is fine here because the broker re-mints these from
+  its Redis cache transparently.
+- `sso-app` — `allowed_policies_glob=app-*`, `token_period=768h`. External-app
+  tokens minted from the vault UI's Apps tab go through this role: they are
+  long-lived credentials, so they get a monthly period instead of a daily one.
+- `theta-svc` — `allowed_policies=sso-broker,proxy,jump-host`,
+  `token_period=768h`. The services' own tokens (below).
+
+### Token lifecycle — nothing expires by surprise
+
+Periodic tokens never hit a max TTL, but they die if nothing renews them
+inside a period window. Renewal is automated at every layer:
+
+- **Service tokens** (`SSO_VAULT_TOKEN`, `PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN`,
+  `JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN`, minted via `theta-svc`, stored in `./.env`): the
+  `bao-renewer` sidecar (docker-compose) renews all three every 12 hours, and
+  every `setup.sh` re-run renews them too. A valid-but-non-periodic token from
+  an older install is detected, revoked, and re-minted as periodic on the next
+  `setup.sh` run.
+- **External-app tokens** (minted in the SSO vault UI): the SSO stores each
+  token's **accessor** (which can renew/revoke but not authenticate) and
+  renews it every 6 hours and at boot — a downstream app's credential stays
+  valid as long as the SSO is running, with no renewal code in the downstream
+  app. Re-minting an app's token revokes the previous one via its accessor, so
+  exactly one credential per app is ever live.
+- **Per-user / admin tokens**: 24h TTL by design; the broker re-mints them
+  transparently, so there is nothing to renew.
+
+Worst case (the whole stack was down for >32 days): re-run `./setup.sh` — it
+re-mints anything that lapsed; external-app tokens are re-minted from the
+Apps tab (the app's policy and stored secrets are kept).
 
 ## Seeding
 

setup.sh

@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ warn()  { printf '\033[1;33m[setup]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
 error() { printf '\033[1;31m[setup]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
 die()   { error "$*"; exit 1; }
 
+# ── Flags ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# --reset-openbao: wipe the OpenBao volume + bao-init.json and re-initialize a
+# fresh store (no prod data to preserve). Use when OpenBao state is suspect
+# (stale policies/tokens causing vault 403s). The Redis vault-token cache is
+# flushed once sso-manager is back up (see the OpenBao bootstrap section).
+RESET_OPENBAO=0
+for arg in "$@"; do
+	case "$arg" in
+		--reset-openbao) RESET_OPENBAO=1 ;;
+		*) warn "unknown argument: $arg (ignored)" ;;
+	esac
+done
+
 # Escape a value for a single-quoted JS string: \ -> \\, ' -> \', then wrap in '...'.
 js_str() {
 	local s="$1"
@@ -106,6 +119,13 @@ env_upsert() {
 	fi
 }
 
+# Read KEY= from ./.env (empty if absent)
+env_get() {
+	local key="$1" file=./.env
+	[[ -f "$file" ]] || return 0
+	grep -m1 "^${key}=" "$file" 2>/dev/null | cut -d= -f2- || true
+}
+
 # Detect docker compose (v2 plugin `docker compose` or v1 standalone `docker-compose`).
 if docker compose version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	COMPOSE=(docker compose)
@@ -178,6 +198,8 @@ fi
 # resolved in ensure_config; this is only the hostname override.
 [[ -f ./setup.env ]] && parse_kv_file ./setup.env
 export CFG_JUMP_HOST
+CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP="${CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP:-0}"
+export CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP
 
 # ── Optional outbound HTTP(S) proxy for docker build + the running containers ─
 # CFG_HTTP_PROXY / CFG_HTTPS_PROXY / CFG_NO_PROXY (from ./setup.env or the
@@ -270,6 +292,21 @@ dn_from_domain() {
 	echo "dc=$1" | sed 's/\./,dc=/g'
 }
 
+# Read a value from the (operator-owned) ./config/sso-secrets.js -- the source of
+# truth on re-runs, where the CFG_* first-run shell vars are not (re)derived
+# (ensure_config returns early once sso-secrets.js exists). Reads `stack.<key>`.
+# Prints empty on any failure. Usage: sso_secrets_get ldapBaseDn
+sso_secrets_get() {
+	node -e 'const c=require(process.argv[1]);const k=process.argv[2];console.log(c&&c.stack&&c.stack[k]!=null?c.stack[k]:"")' \
+		"$PWD/$CONFIG_DIR/sso-secrets.js" "$1" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+# Read a top-level (non-stack) secret from sso-secrets.js, e.g. serviceAccountPass.
+sso_secrets_get_top() {
+	node -e 'const c=require(process.argv[1]);const k=process.argv[2];console.log(c&&c[k]!=null?c[k]:"")' \
+		"$PWD/$CONFIG_DIR/sso-secrets.js" "$1" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
 # Write ./config/sso-secrets.js from the CFG_* shell vars.
 write_sso_secrets() {
 	local dn="$CFG_BASE_DN" domain="$CFG_DOMAIN"
@@ -662,6 +699,20 @@ backup_before_rebuild() {
 backup_before_rebuild
 
 # ── 3b. Setup OpenBao (Vault) ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Full reset (--reset-openbao): stop/remove openbao, drop the data volume, and
+# delete the init/keys file (incl. any backup copy that setup.sh would otherwise
+# restore). The normal bootstrap below then initializes a brand-new store, so no
+# stale policy content or token survives.
+if [[ "$RESET_OPENBAO" == "1" ]]; then
+	info "── Full OpenBao reset requested (--reset-openbao) ──"
+	"${COMPOSE[@]}" stop openbao >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	"${COMPOSE[@]}" rm -f openbao >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	docker volume ls -q 2>/dev/null | grep '^openbao' | xargs -r docker volume rm >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	rm -f "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json"
+	rm -f ./backups/bao-init.json ./backups/*/bao-init.json 2>/dev/null || true
+	info "  openbao volume + bao-init.json cleared; will re-initialize fresh."
+fi
+
 info "Starting openbao..."
 "${COMPOSE[@]}" run --rm --user root openbao chown -R 100:1000 /vault/data
 "${COMPOSE[@]}" up -d openbao
@@ -674,6 +725,16 @@ for i in $(seq 1 30); do
 	sleep 2
 done
 
+# If config/bao-init.json is missing, search backups for a saved copy
+if [[ ! -f "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json" ]]; then
+    latest_backup_init=$(find ./backups -name "bao-init.json" 2>/dev/null | sort -r | head -n1 || true)
+    if [[ -n "$latest_backup_init" && -f "$latest_backup_init" ]]; then
+        info "Restoring $CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json from backup ($latest_backup_init)..."
+        cp "$latest_backup_init" "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json"
+        chmod 600 "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json"
+    fi
+fi
+
 if ! docker exec openbao bao status -format=json 2>/dev/null | grep -q '"initialized": true'; then
     status_json=$(docker exec openbao bao status -format=json 2>/dev/null || true)
     if ! echo "$status_json" | grep -q '"initialized": true'; then
@@ -686,13 +747,54 @@ fi
 
 status_json=$(docker exec openbao bao status -format=json 2>/dev/null || true)
 if echo "$status_json" | grep -q '"sealed": true'; then
-	info "Unsealing openbao..."
-	UNSEAL_KEY=$(grep -A1 '"unseal_keys_b64":' "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json" | tail -n1 | cut -d'"' -f2)
-	docker exec openbao bao operator unseal "$UNSEAL_KEY" >/dev/null
+	UNSEAL_KEY=""
+	if [[ -f "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json" ]]; then
+		UNSEAL_KEY=$(grep -A1 '"unseal_keys_b64":' "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json" 2>/dev/null | tail -n1 | cut -d'"' -f2 || true)
+	fi
+	if [[ -z "$UNSEAL_KEY" ]]; then
+		UNSEAL_KEY="$(env_get VAULT_UNSEAL_KEY)"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ -n "$UNSEAL_KEY" ]]; then
+		info "Unsealing openbao..."
+		docker exec openbao bao operator unseal "$UNSEAL_KEY" >/dev/null
+	else
+		warn "OpenBao is sealed with an unrecoverable key. Resetting OpenBao volume and re-initializing..."
+		"${COMPOSE[@]}" stop openbao >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+		"${COMPOSE[@]}" rm -f openbao >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+		docker volume ls -q 2>/dev/null | grep openbao | xargs -r docker volume rm >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+		"${COMPOSE[@]}" up -d openbao >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+		info "Waiting for fresh openbao container..."
+		for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+			if docker exec openbao bao status >/dev/null 2>&1 || [[ $? -eq 2 ]]; then break; fi
+			sleep 2
+		done
+		info "Initializing fresh openbao..."
+		docker exec openbao bao operator init -key-shares=1 -key-threshold=1 -format=json > "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json"
+		chmod 600 "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json"
+		UNSEAL_KEY=$(grep -A1 '"unseal_keys_b64":' "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json" | tail -n1 | cut -d'"' -f2)
+		info "Unsealing fresh openbao..."
+		docker exec openbao bao operator unseal "$UNSEAL_KEY" >/dev/null
+	fi
 fi
 
 export VAULT_TOKEN
-VAULT_TOKEN=$(grep '"root_token":' "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json" | cut -d'"' -f4)
+if [[ -f "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json" ]]; then
+	VAULT_TOKEN=$(grep '"root_token":' "$CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json" 2>/dev/null | cut -d'"' -f4 || true)
+fi
+if [[ -z "$VAULT_TOKEN" ]]; then
+	VAULT_TOKEN="$(env_get VAULT_TOKEN)"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$VAULT_TOKEN" ]]; then
+	die "Could not determine OpenBao VAULT_TOKEN from $CONFIG_DIR/bao-init.json or .env."
+fi
+
+# UNSEAL_KEY is only set when OpenBao needed unsealing this run; on a re-run of
+# an already-unsealed store it is unset, so guard with ${UNSEAL_KEY:-} (set -u).
+if [[ -n "${UNSEAL_KEY:-}" ]]; then
+	env_upsert VAULT_UNSEAL_KEY "$UNSEAL_KEY"
+fi
 env_upsert VAULT_TOKEN "$VAULT_TOKEN"
 
 if ! docker exec -e BAO_TOKEN="$VAULT_TOKEN" openbao bao secrets list -format=json 2>/dev/null | grep -q '"secret/":'; then
@@ -722,33 +824,35 @@ ensure_policy() {
 	docker exec -i -e BAO_TOKEN="$VAULT_TOKEN" openbao bao policy write "$name" - >/dev/null
 }
 
-# Read KEY= from ./.env (empty if absent) — reuse a previously minted token
-# instead of minting a fresh one on every setup.sh run.
-env_get() {
-	local key="$1" file=./.env
-	[[ -f "$file" ]] || return 0
-	# `|| true` is load-bearing: under `set -euo pipefail`, a no-match `grep`
-	# exits 1 and (pipefail) makes the whole pipeline return 1. Callers do
-	# `existing="$(env_get ...)"` as a bare assignment — a non-zero return there
-	# trips `set -e` and silently kills the whole script (this is exactly what
-	# aborted a fresh install right after "Minting per-app OpenBao tokens": the
-	# root VAULT_TOKEN env_upsert had already created .env, but the app-token
-	# keys were absent, so the first env_get returned 1). "Key absent" is the
-	# normal path here, so always return 0 with empty output.
-	grep -m1 "^${key}=" "$file" 2>/dev/null | cut -d= -f2- || true
-}
 
-# Mint an orphan, renewable token for `policy` and persist it to .env as `key`,
-# OR reuse the token already in .env if it is still valid (re-mint on expiry).
+# Mint a PERIODIC service token (theta-svc role: orphan, renewable, 768h
+# period) for `policy` and persist it to .env as `key`. Periodic tokens have no
+# max-TTL death date — each renewal resets the clock — unlike the plain orphan
+# tokens minted before this (creation_ttl 768h, dead ~32 days after mint no
+# matter what). The bao-renewer sidecar renews them every 12h while the stack
+# runs, and every setup.sh re-run renews here too. A valid-but-non-periodic
+# token from an older setup.sh is revoked and re-minted as periodic.
 ensure_token() {
-	local key="$1" policy="$2" existing tok
+	local key="$1" policy="$2" existing tok lookup
 	existing="$(env_get "$key")"
-	if [[ -n "$existing" ]] && docker exec -e BAO_TOKEN="$existing" openbao bao token lookup >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		info "  ${key} already minted + valid — keeping."
-		return 0
+	if [[ -n "$existing" ]]; then
+		lookup="$(docker exec -e BAO_TOKEN="$existing" openbao bao token lookup -format=json 2>/dev/null || true)"
+		if [[ -n "$lookup" ]]; then
+			# Periodic = minted through the theta-svc role. (OpenBao token lookup
+			# does not expose a `period` field — the role is the reliable marker;
+			# renewal behavior confirms the 768h period resets past the original
+			# creation TTL.)
+			if echo "$lookup" | grep -q '"role": *"theta-svc"'; then
+				info "  ${key} already minted + periodic (theta-svc) — renewing to reset its clock."
+				docker exec -e BAO_TOKEN="$existing" openbao bao token renew >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+				return 0
+			fi
+			info "  ${key} is valid but NOT periodic (pre-theta-svc mint; dies at its max TTL) — revoking + re-minting."
+			bao_run token revoke "$existing" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+		fi
 	fi
-	info "  minting ${key} (policy=${policy})..."
-	tok="$(bao_run token create -policy="$policy" -orphan=true -field=token)" \
+	info "  minting ${key} (policy=${policy}, role=theta-svc, periodic 768h)..."
+	tok="$(bao_run token create -role=theta-svc -policy="$policy" -field=token)" \
 		|| die "failed to mint ${key} (policy=${policy})"
 	env_upsert "$key" "$tok"
 }
@@ -786,6 +890,10 @@ path "secret/metadata/apps/*" { capabilities = ["list", "read", "delete"] }
 path "secret/data/plugins/*" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list"] }
 path "secret/metadata/plugins/*" { capabilities = ["list", "read", "delete"] }
 path "auth/token/create/sso-broker" { capabilities = ["update"] }
+path "auth/token/create/sso-app" { capabilities = ["update"] }
+path "auth/token/renew-accessor" { capabilities = ["update"] }
+path "auth/token/revoke-accessor" { capabilities = ["update"] }
+path "auth/token/lookup-accessor" { capabilities = ["update"] }
 path "sys/policies/acl/user-*" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list"] }
 path "sys/policies/acl/app-*" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list"] }
 path "sys/policies/acl/sso-admin" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list"] }
@@ -824,15 +932,48 @@ else
 	info "  token role sso-broker already exists — keeping."
 fi
 
+# sso-app token role: external-app tokens minted from the sso vault UI. Periodic
+# 768h (NOT the broker's 24h) — an app token is a long-lived credential; with a
+# 24h period any downstream app that didn't renew daily silently died. A 768h
+# period keeps it alive as long as the app renews (or is re-minted) at least
+# monthly: `bao token renew-self` / POST /v1/auth/token/renew-self.
+info "Configuring sso-app token role..."
+if ! bao_run read auth/token/roles/sso-app >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	docker exec -i -e BAO_TOKEN="$VAULT_TOKEN" openbao bao write auth/token/roles/sso-app - <<'JSON' >/dev/null
+{"allowed_policies_glob":["app-*"],"orphan":true,"renewable":true,"token_period":"768h"}
+JSON
+else
+	info "  token role sso-app already exists — keeping."
+fi
+
+# theta-svc token role: the services' own tokens (SSO/PROXY/JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN).
+# Periodic 768h so they can be renewed forever (the bao-renewer sidecar renews
+# every 12h; each setup.sh re-run renews too). allowed_policies is exact-match:
+# exactly the three service policies, nothing else.
+info "Configuring theta-svc token role..."
+if ! bao_run read auth/token/roles/theta-svc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	docker exec -i -e BAO_TOKEN="$VAULT_TOKEN" openbao bao write auth/token/roles/theta-svc - <<'JSON' >/dev/null
+{"allowed_policies":["sso-broker","proxy","jump-host"],"orphan":true,"renewable":true,"token_period":"768h"}
+JSON
+else
+	info "  token role theta-svc already exists — keeping."
+fi
+
 info "Minting per-app OpenBao tokens (stored in .env, passed to containers as VAULT_TOKEN)..."
 ensure_token SSO_VAULT_TOKEN sso-broker
 ensure_token PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN proxy
 ensure_token JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN jump-host
 
 info "OpenBao secrets configured:"
-info "  policies:   sso-broker, sso-admin, proxy, jump-host (+ per-user/app created lazily by sso)"
-info "  token role: sso-broker (mints user-*/app-*/sso-admin tokens, 24h period)"
-info "  app tokens: SSO_VAULT_TOKEN, PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN, JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN in .env"
+info "  policies:    sso-broker, sso-admin, proxy, jump-host (+ per-user/app created lazily by sso)"
+info "  token roles: sso-broker (user-*/app-*/sso-admin, 24h period), sso-app (app-*, 768h period), theta-svc (service tokens, 768h period)"
+info "  app tokens:  SSO_VAULT_TOKEN, PROXY_VAULT_TOKEN, JUMP_VAULT_TOKEN in .env (periodic; renewed by bao-renewer)"
+
+# bao-renewer: renews the three periodic service tokens every 12h so they never
+# hit their period boundary while the stack is running. Recreated (not just
+# started) so it always picks up freshly re-minted tokens from .env.
+info "Starting bao-renewer (service-token renewal sidecar)..."
+"${COMPOSE[@]}" up -d --force-recreate bao-renewer
 
 # ── 4. Start SSO Manager, wait for health ─────────────────────────────────────
 # SSO_GIT_COMMIT: sso-manager-node is a git submodule here, so its .git is a
@@ -858,6 +999,18 @@ for i in $(seq 1 60); do
 	sleep 2
 done
 
+# After a full OpenBao reset, the Redis-cached per-user/admin vault tokens (in
+# the persisted sso-data volume) reference the old, now-wiped store — drop them
+# so the broker re-mints fresh tokens against the new instance. Belt-and-
+# suspenders: the broker also always reconciles policy content before serving a
+# token, but a token minted by the previous OpenBao instance is simply invalid
+# there, so a cache flush is required after a reset.
+if [[ "$RESET_OPENBAO" == "1" ]]; then
+	info "  clearing cached vault tokens (old OpenBao instance)..."
+	docker exec sso-manager sh -c "redis-cli EVAL \"for _,k in ipairs(redis.call('keys','vault_token:*')) do redis.call('del',k) end\" 0" \
+		>/dev/null 2>&1 || warn "  could not flush Redis vault-token cache (will re-mint on next access)"
+fi
+
 info "Seeding app configs into OpenBao (idempotent)..."
 # sso-manager/conf holds the operator-set LDAP/SMTP/jwtSecret values — sso has
 # no bootstrap-generated creds, so the file is the complete source of truth.
@@ -978,7 +1131,7 @@ async function ensureHost(host, ip, targetPort) {
 			host: host,
 			ip: ip,
 			targetPort: targetPort,
-			forcessl: $( [[ "$CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP" == "1" ]] && echo false || echo true ),
+			forcessl: $( [[ "${CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP:-0}" == "1" ]] && echo false || echo true ),
 			targetssl: false,
 			sso_enabled: false,
 			created_by: 'setup.sh',
@@ -1035,7 +1188,7 @@ const {Host} = require('/app/models').models;
 		try { await Host.get($(js_str "$JUMP_HOST")); console.log('SKIP ${JUMP_HOST} (already exists)'); }
 		catch (e) {
 			if (e.name !== 'EntryNotFound') throw e;
-			await Host.create({ host: $(js_str "$JUMP_HOST"), ip: 'jump-host', targetPort: 3002, forcessl: $( [[ "$CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP" == "1" ]] && echo false || echo true ), targetssl: false, sso_enabled: false, created_by: 'setup.sh' });
+			await Host.create({ host: $(js_str "$JUMP_HOST"), ip: 'jump-host', targetPort: 3002, forcessl: $( [[ "${CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP:-0}" == "1" ]] && echo false || echo true ), targetssl: false, sso_enabled: false, created_by: 'setup.sh' });
 			console.log('CREATED ${JUMP_HOST} -> jump-host:3002');
 		}
 		process.exit(0);
@@ -1052,25 +1205,33 @@ if [[ "$CFG_THETA_AGENT_ENABLE" == "1" ]]; then
 	info "Setting up theta-agent on the host..."
 	(
 		cd theta-agent || exit 0
-		if ! command -v go >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-			warn "Go is not installed. Skipping theta-agent installation."
+		# Install the prebuilt binary that ships in the theta-agent submodule (the
+		# repo's own install.sh uses the same release binary). We do NOT build from
+		# source here: a previous `go build -o theta-agent main.go websocket.go
+		# config.go` omitted executor.go/telemetry.go, failed to compile, and was
+		# silently skipped, so the agent was never installed.
+		if [[ ! -f "theta-agent-linux-amd64" ]]; then
+			warn "Prebuilt theta-agent-linux-amd64 missing from the theta-agent submodule. Skipping theta-agent installation."
 		else
-			info "  Building theta-agent..."
-			go build -o theta-agent main.go websocket.go config.go || warn "  Failed to build theta-agent."
-			if [[ -x "theta-agent" ]]; then
-				sudo mkdir -p /etc/theta
-				if [[ ! -f /etc/theta/agent.yml ]]; then
-					sudo cp agent.yml.example /etc/theta/agent.yml
+			info "  Installing prebuilt theta-agent binary..."
+			if [[ -x "theta-agent-linux-amd64" ]]; then
+				# The agent binary reads /etc/theta42/agent.yml (theta-agent/main.go).
+				sudo mkdir -p /etc/theta42
+				if [[ ! -f /etc/theta42/agent.yml ]]; then
+					sudo cp agent.yml.example /etc/theta42/agent.yml
 					AGENT_TOKEN="$(rand_hex 16)"
-					sudo sed -i "s/REPLACE_WITH_AGENT_TOKEN/$AGENT_TOKEN/" /etc/theta/agent.yml
+					sudo sed -i "s/REPLACE_WITH_AGENT_TOKEN/$AGENT_TOKEN/" /etc/theta42/agent.yml
 					# We want to connect to either https or http depending on CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP
-					if [[ "$CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP" == "1" ]]; then
-						sudo sed -i "s|https://sso.example.com|http://${SSO_HOST}|" /etc/theta/agent.yml
+					if [[ "${CFG_CREATE_ALL_HTTP:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+						sudo sed -i "s|https://sso.example.com|http://${SSO_HOST}|" /etc/theta42/agent.yml
 					else
-						sudo sed -i "s|https://sso.example.com|https://${SSO_HOST}|" /etc/theta/agent.yml
+						sudo sed -i "s|https://sso.example.com|https://${SSO_HOST}|" /etc/theta42/agent.yml
 					fi
 				fi
-				sudo cp theta-agent /usr/local/bin/theta-agent
+				# Stop a running agent before overwriting its binary (cp into a
+				# running executable fails with "Text file busy" on a re-install).
+				sudo systemctl stop theta-agent.service 2>/dev/null || true
+				sudo cp theta-agent-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/theta-agent
 				sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/theta-agent
 
 				sudo bash -c "cat <<'EOF' > /etc/systemd/system/theta-agent.service
@@ -1111,6 +1272,38 @@ if [[ "$CFG_THETA_AGENT_ENABLE" == "1" ]] && [[ -x /usr/local/bin/theta-agent ]]
 
 	if [[ "$CFG_THETA_AGENT_LDAP_AUTH" == "1" ]]; then
 		info "  Configuring LDAP authentication for this host..."
+
+		# ldap-client/index.sh refuses to run without ./ldap.vars, which is
+		# gitignored and never shipped in the checkout (it holds a real bind
+		# password). On the agent-enrollment path we generate it from the stack's
+		# own config so the host can actually enroll; an operator-provided
+		# ldap.vars (cp ldap.vars.template ldap.vars + edit) is always kept.
+		if [[ ! -f ldap-client/ldap.vars ]]; then
+			info "  Generating ldap-client/ldap.vars from the stack config..."
+			# CFG_* first-run vars may be unset on a re-run (ensure_config returns
+			# early once sso-secrets.js exists), so fall back to reading the real
+			# values from the operator-owned sso-secrets.js. All `:-` guarded so a
+			# missing value degrades to an empty ldap.vars field, not a set -u abort.
+			ldap_base_dn="${CFG_BASE_DN:-$(sso_secrets_get ldapBaseDn)}"
+			ldap_site="${CFG_SITE_NAME:-$(sso_secrets_get siteName)}"
+			ldap_bind_pass="${CFG_SVC_PASS:-$(sso_secrets_get_top serviceAccountPass)}"
+			sso_host="${CFG_SSO_HOST:-$(sso_secrets_get ssoHost)}"
+			ldaps_host="${CFG_LDAPS_HOST:-}"
+			[[ -n "$ldaps_host" ]] || ldaps_host="${sso_host:-}"
+			cat > ldap-client/ldap.vars <<LDAPVARS
+export ldap_host="${ldaps_host}"
+export ldap_base_dn="${ldap_base_dn}"
+export ldap_bind_dn="cn=ldapclient,ou=people,${ldap_base_dn}"
+export ldap_bind_password="${ldap_bind_pass}"
+export sso_url="https://${sso_host}"
+export sso_token=""
+export ldap_location="${ldap_site:-local}"
+ldap_access_groups=( "\${ldap_location}_access" "\${ldap_location}_host_\$(hostname)_access" "god_admin" )
+LDAPVARS
+		else
+			info "  ldap-client/ldap.vars exists -- keeping it"
+		fi
+
 		(
 			cd ldap-client || exit 0
 			if [[ -x "index.sh" ]]; then
@@ -1123,15 +1316,20 @@ if [[ "$CFG_THETA_AGENT_ENABLE" == "1" ]] && [[ -x /usr/local/bin/theta-agent ]]
 
 	if [[ "$CFG_THETA_AGENT_FULL_CONTROL" == "1" ]]; then
 		info "  Configuring theta-agent with full host control capabilities..."
-		if [[ -f /etc/theta/agent.yml ]]; then
-			sudo sed -i 's/arbitrary_bash: false/arbitrary_bash: true/' /etc/theta/agent.yml
-			sudo sed -i 's/service_control: .*/service_control: true/' /etc/theta/agent.yml
-			sudo sed -i 's/reboot: false/reboot: true/' /etc/theta/agent.yml
-			sudo sed -i 's/configure_ldap: false/configure_ldap: true/' /etc/theta/agent.yml
+		if [[ -f /etc/theta42/agent.yml ]]; then
+			sudo sed -i 's/arbitrary_bash: false/arbitrary_bash: true/' /etc/theta42/agent.yml
+			# service_control is a []string allowlist (NOT a bool) — setting it to
+			# `true` makes the agent fail YAML decode and crash-loop. There is no
+			# wildcard; leave the operator's list (or the [] default = deny all)
+			# alone and document how to enable specific services.
+			# sudo sed -i 's/service_control: .*/service_control: true/' ...
+			sudo sed -i 's/reboot: false/reboot: true/' /etc/theta42/agent.yml
+			sudo sed -i 's/configure_ldap: false/configure_ldap: true/' /etc/theta42/agent.yml
+			info "    (service_control left as its allowlist; set e.g. service_control: [\"nginx\"] in /etc/theta42/agent.yml to permit managing specific services)"
 			info "  theta-agent full control enabled. Restarting service..."
 			sudo systemctl restart theta-agent.service
 		else
-			warn "  /etc/theta/agent.yml not found. Full control not configured."
+			warn "  /etc/theta42/agent.yml not found. Full control not configured."
 		fi
 	else
 		info "  theta-agent running with limited capabilities (CFG_THETA_AGENT_FULL_CONTROL=0)."