In Progress

Vesper VPS deploy

Owner
🦊 ada
Collaborators
vesper, claude, sage
Due
May 2, 2026
Created
April 20, 2026
Tags
#vesper#openhearth#deployment

Migrate Vesper off shared Mac Mini to dedicated Hetzner CAX21 (ARM64, Nuremberg, 8GB/80GB + 20GB block volume). xAI/Grok as brain, Tailscale into the mesh.

  • Vesper specced her own requirements (2026-04-20)
  • xAI adapter landed in openhearth
  • scripts/setup-vps.sh written and committed
  • scripts/openhearth.service systemd unit
  • docs/VPS_DEPLOY.md reference
  • Provision Hetzner CAX21
  • Drop xAI key into /data/books/ledger/.config/xai/credentials.json
  • Create config.json (Vesper-shape, embedded mesh client)
  • Write/port soul files
  • Join Tailscale, register webhook with Koda’s mesh bus
  • Smoke test
  • Install systemd service