Promote staging->production: BuildKit CI, Compact JSON logging, consolidated compose + latest app code

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-name: Build and Push Docker Images Staging
+name: Build and Push Docker Images
 
+# Branch-driven deploys — no yaml edits to switch environment:
+#   merge into `staging`    -> tag :staging    (staging Watchtower deploys)
+#   merge into `production` -> tag :production (production Watchtower deploys)
+# `main` is the day-to-day work branch and deploys nothing.
 on:
   push:
     branches:
+      - staging
       - production
 
 env:
   GIT_HOST: git.easysoft.ro
   REGISTRY_HOST: registry.easysoft.ro
+  DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
   API_IMAGE: apps/myai-api
   CV_MATCHER_API_IMAGE: apps/myai-cv-matcher-api
   RAG_API_IMAGE: apps/myai-rag-api
@@ -16,18 +22,19 @@ env:
   CV_CLEANUP_JOB_IMAGE: apps/myai-cv-cleanup-job
   CV_SEARCH_JOB_IMAGE: apps/myai-cv-search-job
   PAGE_FETCHER_API_IMAGE: apps/myai-page-fetcher-api
-  IMAGE_TAG: production
+  IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}        # branch name == image tag (staging | production)
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: host
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
+      - name: Checkout the pushed commit
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git clone "http://gelu:${TOKEN}@${GIT_HOST}:3000/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" .
+          git checkout "${{ github.sha }}"
 
       - name: Login to registry
         run: |
@@ -97,4 +104,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Push Page Fetcher API image
         run: |
-          docker push "${REGISTRY_HOST}/${PAGE_FETCHER_API_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+          docker push "${REGISTRY_HOST}/${PAGE_FETCHER_API_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+
+      - name: Reclaim disk space (keep recent build cache)
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          docker image prune -f   # dangling only (keep base images)

.gitignore

@@ -376,3 +376,6 @@ files/
 
 /docker-compose/.env.production
 /docker-compose/.env.staging
+
+# local infra access notes (secrets) — never commit
+ACCESS.md

CLAUDE.md

@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ This applies to both the staging and production repos as appropriate.
 - .NET 10, ASP.NET Core, Worker Service
 - Entity Framework Core + SQL Server (multi-schema)
 - Refit for typed HTTP clients between services
-- Serilog (JSON structured logging, Console + File + Email sinks)
+- Serilog — Compact JSON logs to stdout (+ optional email sink); see Observability
 - MailKit for SMTP (used exclusively in `email-api`)
 - Docker Compose for local and production deployment
 - Watchtower for automatic container updates in production
 
+## Observability (central stack on monitoring host 10.0.0.156)
+- **Logs**: every service uses `ConfigureJsonSerilog(ServiceName, appVersion)` (startup-helpers) → Serilog **Compact JSON** to stdout, enriched `Application`/`Environment`/`AppVersion`. The host's Grafana **Alloy** agent ships stdout → **Loki**; view/query in Grafana. No file sink; optional email sink only if `SerilogEmail:*` is configured.
+- **No app metrics/traces** — these are simple/minimal services, so (unlike easyDent) they don't expose Prometheus metrics or OTLP traces. Container/host metrics still come from the host's cAdvisor/node_exporter.
+
 ## Project taxonomy
 
 | Category | Naming | Contains | EF dependency |

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="10.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Enrichers.Environment" Version="3.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="6.1.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Formatting.Compact" Version="3.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Email" Version="4.2.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="7.0.0" />
     <!-- Swagger -->

Helpers/startup-helpers/StartupExtensions.cs

@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ public static class StartupExtensions
                 .ReadFrom.Configuration(context.Configuration)
                 .ReadFrom.Services(services)
                 .Enrich.FromLogContext()
-                .Enrich.WithMachineName()
+                .Enrich.WithProperty("Application", serviceName)
-                .Enrich.WithEnvironmentName()
+                .Enrich.WithProperty("Environment", context.HostingEnvironment.EnvironmentName)
-                .Enrich.WithProperty("Service", serviceName)
                 .Enrich.WithProperty("AppVersion", appVersion)
-                .WriteTo.Console(new Serilog.Formatting.Json.JsonFormatter());
+                .WriteTo.Console(new Serilog.Formatting.Compact.CompactJsonFormatter());
 
             AddEmailSinkIfConfigured(configuration, context.Configuration, serviceName);
         });
@@ -57,11 +56,10 @@ public static class StartupExtensions
                 .ReadFrom.Configuration(builder.Configuration)
                 .ReadFrom.Services(services)
                 .Enrich.FromLogContext()
-                .Enrich.WithMachineName()
+                .Enrich.WithProperty("Application", serviceName)
-                .Enrich.WithEnvironmentName()
+                .Enrich.WithProperty("Environment", builder.Environment.EnvironmentName)
-                .Enrich.WithProperty("Service", serviceName)
                 .Enrich.WithProperty("AppVersion", appVersion)
-                .WriteTo.Console(new Serilog.Formatting.Json.JsonFormatter());
+                .WriteTo.Console(new Serilog.Formatting.Compact.CompactJsonFormatter());
 
             AddEmailSinkIfConfigured(configuration, builder.Configuration, serviceName);
         });

Helpers/startup-helpers/startup-helpers.csproj

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="DotNetEnv" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Enrichers.Environment" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Formatting.Compact" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Email" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" />

README.md

@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
-# Introduction 
+# myAi
-TODO: Give a short introduction of your project. Let this section explain the objectives or the motivation behind this project. 
 
-# Getting Started
+The **myai.ro** platform — a set of .NET microservices (CV matching, RAG, email, CV search, page
-TODO: Guide users through getting your code up and running on their own system. In this section you can talk about:
+fetching, …) behind a web frontend + API. Part of the easySoft platform.
-1.	Installation process
-2.	Software dependencies
-3.	Latest releases
-4.	API references
 
-# Build and Test
+## Layout
-TODO: Describe and show how to build your code and run the tests. 
+Multiple services (`*-api`, `*-job`) + `web`, sharing a common bootstrap in
+`startup-helpers/` (Serilog, Swagger, `.env`/Key Vault loading, middleware). See **CLAUDE.md**
+for the full service map, dependency chain, and conventions.
 
-# Contribute
+## Run locally
-TODO: Explain how other users and developers can contribute to make your code better. 
+```bash
+docker compose up --build      # or run individual services with: dotnet run --project <svc>
+```
 
-If you want to learn more about creating good readme files then refer the following [guidelines](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/repos/git/create-a-readme?view=azure-devops). You can also seek inspiration from the below readme files:
+## Deploy
-- [ASP.NET Core](https://github.com/aspnet/Home)
+CI builds `registry.easysoft.ro/apps/myai-*:{staging,production}`; Watchtower rolls them out to
-- [Visual Studio Code](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode)
+the **staging (`10.0.0.183`)** + **production (`10.0.0.248`)** Portainer stacks. Edge Caddy serves
-- [Chakra Core](https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore)
+**myai.ro** (prod) / **myai.easysoft.ro** (staging).
+
+## Logging
+Every service: `ConfigureJsonSerilog(name, version)` → Serilog **Compact JSON** to stdout → Grafana
+**Alloy** → **Loki**. No app metrics/traces (simple services).
+
+---
+See **CLAUDE.md** for the detailed solution guide and **ACCESS.md** (local, gitignored) for
+infrastructure access.