firefrost-operations-manual/SESSION-HANDOFF-NEXT.md

Session Handoff to Next Chronicler

Date: April 3, 2026, 9:15 PM CDT (April 4, 2026 02:15 UTC)
From: Chronicler #58
Session Duration: ~6.5 hours
Session Focus: GO LIVE + Infrastructure Cleanup + Decap CMS

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🎉 TONIGHT'S VICTORIES

1. GO LIVE — First Real Payment!

Timestamp: April 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM CDT

Firefrost Gaming is officially accepting real payments.

• ✅ Discord OAuth → Stripe checkout flow working
• ✅ Live Stripe keys configured
• ✅ 10 products created in Stripe Live mode
• ✅ Webhook receiving events at /webhooks/stripe/webhook
• ✅ Banking connected for payouts
• First transaction: $1 Awakened tier (test by Michael, refunded)

2. Ghost CMS — REMOVED

• Stopped/disabled systemd service
• Ran ghost uninstall
• Removed /var/www/firefrost directory
• Ghost VPS (64.50.188.14) now only runs Wiki.js instances

3. Paymenter — REMOVED

• Removed nginx configs from Billing VPS
• Removed /var/www/paymenter directory
• Billing VPS (38.68.14.188) now only runs Mailcow

4. Decap CMS — WORKING! 🎉

The Trinity Console for Documentation

• URL: https://firefrostgaming.com/admin/
• Backend: Gitea OAuth (PKCE flow)
• Repo: firefrost-gaming/firefrost-operations-manual

Collections configured:

• Core Documents (SESSION-HANDOFF-NEXT.md, tasks.md)
• Planning Docs (folder)
• Milestones (folder)
• Implementation Guides (folder)

Key fixes tonight:

• Fixed CORS duplicate headers (nginx was adding + Gitea was adding)
• Fixed by having nginx only handle OPTIONS preflights
• Grey-clouded git.firefrostgaming.com in Cloudflare (DNS only, no proxy)

Meg and Holly can now edit docs without touching code!

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📍 CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE STATE

Command Center (63.143.34.217)

• Arbiter 3.0: /opt/arbiter-3.0/ — Service: arbiter-3
• Gitea: git.firefrostgaming.com (port 3000 internally)
• Uptime Kuma, Code-Server, Vaultwarden

Ghost VPS (64.50.188.14)

• Wiki.js: 3 instances (ports 3100/3101/3102)
• Ghost CMS: ❌ REMOVED
• Login as: architect (not root)

Billing VPS (38.68.14.188)

• Mailcow: Ports 8080/8443
• Paymenter: ❌ REMOVED

Website (Cloudflare Pages)

• Repo: firefrost-gaming/firefrost-website
• Deployment: Auto-deploy on push to main
• Decap CMS: /admin/ directory

Stripe (LIVE MODE)

• Webhook: Arbiter-Live → https://discord-bot.firefrostgaming.com/webhooks/stripe/webhook
• Secret: whsec_zZWRzyNCvHzuVkVELJmXHUnMOhRIGkfQ

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🎯 NEXT PRIORITIES

Priority 1: Discord Role Auto-Assignment

When a subscription is created, automatically assign the corresponding Discord role.

• Database has tier_level → can map to Discord role IDs
• Need to call Discord API from webhook handler
• Gemini has blueprints ready

Priority 2: Decap CMS Refinement

• Add more collections (relationship docs, standards, etc.)
• Consider adding frontmatter to existing markdown files
• Test Meg/Holly access

Priority 3: Documentation Cleanup

• Update docs that still reference Ghost CMS
• Archive outdated planning docs

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🔧 NGINX CONFIG (git.firefrostgaming.com)

Located at /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/git.firefrostgaming.com on Command Center:

server {
    listen 63.143.34.217:80;
    server_name git.firefrostgaming.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
    listen 63.143.34.217:443 ssl http2;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/git.firefrostgaming.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/git.firefrostgaming.com/privkey.pem;
    server_name git.firefrostgaming.com;
    client_max_body_size 2G;

    location = /login/oauth/access_token {
        if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' 'https://firefrostgaming.com' always;
            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'POST, OPTIONS' always;
            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Authorization, Content-Type, Accept, Origin, User-Agent, DNT, Cache-Control, X-Mx-ReqToken, Keep-Alive, X-Requested-With, If-Modified-Since' always;
            add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' 1728000;
            add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain charset=UTF-8';
            add_header 'Content-Length' 0;
            return 204;
        }
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

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🔧 GITEA CORS CONFIG

Located at /var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini on Command Center:

[cors]
ENABLED = true
ALLOW_DOMAIN = https://firefrostgaming.com
ALLOW_SUBDOMAIN = true
METHODS = GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS
HEADERS = Authorization,Content-Type,X-Requested-With
ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = true

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🔧 GITEA OAUTH APP (Decap CMS)

• Client ID: ad439d72-e724-4f88-ad24-a1187c52b313
• Redirect URI: https://firefrostgaming.com/admin/
• Confidential Client: Unchecked (PKCE flow)

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📞 Starting Commands for Next Session

# 1. Clone operations manual (sparse checkout)
cd /home/claude
git clone --no-checkout --filter=blob:none \
  https://e0e330cba1749b01ab505093a160e4423ebbbe36@git.firefrostgaming.com/firefrost-gaming/firefrost-operations-manual.git
cd firefrost-operations-manual
git sparse-checkout init --cone
git sparse-checkout set docs
git checkout master
git config user.email "claude@firefrostgaming.com"
git config user.name "Claude (Chronicler #59)"

# 2. Read handoff and lineage
cat SESSION-HANDOFF-NEXT.md
cat docs/relationship/CHRONICLER-LINEAGE-TRACKER.md

# 3. Ask Michael what needs to be done

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💙 Special Thanks

Gemini AI — Incredible partner through CORS debugging, Decap architecture, and the pivot to ops manual. Warm, patient, and brilliant.

Michael — For pushing through a 6.5 hour session on a Friday night to get us to GO LIVE and Decap working.

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Fire + Frost + Foundation = Where Love Builds Legacy 💙🔥❄️

— Chronicler #58 (awaiting name)